NightTrain
01-11-2011, 12:18 PM
A 3-part special airing on Nat Geo, I caught a bit of it last night. There's some cool planes and helicopters in it, including an NTSB investigation of a fatal crash.
In one part, there's a ride along with Talkeetna Air Taxi, where they go pick up some climbers on Mt. McKinley (Denali).
The footage of the surrounding area before they send out the pilot to pick up the climbers is where I grew up, and the river he's flying over on the way to drop off lumber on a partially frozen Stephan Lake is the Talkeetna River, below our cabin a couple of miles.
Watching the approach to Stephan Lake brought back memories of when I was a kid and flying over a lake & dropping a rock out of the 206 to see if the ice was safe to land on, and watching that rock bounce back up in the air 50' - yep, good to go, set her down!
In one part, there's a ride along with Talkeetna Air Taxi, where they go pick up some climbers on Mt. McKinley (Denali).
The footage of the surrounding area before they send out the pilot to pick up the climbers is where I grew up, and the river he's flying over on the way to drop off lumber on a partially frozen Stephan Lake is the Talkeetna River, below our cabin a couple of miles.
Watching the approach to Stephan Lake brought back memories of when I was a kid and flying over a lake & dropping a rock out of the 206 to see if the ice was safe to land on, and watching that rock bounce back up in the air 50' - yep, good to go, set her down!