gkainz
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In a similar vein to Dust Up that looks like it's getting a test run on Canadian TV, my son-in-law is pitching an ag pilot reality show for the US market. So, who wants a chance to screw up on television? 
yet another ag pilot reality show?
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Jeff Oslick
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Henning will be up in just a bit...
gkainz
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"Henning does not screw up. The camera apologizes for mis-filming."
In a similar vein to Dust Up that looks like it's getting a test run on Canadian TV, my son-in-law is pitching an ag pilot reality show for the US market. So, who wants a chance to screw up on television?
Wow, death by misadventure was always what I wanted on my death certificate, but "Death by Misadventure "As Seen on TV!!!" That would be freakin awesome, count me in!
Question is, where is the excitement going to come from? It's a kinda boring job if you do it right.
silver-eagle
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No body thought guys fishing, driving truck, flying passengers, shooting guns, making stuff, repo'g vehicles, or running a pawn shop would be exciting. But in the right hands, I bet they could make it so.
The first couple of shows would be fun.
CJones
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"The pilot must decide how much fuel to take for this load... Too much fuel, and he will be too heavy to make the last-second maneuvers necessary to dodge the power lines at the end of the field. Too little fuel and he will run out of fuel before making it back to the airport." <-- Voice over of a cartoon play-by-play complete with an airplane bursting into flames in both situations.
I will crash, but it'll cost over scale...
Jeff Oslick
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"Henning does not screw up. The camera apologizes for mis-filming."
I really hope Henning doesn't drink that p!$$water Dos Equis....
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Henning, you've already crashed and you didn't even get scale for it. What's one more time for the camera?... just leave the keys for the 310 somewhere we can find them before you go and do anything spectacular, okay?
Real planes don't need keys... While they didn't pay SAG/AFTRA scale, they were paid...
tonycondon
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I know the NAAA and the ag operator I know are not too thrilled about the canadian show. The goal of ag operations and the goal of reality TV are somewhat at odds. One looks for drama, the other tries to avoid it.
denverpilot
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So you're saying I should clip the ground wire on the keyswitch on the 182 to make it a "real plane"? Gimme 60 seconds and my pocket knife.
CJones
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They should do the show by focusing on the ground crew guys -- "The ground crew must decide whether or not to go to town to get lunch now or wait until the next load. If they go now and the pilot gets back and his load isn't ready, he will be mad about having to wait. If they wait until the next load and the pilot was expecting lunch when he got back from this load, he will be mad as well. To add even more complexity, the crew only has enough water in the nurse tank for two more loads." <-- All this as a voice over of a cheesy cartoon sketch with all of the options showing something blowing up.
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tonycondon
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chris i think you missed your calling
CJones
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Oh.. I almost forgot - the teaser for the next episode --- "Little does the ground crew know, the Dept. of Ag. is out randomly checking operators for correct documentation and PPE. <buh buh buh>"
I could do a whole episode about arguing with the Dept. of Ag. inspector and proving him wrong enough that he had to go back to other airports and take back the violations he had handed out earlier that day...
But is the accounting/front desk gal going to be young and hot or an old gal that smokes 3 packs a day and calls you sweetie before she cusses you out....
It would be more a show about fixing equipment than flying, and checking the mailbox to see if anyone paid their bill today....
gkainz
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I think the business details are interesting in these kinds of reality shows, like earnings, costs, how do they stay in business story line details in Deadliest Catch, American Loggers, et al ... but then, that's probably another twist that puts me apart from the intended audience for these shows.
How about ideas or suggestions on making contacts with ag operations - maybe starting within 200-300nm from Denver?
How about ideas or suggestions on making contacts with ag operations - maybe starting within 200-300nm from Denver?
Go straight north to Greeley.
gkainz
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Yeah, but that's just a drive ...
ok, I guess I can fly there just to keep in context. Got any names?
You want excitement? How about a day in the life of a waitress at the Waffle House after the local gin mill closes.
denverpilot
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Yeah, but that's just a drive ...
Got any names?
Can't remember names, but there's two or three businesses with signs along Highway 85.
There used to be this cool book with yellow pages... but they finally stopped delivering them to my house.
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Greeley, Easton Valley, Fort Morgan, St Francis,...seen or avoided crop dusters at all of them...the guys at St Francis were probably the most talkative...they even made pattern calls! (well sort of, they never did get more than 200' AGL and the short final call was at touchdown).
gkainz
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Can't remember names, but there's two or three businesses with signs along Highway 85.
There used to be this cool book with yellow pages... but they finally stopped delivering them to my house.
Yeah Nate - I can take care of that for you if you want them delivered again
one of my clients is in the Yellow Pages business ... heading the way of the dinosaur, in my opinion.Thanks, Clark - will dig around for info around there.
Yeah, but that's just a drive ...
Got any names?
There's one ag operator there, forget their name.
denverpilot
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I seem to have a knack for looking out the side window right when one passes under me when I'm at 1000' AGL. They're just down there workin' and all of a sudden you spot 'em down there, crossing your flight path but so far below ya they're not any traffic hazard. Kinda freaky.
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I seem to have a knack for looking out the side window right when one passes under me when I'm at 1000' AGL. They're just down there workin' and all of a sudden you spot 'em down there, crossing your flight path but so far below ya they're not any traffic hazard. Kinda freaky.
My theory is that they get nose bleeds if they get more than 300' agl...that or they're afraid of heights!
CJones
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We had a guy come up from Louisiana to work with us once in a AT502 - turbine a/c with around 750ish hp. He said he had to get "all the way up to 5,000 ft" to get to some cooler air for the trip. He said he was scared to death to be so high.
One summer, I was the go-fer among 3-4 sites we had set up across the state. I was using the RV and rarely got much above the FAA required mins for the areas I was in. At the end of the summer, I was making a xc trip, so I went up to my standard 8-9k for traveling - it really was a little unnerving to be so high after being at tree-top height for several months.
Wow, death by misadventure was always what I wanted on my death certificate, but "Death by Misadventure "As Seen on TV!!!" That would be freakin awesome, count me in!
My I suggest a series on idiots like me who build an experimental and then stuff a " non standard" powerplant in it.. The starting episode will show a somewhat disturbed builder with brown hair sitting on a stool contemplating his next move....... Fast forward to the ending show of the season with him carrying a head full of gray hair and a **** eating grin on his face.... Or is that a look of total confusion .
Ben ' the self imposed test pilot' Haas.
Ben ' the self imposed test pilot' Haas.
Closing shot of episode 1 should be climbing into a Midget Mustang with an old Keith Black Hemi on Fuel, firing it and taxiing off "To Be Continued
gkainz
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and I can hear the idling "braaap braaap braaap" of the engine in my head
The exhaust noise would be sweet, but.... The smell of Nitromethane is Heaven in my book..... Ahhhhh, I can smell it now,