WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.100 --> 00:00:01.167 2 00:00:01.167 --> 00:00:04.437 3 00:00:04.437 --> 00:00:06.439 THIS IS THE TEAM OF ISLAND AIR. 4 00:00:10.010 --> 00:00:13.279 EVERYDAY THEY RISK EVERY THING. 5 00:00:15.415 --> 00:00:16.716 THE KODIAK PEAKS AND WICKED 6 00:00:16.716 --> 00:00:18.451 SEAS MAKE THE ISLAND THE 7 00:00:18.451 --> 00:00:20.220 WORLD'S MOST TREACHEROUS PLACE 8 00:00:20.220 --> 00:00:21.554 TO FLY. 9 00:00:27.660 --> 00:00:30.063 THESE ARE THE TALES OF ALASKA'S 10 00:00:30.063 --> 00:00:32.232 ULTIMATE BUSH PILOTS. 11 00:00:37.604 --> 00:00:39.706 KODIAK ISLAND, ONE OF THE MOST 12 00:00:39.706 --> 00:00:44.210 VOLATILE AREAS OF ALASKA. 13 00:00:44.210 --> 00:00:46.646 KODIAK'S EXTREME WEATHER, RUGGED 14 00:00:46.646 --> 00:00:49.082 LANDSCAPE AND ROUGH SEAS MAKE 15 00:00:49.082 --> 00:00:51.351 THIS PLACE THE DEADLIEST PIECE 16 00:00:51.351 --> 00:00:53.119 OF THE PLANET TO ACCESS BY BUSH 17 00:00:53.119 --> 00:00:57.891 PLANE. 18 00:00:57.891 --> 00:00:59.526 FOR OVER 30 YEARS... 19 00:00:59.526 --> 00:01:00.493 BOB: WE'VE GOT AN ANNUAL COMING 20 00:01:00.493 --> 00:01:01.995 UP IN ABOUT TWO MONTHS. 21 00:01:01.995 --> 00:01:02.896 ANNOUNCER: BOB STANFORD AND 22 00:01:02.896 --> 00:01:04.030 ISLAND AIR HAVE KEPT KODIAK 23 00:01:04.030 --> 00:01:05.465 RUNNING. 24 00:01:05.465 --> 00:01:06.599 BOB: AND ALL SUMMER LONG THIS 25 00:01:06.599 --> 00:01:08.034 PLANE'S BEEN WORKING HARD. 26 00:01:08.034 --> 00:01:09.202 DISPATCHER: 31, GO AHEAD. 27 00:01:09.202 --> 00:01:10.070 ANNOUNCER: FROM FLIGHTS TO 28 00:01:10.070 --> 00:01:11.438 REMOTE VILLAGES, TO 29 00:01:11.438 --> 00:01:12.672 TRANSPORTING HUNTERS AND 30 00:01:12.672 --> 00:01:14.274 ANGLERS ON ADVENTURES OF A 31 00:01:14.274 --> 00:01:15.742 LIFETIME. 32 00:01:15.742 --> 00:01:16.576 PILOT: ALL RIGHT GUYS, WE'RE 33 00:01:16.576 --> 00:01:17.477 READY, LET'S LOAD UP. 34 00:01:17.477 --> 00:01:18.211 HUNTER: LET'S DO IT, LET'S GO 35 00:01:18.211 --> 00:01:19.045 HUNTING. 36 00:01:19.045 --> 00:01:21.981 (ENGINE REVVING) 37 00:01:21.981 --> 00:01:23.083 BOB: HERE DOWN AND THERE, THE 38 00:01:23.083 --> 00:01:24.617 FLEET CONSISTS OF A PIPER 39 00:01:24.617 --> 00:01:26.886 CHEROKEE SIX, WE'VE GOT A 40 00:01:26.886 --> 00:01:30.356 DE HAVILLAND BEAVER ON FLOATS 41 00:01:30.356 --> 00:01:32.625 AND A BRITAIN NORMAN ISLANDER. 42 00:01:32.625 --> 00:01:33.860 THEY'RE ALL VERY TOUGH 43 00:01:33.860 --> 00:01:35.128 AIRPLANES, THEY'RE PICKUP 44 00:01:35.128 --> 00:01:37.764 TRUCKS OF THE NORTH. 45 00:01:37.764 --> 00:01:38.631 PILOT: YEAH, WE'RE JUST DROPPING 46 00:01:38.631 --> 00:01:39.532 OFF MAIL, I THINK WE GOT A 47 00:01:39.532 --> 00:01:41.201 LITTLE BIT OF FREIGHT FOR THEM. 48 00:01:41.201 --> 00:01:43.069 ANNOUNCER: IT TAKES MORE THAN 49 00:01:43.069 --> 00:01:44.704 JUST MACHINES TO MAKE THIS 50 00:01:44.704 --> 00:01:46.840 BUSINESS WORK. 51 00:01:46.840 --> 00:01:47.674 EMILY: SO THE WIND IS GOING 52 00:01:47.674 --> 00:01:48.942 DOWN, WHICH IS GOOD. 53 00:01:48.942 --> 00:01:50.009 ANNOUNCER: EMILY PACK IS THE 54 00:01:50.009 --> 00:01:52.011 DISPATCHER AT ISLAND AIR. 55 00:01:52.011 --> 00:01:53.246 EMILY: WE'RE NOT MOVING. 56 00:01:53.246 --> 00:01:54.214 ANNOUNCER: SHE KEEPS EVERYTHING 57 00:01:54.214 --> 00:01:56.483 ON THE GROUND RUNNING SMOOTHLY. 58 00:01:56.483 --> 00:01:59.085 EMILY: I LOVE ISLAND AIR. WE'RE 59 00:01:59.085 --> 00:02:00.286 ALL A BIG FAMILY AND WE WATCH 60 00:02:00.286 --> 00:02:03.389 YOU FOR EACH OTHER. 61 00:02:03.389 --> 00:02:04.390 ANNOUNCER: IN THE AIR, BOB HAS 62 00:02:04.390 --> 00:02:06.759 VETERAN PILOT ERIK HOWARD. 63 00:02:06.759 --> 00:02:07.760 ERIK: I WANTED TO FLY HERE IN 64 00:02:07.760 --> 00:02:09.929 KODIAK FOR THE CHALLENGE, LOTS 65 00:02:09.929 --> 00:02:11.631 OF ADVENTURE AROUND HERE. 66 00:02:11.631 --> 00:02:12.799 ANNOUNCER: FLOAT PLANE PILOT IN 67 00:02:12.799 --> 00:02:15.368 TRAINING, PETER ROSENDAHL. 68 00:02:15.368 --> 00:02:16.336 PETER: I'M THE PILOT, I'M THE 69 00:02:16.336 --> 00:02:18.304 CARGO GUY, GOT TO BE A JACK OF 70 00:02:18.304 --> 00:02:19.806 ALL AIRPLANE TRADES TO DO THE 71 00:02:19.806 --> 00:02:21.641 KIND OF FLYING UP HERE. 72 00:02:21.641 --> 00:02:22.408 BOB: WE'RE A LIFELINE TO 73 00:02:22.408 --> 00:02:25.044 EVERYBODY OUT HERE. THAT'S THE 74 00:02:25.044 --> 00:02:26.212 STORY. 75 00:02:26.212 --> 00:02:29.649 (MUSIC) 76 00:02:29.649 --> 00:02:30.416 PETER: HERE YOU GO, SHANNON, 77 00:02:30.416 --> 00:02:33.686 HERE'S THE LAST OF IT. 78 00:02:33.686 --> 00:02:35.388 BOB: I LIKE FLYING, I ALWAYS 79 00:02:35.388 --> 00:02:36.756 HAVE. THAT'S WHERE I GO TO MY 80 00:02:36.756 --> 00:02:40.326 HAPPY PLACE. 81 00:02:40.326 --> 00:02:43.429 BEAVER'S A 54, PILOT'S A 56, 82 00:02:43.429 --> 00:02:44.430 THEY'RE BOTH GOOD YEARS. 83 00:02:44.430 --> 00:02:45.131 HUNTER: YEAH. 84 00:02:45.131 --> 00:02:46.065 (LAUGHTER) 85 00:02:46.065 --> 00:02:48.067 (MUSIC) 86 00:02:51.271 --> 00:02:52.639 RADIO: 1,000 SCATTERED, 1,800 87 00:02:52.639 --> 00:02:54.474 BROKEN, 3,000 OVERCAST, 88 00:02:54.474 --> 00:02:58.211 TEMPERATURES, 71. 89 00:02:58.211 --> 00:03:00.647 ANNOUNCER: METEOROLOGIST, CRAIG 90 00:03:00.647 --> 00:03:02.382 ECKERT FORECASTS THE WEATHER ON 91 00:03:02.382 --> 00:03:03.983 KODIAK. 92 00:03:03.983 --> 00:03:05.418 CRAIG: SO THIS EVENING'S STORM 93 00:03:05.418 --> 00:03:07.320 SHOULD BE PRETTY INTERESTING. 94 00:03:07.320 --> 00:03:09.189 HERE'S THE MAIN FRONT FROM THIS 95 00:03:09.189 --> 00:03:10.423 GIANT LOW OUT IN THE BERING 96 00:03:10.423 --> 00:03:13.493 SEA. PRECIPITATION IS ALL ON, 97 00:03:13.493 --> 00:03:15.895 RIGHT OVER KODIAK. THIS LOOKS 98 00:03:15.895 --> 00:03:18.464 LIKE 35, MAYBE 40 KNOTS. 99 00:03:18.464 --> 00:03:20.600 (MUSIC) 100 00:03:22.769 --> 00:03:24.237 ANNOUNCER: THREE DAYS AGO, BOB 101 00:03:24.237 --> 00:03:25.638 DROPPED OFF A COUPLE HUNTERS IN 102 00:03:25.638 --> 00:03:28.308 HIDDEN BASIN, THE STORM HAS 103 00:03:28.308 --> 00:03:30.343 TURNED THEIR TRIP OF A LIFETIME 104 00:03:30.343 --> 00:03:33.346 INTO A NIGHTMARE. 105 00:03:33.346 --> 00:03:34.747 HUNTER: WE'RE IN A BAD SPOT, UH, 106 00:03:34.747 --> 00:03:38.518 WE NEED, WE NEED HELP. 107 00:03:38.518 --> 00:03:39.485 ANNOUNCER: THE WIND SPEEDS HAVE 108 00:03:39.485 --> 00:03:41.688 REACHED 50 MILES PER HOUR AND 109 00:03:41.688 --> 00:03:44.724 HAVE DESTROYED THEIR TENT. 110 00:03:44.724 --> 00:03:46.726 WITHOUT SHELTER, HYPOTHERMIA 111 00:03:46.726 --> 00:03:48.394 COULD SET IN WITHIN A MATTER OF 112 00:03:48.394 --> 00:03:49.963 HOURS. 113 00:03:49.963 --> 00:03:50.797 HUNTER: WE NEED SOMETHING, WE 114 00:03:50.797 --> 00:03:51.764 NEED HELP. 115 00:03:51.764 --> 00:03:52.599 ANNOUNCER: THE HUNTERS ARE 116 00:03:52.599 --> 00:03:54.000 REQUESTING AN EMERGENCY RESCUE 117 00:03:54.000 --> 00:03:56.903 FLIGHT. 118 00:03:56.903 --> 00:03:58.638 BUT, THE WEATHER HAS GROUNDED 119 00:03:58.638 --> 00:04:00.807 ISLAND AIR'S PLANES. 120 00:04:00.807 --> 00:04:01.741 EMILY: 40 MILES PER HOUR IS A 121 00:04:01.741 --> 00:04:04.577 NO-GO FOR OUR AIRPLANES. 122 00:04:04.577 --> 00:04:05.445 BOB: FOR THE FORECAST, WE GOT 123 00:04:05.445 --> 00:04:07.480 TWO MORE DAYS OF BAD WINDS 124 00:04:07.480 --> 00:04:10.049 COMING AND RAIN. 125 00:04:10.049 --> 00:04:13.386 WE KNOW WE'RE NOT FLYING. 126 00:04:13.386 --> 00:04:15.421 WE'RE USED TO FAST MOVING 127 00:04:15.421 --> 00:04:17.724 WEATHER, BUT IT'S, IT'S NOT 128 00:04:17.724 --> 00:04:19.192 MOVING, IT'S JUST SITTING HERE 129 00:04:19.192 --> 00:04:23.496 CHURNING AWAY ON US. 130 00:04:23.496 --> 00:04:24.397 ANNOUNCER: THE HUNTERS NEED 131 00:04:24.397 --> 00:04:25.632 HELP. 132 00:04:25.632 --> 00:04:26.799 HUNTER: WE'RE SOAKING WET, 133 00:04:26.799 --> 00:04:28.635 WE'RE, WE'RE COLD. 134 00:04:28.635 --> 00:04:29.769 ANNOUNCER: BUT IT'S NOT COMING 135 00:04:29.769 --> 00:04:31.404 ANY TIME SOON. 136 00:04:45.952 --> 00:04:50.523 (MUSIC) 137 00:04:50.523 --> 00:04:51.524 ANNOUNCER: A MASSIVE STORM HAS 138 00:04:51.524 --> 00:04:53.359 BROUGHT KODIAK'S AIR TRAFFIC TO 139 00:04:53.359 --> 00:04:56.729 A STAND STILL. BEARING THE 140 00:04:56.729 --> 00:04:58.598 BRUNT OF THE WEATHER, A GROUP 141 00:04:58.598 --> 00:05:00.533 OF HUNTERS IN HIDDEN BASIN. 142 00:05:00.533 --> 00:05:01.768 HUNTER: WE NEED HELP AND WE NEED 143 00:05:01.768 --> 00:05:03.836 IT SOON. 144 00:05:03.836 --> 00:05:04.804 ANNOUNCER: THEY'VE CALLED ISLAND 145 00:05:04.804 --> 00:05:06.139 AIR FOR AN EMERGENCY RESCUE 146 00:05:06.139 --> 00:05:08.574 FLIGHT, BUT THE PLANES ARE 147 00:05:08.574 --> 00:05:10.410 GROUNDED BECAUSE OF A SEVERE 148 00:05:10.410 --> 00:05:12.345 STORM. 149 00:05:12.345 --> 00:05:14.547 BOB: THE WEATHER'S THE BIGGEST 150 00:05:14.547 --> 00:05:16.649 OBSTACLE, THESE LOW PRESSURE 151 00:05:16.649 --> 00:05:18.351 AREAS BUILT OUT THERE IN THAT 152 00:05:18.351 --> 00:05:19.419 ENVIRONMENT AND THEY JUST COME 153 00:05:19.419 --> 00:05:21.487 BARRELING DOWN, YOU KNOW ALONG 154 00:05:21.487 --> 00:05:22.955 THE ALASKA PENINSULA AND YOU 155 00:05:22.955 --> 00:05:24.457 KNOW, WHAT'S BAD IS WHEN THEY 156 00:05:24.457 --> 00:05:25.958 STOP AND DECIDE TO PARK HERE 157 00:05:25.958 --> 00:05:28.761 FOR A LITTLE WHILE. 158 00:05:28.761 --> 00:05:29.796 ANNOUNCER: THIS STORM'S NOT 159 00:05:29.796 --> 00:05:32.832 MOVING. SO ALL THE HUNTERS CAN 160 00:05:32.832 --> 00:05:35.234 DO IS HUNKER DOWN AND WAIT. 161 00:05:35.234 --> 00:05:38.137 (MUSIC) 162 00:05:42.108 --> 00:05:43.643 OVER NIGHT THE STORM HAS SLOWED 163 00:05:43.643 --> 00:05:46.145 SLIGHTLY GIVING BOB A CHANCE TO 164 00:05:46.145 --> 00:05:48.214 RESCUE THE DESPERATE HUNTERS. 165 00:05:48.214 --> 00:05:50.516 (MUSIC) 166 00:05:52.085 --> 00:05:53.019 BOB: LOOKED OUT THERE, THE 167 00:05:53.019 --> 00:05:54.821 WINDS' DROPPED, I SEE SUNSHINE 168 00:05:54.821 --> 00:05:56.122 OUT OF THE EAST, IT'S LIKE, YOU 169 00:05:56.122 --> 00:05:59.325 KNOW... GO TIME. 170 00:05:59.325 --> 00:06:01.661 (MUSIC) 171 00:06:03.496 --> 00:06:05.898 BEAVER, 47 ALPHA KILOS, BASED ON 172 00:06:05.898 --> 00:06:08.401 HIDDEN BAY. 173 00:06:08.401 --> 00:06:09.369 RADIO: COPY THAT, BEAVER, WE'RE 174 00:06:09.369 --> 00:06:10.269 CLEAR. 175 00:06:10.269 --> 00:06:14.374 (MUSIC) 176 00:06:14.374 --> 00:06:15.842 BOB: WHEN I SAW THAT WIND'S 177 00:06:15.842 --> 00:06:17.777 DOWN, WEATHER BREAK, YOU DON'T 178 00:06:17.777 --> 00:06:18.778 KNOW WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO 179 00:06:18.778 --> 00:06:19.712 COME, BUT WHEN THEY DO, YOU 180 00:06:19.712 --> 00:06:23.049 JUST KICK IN GEAR, OFF WE GO. 181 00:06:23.049 --> 00:06:25.385 (MUSIC) 182 00:06:27.920 --> 00:06:28.755 ANNOUNCER: TEMPERATURES DROPPED 183 00:06:28.755 --> 00:06:31.124 TO 39 DEGREES LAST NIGHT, AND 184 00:06:31.124 --> 00:06:32.291 THE ISLAND WAS PELTED WITH 185 00:06:32.291 --> 00:06:37.397 THREE INCHES OF RAIN. 186 00:06:37.397 --> 00:06:39.465 BOB: THEY PROBABLY HAD A, 187 00:06:39.465 --> 00:06:40.633 POTENTIALLY A PRETTY MISERABLE 188 00:06:40.633 --> 00:06:43.569 NIGHT. 189 00:06:43.569 --> 00:06:44.804 ANNOUNCER: BOB HAS NO IDEA WHAT 190 00:06:44.804 --> 00:06:47.640 SHAPE THE HUNTERS ARE IN. 191 00:06:47.640 --> 00:06:48.408 BOB: WE'RE BREAKING RECORDS WITH 192 00:06:48.408 --> 00:06:53.045 RAIN, WIND. 193 00:06:53.045 --> 00:06:54.614 AND WE'VE GOT NOTHING BUT RAIN 194 00:06:54.614 --> 00:06:58.785 AND FOG AHEAD OF US. 195 00:06:58.785 --> 00:06:59.852 BOY, JUST LOOKING AT THE RIVERS 196 00:06:59.852 --> 00:07:01.721 RIGHT HERE THEY ARE, THERE'S A 197 00:07:01.721 --> 00:07:03.589 LOT OF WATER HERE, I MEAN THESE 198 00:07:03.589 --> 00:07:08.461 ARE OVERFLOWING THEIR BANKS. 199 00:07:08.461 --> 00:07:10.496 I'M EXPECTING THEM TO BE RIGHT 200 00:07:10.496 --> 00:07:13.299 IN THIS AREA. 201 00:07:13.299 --> 00:07:14.534 ANNOUNCER: BUT ON THIS 3500 202 00:07:14.534 --> 00:07:17.003 SQUARE MILE ISLAND, LOCATING A 203 00:07:17.003 --> 00:07:19.172 FEW HUNTERS IS LIKE LOOKING FOR 204 00:07:19.172 --> 00:07:20.940 A NEEDLE IN A HAY STACK. 205 00:07:20.940 --> 00:07:23.342 (MUSIC) 206 00:07:25.645 --> 00:07:26.979 BOB: OH, THERE THEY ARE. 207 00:07:26.979 --> 00:07:29.582 (MUSIC) 208 00:07:40.893 --> 00:07:42.261 THAT'S AN INTERESTING TENT SETUP 209 00:07:42.261 --> 00:07:45.231 THERE WITH THE TARP. 210 00:07:45.231 --> 00:07:46.065 I'M GUESSING THE WIND CAME 211 00:07:46.065 --> 00:07:47.433 FALLING THROUGH HERE AND JUST 212 00:07:47.433 --> 00:07:49.435 BLEW THEIR WHOLE CAMP FLAT. 213 00:07:49.435 --> 00:07:50.369 IT'S A GOOD WAY TO STAY WARM 214 00:07:50.369 --> 00:07:54.974 AND DRY, RIGHT THERE. 215 00:07:54.974 --> 00:07:56.476 HEY, HOW ARE YOU GUYS DOING? 216 00:07:56.476 --> 00:08:01.380 HUNTER: GOT SWAMPED. 217 00:08:01.380 --> 00:08:02.715 I THOUGHT THAT'S WHERE WE WERE 218 00:08:02.715 --> 00:08:06.285 SLEEPING TONIGHT. 219 00:08:06.285 --> 00:08:07.053 ANNOUNCER: THE HUNTERS HAVE 220 00:08:07.053 --> 00:08:08.621 SURVIVED THE FRIGID NIGHT BY 221 00:08:08.621 --> 00:08:10.756 USING THEIR TARP AS SHELTER. 222 00:08:10.756 --> 00:08:11.624 HUNTER: CAN'T STAY OUT THERE FOR 223 00:08:11.624 --> 00:08:14.126 LONG WITHOUT A TENT SO, WE'RE 224 00:08:14.126 --> 00:08:15.261 SURPRISED HE CAME AND WE'RE 225 00:08:15.261 --> 00:08:19.499 HAPPY TO SEE HIM. 226 00:08:19.499 --> 00:08:20.399 BOB: YEAH, I ASKED HIM, WAS IT 227 00:08:20.399 --> 00:08:22.068 BLOWING 40, 50? HE GOES, OH 228 00:08:22.068 --> 00:08:24.203 ABOVE THAT. TRYING TO KEEP THE 229 00:08:24.203 --> 00:08:25.638 TENT UP STANDING THERE, IT 230 00:08:25.638 --> 00:08:27.340 BREAKS FLAT. THEY DON'T HAVE A 231 00:08:27.340 --> 00:08:29.141 SINGLE DRY ITEM IN THEIR CAMP. 232 00:08:29.141 --> 00:08:33.446 (MUSIC) 233 00:08:33.446 --> 00:08:34.347 ANNOUNCER: THE BREAK IN THE 234 00:08:34.347 --> 00:08:35.615 STORM IS QUICKLY COMING TO AN 235 00:08:35.615 --> 00:08:36.849 END. 236 00:08:36.849 --> 00:08:41.454 (THUNDER) 237 00:08:41.454 --> 00:08:42.889 ANGRY SKIES ARE LIGHTING UP THE 238 00:08:42.889 --> 00:08:44.891 HORIZON AND THE WIND SPEEDS ARE 239 00:08:44.891 --> 00:08:46.959 RAMPING UP AGAIN, MAKING TAKE 240 00:08:46.959 --> 00:08:48.461 OFF A CHALLENGE. 241 00:08:48.461 --> 00:08:50.863 (MUSIC) 242 00:09:07.079 --> 00:09:07.947 BOB: I THOUGHT IT DIED DOWN, BUT 243 00:09:07.947 --> 00:09:08.881 IT MUST HAVE BEEN JUST FOR THAT 244 00:09:08.881 --> 00:09:10.049 MOMENT. 245 00:09:10.049 --> 00:09:10.816 ANNOUNCER: NOW THE QUESTION 246 00:09:10.816 --> 00:09:13.185 BECOMES, CAN THEY MAKE IT BACK 247 00:09:13.185 --> 00:09:14.186 HOME? 248 00:09:14.186 --> 00:09:16.856 (MUSIC) 249 00:09:19.892 --> 00:09:21.294 UNWAVERING COMMITMENT IS A 250 00:09:21.294 --> 00:09:22.962 REQUIREMENT IN THIS DANGEROUS 251 00:09:22.962 --> 00:09:25.398 BUSINESS. 252 00:09:25.398 --> 00:09:26.165 EMILY: SO WE'RE DEFINITELY NOT 253 00:09:26.165 --> 00:09:27.600 GOING ANYWHERE TODAY. 254 00:09:27.600 --> 00:09:28.467 PETER: I DON'T WANT TO SAY 255 00:09:28.467 --> 00:09:29.335 DEFINITELY, BUT THE WEATHER'S 256 00:09:29.335 --> 00:09:30.870 REALLY NOT LOOKING GOOD. 257 00:09:30.870 --> 00:09:32.004 ANNOUNCER: EVERYDAY THE PILOTS 258 00:09:32.004 --> 00:09:33.539 ARE FACED WITH LIFE AND DEATH 259 00:09:33.539 --> 00:09:36.275 CHOICES, DANGERS THAT BOB KNOWS 260 00:09:36.275 --> 00:09:38.044 ALL TOO INTIMATELY. 261 00:09:38.044 --> 00:09:40.246 (MUSIC) 262 00:09:42.148 --> 00:09:44.951 BOB: (UNCLEAR), IT HAPPENED 263 00:09:44.951 --> 00:09:48.287 JUNE 30TH OF 1995, IT'S ONE OF 264 00:09:48.287 --> 00:09:52.191 THE FEW DATES I CAN REMEMBER. 265 00:09:52.191 --> 00:09:53.893 WE FLEW OUT TO A VILLAGE AND 266 00:09:53.893 --> 00:09:56.896 PICKED UP A GROUP OF PEOPLE, 267 00:09:56.896 --> 00:09:58.764 THEY WERE ALL CLOSE FRIENDS. 268 00:09:58.764 --> 00:10:00.933 THEY ALL KNEW EACH OTHER. THERE 269 00:10:00.933 --> 00:10:02.802 WAS A LINE OF NINE OF US, AND I 270 00:10:02.802 --> 00:10:06.172 WAS IN THE LEAD. 271 00:10:06.172 --> 00:10:07.807 I FLEW AROUND A PLACE CALLED 272 00:10:07.807 --> 00:10:09.041 OUZINKIE NARROWS, WHICH IS ALL 273 00:10:09.041 --> 00:10:12.545 OVER WATER. 274 00:10:12.545 --> 00:10:16.048 HAD THIS GUT FEELING TO HANG 275 00:10:16.048 --> 00:10:19.118 AROUND AND WAIT FOR CHRIS. YOU 276 00:10:19.118 --> 00:10:21.554 KNOW EVERYTHING IN MY LIFE, MY 277 00:10:21.554 --> 00:10:23.923 NATURAL LIFE TOLD ME THIS IS NOT 278 00:10:23.923 --> 00:10:29.095 WHAT I SHOULD DO. 279 00:10:29.095 --> 00:10:30.830 I FLEW DOWN TO THE BASIN, LANDED 280 00:10:30.830 --> 00:10:34.333 IN THE CHANNEL, CHRIS GOT INTO 281 00:10:34.333 --> 00:10:36.936 THE PASS, BUT HE TRIED TO TURN 282 00:10:36.936 --> 00:10:38.904 AROUND AT THE VERY NARROWEST 283 00:10:38.904 --> 00:10:42.675 PORTION OF THE PASS. 284 00:10:42.675 --> 00:10:46.379 (SIRENS) 285 00:10:46.379 --> 00:10:47.480 ABOUT TEN MINUTES LATER I HEARD 286 00:10:47.480 --> 00:10:50.616 THESE UH, ALL THESE SIRENS 287 00:10:50.616 --> 00:10:52.385 HEADED BACK UP THERE, JUST 288 00:10:52.385 --> 00:10:54.954 GOING BY ME. AND I KNEW RIGHT 289 00:10:54.954 --> 00:11:00.092 THERE, YOU SEE CROSSES ON THE 290 00:11:00.092 --> 00:11:04.130 SIDE OF THE HILL, I SEE FACES. 291 00:11:04.130 --> 00:11:06.832 (MUSIC) 292 00:11:11.337 --> 00:11:12.238 IT CHANGED ME AS A PILOT, IT 293 00:11:12.238 --> 00:11:14.874 CHANGED ME AS A PERSON. YOU 294 00:11:14.874 --> 00:11:16.342 KNOW, IT AFFECTED ME, IT STILL 295 00:11:16.342 --> 00:11:17.443 DOES. 296 00:11:17.443 --> 00:11:19.745 (MUSIC) 297 00:11:23.949 --> 00:11:26.652 (MUSIC) 298 00:11:26.652 --> 00:11:27.787 ANNOUNCER: GAIL FORCE WINDS AND 299 00:11:27.787 --> 00:11:29.755 HEAVY RAINS HAVE HIT KODIAK 300 00:11:29.755 --> 00:11:33.159 ISLAND. A BREAK IN THE SYSTEM 301 00:11:33.159 --> 00:11:34.694 HAS ALLOWED ISLAND AIR TO 302 00:11:34.694 --> 00:11:36.062 RESCUE THE HUNTERS FROM HIDDEN 303 00:11:36.062 --> 00:11:39.365 BASIN. 304 00:11:39.365 --> 00:11:41.133 BUT, THE CALM WINDOW IN THE 305 00:11:41.133 --> 00:11:44.970 STORM IS CLOSING FAST. BOB HAS 306 00:11:44.970 --> 00:11:46.939 PRECIOUS LITTLE TIME TO MAKE IT 307 00:11:46.939 --> 00:11:48.307 BACK TO BASE. 308 00:11:48.307 --> 00:11:51.343 (MUSIC) 309 00:11:51.343 --> 00:11:54.246 BOB: THERE IS QUITE A SWELL. IN 310 00:11:54.246 --> 00:11:55.948 THESE BIG SEAS, THESE, RIGHT IN 311 00:11:55.948 --> 00:12:00.586 THE WATER SO UH, BETWEEN THOSE 312 00:12:00.586 --> 00:12:02.388 AREAS YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE 313 00:12:02.388 --> 00:12:04.590 SHEERS. 314 00:12:04.590 --> 00:12:05.491 ANNOUNCER: SHEERS ARE QUICK 315 00:12:05.491 --> 00:12:07.326 CHANGES IN WIND DIRECTION THAT 316 00:12:07.326 --> 00:12:09.962 CAN BE DEADLY. 317 00:12:09.962 --> 00:12:10.730 BOB: I'M JUST GOING TO STAY 318 00:12:10.730 --> 00:12:11.597 DOWN. 319 00:12:11.597 --> 00:12:14.133 (MUSIC) 320 00:12:14.967 --> 00:12:16.635 ANNOUNCER: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. 321 00:12:20.306 --> 00:12:21.240 BOB: WE WORK THE WINDOWS, THAT'S 322 00:12:21.240 --> 00:12:24.443 WHAT WE GOT TO DO. 323 00:12:24.443 --> 00:12:25.211 HUNTER: WE WANTED TO STAY OUT 324 00:12:25.211 --> 00:12:27.413 SIX DAYS. THE CAMP SITE GOT 325 00:12:27.413 --> 00:12:29.348 FLOODED AND THIS MORNING ABOUT 326 00:12:29.348 --> 00:12:31.016 4:00 IN THE MORNING WE GOT A 327 00:12:31.016 --> 00:12:32.752 GAIL FORCE WIND IN, KIND OF 328 00:12:32.752 --> 00:12:34.987 BROKE THE TENT UP. IT WAS SO 329 00:12:34.987 --> 00:12:37.456 GREAT TO HEAR ISLAND AIR TODAY. 330 00:12:37.456 --> 00:12:38.657 THE PLANE, BOSS! 331 00:12:38.657 --> 00:12:41.227 (MUSIC) 332 00:12:44.730 --> 00:12:45.798 ANNOUNCER: KODIAK IS ONE OF THE 333 00:12:45.798 --> 00:12:47.366 TOUGHEST PLACES TO FLY IN THE 334 00:12:47.366 --> 00:12:49.568 WORLD, RAPIDLY CHANGING 335 00:12:49.568 --> 00:12:51.470 WEATHER, ROUGH SEAS AND HIGH 336 00:12:51.470 --> 00:12:52.905 MOUNTAIN PEAKS MAKE THIS A 337 00:12:52.905 --> 00:12:55.074 LOCATION THAT ONLY THE BEST 338 00:12:55.074 --> 00:12:56.575 PILOTS CAN NAVIGATE. 339 00:12:56.575 --> 00:12:58.944 (MUSIC) 340 00:13:01.680 --> 00:13:03.249 BOB: I WOULD SAY WE AVERAGE 75 341 00:13:03.249 --> 00:13:06.018 HOURS OF TRAINING. 342 00:13:06.018 --> 00:13:08.487 AND IT TAKES PROBABLY A MONTH 343 00:13:08.487 --> 00:13:09.588 AND A HALF, TWO MONTHS TO GET A 344 00:13:09.588 --> 00:13:13.959 PILOT ON LINE. 345 00:13:13.959 --> 00:13:15.928 PETER: HEY, BOB. WORKING FOR 346 00:13:15.928 --> 00:13:17.096 BOB'S UNIQUE BECAUSE HE WILL 347 00:13:17.096 --> 00:13:18.364 TAKE A BRAND NEW PILOT TO 348 00:13:18.364 --> 00:13:19.532 ALASKA AND TRAIN YOU UP FROM 349 00:13:19.532 --> 00:13:22.201 DAY ONE, ALASKA FLYING. 350 00:13:22.201 --> 00:13:22.935 BOB: LET'S GO ON DOWN, WE'LL SEE 351 00:13:22.935 --> 00:13:25.504 HOW YOU DO. 352 00:13:25.504 --> 00:13:26.472 PETER: I STARTED FLYING IN HIGH 353 00:13:26.472 --> 00:13:28.707 SCHOOL IN RICHTON, TEXAS, MY 354 00:13:28.707 --> 00:13:30.009 DAD WAS AN AIRLINE PILOT, HIS 355 00:13:30.009 --> 00:13:32.978 DAD WAS ALSO A PILOT. I ALWAYS 356 00:13:32.978 --> 00:13:34.113 WANTED TO BE A PILOT, SO I 357 00:13:34.113 --> 00:13:35.714 PACKED A COUPLE BAGS AND MOVED 358 00:13:35.714 --> 00:13:39.051 TO KODIAK. 359 00:13:39.051 --> 00:13:40.019 BOB: SO WE MIGHT JUST DO A 360 00:13:40.019 --> 00:13:41.954 COUPLE LOOPS AROUND. 361 00:13:41.954 --> 00:13:42.655 PETER: I'M SURE MY GRANDPA'S 362 00:13:42.655 --> 00:13:43.689 LOOKING DOWN ON ME, REALLY 363 00:13:43.689 --> 00:13:44.557 STOKED ON WHAT I'M DOING. AND 364 00:13:44.557 --> 00:13:45.758 MY DAD'S ALWAYS EXCITED TO HEAR 365 00:13:45.758 --> 00:13:47.092 MY NEW STORIES. 366 00:13:47.092 --> 00:13:47.827 BOB: LET ME SHOW YOU SOMETHING 367 00:13:47.827 --> 00:13:48.761 ON THIS LINE. 368 00:13:48.761 --> 00:13:49.728 ANNOUNCER: ISLAND AIR ONLY 369 00:13:49.728 --> 00:13:50.830 ACCEPTS PILOTS WHO HAVE 370 00:13:50.830 --> 00:13:51.964 FINISHED TRADITIONAL FLIGHT 371 00:13:51.964 --> 00:13:53.766 SCHOOL, THEY NEED THAT 372 00:13:53.766 --> 00:13:55.201 EXPERIENCE UNDER THEIR BELT 373 00:13:55.201 --> 00:13:56.702 BEFORE THEY CAN TACKLE A FLOAT 374 00:13:56.702 --> 00:13:58.437 PLANE. 375 00:13:58.437 --> 00:14:01.440 BOB: ALL RIGHT. 376 00:14:01.440 --> 00:14:02.208 PETER: WHEN YOU GET IN TO THE 377 00:14:02.208 --> 00:14:03.542 BEAVER, THERE'S NO WHEELS ON 378 00:14:03.542 --> 00:14:07.346 IT, IT'S ONLY FLOATS. 379 00:14:07.346 --> 00:14:08.314 BOB: THE IDEA IS NOT TO FIGHT 380 00:14:08.314 --> 00:14:10.115 MOTHER NATURE, YOU WANT MOTHER 381 00:14:10.115 --> 00:14:14.720 NATURE TO DO THE WORK. 382 00:14:14.720 --> 00:14:15.588 PETER: TO DO THIS JOB YOU NEED 383 00:14:15.588 --> 00:14:16.522 TO BE PRETTY CONFIDENT IN WHAT 384 00:14:16.522 --> 00:14:17.990 YOU DO. YOU DEFINITELY LEARN 385 00:14:17.990 --> 00:14:19.525 FROM YOUR MISTAKES. 386 00:14:19.525 --> 00:14:20.359 BOB: SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO 387 00:14:20.359 --> 00:14:22.094 PRACTICE SAILING INTO THIS 388 00:14:22.094 --> 00:14:25.898 RAMP. 389 00:14:25.898 --> 00:14:26.932 HE'S TACKING THE PLANE, 390 00:14:26.932 --> 00:14:28.467 BASICALLY DRIVING IT RIGHT IN 391 00:14:28.467 --> 00:14:29.602 FRONT OF THE RAMP AND THEN HE'S 392 00:14:29.602 --> 00:14:31.303 GOING TO SHUT IT OFF, IF ALL 393 00:14:31.303 --> 00:14:33.439 GOES RIGHT. 394 00:14:33.439 --> 00:14:36.342 PETER: READY? 395 00:14:36.342 --> 00:14:38.344 BOB: YOU NOTICE HOW IT SHIFTS? 396 00:14:38.344 --> 00:14:39.645 SO THE PLANE WILL CONSISTENTLY 397 00:14:39.645 --> 00:14:41.413 MOVE THIS WAY SO HE HAS TO GET 398 00:14:41.413 --> 00:14:42.982 OVER ON THE CORNER AND IT'LL 399 00:14:42.982 --> 00:14:46.952 SLIDE BACK TO IT. 400 00:14:46.952 --> 00:14:47.853 BUT THE ONLY WAY TO FIGURE THAT 401 00:14:47.853 --> 00:14:51.824 OUT IS MISS THE DOCK 20 TIMES. 402 00:14:51.824 --> 00:14:55.060 COME THIS WAY. 403 00:14:55.060 --> 00:14:57.263 THIS IS THE FUN STUFF, IF YOU 404 00:14:57.263 --> 00:14:58.797 DON'T LIKE IT, THIS AIN'T A 405 00:14:58.797 --> 00:15:01.934 GOOD PLACE TO COME FLY. 406 00:15:01.934 --> 00:15:02.635 HOW MUCH FUEL HAS HE GOT ON 407 00:15:02.635 --> 00:15:03.702 BOARD? 408 00:15:03.702 --> 00:15:05.838 (MUSIC) 409 00:15:07.706 --> 00:15:10.876 ADD A LITTLE POWER, CUT IT. CUT 410 00:15:10.876 --> 00:15:13.612 IT, CUT IT, CUT IT, IT'S THERE. 411 00:15:13.612 --> 00:15:14.480 PETER: UM, BOB KNOWS WHAT HE'S 412 00:15:14.480 --> 00:15:15.547 DOING, AND HE CAN BE PRETTY 413 00:15:15.547 --> 00:15:16.982 INTENSE. HE'LL LET YOU KNOW 414 00:15:16.982 --> 00:15:17.850 WHEN YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING 415 00:15:17.850 --> 00:15:18.751 WRONG, AND HE'LL LET YOU KNOW 416 00:15:18.751 --> 00:15:19.518 WHEN YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING 417 00:15:19.518 --> 00:15:20.386 RIGHT. 418 00:15:20.386 --> 00:15:21.253 BOB: NOW SWING YOUR TAIL THAT 419 00:15:21.253 --> 00:15:24.423 WAY. CUT IT. TOO LATE, TOO 420 00:15:24.423 --> 00:15:28.160 LATE. SO YOU HAD IT PERFECT AND 421 00:15:28.160 --> 00:15:29.228 THEN, BUT YOU HAD TO KILL THE 422 00:15:29.228 --> 00:15:32.798 ENGINE. 423 00:15:32.798 --> 00:15:34.233 YOU CAN EITHER FLY OR YOU CAN'T 424 00:15:34.233 --> 00:15:35.501 WHEN THEY COME TO ME, I GO OUT 425 00:15:35.501 --> 00:15:36.535 AND FIGURE THAT OUT REALLY 426 00:15:36.535 --> 00:15:37.736 QUICKLY. WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS 427 00:15:37.736 --> 00:15:38.804 HOW TO APPLY THEM FOR OUR 428 00:15:38.804 --> 00:15:40.339 ENVIRONMENT. ALL RIGHT, GOOD 429 00:15:40.339 --> 00:15:41.573 JOB. 430 00:15:41.573 --> 00:15:42.441 PETER: YOU CAN SEE YOURSELF 431 00:15:42.441 --> 00:15:43.275 GROW. I'M A COMPLETELY 432 00:15:43.275 --> 00:15:44.443 DIFFERENT PILOT THEN I WAS WHEN 433 00:15:44.443 --> 00:15:45.544 I GOT UP HERE. 434 00:15:45.544 --> 00:15:46.312 BOB: WE'RE JUST GOING TO CALL IT 435 00:15:46.312 --> 00:15:46.979 GOOD FOR NOW. 436 00:15:46.979 --> 00:15:47.746 PETER: OKAY. 437 00:15:47.746 --> 00:15:51.583 (MUSIC) 438 00:15:51.583 --> 00:15:52.351 BOB: HEY, I'LL BE IN, IN ABOUT 439 00:15:52.351 --> 00:15:53.485 SEVEN MINUTES. 440 00:15:53.485 --> 00:15:54.420 ANNOUNCER: FLYING IS SECOND 441 00:15:54.420 --> 00:15:55.721 NATURE TO VETERAN PILOT, BOB 442 00:15:55.721 --> 00:15:59.124 STANDFORD. 443 00:15:59.124 --> 00:16:00.225 BOB: WE GOT SOME GUSTS COMING 444 00:16:00.225 --> 00:16:02.561 HERE. 445 00:16:02.561 --> 00:16:03.295 ANNOUNCER: HE'S HAD HIS WINGS 446 00:16:03.295 --> 00:16:05.230 FOR 30 YEARS AND HAS WEATHERED 447 00:16:05.230 --> 00:16:07.099 EVERYTHING KODIAK HAS THROWN AT 448 00:16:07.099 --> 00:16:08.000 HIM. 449 00:16:08.000 --> 00:16:10.302 (MUSIC) 450 00:16:12.938 --> 00:16:13.839 BOB: DOING A LITTLE OVER ROLLED 451 00:16:13.839 --> 00:16:16.375 HERE. 452 00:16:16.375 --> 00:16:17.376 ANNOUNCER: BUT AT ANY POINT 453 00:16:17.376 --> 00:16:20.779 THINGS CAN GO SOUTH FAST. 454 00:16:20.779 --> 00:16:21.914 BOB: YEAH, WE GOT A LITTLE 455 00:16:21.914 --> 00:16:23.882 PROBLEM WITH VOLTAGES GOING UP 456 00:16:23.882 --> 00:16:25.117 TOO HIGH, SHOULD BE AROUND 27 457 00:16:25.117 --> 00:16:28.153 VOLTS. WE'RE UP TO 33, THAT'S 458 00:16:28.153 --> 00:16:31.890 WHY MY LIGHTS ON. 459 00:16:31.890 --> 00:16:32.925 ANNOUNCER: BOB'S ALTERNATOR HAS 460 00:16:32.925 --> 00:16:35.461 SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING, A 461 00:16:35.461 --> 00:16:38.197 HUGE PROBLEM. 462 00:16:38.197 --> 00:16:40.099 WITH THE ALTERNATOR OFF LINE, 463 00:16:40.099 --> 00:16:41.834 THE SOUL SOURCE OF ELECTRICITY 464 00:16:41.834 --> 00:16:45.304 IS THE BEAVER'S BATTERY. 465 00:16:45.304 --> 00:16:48.207 BOB: THERE'S ALWAYS ADVENTURE. 466 00:16:48.207 --> 00:16:49.108 ANNOUNCER: HIS FIRST STEP IS TO 467 00:16:49.108 --> 00:16:50.642 HIT RESET TO GET IT BACK ONLINE 468 00:16:50.642 --> 00:16:51.877 QUICKLY. 469 00:16:58.484 --> 00:16:59.284 ANNOUNCER: BOB MUST CONSERVE 470 00:16:59.284 --> 00:17:01.053 WHAT POWER IS LEFT IN CASE THE 471 00:17:01.053 --> 00:17:03.956 ALTERNATOR DOESN'T RESET. 472 00:17:03.956 --> 00:17:04.923 BOB: SO I GOT MY ALTERNATOR SHUT 473 00:17:04.923 --> 00:17:06.825 OFF, BUT IF I SHUT MY MASTER 474 00:17:06.825 --> 00:17:11.797 OFF, MY GPS GOES DOWN. 475 00:17:11.797 --> 00:17:12.664 YOU KNOW, I GOT MY CHART RIGHT 476 00:17:12.664 --> 00:17:14.733 HERE, YOU GO RIGHT BACK TO YOUR 477 00:17:14.733 --> 00:17:16.001 OLD SCHOOL, WHAT YOU NEED TO 478 00:17:16.001 --> 00:17:18.103 DO. 479 00:17:18.103 --> 00:17:19.104 ANNOUNCER: A YOUNGER PILOT MIGHT 480 00:17:19.104 --> 00:17:21.206 PANIC, BUT WITH THOUSANDS OF 481 00:17:21.206 --> 00:17:22.941 HOURS IN THE PILOT SEAT, IT'S 482 00:17:22.941 --> 00:17:26.111 NO BIG DEAL TO BOB. 483 00:17:26.111 --> 00:17:27.312 BOB: IT'S JUST A MACHINE, SO IT 484 00:17:27.312 --> 00:17:29.248 HAS A DIFFERENT QUIRK AND YOU 485 00:17:29.248 --> 00:17:32.051 DEAL WITH IT. 486 00:17:32.051 --> 00:17:33.919 ANNOUNCER: THE GOOD NEWS IS 487 00:17:33.919 --> 00:17:35.487 BOB'S GOT PETER FLYING WITH HIM 488 00:17:35.487 --> 00:17:37.556 IN A SECOND PLANE, THE BAD 489 00:17:37.556 --> 00:17:39.992 NEWS, THE FOG'S ROLLED IN AND 490 00:17:39.992 --> 00:17:42.327 BOB HAS LOST SIGHT OF HIM. 491 00:17:53.439 --> 00:17:57.443 (MUSIC) 492 00:17:57.443 --> 00:17:58.210 BOB: FEELING A LITTLE OVER 493 00:17:58.210 --> 00:18:01.780 ROLLED HERE. 494 00:18:01.780 --> 00:18:02.614 ANNOUNCER: WHILE ON A ROUTINE 495 00:18:02.614 --> 00:18:04.650 FLIGHT, BOB'S ALTERNATOR HAS 496 00:18:04.650 --> 00:18:09.721 MYSTERIOUSLY STOPPED WORKING. 497 00:18:09.721 --> 00:18:10.589 BOB: NO, IT'S NOT COMING BACK 498 00:18:10.589 --> 00:18:11.890 ONLINE. 499 00:18:11.890 --> 00:18:12.724 ANNOUNCER: WITHOUT AN 500 00:18:12.724 --> 00:18:14.493 ALTERNATOR, BOB MUST CONSERVE 501 00:18:14.493 --> 00:18:17.596 WHAT BATTERY POWER HE HAS LEFT. 502 00:18:17.596 --> 00:18:19.331 BOB: I'M JUST GOING TO SHUT OFF, 503 00:18:19.331 --> 00:18:20.199 I DON'T WANT TO COOK A BATTERY 504 00:18:20.199 --> 00:18:22.768 HERE. 505 00:18:22.768 --> 00:18:23.802 ANNOUNCER: BOB KNOWS PETER IS 506 00:18:23.802 --> 00:18:25.938 CLOSE BY, BUT CAN'T MAKE VISUAL 507 00:18:25.938 --> 00:18:26.905 CONTACT. 508 00:18:26.905 --> 00:18:29.308 (MUSIC) 509 00:18:31.777 --> 00:18:32.845 EVEN THOUGH THEY CAN'T SEE EACH 510 00:18:32.845 --> 00:18:34.446 OTHER, CONSTANT RADIO 511 00:18:34.446 --> 00:18:36.148 COMMUNICATION HELPS THEM AVOID 512 00:18:36.148 --> 00:18:37.983 A MID AIR COLLISION. 513 00:18:37.983 --> 00:18:38.817 PETER: UH, DO YOU HAVE ME IN 514 00:18:38.817 --> 00:18:39.618 SIGHT, BECAUSE I DO NOT SEE 515 00:18:39.618 --> 00:18:40.886 YOU. 516 00:18:40.886 --> 00:18:43.856 BOB: NOPE, I DON'T. 517 00:18:43.856 --> 00:18:47.860 PETER: OKAY. 518 00:18:47.860 --> 00:18:48.727 BOB: I COULDN'T HOLD IT, SO I'M 519 00:18:48.727 --> 00:18:51.396 COMING AROUND. SEE WHAT WE GET 520 00:18:51.396 --> 00:18:53.065 WHEN WE GET UP HERE, I GUESS. 521 00:18:56.468 --> 00:19:00.272 LET'S GO ANOTHER HUNDRED YARDS. 522 00:19:00.272 --> 00:19:01.173 I THINK WE'RE JUST GOING TO 523 00:19:01.173 --> 00:19:05.511 KEEP HEADING THIS WAY. 524 00:19:05.511 --> 00:19:06.612 ANNOUNCER: TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE 525 00:19:06.612 --> 00:19:08.380 THE STORM IS BEGINNING TO HIT 526 00:19:08.380 --> 00:19:11.316 AGAIN, AND THIS TIME WITH A 527 00:19:11.316 --> 00:19:14.786 VENGEANCE. 528 00:19:14.786 --> 00:19:16.722 BOB: COME UP A LITTLE BIT NOW. 529 00:19:16.722 --> 00:19:17.856 NOT GOING TO GET IN A HURRY. 530 00:19:21.727 --> 00:19:23.929 IT NEVER HURTS TO ASK THE GOOD 531 00:19:23.929 --> 00:19:25.931 LORD TO BE ON YOUR SIDE TOO. 532 00:19:25.931 --> 00:19:27.766 KEEP US SAFE. 533 00:19:27.766 --> 00:19:31.803 RADIO: 40, 45 OUT OF THE EAST. 534 00:19:31.803 --> 00:19:35.474 BOB: COME ON, BABY. 535 00:19:35.474 --> 00:19:37.809 ANNOUNCER: FINALLY, BOB SEES A 536 00:19:37.809 --> 00:19:40.646 LANDMARK HE RECOGNIZES. 537 00:19:40.646 --> 00:19:42.014 BOB: JUST WENT BY THE POINT 538 00:19:42.014 --> 00:19:44.116 THERE. 539 00:19:44.116 --> 00:19:46.485 PETER: OKAY, THEN I SHOULD JUST 540 00:19:46.485 --> 00:19:48.253 BE A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF YOU. 541 00:19:48.253 --> 00:19:49.288 ANNOUNCER: BOB FINALLY PUTS EYES 542 00:19:49.288 --> 00:19:51.523 ON PETER. 543 00:19:51.523 --> 00:19:54.459 BOB: OKAY, I SEE YOU NOW. WE'RE 544 00:19:54.459 --> 00:19:55.661 ALMOST THERE. 545 00:19:55.661 --> 00:19:59.765 (MUSIC) 546 00:19:59.765 --> 00:20:00.699 YOU KNOW I'VE GOT SEVERAL MORE 547 00:20:00.699 --> 00:20:01.833 TRIPS DOWN THIS DIRECTION, I 548 00:20:01.833 --> 00:20:02.834 PERSONALLY DON'T THINK I'M 549 00:20:02.834 --> 00:20:04.803 COMING BACK DOWN, IT'S UH, IT'S 550 00:20:04.803 --> 00:20:05.871 JUST TOO MUCH. 551 00:20:05.871 --> 00:20:08.273 (MUSIC) 552 00:20:11.410 --> 00:20:14.813 BEAVER 47 KILOS OFF (UNCLEAR) 553 00:20:14.813 --> 00:20:17.349 FOR BASIN, ONE PAPA. 554 00:20:17.349 --> 00:20:19.918 (MUSIC) 555 00:20:24.990 --> 00:20:26.258 GOOD TO HAVE THIS ONE DONE. 556 00:20:26.258 --> 00:20:28.760 (MUSIC) 557 00:20:33.599 --> 00:20:34.533 ANNOUNCER: ADAM LUTZ HAS BEEN 558 00:20:34.533 --> 00:20:36.235 AN AIRPLANE MECHANIC IN ALASKA 559 00:20:36.235 --> 00:20:38.036 FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS. 560 00:20:38.036 --> 00:20:39.004 ADAM: YOU EARN YOU PAY ON A DAY 561 00:20:39.004 --> 00:20:42.174 LIKE THIS. 562 00:20:42.174 --> 00:20:43.175 ANNOUNCER: ONE OF HIS FAVORITE 563 00:20:43.175 --> 00:20:45.143 PLANES TO WORK ON IS THE DE 564 00:20:45.143 --> 00:20:47.212 HAVILLAND BEAVER. 565 00:20:47.212 --> 00:20:48.046 ADAM: THESE BEAVERS ARE A PART 566 00:20:48.046 --> 00:20:49.481 OF HISTORY. THEY'RE, THEY'RE 567 00:20:49.481 --> 00:20:52.351 MONSTERS. THAT'S IT. 568 00:20:52.351 --> 00:20:54.686 (MUSIC) 569 00:20:58.290 --> 00:20:59.524 BOB: I TRUST THE BEAVER, IT'S 570 00:20:59.524 --> 00:21:01.727 TOUGH. IT'S GOT A LOT OF POWER. 571 00:21:01.727 --> 00:21:04.763 YOU CAN HAVE THINGS GO WRONG 572 00:21:04.763 --> 00:21:06.598 AND IT'S JUST GOING TO KEEP 573 00:21:06.598 --> 00:21:09.401 GOING. IT'S JUST A BAD ASS. 574 00:21:09.401 --> 00:21:11.637 (MUSIC) 575 00:21:14.840 --> 00:21:15.774 ANNOUNCER: FOR THE TEAM OF 576 00:21:15.774 --> 00:21:17.442 ISLAND AIR, BEING KODIAK'S 577 00:21:17.442 --> 00:21:18.977 LIFELINE IS MORE THAN A 578 00:21:18.977 --> 00:21:22.514 BUSINESS, IT'S A PASSION. 579 00:21:22.514 --> 00:21:23.982 BOB: I THINK KODIAK PILOTS ARE 580 00:21:23.982 --> 00:21:26.285 SOME OF THE BEST IN THE WORLD, 581 00:21:26.285 --> 00:21:27.286 WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH A LOT OF 582 00:21:27.286 --> 00:21:29.588 WEATHER. YOUR YOUNGER PILOTS, 583 00:21:29.588 --> 00:21:30.489 WHEN THEY FIRST GET HERE, 584 00:21:30.489 --> 00:21:32.090 THEY'RE SCARED TO DEATH. THEY 585 00:21:32.090 --> 00:21:34.693 HAVE A HEALTHY AWARENESS OF 586 00:21:34.693 --> 00:21:36.862 WHAT'S GOING ON. IF I CAN'T 587 00:21:36.862 --> 00:21:39.765 IMPART WHAT I KNOW TO THE PILOTS 588 00:21:39.765 --> 00:21:41.300 WHO WORK HERE, THEN I'VE 589 00:21:41.300 --> 00:21:42.334 FAILED.