Buffalo Airways Crew Find A Legendary Plane Stuck In A Swamp | Ice Pilots | Wonder

This week on Ice Pilots, the water-bomber is being seriously put to the test when ice starts to build up during its flight in the unforgiving cold. A crashed relic of Joes past is found in a swamp and the Buffalo crew set out to salvage this historic plane.
Subscribe to WONDER to watch more documentaries: / wonderdocs
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.
Follow us on Instagram: / thewonderchannel
Follow us on Facebook: / thewonderchannel
WONDER is packed with binge worthy reality documentaries for hours of entertainment. Check out our hub of diverse and empowering stories which explore the extreme side of life!
Join our Wonderers Facebook group: / 2227476344246882
Any queries, please contact us at: [e-mail]
#wonder #documentary #icepilots

[@frostyfrost4094]

"Love that smell" your not the only one. the CL412 are a rare sight in the UK thank you for picking PIK

[@johnpartridge7623]

This has to be one of the best Programmes on at the moment & I wish it could be brought back 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@crsnena]

Truth.

[@jenniferwhitewolf3784]

Save-a-Plane on youtube... Mikey's channel

[@moosaraoof2336]

His and the other plans for a couple of hours 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👎🏽👎🏽👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿

[@Agislife1960]

I worked for a 135/121 operation in Alaska throughout the 90's, every time I watch an episode of Ice Pilots, I see my past life before my eyes, it feels good and sad at the same time.

[@rosebudadkins6803]

Wow! This is a great series. It is suspenseful. I can’t imagine it being my life. Hats off all who flew/ fly like this.

[@cjshardcorepunkmusicvault8474]

I watched Ice Pilots when it originally aired, I was so bummed when it finished. I'm always hoping now that with the new 737 there could be a new show in it?????? One can hope anyway. Greetings from Scotland.

[@PrincessZoey]

That’s a great move!!! Happy the Buffalo team salvaged some history

[@brentdykgraaf184]

History.. thank you..all involved. Bucketlist...get up there.

[@liammcdonough6832]

Good job recovering that tail, guys! I’ll bet Merlin would have been SO proud of you!

[@hotelgulf]

Great episode. Really fascinating to see a long lost airplane (at least part of one), come home. ✔️

[@darrenhawken9766]

Great effort from father and son team , nice to see you bring all back one day, as to clean the environment up , thanks for sharing 👍

[@yasmanisantiesteban9169]

The helicopter pilot do. Excellent job

[@P-CROZIER]

Absolutely Beautiful... Thank you Buffalo Crews ❤️

[@donlloyd2988]

When I first went to Hay River back in 1980 Merlin Carter was my landlord as I rented a trailer from him in Rowes trailer court. He would come by every month and collect the rent and we would sit and have a beer. Fascinating man to talk with. After awhile I realized everyone knows everyone lol. I sure was saddened to learn of his passing.

[@KeithMoffat-yo4gq]

Wow!!!!! What a great achievement. A piece of the past with a rich heritage, to be displayed as a tribute to two men who would not give in. I must admit at times, Joe drives me nuts. But I have to admit, he has got what it takes. The rest of the Buffalo crew, are very special. Joe is a luck guy. Thanks for sharing a special adventure. form an avid fan in Quebec.

[@billyboyblue17]

Mikey, your exercise program is really showing results! You are looking good man! Great episode - loved it.

[@robertfencl4401]

Doing incredible things with much good humor!

[@jojothetasmaniansassmonkey8866]

Joe was such a handsome chap

[@smjhobbies4527]

I'm so sad about this I want to cry Not only was he a great guy and a great pilot but what a legend. And I also want to cry that they're not taking everything that they can take from that wreckage put it together rebuild what they can and reuse what they can and restore that airplane just not to fly again but just restore it so it's all put back together and that should be his memorial and if anybody needs help I just live right here in Vermont I'm not too far away from where you guys are really Burlington Vermont I'd be more than willing to come over there and help recover all the pieces I'm a good swimmer that's only a few feet deep let's do this let me know and if you guys want to do in the winter time that'd be even easier we can cut it up with chainsaws the ice I mean so let me know

[@LooseFrait]

that plane will most likely never fly again, it is way too far gone, it was too far gone right after it crashed... and it is really too far-gone 40 years later, it would cost 7x the amount to restore it, then to buy the same model plane in decent shape, and even after it is "Restored." 85% of the metal won't be original due to airplane regulations and general stress on the components and metal.

[@gudjongudjonsson5103]

I found it quite cool to see my old place of work, Keflavik Airport. I really like these episodes.

[@redwatch1100]

Those Canadian accents kill me lol.

[@user-nr3ss5hk9s]

Great work

[@mikepearson717]

Has anybody else noticed the ATC controller voice is the same South African sounding guy, whether they’re in Turkey, Canada or over the Atlantic?🤣

[@christianweigl4467]

Take off in a Jet Ranger and arriving in a Long Ranger… cooool 👍😝

[@brentdykgraaf184]

Is there anything...ANYTHING Joe cannot fly?

[@twillison8824]

I didn't know there were speaker city stores I canada.

[@colehankins]

Will capt herkwinder be able to repair the tiller and get the pirate zepplin out of the garage and into downtown Roanoke before Buddy and the dynamo boys arrive?

[@ferebeefamily]

Thank you for the video.

[@MikeyMcBryan]

I know those guys!

[@sanyfalkenberg4986]

I bet you do :)

[@brentdykgraaf184]

Two days on a Croatia beach....you will not leave.

[@davevaughn7399]

very nice I enjoyed watching this one for sure nice job guys

[@mohammadfaizal8461]

awesome...

[@smjhobbies4527]

So many ways to get to the crash site.

[@tomsamuelson8512]

Is Mikey and DTD going to be at Oshkosh 2022?

[@skipgetelman3418]

Love this show

[@jethroY8100]

Are you guys going back for the engines that would be cool to hear them pop off after so many years of being in the mud

[@jeielsim7266]

Pls make mayday available in Philippines I literally watch it a lot and I like it

[@beboboymann3823]

Fantastic episode.

[@tjecko65]

Great episode And well done work 👍

[@leroycharles9751]

What caused that Lockheed to go down in the first place?

[@grumpyoldfart1945]

The aircraft that Joe and Mikey flew in their search for the L-10 is a Beech TravelAir not a Beech Baron.

[@jhaedtler]

I was going to mention that! The announcers on this show need a good education!

[@andrewschmidt5312]

Mikey even said it was a TravelAir before they boarded.

[@briandotlich472]

Isn't the model 10A also known as the "Lockheed Electra"?🤔

[@scottcol23]

Sure is. The Electra was a name Lockheed used a few times. The model 10 12 and 14 along with the L-188 turboprop.

[@gerhardbaumann7233]

@@scottcol23 I was wondering about that. I grew up reading Amelia flew an Electra.

[@mannyvarela9468]

This is a good show, but I love how ever reality show exaggerates everything. They are flying TWIN engine SEA planes. Sea planes! With enough cargo to bring extra fuel if needed. Granted, the Atlantic is no joke, but to say there is no place to land a SEA plane. HMMMM the Sea? There is no doubt that there is danger, and my hat goes off to them, but you gotta love the music and drama. Try flying a regular single engine aircraft over the Atlantic with truly no place to land.

[@ericlakota1847]

I always want to lern to fly but man you lern how small this planet is when you drive planes half way around the world

[@xxbambamxx7261]

But atleast they have the safety of the other plane, so if they need to ditch, they can call in early.. But I belive those planes can also land on water without too much risk... If there is not huge waves Ofcourse...

[@pwrplnt1975]

They said it was 75 miles out of Yellowknife wy are the helos out of fuel?

[@timewa851]

thinking the helo came from somewhere else, needed to fuel up to lift/ drag that exterior load.

[@gulfbird5365]

This corporate got so many smacks on brow and had beaten so many times on forehead , still its collective and intransigent or puetulent . Although it is for sure ladened with chock full duty tasks , however with regiment or barrage of dedicative workforces power it will proceed . Hopefully to witness a newflangled fleet

[@maytagmark2171]

You should consider bringing it all in.

[@djpmatchbox]

This is from years ago. Its probably fully submerged at this point

[@maytagmark2171]

@@djpmatchbox I know it was years ago. But the planes loss was years before and it was still visible. If the planes Tag was lost in the fire its a moot point though.

[@williamdixon1992]

I wish they would use miles instead of metric.

[@ralphwatt8752]

Pity the rest of the Lockheed couldn't be recovered

[@smjhobbies4527]

Can I have one of the engines out of that airplane if I retrieve it

[@advancedflea]

is it me or has Mikey lost a ton of weight?

[@donnawentz7079]

Yeah he has! I remember he was starting to really work out and it shows

[@advancedflea]

@@donnawentz7079 When he started to go to the gym I was on the fence about if he would actually stick it out. Glad to see he did and that it worked for him.

[@TheAslakVind]

I lied very near to a forrest fire in Nacka, Sweden. Turkey sent two CL-215 water bombers, I wonder if these are the ones!

[@rosebudadkins6803]

I am in PNW for past 22 yrs. First time experiencing water bombers. We have two seasons out here wind & fire. First year out here 6 very young forest fire fighters killed. R.I.P.

[@davidmanley9437]

Another project for Plane Savers????

[@teebosaurusyou]

I hope they plan to haul the rest of the wreck out.

[@barryrousseau3989]

Songs

[@mikeabc5355]

Not having radio communication with helicopter pilot would be unthinkable. Surly somebody from ground crew was communicating with the helicopter pilot.

[@mhale71]

You use hand signals, and the ground crew here were using completely wrong ones, pointing with your finger up or down is not legible at all from 150 feet up.. they are supposed to spin their hand in a circle pointing upward to signal up, and swipe their palm back and forth above their head for down, and hold their arm out straight for steady.. AND it's still prudent to have ground grew wearing a headset/radio with comms to the pilot... . What a gong show

[@Mike-ei9ip]

@@mhale71 I started flying in 1970 and at that time most aviation com radios operated on vacuum tubes handheld radios for aviation was something we did not even dream about. Today I would not even go on a local flight without a handheld radio and extra batteries. In the US Army, we had a "portable radio" in the 70s a really big radio and we used it in a few situations to pick up cargo with helicopters. Hand signals are really inadequate, especially in a dusty environment with bigger helicopters.

[@davidhayden9336]

FERRY TANKS ETC. SAFE FLIGHT PLANNING. A DAM GOOD REASON TO GO IN THE FIRST PLACE. USE YOUR PILOT BRAIN. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR LIVES ETC.

[@robertharris7027]

Someone should tell the audience how old these videos are. 10 years? Or more? I'm not quite sure if Joe is still alive. Or if Mikey did not just explode in the meantime.

[@donnawentz7079]

Mikey has his own company now and a KZbin channel called “Plane savers.” And Joe is still alive.

[@aviatorboss9978]

joe is still running buffalo with some of the same crew I believe along with mikey.

[@mikentosh]

Joe’s dead.

[@smjhobbies4527]

Is this Buffalo New York

[@twillison8824]

No, this is canada

[@smjhobbies4527]

@@twillison8824 10-4 and thank you eh

[@BillyButtry]

hmmm no where to land in a float plane if the ocean is not rough can't it land on the ocean like a good boy????

[@steveclujhawkins8063]

A hoarder....needs a piece of everything...i am vindicated...my home & garage is car parts, boxes of nuts & bolts... valuable only to a compulsive hoarder. lol's

[@ericlakota1847]

To bad their buffalo chopper dosent fly

[@Greggg57]

Hahahaha drama network Inc.

[@alainbellemare2168]

Sub zero water is called ice

[@rogervondach1238]

I really love to watch those episodes and I think I saw them all. However, at this point I have to make a comment. Stop to always report negative with what could happen next and then it does not. Being a pilot myself, this is not the right way of thinking. Sure, you have to keep all possibilities in mind, but the commentator is always painting in black.

[@Tillerman56]

That's what's alway going on in those 'reality shows', annoying indeed.

[@Cramblit]

Yup, SOOO dangerous flying over water in a specialized plane that is made to land on water... lmao... the manufactured drama makes me want to puke...

[@DrivetoThrive5779]

This channel just focusing on funding right now

[@oldtugs]

Drama, drama, drama, BS. That 185 on floats can land and takeoff on wet grass so the water depth drama is nonsense. It really detracts from the quality of the videos when such stuff is added just for drama. Why does Joe let it happen? Click bait?

[@smjhobbies4527]

Oh no. God forbid if you were to do a fly by low and look at where it's safe to land go back to elevation do a turn and come back in and land where the waters deep and slowly put your weight towards the crash keeping in a physical eye out on how deep it is it's pretty easy to do you guys are adding all this extra drama for extra Hollywood BS and it really really sucks when you do that it really does it totally ruins the show you guys

[@sharoncassell9358]

Great operation.

[@suminshizzles6951]

Overly dramatic made for TV nonesense. Saying that a surval suit is all that will keep them alive in case they have to ditch is rubbish. They are in a float plane and most competent pilots will attempt a landing unless the plane is on fire. IF they fall out of the sky then even that suit wont save them as they hit the water at 600 mph.

[@Salesman263]

Jealous much?

[@bron9674]

I think it's dumb to not be wearing survival suits.

[@davidhayden9336]

WHAT A MONUMENTAL WASTE OF MONEY, A LONG MOVIE WOULD SUFFICE, RIGHT.

[@OPV17]

second

[@sharoncassell9358]

You guys are brutally critical.

[@andysaunders3708]

Drama, drama, drama everytime. How do they ever find time to get any work done. Thankfully, the camera was there every time. More bloody "reality" TV. Gets boring. Bye.

[@stevenbrown4315]

Yes it is dramatised to make it more entertaining and amped up by narration,aviation is all about minimising risks correct situation response operating in extreme environments adds to the risk management workload. These guys are not thrill seeking gamblers.

[@jhaedtler]

Your announcer is a drama queen. flying over water and it they have to land? They are flying Seaplanes!!!! Get a life!

[@asicdathens]

CL-215 needs very calm seas to land. In the Northern Atlantic with waves it is extremely dangerous

[@pontiacperformance1993]

The cl-215 is unable to land in those seas unfortunately to rough if it’s really calm they can but not usually calm that far out

[@jhaedtler]

@@pontiacperformance1993 So If you're flying along in one of those and both engines quit, You're not going to try to set it down on the water? I pray to God that you don't fly! Or vote for that matter!

[@pontiacperformance1993]

@@jhaedtler ofcourse I would that’s why there wearing those suits in another episode you see them training to use them because the plane won’t stay afloat those suits can keep you alive I believe up to 48hours and ofcourse I fly it’s just there goal was to deliver the planes not lose them that’s why they were worried

[@jeZZa7810]

11th

[@smjhobbies4527]

So why couldn't he have gingerly landed on the wrecked airplane not the not the part they're trying to save but the other part so the guys could have stepped out onto that airplane itself duh pretty easy to figure that out come on you guys this is pathetic

[@sakesuthisa397]

first

[@WJSpies]

How do they take a dump w/ those bulky survival suits on?

[@pascalbeauchamp3814]

Is that monney Come from joe pocket or Buffalo. Because if it Come from Buffalo its stupid stupid because you are thaking monney from the compagny for personnel, that would Come from your pocket.