Ice Pilots of NWT Series on History Channel this Fall!

[Lowjack]

This picture was taken a couple of days ago, I'd say Season 3 is already filming:

Insert, "Copyright Jason Pineau" for that pic! Thanks

Hope you didn't mind, I made sure the picture was linked right back to the photo page on Flickr.

[Beefitarian]

ice pilots on line

watch here

http://www.history.ca/video/default.aspx

Thanks. I wonder if season 1 is somewhere online?

[canwhitewolf]

season one probably removed because its being sold as a dvd series now

http://store.icepilots.com/ProductDetai ... de=DVD-IP1

and aviationworld and some other places i think

[CYOX]

Whale Cove (Arviat) is only 4,000'. A little short for the Electra. Plus the cost would have been close to twice as much.

[fish4life]

Whale Cove is not the same place as Arviat... although they are both pretty much 4000'

[burninggoats]

Season 1 is all up on the Global TV website, that's where I watched it.

[canwhitewolf]

whats the link for that website?

[burninggoats]

Appologies, It looks like global has taken it all down in the last couple weeks

[oldyellr]

If you're outside Canada and are cut off from the Canadian History Channel videos, you can download the episodes from http://www.tvtorrents.com

[crooked timber]

ice pilots on line

watch here

http://www.history.ca/video/default.aspx

Thanks. I wonder if season 1 is somewhere online?

just scroll down and click on the "Ice Pilots NWT" tab on the left side of the screen. this will give you access to seasons 1 and 2 which you can expand to watch all episodes

[Hawkerflyer]

TV is awesome!!! Ice Pilots in a nut shell....
airplane gets loaded with chips and pop...airplane won't start...people complain about cold....airplane starts.....airplane leaks oil...airplane takes off....fat kid bakes cake....airplane breaks.....Indian kid misses family, crys and goes home....airplane does fly by northern reservation.....reservation gets restocked with pop and chips....fat kid eats cake....airplane breaks....pilot takes girlfriend/wife on dogsled ride.....weather goes south.....pilot cancels flight....airplane breaks.....reservation runs out of pop and chips.....some guy rides ski doo.....pilot checks weather....fat kid goes to Vegas....airplane breaks....Spain leases old water bombers....pilots go on adventure over ocean.....big deal made....pilots fail to realize they are flying a boat....weather still bad....chips and pop delayed...fat kid wears t-shirt to wedding....airplane breaks....pilot checks weather....fat kid realizes he does not fit in in Vegas and goes home....airplane takes off....pop and chips delivered....airplane breaks....season ends.
Cant wait till next season!! I hear they are working on a show about NYC cab drivers!!! oh baby its gunna be good!

Here is a taste:

[ehbuddy]

I am not a fan of TV Reality Shows but at least the second season seams to be a little more interesting to watch. Alot of the issues could be resolved if they operated machines that saw service after the Civil War. Even the Convair 580 would at least give them better operating parameters in colder tempretures and less mechanical issues.

I just watched the one of a flight test for a new F/O in the DC 3. The new F/O was under a ton of pressure and I am sure most of us could understand his situation. Its a very fine line between helping and coaching when you are the PNF and it was a close split on which it was. But as long as the newbie learned a few things from it I guess it was alright.

I would love to see more of the Electra flying.

You should hire Lisa from Ice Road Truckers............

[OceansEdge]

Can't wait for next week's episode... a dog sh*ts in the back... now THAT'S quality drama for you!!

[godsrcrazy]

Can't wait for next week's episode... a dog sh*ts in the back... now THAT'S quality drama for you!!

That should be good for 3 minutes of drama. Rather then the 10 minutes of (Kelly) motherhood Drama on the show about the grocery store. Maybe it will be Drama about if the dog had a proper cage complete with rest room.

[murman]

Kelly will just light another cigarette and try to save the world. What about her immediate family? Should they not come first? She obviously doesn't have much respect for them or herself. Have another smoke, Kelly!

[howard40]

While I love watching the planes... episode 3 season 2 " the rudder controls the pitch" ( of the tail? when on your side? LOL??)

[metal]

Yeah, I had a double take and wondered if I actually heard them say that. Guess I did.

[godsrcrazy]

I would question how the same person can be a captain and check pilot all while talking someone thru a ride. Going to have to talk to the company check pilot. Maybe on my next ride he can right FO for me and save the company some cash. Needless to say the ride might be easier.

[crooked timber]

I would question how the same person can be a captain and check pilot all while talking someone thru a ride.

seems advantageous for the candidate. if the acp sits right seat for the two crew ride and the candidate blows the ride, does that mean that the acp loses their ifr...and subsequently, their acp authority as well so they don't have the ability to fail the candidate?

[jet a1]

i noticed that too. i'd put my money on the production company mixing up footage, and what we saw was some training before the ride. i'm sure the combination of so much video to sort through and limited aviation knowledge leads to quite a bit of this on the show.
i do enjoy watching them though.
jet.

[Moose47]

Thanks to Ice Pilots I now know the following:

If you can fly a DC-3 you can fly anything. You do not need a multi-engine rating to fly as a F/O on the DC-3. You can go to the back of the DC-3 and put a gust lock on the tail of a C-46. Making a flap-less landing at Hay River with full flap. There are 'both' sides of the undercarriage and my favorite, you control pitch with your rudders. I would love to see a DC-3 do a knife edge pass (-:

I wonder if Joe threatened the producer with a bus ticket out of town?

[godsrcrazy]

i noticed that too. i'd put my money on the production company mixing up footage, and what we saw was some training before the ride. i'm sure the combination of so much video to sort through and limited aviation knowledge leads to quite a bit of this on the show.
i do enjoy watching them though.
jet.

To the best of my knowledge the ACP can not do your training and then your ride. Let alone be the pilot in command.

[Lurch]

i noticed that too. i'd put my money on the production company mixing up footage, and what we saw was some training before the ride. i'm sure the combination of so much video to sort through and limited aviation knowledge leads to quite a bit of this on the show.
i do enjoy watching them though.
jet.

To the best of my knowledge the ACP can not do your training and then your ride. Let alone be the pilot in command.

My question would be, can they do a ride on a revenue flight? Anybody else notice the back of the plane was full of cargo?

Lurch

[oldyellr]

Hey, people, it's just a TV show! If you watch Ice Road Truckers, you'd think most real truckers coudn't shift gears either.

[Lurch]

Hey, people, it's just a TV show! If you watch Ice Road Truckers, you'd think most real truckers coudn't shift gears either.

My Cousin drives the ice roads and he hates IRTs.

It's like watching Top Gun, you just have to point out the errors.

Lurch