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Dangerous Flights

Anybody watched this yet?
A new series about flying aircraft over distances they were not built for.
Seen a few preview and it looks OK.

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By: Arabella-Cox - 29th December 2012 at 13:23

Thanks for the link!

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By: Matt-100 - 29th December 2012 at 11:25

One of the greatest true stories I have heard

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cessna_188_Pacific_rescue

Reminds me of this from a few months ago

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/9614904/Passenger-jet-helps-locate-missing-sailor-off-Australian-coast.html

EDIT: It appears a televised-movie was made of the event called “mercy mission: the rescue of flight 771”. It’s on youtube, the first part’s a little boring – but the nitty gritty is from part 4 onwards http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDROb6t9vgM

After watching the end of that movie, I found out that Cpt Gordon Brooks (The flight engineer of the ANZ flight) was killed on ANZ flight 901 less than a year later. Which is a bummer. As for Cpt Gordon Vette, he’s a true inspiration for flight crews all over the world.

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By: Arabella-Cox - 28th December 2012 at 22:03

One of the greatest true stories I have heard

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cessna_188_Pacific_rescue

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By: AlanR - 28th December 2012 at 21:19

I have the first 6 ep’s already,
I have most of Ice Pilots too, there out there if you want to watch them now. 😉

I can wait 🙂

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By: pauldyson1uk - 28th December 2012 at 13:07

I don’t think it’s started yet, but it could be interesting.

http://www.dangerousflights.ca/

I expect the danger aspect will be overplayed, just a touch 🙂

A new series of Ice Pilots starts this Sunday too (30th)

I have the first 6 ep’s already,
I have most of Ice Pilots too, there out there if you want to watch them now. 😉

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By: Matt-100 - 28th December 2012 at 12:53

Agreed, does look interesting – thanks for the link 🙂 and thanks for the heads up on Ice Pilots 😉

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By: MSR777 - 28th December 2012 at 11:40

That looks worth watching! Thanks for the heads up on that:)

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By: AlanR - 28th December 2012 at 11:40

I don’t think it’s started yet, but it could be interesting.

http://www.dangerousflights.ca/

I expect the danger aspect will be overplayed, just a touch 🙂

A new series of Ice Pilots starts this Sunday too (30th)

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