DC-3 Faces Tough Landing On Makeshift Sand Strip | Ice Pilots NWT | Wonder

One of the pilots Arnie is given the task to navigate a tricky DC-3 landing on a makeshift sand strip. Normally these pilots are used to icy landings but the sand can be far more dangerous. Chuck battles to control a temperamental power unit, and Rod's wife goes into labour.
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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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[@Cramblit]

Chuck is the kind of person I always hope I get as a mentor. He may be grumpy, he may be irritable sometimes, but holy hell does he really know wtf he's doing, and you can learn loads.

[@Treasureson78RPM]

That Chuck is a legend, they clearly don't make em like him anymore.

[@pnwRC.]

Chuck reminds me of an ole mechanic at a company I use to work at. There wasn't a problem that you could bring that man that he couldn't figure out within a few hours of diagnosing it. Chuck's the kind of man you WANT to have repairing your equipment!

[@tilethio]

It is also surprising to me. There atlist one very skilled mechanics in every organization. Unfortunately with all that skill most of them stay emoyed until they retire than starting their own bussiness.

[@tilethio]

Arnie was a very good friend of Joe. This movie is one testament to his caring for Bufallo. His job was piloting that beast DC3 but he negotiate and secure a side bussiness that will compensate to the flight.

[@adiakiyes6354]

Chuck is amazing...I love his dedication to work and his cursing...

[@victoriapendleton4099]

This and Deadliest Catch are the two best reality series

[@kingruk86]

You haven't seen Rust VALLEY restorers than broski lol check it out though if you haven't it's on netflix

[@Agislife1960]

Man...I loved this series, this was really what the remote North was all about, and still is.

[@christopherbrooks3587]

A

[@rosebudadkins6803]

Best series ever on tv bar none. Love this show. Thanks for uploading.

[@primeleverage2266]

Chuck is a legend!

[@bavarianaviationvideonews5870]

chuck is a legend !

[@abcbc123]

Chuck for a split second thinking that he got the cameraman with the fire at 38:14 😂

[@guyh.4121]

It was always a good show to watch.

[@ryan.m990]

I'm gettin into this show,only problem, I have no prime tv, so I gotta watch it on KZbin, this is the 1st time seeing a new episode...lol

[@Northern_Farmer]

Watch it on tubi

[@emeraldqueen1994]

“… turning the APU into a flame thrower..” I feel like DRAGON would also work!

[@Cruiser777]

That was a great TV show for people that love airplanes😅

[@kitt7219]

Ty kindly Wonder.

[@sirfajruladha6963]

Houston we have a problem. ❌ Chuck we have a problem. ✅ 😂😂😂🤣😂🤣🤣🙌🙌💯💯

[@romeorametse]

DC-3 pilot’s seats look really uncomfortable 🤦🏽‍♂️. I love the show 👌🏾👌🏾

[@salatielkohler9066]

What happened with the firefighting airplane they went to check in Venezuela? I can't find the second episode/end of story of that saga.

[@bobbates7343]

$ 30,000 to have some empty propane tanks and one skid of light lumber get up there seems like one very expensive delivery

[@johnpartridge7623]

This is a very good series & good luck to Sacha & Rod on the Birth of their Daughter 👍

[@kingtut5923]

simply wonderful

[@paulor9577]

Love this show!

[@ronniehernandez1617]

How have I not know of this. Man talk about a dream job.

[@mohammadfaizal8461]

Wow...keep it coming...

[@starkann3571]

Only I like this series on this channel

[@hughbowman7591]

I definitely will have to admit. They are the most everyday people. I can’t imagine a single soul that couldn’t relate to anyone of these. Now picture a Delta. Or Alaska airlines making there version of this

[@mwk2030]

Ceep them comming 👍🏻🙏🏻

[@walterbenson5275]

Great !!!

[@rikisurio2431]

Good jub, Chuck.

[@aatukorhonen17]

14:42 i love farming cars and ww2 era

[@user-fr3hy9uh6y]

There was a DC3 that did trips to the smaller islands of Honduras, by landing on the beach. Sand, at least beach sand, no problem. 😊

[@kingruk86]

Cause you seen it right...fk shaddup

[@Cramblit]

@@kingruk86 DC's can use the ice Ski attachments to land on sand. When you pack sand down with something wide and flat like a Ski from a plane, it acts no different than ice, or snow, if not even better due to the extra density of the sand.

[@wildandbarefoot]

Lot of sleepless nights ahead... but chuck sleeping like a baby... working out what's going on in his sleep.... Hands up for miserable dreamers...

[@daviddunning7724]

Took DC3 too Prescott Arz. From N. Calif. Cloud cover too 10,000 ft. Broke through cloud cover, 4000 ft. Of Mt. Shasta peeking above clouds, looked like Disney land.

[@Redgolf2]

When Joe asked what she had, I’ve had said a baby! Done that before 🤣😔

[@josephjackson7269]

Love Chuck but he would be last person on earth to run my money

[@jerryforeman4543]

Mikey get her a job! LOL!

[@Sh9168]

If proper maintenance was done on the APU, they wouldn't have had to waste time and money fixing it in Manitoba. This airline is a disaster.

[@codsworthcoffield7799]

I wish I could be a pilot of dc3's and other old planes

[@martyotherhopkins1663]

So sad seeing arnie do what he loved rip

[@clipperjuan8797]

It seems that the episodes are on loop (meaning no new episodes)

[@HellNah189]

Omg same

[@hygrometer]

chuck is uhh...yeah

[@clipperjuan8797]

That is what I think

[@mommy01920atgmailcom]

Not just engine covers!!!! Covers that are electrically heated maybe no more ground heaters or maybe less time using ground heaters????

[@pwrplnt1975]

You'd think they would've gone and hauled the other mechanic outta bed to learn how to fix it.

[@hollywarehouse4606]

Did that guy leave the bar for the hospital but wouldn’t stay home for his own family? This is my first time watching this series

[@sydyidanton5873]

The L-188, such a remarkable airliner of its day. They must have been incredible when they first came out. They have some design features better than today's jet aircraft. They have an elegance like no other aircraft of that era, all the way down to their 'cricket bat' props. They were not good gliders though on account of their short wing span, with minimal clear wing length unobstructed by prop drag in a dead stick landing. Their initial safety record was not terrific as a consequence of their #1 & #4 engine mounts vibrating into disintegration causing the outboard wing the fail also. Apart from that an absolute beauty. A lady far more deserving of a gentleman's touch as she has with her flight crews than that deplorable arrogant and obnoxious shmuck 'Chuck'! I never appreciated just how large the flight decks are on them, almost comparable to a B767, certainly a great deal more capacious than a B737.

[@hygrometer]

Mikey sounds exactly like he looks

[@xxbambamxx7261]

I guess if you run a turbine in short intervals, it's will cgey clogged up... That's why they should be run at high idle å few minutes before turning it off..

[@TheGnarTube]

Now *that* is a neck @ 1:13

[@shgstewart4674]

There's a guy who fell in love with his daughter instantly. Bet she's a daddy's girl when she grows up.

[@REPSOLHONDARR]

CHUCK ADAMS IS MY HEROOOOOO EHHHHHHHHHH

[@CoRRemixz]

When you get so mad you want to throw rocks st the dam think !!! WALK Away for a bit then when you come back everything will fall in line done it at least hundred times 🤪🤪🤪

[@josephjackson7269]

What this company needs is a connected individual with the Canadian government. That would get government contracts and solve relations with political bureaucrats

[@HansCSchellenberg]

APU? ROFL

[@danwally4754]

25:45

[@alainbellemare2168]

Is the narrator necessary we cansee what s going on

[@jacquessmith8653]

Bs no build up of sand in front of tires.

[@tomsamuelson8512]

Mikey;s girlfriend Gail...What?

[@ReadTheShrill]

I love how Chuck isn't happy about having to fly up and fix the APU... Isn't it his job to check and overhaul these things when they're on their maintenance cycle, so they won't break down in the field? I mean the igniter was fouled by carbon buildup. That's not something that just breaks, that's something that builds up over a long time. That's something he, or his crew, should have caught - and yet he's mad at everyone else for it.

[@3a.m.284]

Yeah nobody asked tho

[@g00gleminus96]

He's stressed out becasue he doesn't have the number of experienced engineers he needs to service the fleet the way the fleet should be serviced.

[@mrjob-oz4ex]

What $30.000 F me

[@NovelIdeaIndeed]

I would love to watch this, but the language is just too bad. Not recommended for family viewing.

[@JohanGarde-yt6ed]

Chuck angry is the best Buffalo 🦬