Flying Wild Alaska S2

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Did anyone catch the disclaimer given at the start of the show for season 2?

I'm guessing it was because of the person that landed 32ND on the beach.


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I don't know if it's cool for pilots to like this show but I look forward to it every week.

The junior high girl in me wants to know if John Ponce and Ariel are dating. Giggle giggle.
 
ChrisRikli said:
I don't know if it's cool for pilots to like this show but I look forward to it every week.

The junior high girl in me wants to know if John Ponce and Ariel are dating. Giggle giggle.
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Well, now that John and Sarah aren't, it's a possibility!:rofl:
 
JesseD said:
Did anyone catch the disclaimer given at the start of the show for season 2?

I'm guessing it was because of the person that landed 32ND on the beach.
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:yeahthat: You got it.

gprellwitz said:
Well, now that John and Sarah aren't, it's a possibility!:rofl:
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Nah. I say Ariel has still never been kissed, but you gotta imagine she gets some *cough* interesting letters.

I say she ends up heading another show although I can't imagine she can carry a talk show without a straight sidekick. She does fine with Craig Ferguson.

This was episode #3, which means that the real #1 and #2 must not have had enough DUNT-DUN-DUNNNNN!!! crises.
 
ChrisRikli said:
I don't know if it's cool for pilots to like this show but I look forward to it every week.

The junior high girl in me wants to know if John Ponce and Ariel are dating. Giggle giggle.
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Quoting from this site (article claims to be posted October 28, 2011, so about as recent as can get):
http://www.aoltv.com/2011/10/28/ariel-tweto-interview-flying-wild-alaska/

"Besides people wanting to know if you get your pilot's license -- which will continue to be a struggle this season -- what's the other question you get asked most?
If me and [John] Ponts are dating. The answer? Hell no! We're really good friends -- we're like brothers. We argue all the time and fight, but he's dating one of my good friends now, so no ... not attracted to him at all."
 
I didn't know we had radios in our airplanes that we could only talk to other pilots on.

I also didn't know they were called "Pilot radios"

It's still the only show on TV I'll go out of my way to watch.
 
DavidWhite said:
I didn't know we had radios in our airplanes that we could only talk to other pilots on.

I also didn't know they were called "Pilot radios"

It's still the only show on TV I'll go out of my way to watch.
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That's the worse inconsistency you've noticed? :wink2:
 
mikea said:
Nah. I say Ariel has still never been kissed, but you gotta imagine she gets some *cough* interesting letters.
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What do you think those kids do for fun? I'll guarantee there's just as much (in fact, probably more) hanky panky going on up there as in small-town farm kids in the lower 48.




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JesseD said:
What do you think those kids do for fun? I'll guarantee there's just as much (in fact, probably more) hanky panky going on up there as in small-town farm kids in the lower 48.
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It's the small town problem, and maybe that gets ignored in the hills, but like she says all the guys are her cousins.

There's a bit of a sham going on, though. She and her sister have been going to college in California.
 
mikea said:
It's the small town problem, and maybe that gets ignored in the hills, but like she says all the guys are her cousins.

There's a bit of a sham going on, though. She and her sister have been going to college in California.
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Dear God, you mean that a TV show is not a 100% accurate representation of the truth!:hairraise:
 
mikea said:
It's the small town problem, and maybe that gets ignored in the hills, but like she says all the guys are her cousins.
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just in the hills? Have you looked at the history of European royalty? Cousin, shmusin!:yikes:
 
JesseD said:
What do you think those kids do for fun? I'll guarantee there's just as much (in fact, probably more) hanky panky going on up there as in small-town farm kids in the lower 48.
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I can confirm that. When I did a semester away at University of Alaska Fairbanks, the student resident assistants were conducting a survey to see how many students were married. It was something like 40%+ :O
 
I found an OLD rerun of this on my VCR tape from last year. It was fun to watch but when they described the difference between VFR and IFR I laughed out loud. They said VFR has to maintain visual contact with the ground at all times (no clouds).


Kimberly
 
gprellwitz said:
just in the hills? Have you looked at the history of European royalty? Cousin, shmusin!:yikes:
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An image I use to describe to my students the dangers of consanguinity.
 
kimberlyanne546 said:
I found an OLD rerun of this on my VCR tape from last year. It was fun to watch but when they described the difference between VFR and IFR I laughed out loud. They said VFR has to maintain visual contact with the ground at all times (no clouds).


Kimberly
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Yeah. But in their defense, I don't think they are producing the show to pass muster with a bunch of pilots. IOW, it is good enough for the general public.

It is easy for us "in the know" to criticize.
 
Greg Bockelman said:
Yeah. But in their defense, I don't think they are producing the show to pass muster with a bunch of pilots. IOW, it is good enough for the general public.

It is easy for us "in the know" to criticize.
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Agreed. It's not possible to accurately explain the true difference between IMC and VMC in one brief sentence that the non-flying public is going to grok.

This show is great because it makes flight interesting and somewhat magical again to a public that generally associates aviation with invasive pat-downs and surly flight attendants. I've had a number of 'civilians' that watch FWA ask me questions based on stuff seen in the show and it opens the door to a meaningful dialogue about general aviation.
 
ChrisRikli said:
Agreed. It's not possible to accurately explain the true difference between IMC and VMC in one brief sentence that the non-flying public is going to grok.

This show is great because it makes flight interesting and somewhat magical again to a public that generally associates aviation with invasive pat-downs and surly flight attendants. I've had a number of 'civilians' that watch FWA ask me questions based on stuff seen in the show and it opens the door to a meaningful dialogue about general aviation.
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Yes, and it is because of this show that I (once the public) googled "how to be a pilot".

I saw Pontz in a chicken costume telling kids to get good grades in school. I had to find out more.

The rest as they say is history.

I knew NOTHING about planes those first episodes I watched. And the show got me wanting to fly them.
 
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