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The gigantic state of Alaska
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covers over 1.7 million square kilometers,
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but over 90% of Alaska is not accessible by road.
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So to get around this state, you need to take flight.
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Alaska has six times as many pilots and 16 times as many
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aircraft per capita, than the rest of the United States.
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Aviation is a vital mode of transportation.
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And to all of the planes in Alaska, the true workhorse
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is the de Havilland Beaver.
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It's tough,
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it's got a lot of power.
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I trust the Beaver.
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And you could have things go wrong,
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and it's just gonna keep going.
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It's just a badass.
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The airplanes in Alaska have to be tough,
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and so do the pilots.
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There's a lot of stuff that can go wrong,
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flying on a float plane.
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Hang on guys.
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Holy cow!
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I think Kodiak pilots are some of the best in the world.
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I'll do the injury, you do the death.
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These Beavers are part of history.
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They're monsters.
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(plane engine roars)
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(wind whistles)
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The de Havilland Beaver
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was in production from 1947 to 1967.
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Less than 1700 of these iconic aircraft were ever built,
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and hundreds of these aircraft are still in service today.
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The 70-year-old aircraft design is a proven work horse
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and can fly in the most unforgivable climates imaginable.
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Even with the Beaver, flying through stormy weather
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on the island of Kodiak can be treacherous.
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The weather's the biggest obstacle.
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These low-pressure areas build out there in that environment
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and they just come barrelling down
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along the Alaskan peninsula.
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It's bad is when they stop
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and decide to park here for a little while.
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For over 30 years
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All summer long this plane has been working hard.
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Bob Stanford and Island Air
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have kept the island of Kodiak running.
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Kodiak's extreme weather, rugged landscape, and rough seas
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make this island one of the deadliest places on Earth
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to access in a bush plane.
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They specialize in flying to remote villages
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on the island and transporting adventure seekers
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deep into the back country.
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My guys are ready, let's load up
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Let's do it.
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(plane engine starts)
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Three days ago, Bob dropped off
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a pair of outdoorsmen in Hidden Basin.
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A storm quickly moved in
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turning the remote camping trip into a nightmare.
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We're in a bad spot.
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We need help.
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The wind is blowing at 80 kilometers an hour
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and has torn their tent to shreds.
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Without shelter,
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these men are at serious risk of hypothermia.
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They have requested an emergency rescue
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but the conditions are still too rough for a flight.
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We need something, we need help.
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40 miles per hour is a no-go for our airplanes.
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For the forecast we got two more days of
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band winds coming and rain
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all over again.
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We know we're not flying, it's gusting 39 knots.
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We just can't move through.
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We're used to fast-moving weather but it's,
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it's not moving.
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It's just sitting here churning away on us.
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The campers need help.
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We're soaking wet,
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we're cold.
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Overnight the storm has slowed slightly
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giving Bob a chance to rescue the desperate men.
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Looked out there, the wind's dropped.
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I see sunshine out to the East.
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It's like, you know,
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go time.
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Get it tower, Beaver
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4-7 out kilos based on outbound middle bay.
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You're copy there Beaver, we're clear.
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Now that I saw that wind's down and weather break,
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you don't know when they're gonna come
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but when they do you just kick in gear.
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Off we go.
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(intense dramatic music)
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They probably had a
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potentially pretty miserable night.
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(intense dramatic music)
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And I'll press you right now.
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Just looking at the rivers right here
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they are,
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there's a lot of water here.
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I mean, these are overflowing their banks.
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I'm expecting them to be right in this area.
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(intense dramatic music)
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Welp, there they are.
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They're in a tent down the beach.
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(intense dramatic music)
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That's and interesting tent setup there with the tarp.
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I'm guessing the wind came falling through here
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and just blew their whole camp flat.
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It's a good way to stay warm and dry right there.
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Hey how you guys doing?
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Got swamped.
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(lively dramatic music)
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That's where we were sleeping tonight.
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You can't stay out there for long without a tent.
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We're surprised you came and we're happy to see ya.
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Try to keep the tent up,
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standing there it breaks flat.
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They don't have a single dry item in their camp.
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At a certain point the fun goes out of it.
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(lively dramatic music)
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The break in the storm
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is quickly coming to an end.
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Angry skies are lighting up the horizon
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and the wind speeds are ramping up again,
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making takeoff a challenge.
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(determined dramatic music)
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There's a big swell there,
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10-foot seas.
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I thought it died down
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but it must've been just for that moment.
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There is quite a swell.
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If these big seas East
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already this show is right in the water, so
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either side of it you got more wind.
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Well in between those areas,
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you're gonna have shears.
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I'm just gonna stay down
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take a look here.
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Wind shear is a quick change
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in wind direction over a short distance.
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As the plane passes through a shear,
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lift and airspeed are lost.
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Fortunately, Bob is able to fly below the shear
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and get back home.
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(wind gusts)
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We work the windows, that what we gotta do.
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We wanted to stay out six days.
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The campsite got flooded and
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this morning, about four in the morning,
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it was so great to hear Island Air today.
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The plane boss!
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(laughs)
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(triumphant music)
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Float planes in Alaska
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are not always on search-and-rescue missions.
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Hey, I'll be in in about seven minutes.
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In fact, they're usually used
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as airborne taxi cabs,
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taking adventurous souls to locations
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far from people.
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Ready for this?
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One question, how did you get this thing
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out of the Smithsonian anyway?
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Yeah.
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For those with the fear of flying,
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a ride in a bush plane can be a harrowing experience.
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Some of the planes flying through the skies of Alaska
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look like relics from the past century,
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because they are.
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These aircraft can be sturdy and dependable,
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but flying in any small aircraft
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is terrifying for some people.
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(plane engine roars)
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Hang on guys.
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I have a love-hate relationship with float planes.
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Whoo!
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So we're flying along and this turbulence hits us.
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I really hate this.
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Holy cow!
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There's a lot of stuff that could go wrong
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flying on a float plane.
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That was a little ride, huh?
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Bob Stanford has flown
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over 40 thousand flights during his 30-year career,
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and this vast experience helps him overcome
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the challenges of flying in Kodiak.
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Today, Bob is sharing his knowledge
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with an up-and-coming pilot.
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Dear Lord, keep us safe.
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(chuckles)
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Oh it's a technical little place here.
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You can see the One Rock on the corner.
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Yeah I think I see it
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just below the water over there.
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Don't want to get too tight on that rock, now.
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There you go.
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Look left for your
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your transition point.
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Oh, we gotta get them up.
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Crops, pop it.
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Gotta stay down, take him down slowly
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you gotta stay down.
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I know you don't want to, but you do.
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Get ready with you front handle.
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Energy,
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day one maneuver, up and over
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Pop and pull back.
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There you go
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now level out, start your acceleration again.
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(triumphant music)
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Going through this training thing,
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like he's over there talking a whole lot
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and telling me how he wants it to be done
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and how it should be done.
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You gotta take the
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the loud talking, or yelling
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whatever you want to call it
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with a bit of salt.
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He did good, he did real good.
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I mean, I was impressed
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so I'm proud of him.
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Like all veteran pilots in Kodiak,
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Bob Stanford has seen plenty of scary moments.
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But one flight in particular
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where he narrowly escaped death
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haunts him to this day.
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This was about 20 years ago
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and I tell you it really messed with me.
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I was going along, right where we're at now
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and right about now I shoulda been climbing.
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We have a wind that's a little different,
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it woulda been coming from my right
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but in that day it was the left.
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I started right down this pass but I was,
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I'll tell ya I was quite a but lower.
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I was literally skipping along the,
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on the surface and I could not get the plane to come up.
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To this day I do not know why it didn't rise.
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And I was right about here
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literally in tree-top level
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staring at those trees right in front of me.
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I should've been able to just climb,
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climb like a bat outta hell going outta there,
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and I couldn't,
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I could not get the plane to climb.
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I said a prayer right then.
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That's one of the moments I,
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I said a prayer and
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I told this aircraft to rise.
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And finally, right about now
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it released me
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and I came right up over these trees and it let me go.
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Why did that downdraft finally release me,
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honestly
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in my heart I believed that the good Lord
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was trying to teach me something and
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it's one of the few times in my 40-year career
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that I asked for definite action and help
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and I got it.
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(dramatic music)
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That was a moment that
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I'll never forget.
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(intense music)
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That was a period in my life
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where the fun went out of it.
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It was all work, all the time
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and for the next year I was hyper-aware
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of everything I was doing in a plane.
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The enjoyment level went out of it.
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It wasn't a fun period.
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Honestly it took me a whole season,
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it took almost a year to get that feeling to go away.
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So I guess it's a trust in yourself,
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in your decision-making ability in that aircraft.
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(triumphant music)
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There are over 100 plane crashes
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a year in Alaska,
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and the crew of Tanalian Aviation
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specializes in locating and salvaging remote wrecks.
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Recovering a crashed aircraft is difficult enough on land,
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but this time the team is headed to Six Mile Lake
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to recover a valuable piece of wreckage
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that sits underwater.
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Today we're gonna fly out
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and do a underwater salvage.
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We're gonna go under the water
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and tie onto a piece of wrecked airplane
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and we're gonna try to sling it off
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the bottom of a lake using the Jet Ranger.
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It's going to be a challenge.
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Yee-haw.
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Clear!
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This was a fishing lodge airplane.
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He took off in really windy, gusty conditions
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and got airborne maybe too soon.
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A gust of wind got him, he couldn't overcome
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and he cartwheeled, literally
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like a gymnast,
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wingtip-over-wingtip, end and tail.
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And this wing snapped off
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and went flying away from the rest of the wreckage,
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because they got the rest of the wreckage out of the water
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but they never got that wing.
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Going out and getting this wing.
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I've been wanting to do this for so long.
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Oh, I'm excited.
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I know, right?
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Always down for a dive.
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Fresh water dive too.
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(laughs)
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It's gonna be fun.
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(intense music)
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Because there's no runway,
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Joel and Josiah must land on the rocky shoreline.
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Touching down on a gravel beach is easy
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for a helicopter.
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I'll set down there and
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be looking for ya.
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Roger.
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The uneven surface
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is challenging for a wheeled aircraft.
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(intense dramatic music)
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Nice job, that looked good.
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First thing we'll all do is
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we have a boat hired, we'll go out on the lake
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with the side-scan sonar and try to find the wing.
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We have coordinates for it,
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so hopefully that'll be the easy part.
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Side-scan sonar is like a
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super-high deluxe fish finder
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but it can actually see
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the bottom of the lake.
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It can see outlines of things.
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This is the eyeball,
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it's a thing of beauty.
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And so we use that at the coordinates
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and see if we can't see this wing.
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We're in 21 feet of water
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and I can't see a thing.
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Oh, yes I can hold on, man!
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I'm holding on.
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I gotta find my glasses.
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(laughs)
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There's fish, there it is.
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That looks like it right there.
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Yep, that's it.
348
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All right, let's head on in Chuck, we got it.
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All right.
350
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All right, let's get suited up.
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The frigid lake is just a few degrees
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above the freezing point.
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So we're gonna have dry suits
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and hoods and gloves and all the
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cold water Alaska diving gear that you need.
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Just go for it and be careful, all right?
357
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We'll be waiting here.
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Sounds good.
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On a dive like this, a wreck dive,
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there may be a fair amount of current where the wing is.
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We just don't know yet.
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Visibility is another issue,
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could be zero visibility down there.
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(intense music)
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They've been down there a long time.
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I wish I was down there with 'em,
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I could see what's going on.
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I feel kinda outta control.
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Of course the wing was nowhere in sight
370
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once we got to the bottom so,
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we just started swimming a grid
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around that area.
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Tammy and Josiah
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see a white object underwater.
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They know that they have found the missing wing.
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I couldn't believe we found it so,
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we high-fived and it was awesome.
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The wing had sunk down into the mud pretty far
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and the wing was upside down so,
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I had to scoop out a whole bunch of mud
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at the wing root to find someplace to,
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to hook a line.
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Somehow got a good place
384
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and got a line on there and then was able to
385
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get it all rigged with one tank of air.
386
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I had serious doubts
387
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I was gonna be able to pull it off the bottom.
388
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(breathes)
389
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What do you think, Josiah?
390
00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:51,923
It's not very good because it's gonna try to
391
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lift the wing flat.
392
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It'll pivot as it comes up,
393
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it' not gonna come up flat
394
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like a halibut. (laughs)
395
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All right.
396
00:15:59,367 --> 00:16:00,590
(laughs) We're gonna head to shore,
397
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I'll get outta this suit
398
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and put my
399
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helicopter hat on.
400
00:16:06,580 --> 00:16:07,480
Right on.
401
00:16:10,713 --> 00:16:12,546
Okay, I'm picking up
402
00:16:16,040 --> 00:16:18,095
Okay we gotta a South wind,
403
00:16:18,095 --> 00:16:20,440
so the wind's gonna try to blow the hook.
404
00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:22,310
Weather is something you deal with in Alaska
405
00:16:22,310 --> 00:16:24,430
so sure enough, true to form
406
00:16:24,430 --> 00:16:26,600
we had winds, squalls going through,
407
00:16:26,600 --> 00:16:29,250
so this time was no different.
408
00:16:29,250 --> 00:16:30,673
Okay I'm coming up to you, Joel.
409
00:16:30,673 --> 00:16:33,517
I'll try to get it in your hands.
410
00:16:33,517 --> 00:16:35,350
Okay we're going down.
411
00:16:37,350 --> 00:16:39,730
The wind is blowing the ship around up aloft
412
00:16:39,730 --> 00:16:41,520
and it's blowing the long line
413
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and the hook is swayin'.
414
00:16:42,880 --> 00:16:45,770
It was tense, it was a little challenging
415
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and we grabbed it
416
00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:49,783
and hooked it on the line that was attached to the wing.
417
00:16:52,620 --> 00:16:54,100
All right, you're good to go.
418
00:16:54,100 --> 00:16:55,615
Okay, I'm hooked.
419
00:16:55,615 --> 00:16:57,513
All right we're moving, we're moving.
420
00:16:57,513 --> 00:17:00,810
(intense dramatic music)
421
00:17:00,810 --> 00:17:01,740
Okay I'm just gonna start
422
00:17:01,740 --> 00:17:03,933
putting a tug on it and see what I get here.
423
00:17:04,963 --> 00:17:06,460
And then he starts to lift and
424
00:17:06,460 --> 00:17:08,270
that's the moment of truth.
425
00:17:08,270 --> 00:17:10,370
You just, you don't know
426
00:17:10,370 --> 00:17:11,990
how it's gonna go.
427
00:17:11,990 --> 00:17:13,541
All right I see a bunch of mud.
428
00:17:13,541 --> 00:17:14,980
I think it's movin'.
429
00:17:14,980 --> 00:17:16,590
I just started tugging on it
430
00:17:16,590 --> 00:17:19,070
and felt it give a little bit
431
00:17:19,070 --> 00:17:20,117
and then all of a sudden I looked down
432
00:17:20,117 --> 00:17:22,200
and I could see mud below the surface
433
00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:24,000
and I knew it was moving.
434
00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:26,062
Right on, yeah I see mud on the water.
435
00:17:26,062 --> 00:17:28,895
Yeah you're going up a little bit.
436
00:17:29,820 --> 00:17:31,768
Yeah there it is, it's at the surface.
437
00:17:31,768 --> 00:17:33,432
Woo-hoo!
438
00:17:33,432 --> 00:17:34,265
Yeah!
439
00:17:38,683 --> 00:17:40,670
Okay I'm just gonna sit here for a minute.
440
00:17:40,670 --> 00:17:43,174
I'll put a tug on it and see if I can get it to drain.
441
00:17:43,174 --> 00:17:45,190
Yeah just hold your position for a couple minutes,
442
00:17:45,190 --> 00:17:46,650
just let it drain.
443
00:17:46,650 --> 00:17:49,120
I can see water just pouring out of it.
444
00:17:49,120 --> 00:17:51,890
Yeah, water is pouring out of it like crazy.
445
00:17:51,890 --> 00:17:55,033
I just saw three fish fall out of the wing into the water.
446
00:17:56,535 --> 00:17:57,413
Oh there's more!
447
00:17:57,413 --> 00:17:59,797
There's fish pouring out of the wing!
448
00:17:59,797 --> 00:18:02,500
Oh another fish just fell out!
449
00:18:02,500 --> 00:18:04,370
Those were actually fresh water lingcod.
450
00:18:04,370 --> 00:18:06,920
We call 'em burbot, we call 'em poor man's halibut.
451
00:18:09,050 --> 00:18:12,823
You guys, he's going to the grass, he's going to the grass!
452
00:18:12,823 --> 00:18:13,656
Go ahead and take it to the grass
453
00:18:13,656 --> 00:18:15,790
over here by the camp fire
454
00:18:15,790 --> 00:18:16,640
and set her down.
455
00:18:17,850 --> 00:18:18,850
You're looking good.
456
00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:24,323
You're down, that's good.
457
00:18:26,922 --> 00:18:27,755
Yeah!
458
00:18:28,744 --> 00:18:29,577
High-five!
459
00:18:31,130 --> 00:18:32,797
Excellent, good job!
460
00:18:34,039 --> 00:18:36,587
Is it still priced worth something?
461
00:18:36,587 --> 00:18:37,820
This is probably 100 dollars.
462
00:18:37,820 --> 00:18:39,790
If the wing were in better condition,
463
00:18:39,790 --> 00:18:43,040
it would be worth up to 25 thousand dollars.
464
00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:44,520
Even though the Tanalian team
465
00:18:44,520 --> 00:18:46,950
won't see a big payday for this salvage job,
466
00:18:46,950 --> 00:18:49,210
it's not just about the money.
467
00:18:49,210 --> 00:18:51,140
The fact that we found it and got it outta there
468
00:18:51,140 --> 00:18:53,500
is just so rewarding, it's awesome.
469
00:18:53,500 --> 00:18:54,510
All right-
Good day, man
470
00:18:54,510 --> 00:18:55,500
Yeah.
Had a good day.
471
00:18:55,500 --> 00:18:56,570
That was good.
472
00:18:56,570 --> 00:18:58,770
It just felt like a real sense of accomplishment
473
00:18:58,770 --> 00:19:01,420
and it's always fun when you share that with friends.
474
00:19:02,270 --> 00:19:04,519
The poor fish is still floppin' around in there.
475
00:19:04,519 --> 00:19:05,460
(laughs)
476
00:19:05,460 --> 00:19:06,830
In order to be able to conquer
477
00:19:06,830 --> 00:19:08,740
such challenging flight assignments,
478
00:19:08,740 --> 00:19:12,100
the pilots are always training to keep their skills sharp.
479
00:19:12,100 --> 00:19:13,630
Today, Joel and Mark
480
00:19:13,630 --> 00:19:15,400
are training with a barely-used
481
00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:18,250
inflatable flotation device for the helicopter.
482
00:19:18,250 --> 00:19:20,320
Danger, high pressure cylinder,
483
00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:21,450
don't drop.
484
00:19:21,450 --> 00:19:23,760
Mishandling may cause injury or death
485
00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:24,610
I know.
486
00:19:24,610 --> 00:19:27,470
I'll do the injury, you do the death.
487
00:19:27,470 --> 00:19:29,440
Today we're gonna go out and deploy
488
00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:32,150
our pop-out emergency floats on our R44
489
00:19:32,150 --> 00:19:34,410
so that if we go down or we're over water,
490
00:19:34,410 --> 00:19:35,610
we can pop these floats
491
00:19:35,610 --> 00:19:37,570
and keep us from sinking or rolling over.
492
00:19:37,570 --> 00:19:38,940
It could save our lives.
493
00:19:38,940 --> 00:19:39,960
What it does is it
494
00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:42,520
pops these snaps instantly
495
00:19:42,520 --> 00:19:45,270
and the floats blow up like a big sausage,
496
00:19:45,270 --> 00:19:46,480
and it's a little loud.
497
00:19:46,480 --> 00:19:47,980
It's a little thrilling.
498
00:19:47,980 --> 00:19:49,700
The water in Alaska is deadly, everywhere.
499
00:19:49,700 --> 00:19:50,533
No matter where you are
500
00:19:50,533 --> 00:19:52,530
if you go into the water it's gonna be cold
501
00:19:52,530 --> 00:19:53,780
and you won't last long.
502
00:19:53,780 --> 00:19:55,680
There's a lot of things that could go wrong.
503
00:19:55,680 --> 00:19:58,150
When we pull the trigger, the cable could break.
504
00:19:58,150 --> 00:20:00,450
And if the helium doesn't go down the hoses
505
00:20:00,450 --> 00:20:02,730
and into the floats, we can go down
506
00:20:02,730 --> 00:20:03,940
into the lake.
507
00:20:03,940 --> 00:20:06,520
I'm a little worried about this whole thing.
508
00:20:06,520 --> 00:20:07,420
Let's go.
509
00:20:08,430 --> 00:20:10,143
Okay, I think we're ready.
510
00:20:11,100 --> 00:20:12,625
Are you scared?
511
00:20:12,625 --> 00:20:14,060
(laughs) Never.
512
00:20:14,060 --> 00:20:15,020
I'm scared.
513
00:20:15,020 --> 00:20:16,200
I'll take care of ya.
514
00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:17,033
Okay.
515
00:20:18,020 --> 00:20:21,090
Man, I hope these floats work, this is crazy.
516
00:20:21,090 --> 00:20:23,260
I hate doing this! (laughs)
517
00:20:23,260 --> 00:20:24,120
It's gonna go perfect.
518
00:20:24,120 --> 00:20:25,427
Man, no it's not!
519
00:20:26,390 --> 00:20:28,120
We're not gonna crash,
520
00:20:28,120 --> 00:20:30,670
I don't think. (laughs)
521
00:20:30,670 --> 00:20:33,100
Okay we just had an alternator failure
522
00:20:33,100 --> 00:20:34,520
or else the belt is kinda loose.
523
00:20:34,520 --> 00:20:36,890
Yeah, I just don't know.
524
00:20:36,890 --> 00:20:38,430
The red light is on.
525
00:20:38,430 --> 00:20:40,250
That's a little odd, isn't it?
526
00:20:40,250 --> 00:20:42,510
The battery is the source of electrical power
527
00:20:42,510 --> 00:20:44,340
for the helicopter and the alternator
528
00:20:44,340 --> 00:20:46,080
is what keeps it charged up.
529
00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:48,800
And so if we lose our alternator, we're in trouble.
530
00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:51,710
Resetting the alternator should get it going again
531
00:20:51,710 --> 00:20:53,550
but there's no guarantee.
532
00:20:53,550 --> 00:20:55,160
Nice and easy here, nice and easy.
533
00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:56,510
Pull on the power back-end.
534
00:20:57,940 --> 00:20:58,773
It worked.
535
00:20:58,773 --> 00:20:59,606
There we go.
536
00:21:01,024 --> 00:21:02,020
The wind is pretty strong.
537
00:21:02,020 --> 00:21:03,750
For the wind it's like a weather vane,
538
00:21:03,750 --> 00:21:04,910
it'll try to turn you around.
539
00:21:04,910 --> 00:21:06,740
So just stay on it.
540
00:21:06,740 --> 00:21:07,900
There's a pretty good lake down there
541
00:21:07,900 --> 00:21:08,733
we could go try it.
542
00:21:08,733 --> 00:21:11,000
Yeah man, that looks good Joel.
543
00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:12,198
Okay buddy,
544
00:21:12,198 --> 00:21:13,230
(laughs)
545
00:21:13,230 --> 00:21:15,383
why am I freaking out over here?
546
00:21:17,630 --> 00:21:20,103
Okay the trigger is armed and ready to pull.
547
00:21:21,060 --> 00:21:22,740
I hate this part.
548
00:21:22,740 --> 00:21:24,540
We're deploying the floats.
549
00:21:26,540 --> 00:21:27,760
Three,
550
00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:28,930
two,
551
00:21:28,930 --> 00:21:29,763
one.
552
00:21:34,011 --> 00:21:35,470
(screams) Is yours blown up?
553
00:21:35,470 --> 00:21:37,370
Are both of 'em blown up on your side?
554
00:21:38,320 --> 00:21:39,840
Mine both are.
555
00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:41,430
I'm looking out, yes.
556
00:21:41,430 --> 00:21:43,550
I'm gonna set him down close to shore here.
557
00:21:43,550 --> 00:21:44,383
Okay.
558
00:21:47,390 --> 00:21:49,973
Nice and gentle, nice and gentle.
559
00:21:56,110 --> 00:21:57,080
We are on the water.
560
00:21:57,080 --> 00:21:58,640
Okay
We are on the water.
561
00:21:58,640 --> 00:21:59,670
Nice and gentle.
562
00:21:59,670 --> 00:22:01,610
We gotta push forward, we're drifting into the reeds-
563
00:22:01,610 --> 00:22:02,443
Okay,
564
00:22:02,443 --> 00:22:03,440
we're backing up, we're backing up,
565
00:22:03,440 --> 00:22:04,690
backing up, backing up, backing up,
566
00:22:04,690 --> 00:22:05,693
push forward.
567
00:22:08,220 --> 00:22:10,240
I know I'm a little bit of a nagging mom
568
00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:12,280
doing this, but we only blow these floats
569
00:22:12,280 --> 00:22:13,930
every three years and I'm a little bit
570
00:22:13,930 --> 00:22:15,360
out of my comfort zone
571
00:22:15,360 --> 00:22:17,303
because we don't do it all the time.
572
00:22:18,340 --> 00:22:19,960
Okay that's lift-off.
573
00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:21,523
It went perfect!
574
00:22:21,523 --> 00:22:23,930
(laughs) Joel you're incredible!
575
00:22:23,930 --> 00:22:25,380
Good job.
576
00:22:25,380 --> 00:22:28,130
Okay my heart's beating outta my chest still.
577
00:22:28,130 --> 00:22:30,928
Do we own any anti-adrenaline?
578
00:22:30,928 --> 00:22:32,565
(laughs)
579
00:22:32,565 --> 00:22:35,095
Whoo! (laughs)
580
00:22:35,095 --> 00:22:36,180
That's fun.
581
00:22:36,180 --> 00:22:37,586
Man, alive.
582
00:22:37,586 --> 00:22:39,879
Whoo! (laughs)
583
00:22:39,879 --> 00:22:42,660
(gentle music)
584
00:22:42,660 --> 00:22:44,200
For Alaskan bush pilots,
585
00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:46,270
flying is more than a job;
586
00:22:46,270 --> 00:22:48,080
it is what they love to do.
587
00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:50,330
Joel Natwick is passing on this passion
588
00:22:50,330 --> 00:22:52,380
for flying to his son, Micah.
589
00:22:52,380 --> 00:22:55,130
We're gonna climb up to about 1500 feet,
590
00:22:55,130 --> 00:22:56,620
and work on spin control.
591
00:22:56,620 --> 00:22:57,710
Today we're gonna go flying.
592
00:22:57,710 --> 00:23:00,250
Micah my son, he wants to be a bush pilot.
593
00:23:00,250 --> 00:23:02,750
I've been flying since I was about 11 or 12.
594
00:23:02,750 --> 00:23:05,250
Okay, what do you do when you get into a spin?
595
00:23:05,250 --> 00:23:06,540
You let the plane fly.
596
00:23:06,540 --> 00:23:07,960
It's kinda been a dream of mine
597
00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:11,130
to have one of my kids want to be a bush pilot.
598
00:23:11,130 --> 00:23:13,710
And Micah is passionate about it.
599
00:23:13,710 --> 00:23:15,280
All right, so let's go practice.
600
00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:17,583
It's kinda like getting into a sardine can.
601
00:23:19,370 --> 00:23:20,213
And crank it.
602
00:23:21,519 --> 00:23:24,547
(plane starts)
603
00:23:24,547 --> 00:23:26,029
Do a right turn,
604
00:23:26,029 --> 00:23:27,210
do a left turn,
605
00:23:27,210 --> 00:23:29,163
okay good way back by the bridge now.
606
00:23:31,385 --> 00:23:34,560
(intense dramatic music)
607
00:23:34,560 --> 00:23:35,560
Joel's priority
608
00:23:35,560 --> 00:23:37,620
for these instructions is safety,
609
00:23:37,620 --> 00:23:41,823
as he knows firsthand how deadly the Alaskan skies can be.
610
00:23:42,910 --> 00:23:44,190
I was flying
611
00:23:44,190 --> 00:23:46,440
out West of Port Alsworth
612
00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:49,730
so I was crossing a ridge at a 45 degree angle,
613
00:23:49,730 --> 00:23:53,000
but slowly was fighting the downdraft I was getting into
614
00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:55,240
so my air speed was dropping.
615
00:23:55,240 --> 00:23:57,520
Well then when I turned away,
616
00:23:57,520 --> 00:23:59,080
I probably got a hit of about
617
00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:00,650
60 or 70 knots on my tail
618
00:24:00,650 --> 00:24:02,400
and that's when I went into a spin.
619
00:24:04,316 --> 00:24:05,860
And the updraft was so dramatic
620
00:24:05,860 --> 00:24:08,020
that it flexed my air frame, my door flew open,
621
00:24:08,020 --> 00:24:10,650
the GPS flew off my panel and hit me in the face
622
00:24:10,650 --> 00:24:12,690
and I thought, "This is it."
623
00:24:12,690 --> 00:24:15,426
The tendency is to pull back
624
00:24:15,426 --> 00:24:16,460
and slow your speed down really quick
625
00:24:16,460 --> 00:24:18,820
but you have to ease back, you have to ease back.
626
00:24:18,820 --> 00:24:20,900
Had I recovered facing the hillside,
627
00:24:20,900 --> 00:24:22,230
I wouldn't be here.
628
00:24:22,230 --> 00:24:24,830
I recovered facing away and flew out of it.
629
00:24:24,830 --> 00:24:27,380
I'm really high above the mountains and kept going.
630
00:24:28,401 --> 00:24:31,770
(intense music)
631
00:24:31,770 --> 00:24:34,540
And those experiences, the more you have
632
00:24:34,540 --> 00:24:37,310
the more you start to feel small.
633
00:24:37,310 --> 00:24:38,580
I got five kids, man
634
00:24:38,580 --> 00:24:40,550
and I've seen enough death,
635
00:24:40,550 --> 00:24:42,000
I've seen enough crashes
636
00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:43,713
to know that it can happen to me.
637
00:24:45,450 --> 00:24:46,638
Okay you've got the plane.
638
00:24:46,638 --> 00:24:48,352
I've got the plane.
639
00:24:48,352 --> 00:24:50,990
(triumphant music)
640
00:24:50,990 --> 00:24:52,920
Yeah let's just do a nice big circle.
641
00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:54,030
Yes sir.
642
00:24:54,030 --> 00:24:56,161
What's my air speed?
643
00:24:56,161 --> 00:24:57,090
60.
644
00:24:57,090 --> 00:24:59,490
Hey here's how we do a spin, right here.
645
00:24:59,490 --> 00:25:00,490
Releasing the stick,
646
00:25:02,451 --> 00:25:03,630
a little more,
647
00:25:03,630 --> 00:25:04,990
do not lose altitude.
648
00:25:04,990 --> 00:25:06,180
Pull that stick back,
649
00:25:06,180 --> 00:25:07,350
back, back, back.
650
00:25:07,350 --> 00:25:08,720
If you start losing,
651
00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:11,300
add power to keep from stalling
652
00:25:11,300 --> 00:25:13,520
and hold altitude, just hold altitude.
653
00:25:13,520 --> 00:25:14,990
That good?
654
00:25:14,990 --> 00:25:16,480
Little more,
655
00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:17,313
atta boy.
656
00:25:19,630 --> 00:25:20,840
Pass off, hit the brakes.
657
00:25:20,840 --> 00:25:22,740
Slowly, gently.
658
00:25:22,740 --> 00:25:24,130
That was awesome.
659
00:25:24,130 --> 00:25:25,930
That was nice, that was really nice.
660
00:25:28,380 --> 00:25:29,780
Okay you're good to go, man.
661
00:25:31,166 --> 00:25:33,280
(triumphant music)
662
00:25:33,280 --> 00:25:34,580
Joel is helping foster
663
00:25:34,580 --> 00:25:36,710
the future Alaskan bush pilots
664
00:25:36,710 --> 00:25:38,380
whether by wheeled aircraft,
665
00:25:38,380 --> 00:25:39,220
float plane,
666
00:25:39,220 --> 00:25:40,460
or helicopter.
667
00:25:40,460 --> 00:25:42,220
The challenge of flying in Alaska
668
00:25:42,220 --> 00:25:45,200
will always test the skills of a pilot.
669
00:25:45,200 --> 00:25:46,870
But these brave aviators
670
00:25:46,870 --> 00:25:49,400
are vital to Alaska by delivering people
671
00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:52,080
and cargo to remote locations
672
00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:54,530
and even saving lives.
673
00:25:54,530 --> 00:25:56,440
Plus, their office window
674
00:25:56,440 --> 00:25:58,313
has an amazing view.
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