Alaska's Ultimate Bush Pilots — Season 2
The Island Air team pilot de Havilland Beavers - single-engine, high-wing, propeller-driven bush planes - and they fly anywhere their passengers need to go...
About this season
The Island Air team pilot de Havilland Beavers - single-engine, high-wing, propeller-driven bush planes - and they fly anywhere their passengers need to go...
Episodes (8)
1. Into The Deep
Aired 20 September 2016
Tanalian Aviation battles winter weather to ferry ice climbers onto the Knik Glacier.
2. On Thin Ice
Aired 26 September 2016 • 30 min
Tanalian Aviation pilots Joel Natwick and Josiah Freeman assist with a search and rescue for an experienced hiker deep in the winter wilderness.
3. Hanging by a Thread
Aired 3 October 2016
Joel and Mark Barker tempt fate and fly into no man's land to find and salvage a white airplane in a snowy forest, and fight hypothermia along the way.
4. Heaven at 5,000 Feet
Aired 3 October 2016 • 30 min
Pilot Josiah Freeman takes a professional snowboarder Mark Barajas to the top of the Chugach Mountains for some hellacious heli-skiing.
5. Without a Trace
Aired 6 October 2016
Tanalian Aviation bush pilots Joel and Josiah earn their keep slinging a stranded snow machine.
6. Flying High
Aired 10 October 2016
The bush pilots have to use all their skills - scuba diving, underwater rigging and expert flying - to try and salvage a de Havilland Beaver wing at the bottom of the 6 Mile Lake.
7. Salvage Gone Awry
Aired 11 October 2016
The Tanalian bush pilots transport extreme paragliders to Moose Creek, in the Talkeetna Range, for a once-in-a-lifetime airborne experience.
8. Ice Climbers
Aired 17 October 2016
On a rare day off, Josiah and his friends white water raft where few have gone before - on top of the massive Knik Glacier.