The Buffalo Electra Plane Is Finally Back In The Air | Ice Pilots NWT | Wonder
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ย. 2024
- This week on Ice Pilots, after nearly a year of repairs, the legendary Electra is back in use and is in for a real challenge. Some new recruits have joined the airline and are about to see what it's really like behind closed doors.
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Buffalo Airways is an airline based in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. They mainly fly WWII-era piston powered propeller planes in minus 40 degrees and land on tiny strips of tarmac in the tundra.
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I lived in Alaska and worked for a flying service throughout the 90's and thats exactly how the north country works. This TV series is sooo dang good, superior to anything currently on TV.
Am i the only one addicted to this?
We are together
Ditto
We're all going to be really screwed in a few weeks when the last episode plays
Nop.. Ur not alone ✌️
@@briandotlich472 wait what 😯
Much respect to all involved with this production, not just pilots/crew!
Brings back memories. I spent 24 years flying in the Electra's cousin, the Navy's P-3 Orion.
can't beat the sound of those D13's at 90 deg coordinator, baby💖
I love this series, and the people in it.😘
Tyler, a young kid, made himself look significantly better than fully matured Joe McBryan by saying "thank you" and seeking a handshake from Joe.... Joe responded by keeping his hands in his pockets and telling him he hopes he doesn't hurt himself. Wow
Great to see an Aussie guy doing his Best in Yellowknife 👍🏼
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Brilliant Programme, When Ray brought that Electra down on Two sets of Wheels, I would've thought the damage was terminal for the Plane but obviously I was wrong & glad about it. Even the Women have got Balls to Fly & work in this Weather & I wish this Programme was still being made 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Me too.
I love this show.
I watched it on the Weather Channel.
I know these episodes are old. but i hope in the future when the engines on the old bombers are no longer fixable, I hope they put turbo props in them to keep them flying.
I remember the last episode Douglas when Joe and Mikey were bidding on one with turboprop engines but they were outbid..I really wanted them to Win
They actually lease a few of the turbo prop dc3 during the winter months to help with demand
Or modern radials. Someone somewhere should be building knock off Pratt and Whitney's
These days they fly electras and a 737 is on the way
I think if you want to do that on a commercial aircraft you sort of can't. Mickey talked about it on his yt channel. They can't even use retired C-130 Hercules. There are turbine DC-3s, but I think C-46 is a better size. It's not worth the money to certify one aircraft. Buffalo flies the last c-46. ATRs Dash-7s Dash-8s L-100 hercs 737 probably what's going to do the job.
It looks like they did a very nice rebuilding job on the L-188. I hate seeing a classic airliner end up written off. Great to see the Electra flies again.
The courage and perseverance of these folks most impresses me! Love airplanes and love them.
I wish they were still producing the show..I don't know why they stopped
Nice to see ex VH-RMA back in the air again ... If it is ever retired be nice if it went into a museum in Australia..
So glad to see BAQ back in the air!
How on earth can they throw gold on the street like that? An experienced pilot as rampie??? Nuts
Love this flying TV series.....please, please keep them coming, forever!!! You’ll have alot of subscribers!!! Great videos, loved them!!!
Joe, Arney and Kelly are dead.
Loved watching this series, but appears I had got my hopes up someone had did a current documentary.
Great videos series....I over them. Please keep these videos coming, forever, fir the next 25 years. You’ll soon have over 3 million subscribers to this channel!!!!!
Hang on to yer hats, Boys!
I am addicted to a new story line and new aircraft's.
Awesome show but be careful with that Electra. That is a very old airframe! Please check the spar caps closely. Especially the forward lower in front of the MLG. Any fuel leak could be a crack! Direct message me for more info.
Silly question: Is there a way to get an engineer to work out a Canadian equivalent of an STC to beef up the gear to deal with the rough fields? Expensive but cheaper than wrecking a plane?
Well done David. The mistake is your greatest friend, because you know exactly what to not do henceforth. Good luck to you. Buffallo Joe, show some emotions please, the INTP thing is too dry! Good luck will....
No I work on P3s Orion’s for 20 years. Great planes
Let's go!
As tough as it can be to go from high up in the food chain down to the lower or the entry level, personally I think that it's good! You want to be the guy that can go anywhere in the company and be able to do the job. From top to bottom, bottom to top! That makes you valuable and gives you job security, plus it makes your day to day tasks much easier because you understand what and why things are being done the way that they are. That's just my opinion anyway 😁
Thanks for sharing a good group of people.
What're the black exhaust lines coming off the back of each engine on take off????
Thanks. Ey.
I love these guys
You get an experienced pilot then you stick him on the ramp not surprised your going bust.
I assume you think TV is real life then eh?
Nothing in the world like that sound of them engines especially on decent
Did seapost get rid of his Cessna 150?
@27.05 "how big is the commander?" they got one on the hangar floor @10.48.
Mickee if you read this. There is a dc3 for sale in Australia
You should reply on his channel...
love this
Me too
Why don't you apply the brakes after takeoff to stop the wheels from rotating as they enter the wheel wells.?
It should be seen as an honor to help transport a dead loved one back home to family.
Is it not common to tap the brakes after takeoff to stop the tires from spinning?
Lazarus lives, Clarence Kelly Johnson builds ,em tough.
What happened to his cessna 150
given the choice of flying interesting aircraft like this airline flies or modern junk I know which I would choose
No, we all are!😁
They make it sound like the Electra is barely capable of landing on an ice runway. Tell that to the A340 that landed in Antartica.
Your not the only one who is addicted
Joe being himself, ungrateful to the end! Buffalo's FO turnover must be really high.
No I am here
I knew a young guy who had 1,000 flying hours. He had 500 hours in an Aeronca Champion and 500 hours in a combination of ultra-light aircraft and hot air balloons. Was he ready for the Airlines? Nah! 👨🛩🔥
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New episode?
How did they get the Electra to the repair Shop with half the engines gone and parts of the wing ground off? I assume they did the bare minimum repairs to get it air worth enough for a flight to the repair shop??
Swap one good engine to the damaged wing? Fly it on two engines?
@@maytagmark2171 P-3 guy here. Two engines would too dangerous. Mostly did a bunch of temp repairs to make it flyable and got permission for a one-time flight to the repair facility.
The engines were replaced and it was flown gear down.
hello
Yo, Mikey, what happened to that 737?
This is from I believe Late to early 2000-2010. Mikey has been posting about the 737 on his social medias. He hasn't revealed it yet though. I believe when he reaches 100K subs he will.
I`d work for joe..... 🤠😎
A pilot with over 2000 hrs and this Company destroys his dream
oh yeah mikie married chuck and had a baby and joe ended up in anger mgmt killed the instructor. just what i read in yellowknifes local newspaper
Lol
too bad they are out of bussiness. heard they got perm shut down by the caa
Does every car and truck in Canada have a cracked windshield? Asking for a friend.
Good question 😂 Isn't always the same truck ?
It’s not just Canada, but Alaska too & anywhere in the Arctic, because we put large amounts of sand & gravel on the roads during the winter for added traction, the gravel gets kicked up by vehicle tires & crack the windshields of the vehicles behind them. Another cause is putting the heater on defrost right when you start the vehicle & the windshield is frozen can make them crack horizontally across the windshield right where the defroster blows.
Yes...and it's not just rocks....it's the extreme cold contracting the glass..and then when it warms up
@@NotFound-lt9jq Ah yes, I recall a co-worker went to visit his parents in Montana and learned that they didn't have fine glacial gravel for the roads, so the larger rocks would often get kicked up and crack windows.
Who says hang on to your hats boys?
It was Buffaloes chief pilot (at the time) Arnie Schroeder (spelling?).
@@NotFound-lt9jq RIP Earnie
Very bad using of resources having the Aussie sent to Hay River to become a mindless rampy. Think of the resumes Buffalo gets. Do any of them have a guy with 3000 hours real flying? Mikey and the rest of the office are out of touch with recruiting.
He shouldn't expect any special treatment. He may have over 2000 hours in his log book, but that doesn't qualify him to be anything but a rookie pilot here. By his own admission, Buffalo's aircraft and the conditions in the Canadian North are in a completely different category from anything he has handled before. He'll have to earn his way off the ramp, and rightly so.
Will Will (🤭) be paid as a jockey or a rampy?
Joe is a businessman until someone needs to do something that is good business for them, after that all its all personal.
7st !!
27699th 😂
This is why they can’t keep pilots. They put a professional pilot who Mikey says is “pretending pilot” on the ramp like a pilot with 100 hours a disgrace that is a slap in the face. Plus old planes carrying their capacity is a recipe to become a black spot in the snow
To see some one out of the blue get to fly when u have other pilots that can fly if you train them instead of having them load freight why are you having pilots and hiring pilots to load freight what makes no sense they don’t care about load they don’t care about the weight distribution it would be almost more of a hazard than anything
is it necessary to use profanity? Seems to me that a prayer now then might work out better...
The narrator needs a narrtor
Are they still flying those pieces of junk? Buy some new planes Buff Joe!
yawn
hi