Their Plane Catches Fire Mid-Flight On A Rescue Mission | Ice Pilots NWT | Wonder

A frozen plane has Buffalo Joe losing his cool. The Buffalo crew go on a mission to save a town thats in a complete blackout, causing some series troubles of their own.
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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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[@naknaksdadn572]

Love to see those rare moments when Joe is happy and laughing! GO JOE!!! Happy Birthday!

[@adrianmaree8352]

I was looking forward to him flying the Bell 206 as originally suggested, but then he wound up flying the Eurocopter AS350. Must have been an incredible experience for him.

[@emeraldqueen1994]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOE! I’m glad you enjoyed your present!!

[@skyblazer9137]

Love this show. Especially the DC 3`s, got my multi on one in 1961 i was 21yo. Lots of memories. Also, the Convair 440 Metro was a beautiful and fast aircraft`With those P&W R2800`s. Hey joe get a few 440`s there are a few here in Fla. Just doing nothing. Sky Blazer 😎🤠

[@johnpartridge7623]

Even at His age He is still ready to learn, Joe, really is someone to be admired & good on Him too 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@johnwulf1035]

Really Proud of You Mikey You are Losing So much Weight Keep up the good work 👏

[@terrya6486]

Always great to see Joe smiling!

[@thegregdavieschannel]

He's 78 now and still flying the dc3

[@MonkPetite]

69 and full focused up for a lesson helicopter flying. Amazing man he is… Way to go Joe

[@rachaelplant2504]

so Nice to see Joe smile !!!! may he have many more Happy Birthdays !!!!

[@bradtownsend1457]

Prime example of the need for nuclear power need in remote cooled areas

[@N1WP]

Congratulations on your Birthday Joe! 🎂

[@mauryamckendrick5446]

We can see who got the looks of the family!! Robin got all the looks! She is beautiful!! Happy birthday Joe!!!

[@gregjohnson720]

Happy birthday Joe. You are a legend above legends. If he is 69 can he still fly commercially in Canada? Is the law the same as many countries with a limit of 65?

[@lionbacker]

This episode is from 2012 - he’s probably around 79 years old now

[@karaayers2867]

I thought the age limit was only for passenger commercial pilots and didn't apply to cargo flights

[@JonathanGray_UK]

The saddest thing about seeing these episodes is when I found out cargo Kelly passed away 😢

[@lorenzonreyes1]

Wow! I never knew... rip kelly😢

[@Alteshaus21]

So sad that she couldnt stop smoking

[@robertducat582]

Kelly? Kelly Jurasavic!?!?

[@shadowunifer]

@@robertducat582 Yep. :(

[@Alteshaus21]

@@robertducat582 yes

[@asadolgun6672]

With Love from Afghanistan

[@vanessar.evans-morris2538]

We enjoyed this episode… Happy Birthday Joe🫡🫡🫡

[@garysieg9355]

I have 2500 hrs in the BE-18, DC-3 recip and turbo prop, DC-4 each and never had an engine fire from 1982 to 2016 when I retired, however shortly after I left Brooks Fuel in 2004 there was an uncontrolable fire so the guy put the DC-4 in the bush near Nenana just after take off from Fairbanks, AK

[@garysieg9355]

Sometimes coming back without cockpit heat I was so cold even with my 5 or so layers of clothing (I was to fat to use Carharts) I couldn't even shiver. Couple hours of that is no fun. The CB's were in the nose wheel so you couldn't reset them once in flight

[@stephenpowell8750]

All I can say is Robin is 😍😍😍

[@tylerstaudt4929]

He's got a good looking granddaughter Happy Birthday Joe

[@marthakrumboltz2710]

What good does it do to be hot, wearing Gucci jeans and boots, surrounded by thigh deep snow?

[@rds0009]

Happy Birthday Joe!

[@51WCDodge]

The German's had helicopters in service during WW2, the Sikorsky R4 wa sthe first US military helicopter in production.

[@nite7295]

Awsome

[@johnwulf1035]

Happy Birthday Joe 🎂

[@garysieg9355]

Takes 4 hours to heat the engines to bring the oil temps from -40 to 0 degres to have oil flowing through the engines during engine start. We usully didn't fly in wx colder than -40 cause the feathering pumps might not work until you had 3 or 4 minutes in flight to warm the pumps so you could feather in case you lost an engine. If you can't feather just after take off and your heavy, I don't thnk you can stay airborne. In Fairbanks I don't remember wind chill cause wind was usually calm and we never flew during forecast or actual icing conditions cause our 4 didn't have boots.

[@gokhangokturk7162]

Thanks again JOE Happy Birthday and evey day laughing I Hope

[@tommycheshire5508]

Happy birthday Joe.

[@offshoretinker]

Wot, no solar or windmills?

[@philipm7054]

What do all the people in these remote towns do for employment? How do they make a living?

[@Maven0666]

Crikey!

[@mybluebelly]

Old episode ? Stupid question, right.

[@Softail77us]

I'm no ice mechanic but I'm willing to bet that a gauge or its sending unit fails very often.

[@michaelgrey7854]

It's a wonder this mickey mouse outfit is still going.

[@MBrieger]

I wonder what the monthly Insurance Premium is 🤔

[@garysieg9355]

HAHA We never went back if the props wouldn't feather, we just went and we always took off and landed with cross feeds on, why, cause thats what the owner wanted, unless I was the PIC with him out of the airplane.

[@georgegonzalez2476]

That sure looked like CGI fake fire on #4.

[@TJMartinek]

It seems like the Buffalo planes fly with a mechanic. Do all planes fly with two pilots and a mechanic or is it specific to the environment, the age of the planes, a canada thing?

[@BigBlueJake]

Charter flights often have a mechanic along. Environment, destinations and age of planes would drive Buffalo's need to send a mechanic. People don't realize that commercial airlines and cargo fly out of specific locations where they have their own maintenance people or someone they contract with. Going here, there, and everywhere means there won't be an aircraft mechanic available where you land, or it is cheaper to carry parts and send your own mechanic along.

[@Rekuzan]

*Mikey takes the controls* ....got another helmet?

[@mavicminipilot]

Still using hero 4’s…

[@prof.heinous191]

What happened to the Australian's story, did the lawyers pull that one too?

[@shadowunifer]

Huh? Lawyers had them pull an episode?

[@Tillerman56]

The reputation story again....

[@saleemparvez7152]

Is Buffalo airways functional?

[@yxeaviationphotog]

No, they are a real company.

[@thumper4068]

I can run a Herman Nelson.

[@BroccoliHead7]

Casnajaba

[@marthakrumboltz2710]

What again was the reason for not delivering the cargo to Norman Wells @ first? Now, all of a sudden they must have it? Hmmmm….

[@zainulrahman4428]

LABBAIk YA RASOOLALLAH TAJDAR E KHATAM E NABUWAT Sallalahu alaihi waalihi wassalam zindaabad zindaabad zindaabad

[@FraLin]

hopefully the global warming brings temperatures up by 10 degrees, that would be great for nwt

[@Dannyedelman4231]

Early and sixth

[@adamwhite3584]

The uninformed dramatics in the narration makes it harder to watch as an aviator

[@lilbigmoney9148]

Kathy's daughter is smoking

[@ZAN-THE-GOAT]

Always dramas on the flights- would you trust the planes?

[@johncassels3475]

Sure I would. A TV program concentrates and magnifies the sense of drama.

[@sabre6986]

Your practice of hiring pilots and making them work on the ramp and delivering in trucks is disgusting I'm a plumber if you hired me to do plumbing and maybe clean toilets for nine months I'll be gone the first day your practice is disgusting and I don't see the point in it or any advantage

[@kiwidiesel]

Does his grandaughter have only fans?

[@hermanngoring397]

You cheeky perv, you ripped me of the joy of typing the same comment😁😁

[@kiwidiesel]

@@hermanngoring397 Men of culture you mean 🤣

[@hermanngoring397]

@@kiwidiesel🤣

[@oalacartof2852]

First

[@danielobanla5466]

Second

[@RhythmRiders824]

those with a dirty mind be like *mhg 69 lucky number* lol

[@samuelagwotu5074]

third

[@stanleykimutai1763]

forth

[@user-ul1hp8vp7y]

WOW ROBIN IS SMOKIN HOT

[@mavicminipilot]

Fifth

[@shakirsaeed4840]

Now a days its boring..

[@boyd3382]

Sad KZbin is Allowing these Donations for Ukraine when our government is sending millions of taxpayer dollars to help out. Everywhere you see Donate to Ukraine What happened to the millions our government sent them

[@jimbaumann6579]

When a corrupt government sends money to another corrupt government what do you think happens to the money? 😊

[@boyd3382]

You keep believing that. Just another lamb

[@Smitty54]

🙌🙌🙌🙌 watching from Ohio Smitty out 👋👋👋