2 thoughts on “Ice Pilots NWT premieres Nov. 18 on History Television”
For those of us who flew as crewmembers in Buffalo Joe’s Hell-on-wings airline, BUFFALO AIRWAYS, it’s tough to say which stung more…minus 52 degrees celcius temperatures at Colomac, NWT, where we had to keep one engine running on the DC-3 (with a slipstream windchill of minus sixty-five) while we boarded the passengers, or Joe’s caustic invective…fired point-blank over the radio or in person when one or more of us messed up on a mission. The day-to-day – for years – of flying with Buffalo cannot be explained by any one of us…better to glue your face to a TV set on November 18, 2009, to get a full education on northern flying!
Your show brings back a lot of memories.I spent over a year as a flight engineer on the C-46 over the HUMP during the 2nd world War.Great airplane.Flies good on one engine (empty)I enjoy the show. will celebrate my 90th. birthday next month
For those of us who flew as crewmembers in Buffalo Joe’s Hell-on-wings airline, BUFFALO AIRWAYS, it’s tough to say which stung more…minus 52 degrees celcius temperatures at Colomac, NWT, where we had to keep one engine running on the DC-3 (with a slipstream windchill of minus sixty-five) while we boarded the passengers, or Joe’s caustic invective…fired point-blank over the radio or in person when one or more of us messed up on a mission. The day-to-day – for years – of flying with Buffalo cannot be explained by any one of us…better to glue your face to a TV set on November 18, 2009, to get a full education on northern flying!
Your show brings back a lot of memories.I spent over a year as a flight engineer on the C-46 over the HUMP during the 2nd world War.Great airplane.Flies good on one engine (empty)I enjoy the show. will celebrate my 90th. birthday next month
Jack