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New show on H2 in the US last night called Ghost Planes.
Ghost Planes Ghost Planes Sat August 9, 9:00 PM At the time of this writing, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, transporting 227 passengers and 12 crew members from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, has been missing for months. An unprecedented international search was unable to locate any bodies or debris. Authorities remain baffled, and the world remains transfixed. However, this is not the first story of its kind to shake the global community. According to the Aviation Society Network, more than 80 aircrafts have been declared "missing" since 1948--"Ghost Planes" that have literally vanished without a trace. This special utilizes interviews with experts and the families of passengers, Keep an eye on youtube etc. |
Another one to keep a lookout for:
The Worst Place to be a Pilot UK Channel 4 about Susi Air in Papua/Indonesia |
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Good watch for Porters, Caravans & scary approaches https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqkjRxzztJQ |
Enjoyed watching that!!
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Whoa!
Gotta laugh when the main trait to be a captain is willingness to take risks - anywhere else that would get you sacked! :)
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Agree with you totally Philip.
Not many pilot gamblers around. I'd like to actually track that guy's career. If there is one. Todd. |
Comes down to what makes GOOD TV.
This is similar to "Flying Wild Alaska" that aired a couple of years ago. If you haven't seen it, it is worth a watch considering the owner Jim Tweto started with nothing and now is one of the richest men in Canada. |
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Having lived in PNG many years ago (early 1970's), I can vouch for it being a rather 'interesting' place for flying - and that's just as a passenger. The island of New Guinea is very mountainous - up to about 14000 feet - and it usually clouds in by the middle of the day, hence most of these flights are in the mornings.
With the exception of the "Highlands Highway" from Lae to Mount Hagen, roads (even the 4WD variety) don't go very far inland from the coast. Hence there are little airstrips wherever space can be found, along ridges, uphill etc - not for the fainthearted. Most of those villages depend on those flights for everything - air being the only way in apart from a long Kokoda Trail like hike. For most of the passengers, it's all they know. VFR is the norm and those who get bold and decide to fly through cloud run the risk of meeting something solid within it. A very good place for a pilot to gain experience - or die if he/she makes a mistake. There was an old saying in PNG - There are Old Pilots and Bold Pilots, but no Old Bold Pilots. |
7Mate Sun 07/09
11:00AM Plane Xtreme: Emergency Landing 'CC' Pilot Dave Doble is called to deliver a Cessna Caravan to a customer in Nairobi, Kenya; he must do an emergency landing and have a local mechanic identify the problems. 12:00PM Special: Toughest Carrier Jobs (R) From the Gym to the Mess hall, life on board a USS carrier is one of the toughest jobs in the military! |
4Corners Mon 08/09 20:30
MH17 Shoot Down & associated civil war |
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There's a story showing shortly on 60 Minutes about the retirement of Qantas 767-338 VH-OGG.
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If you didn't know, today 15/09 is Battle of Britain day.
So for next Sunday: Movie: Battle Of Britain GEM, 3:45pm, Sun, 21 Sep 2014, 165 minutes An exceptional cast bring one of history's greatest air battles to life with gritty spectacle as the Royal Air Force takes on the Luftwaffe in the early weeks of WWII. Directed by Guy Hamilton. Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer, Susannah York 1969, United Kingdom, English, War, Movie If you want to spot the mistakes: http://www.moviemistakes.com/film1691 |
60mins next Sunday
Aeroplane Graveyard |
Mayday: The Passenger Who Landed A Plane (PG)
Documentary | Closed Captions Date 18/09 Time 9:00pm - 10:00pm Duration 60 minutes Channel Seven Sydney Summary The remarkable story that follows 77- year-old John Wildey who was being flown home after a day out in north Lincolnshire. After ten minutes, the pilot collapsed at the controls, 1500 feet in the air. Against all odds, with no flying experience, John had to do the unthinkable and land the plane in pitch darkness. |
ICE Pilots NWT is back on 7Mate starting next Monday 22/09 from 15:00 to 16:00 with a repeat early the next morning.
It's a repeat but if you are into C-46/C-47/DC-4 & Electras it is worth a watch. |
Watched 60mins.
If turned out to be a puff piece (ad) for Qantas & Boeing. If you missed it, you didn't miss much. |
A little bit for everyone
Tue 30/09 SBSOne 3:05 am How To Build - A Super Jumbo Wing - This three-part series looks at three high-tech British engineering projects that all share something in common - amazing technology and individuals with highly specialised skills. The first episode follows the people who work at the two main Airbus factories in the UK. In Filton, near Bristol, we meet engineers and designers at the company's research and development facility, and in Broughton in Wales, the site of one of Europe's biggest factories, we meet the staff who actually build the massive A380 aircraft wing. (From the UK) (Documentary Series) (Part 1 of 3) (Rpt) G CC Thu 02/10 SBS2 09:25pm Carrier: Another Day In Paradise - All Hands - Carrier is a 10-part Emmy Award-winning series about a six-month deployment aboard the aircraft carrier, USS Nimitz. On a bright May morning, 5,000 sailors and Marines bid farewell to their loved ones before the mammoth USS Nimitz pulls out of Coronado, California, and sets a course for Hawaii and beyond. The program includes extensive footage shot aboard ship, as well as interviews with many of the crew about their various experiences, in addition to their own personal concerns and fears about the trip ahead. (From the US) (Documentary Series) M (L) **Premiere** Sun 05/10 SBSOne 5:30 pm As It Happened: Air Aces - George Beurling Air Aces is the groundbreaking series that tells the stories of the most heroic airborne combat missions in history. Using real vintage aircrafts, the series films the impossible by re-creating mid-air combat sequences. Featuring Spitfires, Lancaster bombers, and Phantom fighters, as well as, aerial stunt teams, and state-of-the-art camera technology, the series dramatises the exploits of the world's greatest Air Aces. The series also features revealing interviews with the last surviving veterans and military historians, rare archival footage, and cutting edge CGI. (Part 1 of 6) (From the US) (Documentary) PG CC **New Series Premiere* 11:15 pm Where Is Flight MH370? Where is Flight MH370? tells the inside story of the search for the missing jet and those who have spent weeks searching for the lost plane. The disappearance of Flight MH370 stunned the world, making international headlines and sending shockwaves throughout the aviation industry. In an era of smart-phones and sat-nav, how could a 270-ton passenger jet vanish into thin air? Using the timeline of what happened to MH370 as its narrative structure, this documentary looks at how the plane could „disappear‟ and the technology used to follow its final path. (From the UK) (Documentary) G CC **Premiere** |
Nova aired yesterday "Why Planes Vanish"
The disappearance of Flight MH370 stunned the world. In an era of smart-phones and GPS, how could a 270-ton passenger jet vanish into thin air? It was a rude awakening for all of us, showing just how far we are from the world we imagined we lived in—in which every move is monitored all the time. NOVA tells the inside story of the search for Flight MH370 and meets the key players from all corners of the globe who have spent months searching for the lost plane. In the search for answers, we'll reveal how today's planes must fly through vast radar "blind spots," and investigate new technologies that could allow ground stations and satellites to track planes automatically, without pilot intervention, even in remote areas with no radar coverage. What will it take to guarantee that in the future, nothing will ever be 'lost' again? |
Fly In / Fly Out miners are the subject of a new observational series, Flying Miners, coming to ABC next week.
The series, produced by Screentime, seeks to put a ‘human face’ to those commuting long distance in Australia’s mining industry for high salaries, and the challenges involved. Commuting by plane, to work in one of Australia’s remote mines, can be a double-edged sword…the money is good, but the costs are great. Isolation, loneliness, and heartache – these are the realities of working out in the wilderness, thousands of kilometres from home. But over 100,000 people choose to work this way. They’re called FIFOs: Fly In Fly Out miners and they hold a unique place in Australia’s mining industry. Making money – and lots of it, can make ordinary people do extraordinary things. If the price is right, it can turn teachers into truck drivers, accountants into labourers and high school dropouts into highly skilled drillers. We meet FIFOs to understand the business from their perspective, why they do what they do and how they see their future unfolding. Shana used to be a model – she now drives a dump truck in the Pilbara, while Michael used to be a power line worker in New South Wales. He now travels across the country to Port Hedland, to maintain rail ore cars. Earning lots of money can also become a hard habit to break. Flying Miners explores the indulgences and dangers of FIFOs with too much cash. Copper miner Nick Dametto has tried to work outside the mining industry but the money keeps luring him back. But it’s a fickle business and Australia has been riding the wave of the mining boom for years now, with the bust potentially always just around the corner. With input from leading industry experts and with unprecedented access to mines all over the country, this series lifts the lid on the world of those Flying Miners. 8:30pm Tuesday ABC. |
Thanks for the heads up Greg. Look forward to this one!
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18/11/2014 7Two
1:00PM Voyages of Construction: How to Build a Jumbo Jet Engine Investigate how Rolls Royce's designs keep jumbo jets in the sky, how their skills have made flying the safest mode of transport and how their innovations allow planes to be cleaner, greener and quieter. |
Wed 26/11 7Two
12:30AM Voyages of Construction How to Build Britain’s Secret Engineers (R)Follow a top secret British company on a global journey as it reveals a handful of its secretive projects - like the adaptation of military stealth technology for civilian wind turbines. Includes Chinook rebuild Sun 30/11 7Two 4:30PM Weapons of World War II: Heavy Bombers (R) In World War II, the only heavy four engined bombers in the war were either Russian or American. Ultimately, the pressurised B-29 gave the Americans the ability to drop the Atomic bomb. Tue 02/12 7Two 9:30PM Alaska Wing Men: Fatal Crash **PREMIERE**Watch as veteran bush pilot Jack Barber turns his plane into a flying bomb by loading it with 1500 litres of explosive fuel. |
There was a doco aired in NZ earlier this year on the police team that recovered & identified the victims of the Air NZ Erebus crash.
If you don't know the backstory then watch this first: TVNZ's 'Lookout': The Mt Erebus Disaster https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP36X0BsMQ0 Erebus: Operation Overdue 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTgK2qJXCtY Highly recommend both. |
Sunday, December 7, 2014
7Two 16:30 - 17:30 Command Center: Hartsfield - Jackson Airport, Atlanta GA (R) Hartsfield - Jackson Airport in Atlanta manages 2,700 take-offs and landings daily. Meet the engineers, tarmac operators and the rest of the crew charged with the huge task of running the airport smoothly. Tuesday, Dec 9, 2014 7Two 20:30 - 21:30 Mighty Structures: Kansai Airport (R) 'CC' Kansai International Airport, a floating mega structure in Japan, built to withstand the wrath of mother nature up above, but what about down below? Fasten your seat belts and prepare for take-off to an amazing island airport in the land of the rising sun that may be destined to sink back into the sea. 7Two 21:30 - 22:30 Alaska Wing Men: Gold Rush **NEW EPISODE**A pilot attempts to rescue a group of stranded climbers from a glacier and a guardian pilot and his team fly to the northernmost edge of the continent to rescue a toddler in respiratory distress. Saturday, Dec 6, 2014 7Three 11:30 - 12:30 Ultimate Factories: Apache Helicopters (R) Investigate the construction process of a machine designed and built for one purpose, to seek out and destroy enemy forces |
Thanks form the updates and info Greg :)
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Saturday December 6 7:00pm Angelina Unbroken And Exclusive special WW2 POW Story after B-24 shot down in the Sth Pacific. Highly recommend that book. Doco on story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVFsx9fA19w |
Sunday, December 14, 2014
7TWO 2:00PM Seconds From Disaster: Comet Air Crash (R) 'CC' January 10, 1954 the ultimate passenger luxury jet took off from Rome, but 26 minutes into the flight it exploded killing 35. What went wrong? Tuesday, December 16, 2014 7TWO 9:30PM Alaska Wing Men: Convict On Board **NEW EPISODE** In the areas of Alaska where aircraft is the only way in or out, pilots survive by using their skills and instincts to tame the turbulent skies and treacherous terrain. Thursday, December 18, 2014 7TWO 1:00PM 7TWO Mid Arvo Movie: Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight (R) (1994) A telling of the story of the famous US aviatrix Amelia Earhart who attempted to fly solo around the world in 1937, but disappeared along the way. Starring DIANE KEATON, RUTGER HAUER, BRUCE DERN, PAUL GUILFOYLE and DENIS ARNDT. Sunday, December 21, 2014 7Mate 2:30AM Supercarrier: Airport At Sea (R) 'CC' Join the crew of the USS Ronald Reagan and see how their training prepares them for the myriad of deadly situations that could occur on this massive vessel of war. |
Sunday, December 21, 2014
7Two 11:30PM Alaska Wing Men: Convict On Board In the areas of Alaska where aircraft is the only way in or out, pilots survive by using their skills and instincts to tame the turbulent skies and treacherous terrain. Wednesday, December 24, 2014 5:00AM Alaska Wing Men: Suicide Sled Race (R) To complete the toughest snowmobile race in the world, racers rely on their Alaska pilots to be their flying 'pit crew', seeing them safely through dangerous terrain, high speeds and bitter cold. Not many Aviation based Xmas specials Seasons Greeting to All |
QAntas 72 features in this...the stretch the 'pilot error' subject matter a little..
http://youtu.be/QFK1xw_735A Cheers and happy new year M |
Latest season of Air Crash Investigations (Season 14) has commenced in the Uk an will soon start in Oz.
The episode list is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mayday_episodes |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y9-wPkV4ls
Beware of fakes offering payment to see or download codec to watch. You will download a trojan horse/virus/bot which will infect your computer. |
On Wed 21 Jan SBS will start a new series called WWII Air Crash Detectives
Bakers Creek, Australia, 14th June, 1943. For the men about to board "Miss Every Morning Fixin", the pressures of the War had been eased by a period of rest and relaxation in Queensland, but they were about to return to war operations in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. They were never to return. Shortly after take-off the aircraft plunged into the ground killing everyone aboard - apart from one survivor, who would spend the rest of his life coping with the injuries he received that day. This accident is still Australia’s worse ever plane crash and yet it was hushed up by the Australian and US governments until after the war had ended, with the relatives being told that those on board had perished in a crash over the South Pacific. Worth a look |
WWII Air Crash Detectives
Full Episode List From 1939 to 1945 thousands of young airmen met terrible ends not at the hands the enemy’s machine guns or because of the murderous flak of anti-aircraft fire, but in catastrophic accidents and training crashes. Incredibly, these incidents accounted for the lives of over 8,000 men. All over the world training flights and cargo transport journeys all sometimes ended in disaster. Perhaps it’s not so surprising that, amid the weight of the human costs of the air war against Germany, these ‘hidden’ losses have been forgotten; but all the men in the aircraft which never returned signed up for the same war, and they were all someone’s father, brother or son. The same letters went home to every family. Luckily, there are some who believe those brave men should not be a footnote in military history. They are the World War 2 air crash detectives and now, for the first time, they have agreed to let us join them. Episode One - Lost & Confused: Sharp Top Mountain B-25 Crash On a cold dark night in February, 1943, five trainees aboard a B-25 Mitchell Bomber struggle to find their bearings. Confused at their exact whereabouts the aircraft finally slams into Sharp Top Mountain high above the American town of Bedford in Virginia. It was the third training crash in the area that night – and the worse. What really caused this accident? Was it because of “Pilot Error”, equipment failure, bad weather, or could the mission have been doomed from the beginning? The official report stated the cause of the crash as ‘Unknown’, but in this episode we discover what really happened. Episode Two - Sikorski’s Last Flight 4 July 1943 – 11:07pm a Liberator bomber from RAF Transport Command takes off from Gibraltar for England. On board is General Władysław Sikorski, Prime Minister of Poland’s London-based government in exile and Commander-in-Chief of its armed forces, returning from visiting Polish troops in the Middle East. On take-off, the aircraft climbs normally from the runway, levels off to gather speed but then suddenly loses height and crashes into the harbour. The 62-year-old Polish general is killed, along with 15 others. The sole survivor is the Czech-born pilot, Eduard Prchal, who is rescued by an RAF launch. The bodies of five passengers and crew, including Sikorski’s daughter, are never found. This episode pieces together the events of that night, the cause of the crash and examines the murky world of WWII international espionage and the case for an assassination. Episode Three - Baker’s Creek: Australia’ S Worst Crash Bakers Creek, Australia, 14th June, 1943. For the men about to board “Miss Every Morning Fixin”, the pressures of the War had been eased by a period of rest and relaxation in Queensland, but they were about to return to war operations in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. They were never to return. The “Miss Every Morning Fixin”, a name derived from the amount of effort needed to keep it airworthy, was a beaten up old B-17 bomber that had been converted for transport use and had suffered a great deal of damage - including receiving over a thousand bullet holes - in a raid over the Philippines in 1941. Shortly after take-off the aircraft plunged into the ground killing everyone aboard - apart from one survivor, who would spend the rest of his life coping with the injuries he received that day. The death toll finally stood at 40 passengers and crew. This accident is still Australia’s worse ever plane crash and yet it was hushed up by the Australian and US governments until after the war had ended, with the relatives being told that those on board had perished in a crash over the South Pacific. Why was the truth suppressed, and why did the plane crash? Episode Four - The Turweston Crash: Death In The Moonlight In the early hours of 8th July 1944, a normally quiet part of rural Northamptonshire was a hive of activity as the 17 twinned engine Wellington bombers rumbled down the runway of their Turweston airfield home. With the Allied D-Day invasion having taken place the previous month, these young trainees were conducting a night-time flying exercise as part of their readiness to enter frontline bombing service for the RAF. With a bright full moon lighting up his fellow circling bombers in the night’s sky, the Wellington of Pilot Officer Searles and his six strong crew took to the air. As they climbed into the inky darkness a fireball erupted. Searle’s Wellington had collided with another, and the two bombers crashed to the ground in flames. Both crews were killed instantly. 13 young men had died before their war had even begun… Garth Barnard strives to find out what caused the mid-air collision by reviewing eye-witness accounts, official reports, computer simulations and his own theories. Episode Five - Conspiracy Or Confusion? Naper 28: Death On The Great Plains August 3rd, 1944 – a C-47 transport plane, with a crew of four, is ferrying 24 trainee P-47 fighter pilots from the Bruning Army Air Field in Nebraska to the South Dakotan Pierre Army Air Field for advanced training. The pilot, Captain Stanley J Meadows, is forced to try and find a way through a wide storm front as the unique weather conditions found on the great plains of America conspire against him. After cloud dodging for almost an hour, Captain Meadow’s luck finally runs out and the plane is engulfed in a violent storm cloud, there is a lightning flash, and witnesses see the aircraft plummet to the ground killing all 28 passengers and crew onboard. Naper 28 as it became known is thought to be the worse single US plane crash of the War. The exact cause of the crash was never fully determined and several possibilities existed as to why the C-47 crashed. Episode Six - The Duke Of Kent Crash It is the 25th of August, 1942. A Short Sunderland Flying Boat slams into Eagle Rock, a remote hillside in the far north of Scotland, killing fourteen people on board. Miraculously, there is one survivor. But among the dead is His Royal Highness Prince George the Duke of Kent, the brother of King George VI. The official report into the crash cites pilot error as its cause – it was, according to the authorities, a tragic accident. This episode is tasked with getting at the truth behind the infamous Eagle Rock crash which claimed the life of the ‘Forgotten’ Prince – the Royal brother with the unfortunate lifestyle and inconvenient politics. DVD Available next month |
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SBSOne Mon 20:30 - 21:30
Worst Place To Be A Pilot In the first episode, the new recruits come face to face with the remarkable range of challenges that flying in Indonesia presents; Captain George is greeted by a large group of tribes people after he becomes the first pilot to land on a runway that's taken them 14 years to cut into the side of a mountain. The locals tell him about their cannibal ancestors. Guy takes drastic action as a passenger has a mid-air panic attack, and Sam struggles to control the plane during landing as he flies local tribes people to one of the most remote and spectacular runways in the world. (Part 1 of 4) (From the UK) (Documentary) PG CC |
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