Join Captain Fajardo and crew as they drive a DC-3 around the Colombian rainforest delivering goods to the outlying villages and hauling fuel in plastic drums.

Great footage of a pretty damned nice DC-3 along with some great cockpit approach views.

http://www.hulu.com/watch/149971/deadliest-journeys-columbia#s-p1-so-i0 (480p)

That was fun. Nice find Z !

A few minutes later the pilot realizes that one of the engines has stopped....

hahahhahaaa

Tadpole wrote:A few minutes later the pilot realizes that one of the engines has stopped....

hahahhahaaa

The narration is comical and a bit overdone, but still enjoyable..haha.

Zane,

"DRIVING" is what one does in a bus or automobile. We are AVIATORS and we PILOT/FLY aircraft. The difference between driving an auto/bus and piloting a DC-3 into a jungle strip is like that of a butcher to a heart surgeon. Please don't diminish our vocation/avocation any more than has already been done. WORDS...do matter.

Bob(an Aviator)

All these multi-tens-of-thousands of hours aviators are driving me nuts.

1SeventyZ wrote:All these multi-tens-of-thousands of hours aviators are driving me nuts.

Did you get the new "Skygod" T-shirts made yet?

an awful lot like old harleys...i'll bet those old dc3's are a lot like runnin' across the wilds of idaho on a harley...very slow,noisy, and u MIGHT get there o.k....!

jomac wrote:an awful lot like old harleys...i'll bet those old dc3's are a lot like runnin' across the wilds of idaho on a harley...very slow,noisy, and u MIGHT get there o.k....!

I think it's pretty amazing to see those birds still working and things great pilots can do with them!

10-4 on that one. 70 year old birds of that magnitude are damn amazing. takes a "real deal" pilot to make those birds sing for sure...

Weird. This video footage is making the rounds again, this time as an Al Jazeera documentary.

http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/riskingitall/2011/05/201151112305049621.html

I noticed that no one included the co-driver. Not a bad looking second in command.

A buddy that was there during the filming says if you can understand Spanish... and listen carefully... the dialog is much more real. Not the hyped up, emergency at any second... OH God, we are going to Fall from the SKY crap.
For almost thirty years now... I have always used the phrase: "who's driving today?" It is sad to get all caught up in the terminology of who has more skills and education. Life is too short. Leave the Ego in the pickup. Just get in and drive....
Have a great week y'all.

Good footage of two proficient pilots going about their daily tasks without any BS.
Like the gardening gloves...
Could watch a lot more of this than the hyped up drama of another 'bush pilot' series.