WW2 Airplane Engine Explodes During Arctic Flight | Ice Pilots NWT | Wonder

The pilots that fly in these freezing hazardous conditions need intense training, what could be more intense than on a test flight an engine backfires, shuts down and threatens to rip the plane in half?
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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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Lol same. Fall asleep to this then at work I’ll rewatch

[@Agislife1960]

Worked for an Alaskan 135 operation for 13 years thru the 1990's, and this is exactly how those operations function, they really are the life line for lots of remote communities in Alaska and Canada

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If you’re prepping the plane YOU fly, you’re doing a real good job of it.

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Me!

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[@frankmcconnellogue3351]

Watching from Ireland it’s the best docu /series along with the crab trawlers I’ve seen ,working in those conditions,these guys are the real deal .

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I remember watching Ice Pilots back in elementary school. Awesome show.

[@cookie101000]

Not an actual " Explosion " but definitely a scary situation. Great job guys. God Bless

[@ElFimpo]

We have an ice hotel here in Sweden, but that castle looks dope! 😊

[@MichelleQuintiaVLOGS]

My grandfather was a pilot for the Philippine Airforce. Hence why I am so fascinated with documentaries like this. ☺️❤️✈️

[@borninjordan7448]

What aircraft type did he fly?

[@lateuerjackson]

RIP Kelly & Arnie

[@drconflict629]

Thanks for uploading all of these, really neat!

[@bobbieratclif9519]

These pilots are fantastic. It’s a blast watching the DC-4, and the DC-3, both of which I’ve flown in extensively. I’ve also enjoyed the severe weather in the upper latitudes. This includes winter flying to places such as Nome and Kotzebue AK.. When you’re traveling in this type of weather, all travelers except the fact that you have to be highly adaptive while weather commonly changes throughout the day.

[@dragthatsht]

I was in Unalakleet in July and got to walk around the C-46 fuselage that's laying on the ground up there. It's really cool traveling up there.

[@fposmith]

Flew weekly on old DC-3's and DC-4's from Florida to The Bahamas in the 50's and 60's on Mackey Airlines. They always got us there and back.

[@eugeniustheodidactus8890]

Chief pilot is a cool guy. I could never survive that cold weather grind, so my hat is off to these guys. Alot to be said for flying the old machinery. It's amazing that young guys coming up actually want to fly them.

[@WitchidWitchid]

I would love to live up there. But at my age and with my bad knees I might survive the cold but no way would I survive a job at Buffalo. Although I would love to get a closeup look at those great old airplanes. He has some of my favorite vintage planes in his fleet. The only favorite of mine Buffalo is missing is a Lockheed Constellation.

[@frankish5314]

This was such a great series.

[@SrikantBharadwaj_iamsrikant]

really glad that you are able to gather info and make videos of incidents that colossally went unnoticed.

[@happy60five32]

Love this show , respect all those people up there !!

[@peterfranklin4019]

I miss Ice Pilots, and the Crew at Buffalo Airways :( Lost count of how many times I've watched all seasons, and Mikeys, Plane Savers! Been really starved for a while now from these guys, I understand they would have reasons though!

[@keithupton2645]

The old C46 is the work horse of the northland of Canada or Alaska, in my younger day in the 60’s and 70’s these were the airplanes that made things happen, during these years I was a load master for an airlines like “Buffalo” in Alaska, and during the pipeline years everything came to the North-slop oil fields by the 3 planes of history, DC3 C46 DC4 and 6,, and later came the ‘hurk” ( C130 )…….. I wish I had a dime for every box of “dynamite”, gas &, stove oil drums, plus all the fright that came to the oil fields, I would have become a rich man…. This was a time never to be repeated.

[@albertmontes11]

This is a serious job and prospective pilots must be prepared. Ice Pilots presents this line of work takes special individuals to fly these planes and pilots should be fully committed. Joe , Mikey and rod great informative presentations. I like these episodes!!!!!

[@Mile54Productions]

Now if all 6 seasons of this manages to make it on here I'll binge them all over again

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Just love this CHANNEL's content

[@haayleey]

Same 🙋🏻‍♀️

[@GoatrazziRoom]

Time of relief when U see interviews from people on board :)

[@DiscoveryBalochistan]

I enjoyed watching this episode. Thanks for sharing it👍✨✌️🍻

[@GoHARD99]

Wow these shows are very entertaining and frightening stay safe

[@scottgamedev8542]

Like a wise pilot once said: "If your engine explodes, just fly it".

[@audikris]

I love seeing the Lufthansa logo on those old birds!

[@brandonsilvay4822]

When I went to school to learn how to work on these engines and all that I learned that if you're having a major issue especially in flight you shut off the fuel and you attempt to feather it out if it's not feathering out you fire it back up and you try to figure it out a little bit as you shut down again now usually backfiring it may go away like it like they're showing it did when they landed because they're at lower altitude the air is a little bit different it's a little bit thicker and that might be why it was backfiring because it was getting too thin of air too cold they might just need to put the carb heat on which melts the ice in the carburetors

[@gamedevsupport6328]

I like Plane documentaries so much .

[@bazthehandyman]

Arnie was one hell of a guy.

[@skyblazer9137]

He Shure was. 😢

[@ervinthompson6598]

RIP, Arnie

[@joyceanthony-huff2914]

RIP joe and kelly

[@lanacampbell-moore4549]

Thanks for sharing😊

[@Softail77us]

Someone took the horn off of the steering wheel and shorted the turn signal wires together at 15:40. But that's ok since the nut that holds the steering wheel on isn't missing.. although the cotter pin that keeps the nut from coming off is gone. I guess they needed it to hold something else together. I love those old birds with their open exhaust and huge pistons etc.

[@solelgammal]

Thanks for entertaining us I wish you all have fun watching it

[@FayazAhmad-yl6sp]

Love the starting sound of rotary engine, the magneto was common instrument a distributor like use cars for spark plugs. The magneto was used in second WW aircrafts B-17 B-24 and also in B-29.

[@FayazAhmad-yl6sp]

@@ianmeredith7969 Yes you are right, the radial engine has pistons and crankshaft arrangement, while a rotary dose not have pistons a triangular rotor rotates around the shaft. The general appearance and shape looks like same.

[@RedHotMessResell]

I hate the cold and cannot IMAGINE having to de-ice the plane and fly manually. Pretty much do everything manually in that cold. Geez. These pilots are on a higher level of humankind than I am.

[@Tina06019]

I love the cold. I mean I really love it. But I think that flying in and out of there must be terrifying.

[@ParagTechVideos]

Keep em coming my friend

[@dieterhalbwidl4667]

Simply the best!!!

[@StarrDust0]

I respect these pilots, a lot to know. I think this could be a fun job...bit of an adventure but also fulfilling because you're delivery goods to remote communities-the scenery is gorgeous. I can see myself doing that....but it's the freezing cold and constant snow that would eventually turn me off. I enjoy all seasons, wouldn't want to stay in winter all the time though. Also flying antique planes would scare me a bit as well since they could fail at any time, wouldn't want to crash in the tundra, waiting in the bitter cold for rescue, assuming you survive the crash.

[@packrat76]

There are other seasons besides winter there. Winters are quite long of course.

[@hunterbear2421]

nah, if they take care of them they will be just fine, the only issue with planes if maintence is not done right. but they have had theses planes for so long that they be fine i would ride with them rather then any other jet liner, you know your going to get their

[@StarrDust0]

@@packrat76 there are only two season in Canada, winter and construction. :)

[@ChristopherPoitras]

This is the best experience you can get coming out of floght school. You do everything, its tough as hell and the pay probably isnt the best BUT when you leave its all up from there. You get the real experience to work at a airline that you'll make a ton more and a lot less work.

[@nobodyspecial6436]

Waited 45:05 for a big explosion…. It never happened 🙄🙄🙄🙄….. damn thumbnail got me!!!!

[@srivathsan8421]

*Alright time to sleep* Wonder: *LOL*

[@AE-lk3uc]

I could only imagine how intense losing that engine would be, let alone given that plane landing in those conditions. Absolute pucker in the face of death knowing you had one shot and your lives depended on it. Outstanding landing

[@Sturminfantrist]

Whow didnt know that Curtiss Commando (C-46) flying as a workhorse in Canada, read about Commandos flying in Alaska years ago. during ww2 many C-46 flying gasoline and other supplies over the Hump (Himalayaregion)

[@dilshadkp1304]

7:37 to be honest that was a pretty butter landing that even swiss001 will be jealous of

[@prabuddhabose9045]

And most probably this landing took place without automatic guidance from the ground proximity warning system telling the pilot 50 40 30 20 10. It needs some badass skills.

[@dilshadkp1304]

@@prabuddhabose9045 yeah

[@emo_bunny8655]

B u t t e r

[@emilycairns5620]

More of this!!!

[@srivathsan8421]

"They aren't like the planes that flew in WW2, *They are the planes that flew in WW2*

[@aaronaustrie]

Cool documentary

[@satuquills]

i love this channel so muchhh

[@rtroll7762]

Still here in 2022! Love these vids

[@phornpharath9525]

Such amazing video

[@pauldextercapiral2580]

Cold moisture dampens the " Bernoulli's Principle. "

[@benracer]

I loved watching this show on TWC

[@davidallyn925]

I have time in everything they have when I was young and the aircraft I flew were state of the art. We had our problems as usual. but to have an engine that will not shutdown and a prop you can not feather is way out of line even with a C46 as old as this one. my first thoughts would be 'what the hell is going wrong in maintenance procedures????

[@myverycoolusername]

if i became a pilot, this is where i wanna work, im feeling this is a good place that doesnt slack off im even loving the video

[@rolandocrisostomo2003]

You can be anything you want to be, just take it step by step and dont give up.

[@peterhejny363]

This should be a tv show like the rest of them. Lol

[@victoriapendleton4099]

Love Arnie! Miss him so!

[@tetracor]

BRAVO !

[@packrat76]

Joe strikes me as your typical steamroller type. I wouldn't want to work for him.

[@Cougracer67]

How convenient that they had cameras at the ready! Contrived drama, perhaps?

[@EnergeticWaves]

Let's fly some 90 year old worn out technology in the worst weather in the world. What could go wrong?

[@Beemer917]

They're gonna crash rushing around half assing stuff like that. My god, this is just dangerous. Every time they fly somewhere the plane breaks.

[@mikemangieri7626]

Love this show but much to cold for me don't no how they take it

[@johngeorge5684]

Thank you God for the help of this.

[@straytrons3450]

I thought Canada had a rule like the US OSHA where you had to be tied off to a fall protection system? I have seen a FPS that is designed for aircraft work and made by a Canadian company. A local Navy base has them for maintainers on F-18's, P-8's, and P-3's. Anyone out on a wing is always tied off so if they slip, they don't hit the ground.

[@johnnunn8688]

That’s alright for a bloke in some office, to make such a ruling. In real life, it takes takes twice as long to do anything, so it’s ignored.

[@Kron1K_]

Please upload more of this

[@aaronvaldes3104]

Fantastic Show.

[@henri-fillipbauer6579]

we used to work at -40 for 12 hours without a Place too warm up.

[@mohammadbazzi3072]

I applaud when they Land the plane with 1 engine. Good job.

[@DaveyCrockett001]

Wow this stuff is like pre historic, I mean the date of first airing, not the aircraft..

[@twistedyogert]

It's amazing that the DC-3 and others like it are still flying. How do these people find parts for their planes?

[@JohnSmith-tn9ye]

Buffalo Joe Mcbryan has spent a life time of buying up DC3'S and all the parts he can find . Trust me when I tell ya he can keep these things flying for another 25 years .

[@massmike11]

With as many DC-3’s there are their are still new made parts being made for them

[@looneyhoonzinc]

Ain’t no way in heaven or hell I’m getting paid so little for so much. Not when there are plans south of the circle. Mad respect to them, but heeeeellllllllll no. That said, oh my god those birds are gorgeous and I sooooooo want to to get my hands on one. Probably never will but that’s so damn dope.

[@nicholasjohnson6724]

Give me the old propliners any day !!!!!

[@TranscendianIntendor]

I worked for the Boy Brothers James & Tom. The planes the companies had were much the same and flew freight to the Islands off the coast of Florida. I flew around with James who was an idol of mine. He had hired me off the ramp of Atlantic Aero in Greensboro. It is curious when you love a Pratt and Whitney R-2800 engine. The time in a heavy will be seen favorably more than even Learjet time since these planes are big and weigh a lot. I was allowed to fly left seat in a DC-6 for two hours once.

[@johnnytyrrell7060]

Seen all the episode's of this a few years ago on Discovery Channel wish it was still on and they had new episode's.

[@ayanjit9196]

Why did it close? I am watching these videos and enjoying it so much

[@alphagaminghd1164]

@@ayanjit9196 The network ended it i think

[@sillenHDsportster]

9:30 I have not seen such a locomotive since the 80's when I drove one like that at work ! 2 speed and forward and reverse .

[@abumusa5913]

Wao Wao wao this is fantastic

[@yunassaxer7119]

great!

[@dudleycornman1624]

Seems like things would run more efficiently if they had hangers to put the planes in. Less hours spent de-icing, cleaning off snow, etc. Engines would be warmer at the start of the day, etc.

[@falcon127]

INSTALL TURBOPROPS ON IT! PRETTY SOON WE WON'T BE ABLE TO GET AVGAS! plus reliability!

[@homer5802]

Wow!! 2,700 hours to be a captain??? In WWII they ran through the instructions and away you go.

[@hurricane9851]

Yeah, in ww2 people were being rushed in to kill other pilots, now you are being trained to fly other people/stuff safely

[@saaaron5213]

This video was okay and had some cool old planes, but I watched this because the title said the engine exploded. I wasn't expecting a magneto failure causing an ignition timing problem. Does a few backfires really qualify as an exploded engine? Internal combustion engines require fuel combustion... Lol

[@timgould5104]

Think it turned out to be a smashed piston

[@saaaron5213]

@4one14 Right. They make you think there was some sort of catastrophic failure. I was expecting something such as a connecting rod breaking out, or maybe the prop breaking apart in mid-flight.

[@TheHillpeter]

So many work violations. No safety gear on the walking on wing

[@pwrplnt1975]

It's a good thing Canada doesn't have an OSHA they wouldn't like the wing walking...lol!

[@Lilinator81]

haha great! the German Lufthansa-Bird from the sixties is still on the C-46

[@tamgafilm]

Ucakla ucmak hem tehlikeli hemde yorucu bir okadarda keyifli umarim bir gun bende ucak ucurabilirim basarilar

[@stpplayz2322]

Pilot: Uh we seem to be having an engine failure. ATC: Are you declaring an emergency sir? Me: No they just wanted to let you know for no reason... Ofcourse they are declaring an emergency.

[@AdelineCowgirl]

Just making a bit of small talk to pass the time

[@SuPeRbOmBeRmAn4]

lol kermit the frog vs yoda @ 10:46 incredible planes that have stood the test of time, planes that can't be hacked.

[@Del-Canada]

19:43 Nova Scotia reppin' here.

[@bradyadams2124]

I know Scott he's a pretty funny guy and he's got noticed once from this show and now claims he's famous he's awesome

[@ayoutuber0202]

A back fire comes back out the carburetor, an after fire comes out the exhaust.

[@Tillerman56]

First time I see a passing light switched on, the red light in the C-46's nose at 18:34. Are these passing lights still in use?

[@Vanya80151]

Engine failure = declare emergency. I don't understand why they did not do that. Mayday x3 are the magic words. Many pilots have died because they did not. There is a recent example in Las Vegas area where pilots did not declare an emergency (I think it was a Baron) and tried for Henderson instead of direct to the nearest runway at LAS. They died.

[@mikearakelian6368]

Radials will talk to you...have to listen.icracked a jug( #1) stud side; you could hear it ducking air; used in reduced performance till final,the featherd ldg assured.yep,was up all nite with two other mechs r n r soft #1 got another one on.left @10 a nxt day.back to SACRAMENTO...brings back memories

[@theonlyone2029]

I´m the first...From Germany:))))

[@BobbyGeneric145]

Someone show me this magical airliner that only needs 3 buttons pushed per flight!

[@Del-Canada]

Coming up, more coming ups.