CH4 - Flying to the ends of the earth.
Discussion
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/flying-to-the-e...
Anyone been watching this? It's a flying/travel documentary series following an ex Royal Marine visiting some interesting places and doing some flying there with the locals.
Episode 1 was last Monday and covered some flying in Nepal looks like episode 2 is set in Australia.
Worth watching.
Anyone been watching this? It's a flying/travel documentary series following an ex Royal Marine visiting some interesting places and doing some flying there with the locals.
Episode 1 was last Monday and covered some flying in Nepal looks like episode 2 is set in Australia.
Worth watching.
el stovey said:
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/flying-to-the-e...
Anyone been watching this? It's a flying/travel documentary series following an ex Royal Marine visiting some interesting places and doing some flying there with the locals.
Episode 1 was last Monday and covered some flying in Nepal looks like episode 2 is set in Australia.
Worth watching.
Anyone been watching this? It's a flying/travel documentary series following an ex Royal Marine visiting some interesting places and doing some flying there with the locals.
Episode 1 was last Monday and covered some flying in Nepal looks like episode 2 is set in Australia.
Worth watching.
Enjoyed that episode.
Fancy trying a Twin Otter into Lukla Stovey?
Arthur Williams also made a good programme about the Mossie, a very good watch.
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-plane-that-...
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-plane-that-...
Hooli said:
Ex-Marine pilot? is this the bloke in the wheelchair?
Yes, he is an ex marine, and he has a PPL. He was involved in a car accident which left him in a wheel chair, and subsequently he learned to fly.
Good luck to him, Not sure I would have trusted being in a wheel chair on the runway at Lukla though, unless I had asbestos hands
Very enjoyable programme, in that the chap Arthur seems a nice guy with a great rapport with the locals and enthusiamsm for the flying. And the settings are incredible.
But, I did think instance where the Soviet guy started "acting" a bit dizzy at 13k-odd feet and gave control to Arthur was contrived. 13,000 ft asl isn't especially high, and certainly not for someone acclimatised to Nepal. Plus he'd still need to be capable of operating the rudder as I doubt the aircarft had hand rudder controls
But, I did think instance where the Soviet guy started "acting" a bit dizzy at 13k-odd feet and gave control to Arthur was contrived. 13,000 ft asl isn't especially high, and certainly not for someone acclimatised to Nepal. Plus he'd still need to be capable of operating the rudder as I doubt the aircarft had hand rudder controls
bluey1905 said:
Arthur Williams also made a good programme about the Mossie, a very good watch.
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-plane-that-...
Thank you for this link. Never seen this programme before, very good it is.http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-plane-that-...
Has Arthur done anything else? I'm sure I've seen his face somewhere before.
marksx said:
bluey1905 said:
Arthur Williams also made a good programme about the Mossie, a very good watch.
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-plane-that-...
Thank you for this link. Never seen this programme before, very good it is.http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-plane-that-...
Has Arthur done anything else? I'm sure I've seen his face somewhere before.
Pan Pan Pan said:
Hooli said:
Ex-Marine pilot? is this the bloke in the wheelchair?
Yes, he is an ex marine, and he has a PPL. He was involved in a car accident which left him in a wheel chair, and subsequently he learned to fly.
Good luck to him, Not sure I would have trusted being in a wheel chair on the runway at Lukla though, unless I had asbestos hands
I haven't got to see this, but I did like his program on the Mossie so I'll try to catch this.
Can't fault his attitude & mental strength can you?
Hooli said:
Pan Pan Pan said:
Hooli said:
Ex-Marine pilot? is this the bloke in the wheelchair?
Yes, he is an ex marine, and he has a PPL. He was involved in a car accident which left him in a wheel chair, and subsequently he learned to fly.
Good luck to him, Not sure I would have trusted being in a wheel chair on the runway at Lukla though, unless I had asbestos hands
I haven't got to see this, but I did like his program on the Mossie so I'll try to catch this.
Can't fault his attitude & mental strength can you?
He asks some interesting questions to the people he meets, I'm really enjoying it but if you took away all the flying stuff, im not sure I'd be watching it.
WestYorkie said:
Really enjoying this series. Just watched the Canada one and it was the best one so far for me.
One thing that puzzled me though, when he landed in the Catalinaesqe boat plane the pilot had the landing gear down. Anyone know why?
He was taxing in to the shore, my assumption was that it was to help prevent accidental grounding of the hull.One thing that puzzled me though, when he landed in the Catalinaesqe boat plane the pilot had the landing gear down. Anyone know why?
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