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Student Pilot Sara 29 · Joined: 13 Feb 2010 Posts: 2 Location: Alaska

Hi! I was wondering is anyone caught a commercial on TV that said something about, "[b][u]Alaska's Bush Pilots...The Real Deal[/u][/b]"? It was something like The Discovery Channel and it had this documentary about those pilots. I've always wanted to be a bush pilot in Alaska and although I am a female, heck, why not go for it? it said something about a HD DVD 1080i (whatever that is) and being released in the U.S. I can't seem to find it, anyone know where I can look for it? Help! Thanks, Sara.

CTflyer · Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2010 6:51 am Post subject:

Here you go:

http://www.openfilm.com/videos/alaska_s_bush_pilots_the_real_deal/

Looks like an interesting film. Here's a link to more information:

http://www.joltersdorf.com/bush_pilots.html

Tom

Student Pilot Sara 29 · Joined: 13 Feb 2010 Posts: 2 Location: Alaska

Thank you sir, I appreciate it. I found the link to the actual site, it is at (of all things..duh);
www.alaskasbushpilots.com Thanks again!!! I see one can purchase it right from there and gives all the info about the one hour show. Away I go!!!

seaplane_tux · Joined: 14 Feb 2007 Posts: 23 Location: Great Northwest

Student Pilot Sara 29 wrote: I've always wanted to be a bush pilot in Alaska and although I am a female, heck, why not go for it? Thanks, Sara.
There is a lot of great women Aviators in Alaska. Many of the Air-Taxis are operated by women.
Before you head up there to fly, Learn to control the plane in slow flight. When coming up on a beach or clearing you MUST know the aircraft you're flying so well you don't ever lose authority of the Roll, Pitch and Yaw. ("Wind gust or shear" is just an excuse low skilled pilots use.)
Once you get your license, spend all your flight time at a safe altitude practicing Slow flight Steep turns, Power on/off and accelerated STALLS. You should be able to control a Spins well enough to roll out on a desired heading. Practice every flight maneuver that teaches you slow flight control.
A Cub friend told me he flew over a hundred hours and never went 10 knots above stall speed except in recovering from Stalls and Spins.

"Anybody can do cruise flight" :?

Cub flyer · Joined: 10 Sep 2006 Posts: 482

Search out the ice pilots NWT show on the canadian history channel. Looks interesting also

Cub flyer · Joined: 10 Sep 2006 Posts: 482

Here's another good one.

http://www.optimaljet.com/OptimalJetHTML/mulchatnaHigh.htm

Cub flyer · Joined: 10 Sep 2006 Posts: 482

If you can get to Talkeetna there are quite a few women pilots and mechanics around there. Might be a place to start looking.