Tim Harris Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Papua of course! New TV show kicking off featuring the Indobushpilot himselfhttp://indopilot.blogspot.com.au/ Ep1>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqkjRxzztJQ Ep2 >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fANLpftuC9A Ep3 >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJDKAx_kRak Ep4 >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jFsVRQyhlg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lovell Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 For those that can view this in your country, there is a really great and in-depth documentary about the worlds most dangerous airstrips. The program is called 'The Worse place to be a Pilot'. You can watch this on 4 on demand catch up. http://www.channel4.com/programmes/worst-place-to-be-a-pilot/4od#3744743 For those that can't view this, I am going to try and record it with shadow play and will upload at some point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Harris Posted August 20, 2014 Author Share Posted August 20, 2014 I merged our two threads together John.. nice coincidence on posting haha!! Episode one was great, cant wait for the next 3 x episodes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lovell Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 I really enjoyed what I saw last night, but I had just got in from work and the misses wanted to rabbit on about Christmas shopping and stuff! Now I have the tranquility of work and some time to watch again..... in peace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Hall Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 I really enjoyed what I saw last night, but I had just got in from work and the misses wanted to rabbit on about Christmas shopping and stuff! Now I have the tranquility of work and some time to watch again..... in peace way to go John, I'll forward a copy of your post to the MISSES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dayandj Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Inspirational! Time to fire up FSX and PNG! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lovell Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 I can see a few PNG vids and screenshots inspired from this vid soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Hall Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Great first episode, loved the question " do white men taste the same as the natives" .As long as I don't taste like chicken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NZ255 Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Interesting how we see it as the best place and it's titled the worst place to be a pilot Nice find, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominique Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Thank you for sharing this riveting video. I guess the last frontier of this hobby is simulating mountain and valley breezes and winds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerribleT Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 @ Ken - too much Tony Joe White my friend (see Snakey album) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Hall Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Interesting how we see it as the best place and it's titled the worst place to be a pilot Nice find, thanks. Simple answer, you can always walk away from a simulator landing, but in reality this place demands the absolute best from its pilots, if you can fly here then you are indeed a member of a very elite few.Simulators are the best for experiencing all the wild stuff you wouldn't dare try for real. Cheers @ Ken - too much Tony Joe White my friend (see Snakey album)I'll have to google that but I'm guessing it's with reference to the light V dark meat.Just watched the vid, very cool dude indeed, but I'll still keep drinking the tequila though. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev D Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Saw it last night, absulutely awsome stuff - now I have to buy PNG!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bernd1151 Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Terrific!! And after having watched it, I have to admit that there is a BIG difference between the real PNG strips and what Ken and Tim have given us. Ours are far more challenging than the real stuff, because Ken and Tim put way more trees into our approach passes So, Kev, be warned!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Harris Posted August 20, 2014 Author Share Posted August 20, 2014 Even my wife enjoyed the show, though probably not because of the sheer rugged beauty of the Porter... Saw it last night, absulutely awsome stuff - now I have to buy PNG!!! Thank you sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dooga Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Interesting how we see it as the best place and it's titled the worst place to be a pilot Well, and it's a TV show - how many watchers would you get if you called it "Fantastic life of the last real pilots"? No, it has to be dangerous sounding, have drama, relate back to "our brave boys"... Don't get me wrong, I liked what I saw, just thought that angle was a bit overstressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobnobs Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 PNG by Orbx has been loads of fun and to see it for real on a TV show just makes it even more brilliant. I think I'm on my 5th cessna caravan at least. Unfortunately FSX forgets the places where I have scattered wreckage before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuisong Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 I really enjoyed watching this. As a nineteen year old, I applied to fly there. And was kindly told (the long version) that I was to young. Though I was very disappointed, in reality I was very nieve think I would be accepted. Then life took another path, as it tends to do. No turboprop planes were used in those days. Thanks for posting this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc44kin Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Thanks for posting this guys,what an incredible experience for these brave young guys,reminds me of going to a remote area in the kimberleys when I was 18 to start an irrigation progect from scratch,awesome,well done! Doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Abdey Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Great viewing!.. Some truly white knuckle flying... that first time landing on the new strip.... ahhhh! Can't wait for the next episode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete H Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 I watched this last night - very good! I do like those PC-6's - there's just something about them. Unfortunately for my bank account, I now have a desire to purchase AYPY along with Aerosoft's upcoming PC-6. I wonder how long I'll resist... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mopperle Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Buy AYPY now, Aerosoft's PC6 will still take a while Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurice_King Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 I wasn't always a saint , OK I got in trouble doing mechanical things as a result of peer influence, Long story short, I got caught and given the option to go to New Guinea as a flying mechanic with the missions or have a record and go to the big house.As a result I flew in an out of some of the most challenging strips with mission pilots, some literally carved out of the jungle on the sides of mountains that would scare the hell out of Hillary, but I'd not trade those memories for anything.Honestly I think the most diverse would be Alaska but the most challenging would have to be PNG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edward Boyte Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Episode 2: >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fANLpftuC9A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddler Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Another great episode. Looking foward to more. Thanks for sharing this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Hall Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Hats off to Sam, what a great bloke and pilot, on ya Sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuisong Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Episode 2: Thanks for posting this Eddy, another very enjoyable watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Harris Posted September 4, 2014 Author Share Posted September 4, 2014 Episode 3 >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJDKAx_kRak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penzoil3 Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Had to have a Pilatus Porter after watching episode 1. Grabbed Tim Conrad's P-6 over at flightsim.com, while waiting for Aerosoft's P-6. Whee! STOL indeed! Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuisong Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Thanks for posting the 3rd episode Tim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Harris Posted September 12, 2014 Author Share Posted September 12, 2014 Episode 4 >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jFsVRQyhlg Who wants me and Ken to do scenery for this area? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lovell Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Who wants me and Ken to do scenery for this area? Oh yes, most definitely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddler Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Who wants me and Ken to do scenery for this area? Absolutely! That would be wonderful Tim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuisong Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Episode 4 Who wants me and Ken to do scenery for this area? Yes please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penzoil3 Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Who wants me and Ken to do scenery for this area? Me too, me too! Please ? Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 All of Susi's trans-Indonesia route airports would be just fine, guys; this could/would provide a beautiful skill-building environment, culminating with the mountain airstrips, and would extend the adventure into something far deeper than the single challenges of Kagi, or Launumu or Bodinumo. Aircraft familiarity; cargo; flight planning; weather; navigation - even a career - all can be present in this terrific millieu of islands, seas and mountains - just as portrayed in these videos! pj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfko Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 Who wants me and Ken to do scenery for this area? Count me in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flapsdown Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Count me in! +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikelab6 Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 +1 for me too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest M31 Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 Yes Please, a mission or two from the series would be great too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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