Flying Wild Alaska...anyone?

Looks interesting. Just got to the first commercial break and, uh... is there any kind of equipment you could put in a C180 that does a GPWS Terrain callout? :p
 
mehhhh... It's no Ice Pilots NWT

Aww hell, that show was interesting for the first 5 episodes. Then it became all about the "Which ramper gets the right seat" drama, followed by stretching 15 minutes of content into a 50 minute block of TV.
 
I never found a way to watch Ice Pilots. Flying Wild is cool (just to watch a show about airplanes) but it was kind of boring.
 
I found the nat geo program to be better as well. I thought it was a decent show though on discovery. It could have been worse. I think this might spur some interest with GA flying and hopefully kick off some more training at flight schools.
 
The way the Wing Men is produced is kind of a turn off. As several mentioned in the other thread there are inconsistencies; there are scenes where the aircraft will magically change from an Otter into a Beaver and they overdub the sound of piston engine over a turbine. Maybe most people wont notice those kinds of things but it just comes off as lazy. I thought Flying Wild was much better overall in terms of content and production value. Plus that guys daughter is kind of cute.
 
Yeah I have already grown bored of the Alaska Wing Men show. How could they not think that pilots would be a large part of the audience? One minute the Otter is piston and the next it is turbine. They also use the some of the same footage over and over...And in different episodes. Very poor job.
 
Yeah I have already grown bored of the Alaska Wing Men show. How could they not think that pilots would be a large part of the audience? One minute the Otter is piston and the next it is turbine. They also use the some of the same footage over and over...And in different episodes. Very poor job.

Every time anyone comes up with a show about flying airplanes in the civilian world, it's boring. Why? Because for the most part, flying airplanes is boring. :D
 
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via press release:
FLYING WILD ALASKA DEBUTS AS HIGHEST-RATED NEW SERIES PREMIERE
IN DISCOVERY CHANNEL HISTORY
– Over 6 Million Tune In as Discovery Channel Dominates Fridays with FLYING WILD ALASKA and Gold Rush: Alaska
(Silver Spring, Md.) – Discovery Channel continues to dominate Friday nights as the #1 cable network in Persons/Men 25-54, Persons/Men 18-49 and Persons/Men 18-24 delivery on Friday, January 14, 2011. Additionally, over 6 million gross average viewers tuned in to the series premiere of FLYING WILD ALASKA and a new episode of the hit series Gold Rush: Alaska.
FLYING WILD ALASKA launched at 9PM ET/PT as the highest rated new series premiere of all time on Discovery Channel for Households and Adults 18+, delivering 2.58 million viewers (P2+) and earning a 1.74 HH / 1.13 P25-54.
A new episode of Gold Rush: Alaska, The Pain Barrier, beat out other broadcast networks and was the #1 program in all of television among Men 18-49 and 25-54. The 10PM ET/PT premiere episodeearned a 2.37 Household/1.78 Persons 25-54 rating, delivering an average of 3.54 million viewers (P2+). Gold Rush: Alaska was the #1 cable program (no exclusions) during primetime among Persons and Men 25-54 and Persons and Men 18-49 delivery, and the #1 ad-supported cable program among P2+ delivery. (FLYING WILD ALASKA finished 2nd only to Gold Rush: Alaska among Men 25-54 delivery.)
Both shows return this Friday, January 21 with all-new episodes. For more information or to download images from either series, please visit press.discovery.com.

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/20...s-premiere-in-discovery-channel-history/79212
 
And dumb as a box of rocks.

I knew the Wing Men show was fake as soon as they showed a CAP pilot using the radio while entering the pattern.
Hah!

If this is the one on History, I ended up turning it off and going to sleep. I love how they try to make a go around in a 182 look like a life and death situation.
 
we're watching an episode now (it's on Discovery Channel)...and they do make everything look like life or death....

at least you learn a little bit here and there... Doug says they're doing a pretty passable job narrating.
 
I'm watching a How It's Made marathon. Did you know they boil sombreros in gelatin!?
 
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