WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.903 --> 00:00:07.207 THIS IS THE TEAM OF ISLAND AIR. 2 00:00:09.542 --> 00:00:14.114 EVERY DAY, THEY RISK EVERYTHING. 3 00:00:14.114 --> 00:00:16.950 THE KODIAK PEAKS AND WICKED SEAS 4 00:00:16.950 --> 00:00:18.952 MAKE THE ISLAND THE WORLD'S MOST 5 00:00:18.952 --> 00:00:21.855 TREACHEROUS PLACE TO FLY. 6 00:00:26.860 --> 00:00:29.796 THESE ARE THE TALES OF "ALASKA'S 7 00:00:29.796 --> 00:00:32.432 ULTIMATE BUSH PILOTS." 8 00:00:34.801 --> 00:00:37.637 [THUNDER] 9 00:00:41.141 --> 00:00:43.476 PILOT: WE'RE READY. 10 00:00:43.476 --> 00:00:44.677 NARRATOR: DURING THE WINTERTIME 11 00:00:44.677 --> 00:00:46.813 ON KODIAK ISLAND, THE DAYS 12 00:00:46.813 --> 00:00:49.315 BECOME SHORTER AND THE WEATHER 13 00:00:49.315 --> 00:00:50.417 COLDER. 14 00:00:50.417 --> 00:00:51.484 PILOT: AND YOU ALREADY WARMED IT 15 00:00:51.484 --> 00:00:53.086 UP, RIGHT? 16 00:00:54.921 --> 00:00:56.823 NARRATOR: ISLAND AIR'S SCHEDULE 17 00:00:56.823 --> 00:00:58.892 CALMS DOWN AND THE TEAM SETTLES 18 00:00:58.892 --> 00:01:01.561 IN TO A DAILY ROUTINE. 19 00:01:01.561 --> 00:01:02.495 PILOT: DO YOU WANT ME TO GO 20 00:01:02.495 --> 00:01:04.431 OR YOU GO AHEAD? ALL RIGHT. 21 00:01:04.431 --> 00:01:05.498 EMILY: NICE TO MEET YOU. 22 00:01:05.498 --> 00:01:07.167 NARRATOR: AS THE HOLIDAY SEASON 23 00:01:07.167 --> 00:01:08.735 APPROACHES, THEIR FOCUS TURNS 24 00:01:08.735 --> 00:01:10.637 TO DELIVERING MAIL, GROCERIES, 25 00:01:10.637 --> 00:01:12.939 AND PRESENTS. 26 00:01:12.939 --> 00:01:14.007 CHRISTIAN: HI, EMILY, 27 00:01:14.007 --> 00:01:15.008 GOOD MORNING. 28 00:01:15.008 --> 00:01:16.009 EMILY: HI, CHRISTIAN. 29 00:01:16.009 --> 00:01:17.410 NARRATOR: TODAY, THEY'RE 30 00:01:17.410 --> 00:01:19.312 BRINGING A VERY SPECIAL 31 00:01:19.312 --> 00:01:21.815 CHRISTMAS PRESENT... 32 00:01:21.815 --> 00:01:22.849 EMILY: OHH, SO CUTE. 33 00:01:22.849 --> 00:01:24.017 NARRATOR: TO A FAMILY IN REMOTE 34 00:01:24.017 --> 00:01:25.018 KODIAK. 35 00:01:25.018 --> 00:01:26.019 EMILY: CAN I HOLD THE PUPPY? 36 00:01:26.019 --> 00:01:27.020 CHRISTIAN: HIS NAME IS RUGER. 37 00:01:27.020 --> 00:01:27.854 EMILY: RUGER. 38 00:01:27.854 --> 00:01:28.688 CHRISTIAN: YEP. 39 00:01:28.688 --> 00:01:29.956 EMILY: HI, RUGER. 40 00:01:29.956 --> 00:01:32.325 PIPER IS JEALOUS. 41 00:01:32.325 --> 00:01:33.359 IF YOU CAN GO GET HIM IN HIS 42 00:01:33.359 --> 00:01:34.928 KENNEL AND GET HIM READY FOR THE 43 00:01:34.928 --> 00:01:36.196 FLIGHT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 44 00:01:36.196 --> 00:01:37.730 CHRISTIAN: SURE. 45 00:01:39.365 --> 00:01:43.236 [RUGER YIPPING] 46 00:01:52.745 --> 00:01:54.881 NARRATOR: PETER WILL TAKE RUGER 47 00:01:54.881 --> 00:01:56.382 ON HIS FIRST FLIGHT. 48 00:01:56.382 --> 00:01:58.051 THEY'RE HEADING ABOUT A HALF 49 00:01:58.051 --> 00:01:59.519 HOUR NORTHWEST TO A LODGE 50 00:01:59.519 --> 00:02:01.354 ON UGANIK BAY. 51 00:02:05.625 --> 00:02:08.528 BOB: WE FLY A LOT OF UNUSUAL, 52 00:02:08.528 --> 00:02:10.897 UH, ANIMALS--SOME GOATS, BEARS 53 00:02:10.897 --> 00:02:12.699 HAVE BEEN FLOWN AROUND HERE. 54 00:02:12.699 --> 00:02:14.534 CHICKENS. I'M NOT A FAN OF 55 00:02:14.534 --> 00:02:16.736 FLYING CHICKENS. SNAKES. 56 00:02:16.736 --> 00:02:17.971 PETER: I FLEW A WOUNDED BALD 57 00:02:17.971 --> 00:02:19.639 EAGLE IN A DOG CRATE ONCE, 58 00:02:19.639 --> 00:02:21.574 FOR SHIPPING. ANYTHING THAT WE 59 00:02:21.574 --> 00:02:22.342 CAN FIT IN THE AIRPLANE 60 00:02:22.342 --> 00:02:24.711 AND KEEP WITHIN WEIGHT. 61 00:02:24.711 --> 00:02:28.848 [UNINTELLIGIBLE CONVERSATION] 62 00:02:28.848 --> 00:02:29.916 TODDLER: YEAH? 63 00:02:29.916 --> 00:02:30.917 WOMAN: YEAH! 64 00:02:30.917 --> 00:02:32.118 [LAUGHTER] 65 00:02:32.118 --> 00:02:34.420 MAN: THERE YOU GO. 66 00:02:34.420 --> 00:02:36.289 >> YOU WANT IT? 67 00:02:37.924 --> 00:02:40.059 BOB: HOLIDAYS, YOU KNOW, 68 00:02:40.059 --> 00:02:43.029 WE LIKE TO STOP AND GET A FEW 69 00:02:43.029 --> 00:02:44.597 PRESENTS, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE 70 00:02:44.597 --> 00:02:47.600 KIND OF THE SANTA SLEIGH. 71 00:02:47.600 --> 00:02:48.935 EMILY: I'VE SEEN ENTIRE PLANES 72 00:02:48.935 --> 00:02:52.572 LOADED WITH CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. 73 00:02:52.572 --> 00:02:54.774 AND IT'S PRETTY FUN. 74 00:02:54.774 --> 00:02:55.942 BEN: IT'S FUN TO GO TO EACH 75 00:02:55.942 --> 00:02:57.710 VILLAGE AND HAVE 20 CARS PULL UP 76 00:02:57.710 --> 00:02:58.778 TO YOUR PLANE. WE'LL SPEND 10 77 00:02:58.778 --> 00:03:00.713 MINUTES HANDING OUT BOXES TO 78 00:03:00.713 --> 00:03:03.283 EVERYBODY. IT FEELS GOOD. 79 00:03:03.283 --> 00:03:05.151 NARRATOR: ISLAND AIR SPREADS 80 00:03:05.151 --> 00:03:07.220 A LITTLE EXTRA HOLIDAY CHEER 81 00:03:07.220 --> 00:03:08.755 TO ITS FREQUENT FLYERS. 82 00:03:08.755 --> 00:03:09.489 EMILY: THESE GIFTS ARE FOR 83 00:03:09.489 --> 00:03:11.658 LARRY CARROLL. HE IS DOWN AT 84 00:03:11.658 --> 00:03:13.293 KODIAK ADVENTURES LODGE. 85 00:03:13.293 --> 00:03:15.495 PETER IS GOING TO DELIVER THEM. 86 00:03:15.495 --> 00:03:17.864 (MUSIC) 87 00:03:29.642 --> 00:03:30.643 NARRATOR: PETER WILL TAKE THE 88 00:03:30.643 --> 00:03:32.979 GIFTS TO KILIUDA BAY, ABOUT 43 89 00:03:32.979 --> 00:03:35.215 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE BASIN. 90 00:03:35.215 --> 00:03:36.482 PETER: ISLAND AIR, 1-0 KILOS 91 00:03:36.482 --> 00:03:37.984 OFF 4, KILIUDA BAY. 92 00:03:37.984 --> 00:03:39.152 LARRY: ALL RIGHT, SURE, PETER, 93 00:03:39.152 --> 00:03:40.420 WE'LL SEE YOU LATER. 94 00:03:40.420 --> 00:03:42.255 WE RUN A LODGE BUSINESS, 95 00:03:42.255 --> 00:03:44.324 AND WE RELY VERY HEAVILY 96 00:03:44.324 --> 00:03:46.192 ON BUSH PILOTS BECAUSE THERE'S 97 00:03:46.192 --> 00:03:47.660 NO OTHER WAY IN OR OUT. 98 00:03:50.063 --> 00:03:51.164 PETER: HEY, GUYS, HOW YOU BEEN? 99 00:03:51.164 --> 00:03:52.498 WOMAN: GOOD, HOW ARE YOU? 100 00:03:52.498 --> 00:03:53.533 PETER: I'M PRETTY GOOD. HERE, 101 00:03:53.533 --> 00:03:55.001 WE GOT SOME STUFF FROM ISLAND 102 00:03:55.001 --> 00:03:55.802 AIR FOR YOU. 103 00:03:55.802 --> 00:03:57.003 LARRY: THANK YOU. 104 00:03:57.003 --> 00:03:58.004 PETER: OK. 105 00:03:58.004 --> 00:03:58.838 WOMAN: THANKS. 106 00:03:58.838 --> 00:04:00.506 LARRY: WE GOT SOMETHING FOR YOU. 107 00:04:00.506 --> 00:04:02.508 THAT'S YOUR USUAL TREAT YOU GET 108 00:04:02.508 --> 00:04:03.343 WHEN YOU COME IN. 109 00:04:03.343 --> 00:04:04.344 PETER: OH, YEAH. I ALWAYS LOVE 110 00:04:04.344 --> 00:04:05.178 COMING HERE. 111 00:04:05.178 --> 00:04:06.012 WOMAN: AND ONE FOR EMILY. 112 00:04:06.012 --> 00:04:07.013 PETER: I CAN'T PROMISE THAT'LL 113 00:04:07.013 --> 00:04:08.014 MAKE IT ALL THE WAY BACK 114 00:04:08.014 --> 00:04:08.848 TO TOWN. 115 00:04:08.848 --> 00:04:09.849 LARRY: AND THOSE ARE FOR YOU 116 00:04:09.849 --> 00:04:10.516 FOR CHRISTMAS. 117 00:04:10.516 --> 00:04:11.517 PETER: OH, WONDERFUL, THANK YOU 118 00:04:11.517 --> 00:04:12.352 VERY MUCH. 119 00:04:12.352 --> 00:04:13.186 WOMAN: YOU'RE WELCOME! 120 00:04:13.186 --> 00:04:14.287 NARRATOR: BOTH LONG-TIME KODIAK 121 00:04:14.287 --> 00:04:16.522 RESIDENTS, BOB AND LARRY HAVE 122 00:04:16.522 --> 00:04:18.524 WORKED TOGETHER FOR YEARS. 123 00:04:18.524 --> 00:04:19.525 LARRY: WE HAVE A GREAT 124 00:04:19.525 --> 00:04:21.828 RELATIONSHIP WITH BOB AND HIS 125 00:04:21.828 --> 00:04:23.396 WHOLE FAMILY. THAT'S WHY WE WORK 126 00:04:23.396 --> 00:04:26.866 WITH ISLAND AIR. I TRUST THAT. 127 00:04:26.866 --> 00:04:28.868 NARRATOR: A FEW YEARS AGO, 128 00:04:28.868 --> 00:04:31.537 THAT TRUST WAS PUT TO THE TEST. 129 00:04:31.537 --> 00:04:32.705 LARRY: WE WERE TRYING TO MAKE IT 130 00:04:32.705 --> 00:04:34.707 OUT, UH, FOR A FUNERAL. AND WE 131 00:04:34.707 --> 00:04:35.908 WERE LOOKING AT THE WEATHER. 132 00:04:35.908 --> 00:04:37.377 IT WAS A LITTLE DICEY, BUT, 133 00:04:37.377 --> 00:04:38.378 YOU KNOW, BOB SAID, YOU KNOW, 134 00:04:38.378 --> 00:04:39.712 IF WE CAN GET YOU OUT HERE IN 135 00:04:39.712 --> 00:04:41.214 THE NEXT 2-3 HOURS, IT'S STILL 136 00:04:41.214 --> 00:04:43.216 PRETTY GOOD. THEY'RE CALLING FOR 137 00:04:43.216 --> 00:04:44.484 WINDS TO PICK UP LATER IN THE 138 00:04:44.484 --> 00:04:45.918 AFTERNOON. 139 00:04:48.721 --> 00:04:50.223 BOB CAME IN, DECIDED 140 00:04:50.223 --> 00:04:52.058 TO COME IN ON THE BEAVER BECAUSE 141 00:04:52.058 --> 00:04:53.893 HE THOUGHT IT WAS A LITTLE RISKY 142 00:04:53.893 --> 00:04:55.828 TO TAKE THE 206. 143 00:05:01.634 --> 00:05:03.503 HE GOT HERE. 144 00:05:03.503 --> 00:05:05.405 THE WINDS HAD PICKED UP. 145 00:05:05.405 --> 00:05:06.806 IT WAS ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS 146 00:05:06.806 --> 00:05:08.408 WHERE IT WAS GETTING WORSE 147 00:05:08.408 --> 00:05:10.209 RAPIDLY. 148 00:05:11.744 --> 00:05:14.414 SO WE LOADED THE PLANE, WE GOT 149 00:05:14.414 --> 00:05:16.416 IN. WE GOT OUT AROUND THE BAY 150 00:05:16.416 --> 00:05:19.519 AND WE HIT 60- 65-MILE-AN-HOUR 151 00:05:19.519 --> 00:05:22.588 HEADWINDS. 152 00:05:22.588 --> 00:05:24.757 AND WE HIT THOSE WINDS HEAD-ON, 153 00:05:24.757 --> 00:05:26.459 AND THE PLANE ALMOST SEEMED LIKE 154 00:05:26.459 --> 00:05:28.828 IT JUST STOPPED IN MID-AIR. 155 00:05:31.764 --> 00:05:33.266 ONE MINUTE YOU'RE OK AND THE 156 00:05:33.266 --> 00:05:35.101 NEXT MINUTE THE PLANE IS 157 00:05:35.101 --> 00:05:37.136 FREE-FALLING. 158 00:05:37.136 --> 00:05:39.172 IT JUST DROPPED. 159 00:05:51.918 --> 00:05:52.919 NARRATOR: WHEN BAD WEATHER HITS 160 00:05:52.919 --> 00:05:54.721 KODIAK ISLAND, IT HITS WITH A 161 00:05:54.721 --> 00:05:56.689 VENGEANCE. 162 00:05:58.725 --> 00:05:59.692 BOB: WE'VE HAD RECORD AMOUNTS 163 00:05:59.692 --> 00:06:01.127 OF RAIN. 164 00:06:01.127 --> 00:06:02.095 THERE'S SO MANY CHANGING 165 00:06:02.095 --> 00:06:03.429 CONDITIONS. THERE'S 166 00:06:03.429 --> 00:06:05.798 THUNDERSTORMS, ICING. IT'S 167 00:06:05.798 --> 00:06:07.100 REALLY MORE UP TO YOU AS 168 00:06:07.100 --> 00:06:08.868 THE PILOT. YOU HAVE TO DEVELOP 169 00:06:08.868 --> 00:06:11.604 YOUR OPTIONS AND YOUR OUTS. 170 00:06:11.604 --> 00:06:13.373 NARRATOR: LARRY CARROLL HAS 171 00:06:13.373 --> 00:06:15.274 A DEEP RESPECT FOR THE ISLAND'S 172 00:06:15.274 --> 00:06:17.076 BUSH PILOTS. 173 00:06:17.076 --> 00:06:19.612 LARRY: TO BE A PILOT ON KODIAK 174 00:06:19.612 --> 00:06:22.615 TAKES NERVES OF STEEL SOMETIMES. 175 00:06:22.615 --> 00:06:23.950 UH, I'VE BEEN IN SOME NASTY 176 00:06:23.950 --> 00:06:25.284 WEATHER WHERE IT CLOSED IN ON 177 00:06:25.284 --> 00:06:26.953 US, AND YOU'RE HALFWAY THROUGH 178 00:06:26.953 --> 00:06:28.454 THE FLIGHT. AND YOU CAN SEE THE 179 00:06:28.454 --> 00:06:30.189 PILOT SCRAMBLING. 180 00:06:30.189 --> 00:06:32.458 NARRATOR: A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, 181 00:06:32.458 --> 00:06:34.127 HE HAD A TERRIFYING EXPERIENCE 182 00:06:34.127 --> 00:06:37.063 WITH KODIAK'S HARROWING WEATHER. 183 00:06:37.063 --> 00:06:38.131 LARRY: WE WERE TRYING TO MAKE IT 184 00:06:38.131 --> 00:06:40.166 OUT, UH, FOR A FUNERAL. 185 00:06:40.166 --> 00:06:41.768 THE WINDS HAD PICKED UP, 186 00:06:41.768 --> 00:06:44.637 AND IT WAS RAINING. AND BOB 187 00:06:44.637 --> 00:06:46.139 DECIDED TO COME IN ON THE 188 00:06:46.139 --> 00:06:48.541 BEAVER. WE GOT OUT AROUND THE 189 00:06:48.541 --> 00:06:52.145 BAY AND WE HIT 60- 65-MILE-AN- 190 00:06:52.145 --> 00:06:54.347 HOUR HEADWINDS. 191 00:06:54.347 --> 00:06:56.482 IT JUST DROPPED. 192 00:06:56.482 --> 00:07:00.319 THAT PLANE FELL 400 OR 500 FEET. 193 00:07:00.319 --> 00:07:02.054 YOU SEE THAT GROUND COMING UP 194 00:07:02.054 --> 00:07:04.657 REALLY FAST, AND BOB IS DOING 195 00:07:04.657 --> 00:07:06.826 EVERYTHING HE CAN TO GET CONTROL 196 00:07:06.826 --> 00:07:09.495 OF THE PLANE. YOU'RE AT GOD'S 197 00:07:09.495 --> 00:07:11.264 MERCY AT THAT POINT. 198 00:07:11.264 --> 00:07:12.665 IT WAS JUST LIKE A ROLLER 199 00:07:12.665 --> 00:07:14.333 COASTER. YOUR STOMACH GOES BACK 200 00:07:14.333 --> 00:07:15.835 DOWN. THE NOSE COMES UP ON THAT 201 00:07:15.835 --> 00:07:17.203 PLANE AND WE START CLIMBING 202 00:07:17.203 --> 00:07:19.672 AGAIN. HE PULLED IT BACK UP, 203 00:07:19.672 --> 00:07:21.174 GOT US BACK UP TO WHERE WE WERE 204 00:07:21.174 --> 00:07:23.509 SUPPOSED TO BE. AND BOB HAD THIS 205 00:07:23.509 --> 00:07:25.411 LOOK ON HIS FACE LIKE 206 00:07:25.411 --> 00:07:27.747 HE HAD JUST CHEATED DEATH. 207 00:07:27.747 --> 00:07:30.016 WE HIT THAT DOCK, BOB TIED THAT 208 00:07:30.016 --> 00:07:31.417 PLANE UP PERMANENTLY FOR THE 209 00:07:31.417 --> 00:07:33.586 NIGHT, LOOKED AT US AND SAID, 210 00:07:33.586 --> 00:07:35.188 WHEW. MAN, IF WE'D HAVE BEEN 211 00:07:35.188 --> 00:07:36.355 IN A 206, HE SAID, WE'D HAVE 212 00:07:36.355 --> 00:07:38.191 BEEN IN THE DRINK. WE WOULDN'T 213 00:07:38.191 --> 00:07:41.027 HAVE SURVIVED THAT. THAT WAS 214 00:07:41.027 --> 00:07:43.229 JUST LIKE AN EPIPHANY, LIKE 215 00:07:43.229 --> 00:07:45.598 THANK GOD I GOT A GREAT PILOT 216 00:07:45.598 --> 00:07:48.868 AND A GREAT PLANE. 217 00:07:48.868 --> 00:07:51.938 NARRATOR: FIRST FLOWN IN 1947, 218 00:07:51.938 --> 00:07:53.539 THE BEAVER'S RUGGED VERSATILITY 219 00:07:53.539 --> 00:07:55.641 MADE IT POPULAR WITH MILITARIES 220 00:07:55.641 --> 00:07:57.743 AROUND THE GLOBE. 221 00:07:57.743 --> 00:07:58.744 LARRY: IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A 222 00:07:58.744 --> 00:07:59.879 WORKHORSE, IF YOU'RE LOOKING 223 00:07:59.879 --> 00:08:02.715 FOR SOMETHING THAT RUNS DAY IN, 224 00:08:02.715 --> 00:08:05.751 DAY OUT--THE BEAVER. 225 00:08:05.751 --> 00:08:07.553 MOST OF THESE BEAVERS ARE, 226 00:08:07.553 --> 00:08:10.389 YOU KNOW, 1952, 1954. 227 00:08:10.389 --> 00:08:11.891 WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU SAW 228 00:08:11.891 --> 00:08:13.926 A '54 CHEVY ON THE ROAD? 229 00:08:13.926 --> 00:08:15.761 NARRATOR: THE PLANE'S PRODUCTION 230 00:08:15.761 --> 00:08:18.698 CEASED IN 1967. TODAY, 231 00:08:18.698 --> 00:08:20.666 A REFURBISHED BEAVER IS WORTH 232 00:08:20.666 --> 00:08:22.668 WELL OVER A HALF A MILLION 233 00:08:22.668 --> 00:08:24.770 DOLLARS. 234 00:08:24.770 --> 00:08:26.239 BOB: THE BEAVER, IT'S JUST BUILT 235 00:08:26.239 --> 00:08:28.741 TOUGH. IT'S SIMPLE, VERY STRONG. 236 00:08:28.741 --> 00:08:31.077 AND, UH, AND THAT'S WHY WE STILL 237 00:08:31.077 --> 00:08:32.378 USE THEM TODAY. 238 00:08:32.378 --> 00:08:34.080 NARRATOR: BUT LIKE ANY MACHINE, 239 00:08:34.080 --> 00:08:35.781 THE PLANE REQUIRES REGULAR 240 00:08:35.781 --> 00:08:37.450 MAINTENANCE. 241 00:08:37.450 --> 00:08:39.452 PETER: SO EVER 100 HOURS, UH, 242 00:08:39.452 --> 00:08:41.120 WHEN YOU'RE WORKING AN AIRPLANE 243 00:08:41.120 --> 00:08:43.456 FOR HIRE, YOU GOTTA PULL IT OUT 244 00:08:43.456 --> 00:08:44.624 FOR A 100-HOUR INSPECTION. WE'RE 245 00:08:44.624 --> 00:08:45.858 ABOUT TO PULL (UNCLEAR) OUT OF 246 00:08:45.858 --> 00:08:47.860 THE WATER. BOB'S GONNA BACK A 247 00:08:47.860 --> 00:08:49.028 TRAILER IN. WE'RE GONNA PULL IT 248 00:08:49.028 --> 00:08:50.263 UP ONTO A TRAILER OUT OF THE 249 00:08:50.263 --> 00:08:51.497 WATER, JUST LIKE YOU PULL A BOAT 250 00:08:51.497 --> 00:08:52.598 OUT OF THE WATER. 251 00:08:52.598 --> 00:08:53.933 NARRATOR: USUALLY, PULLING THE 252 00:08:53.933 --> 00:08:55.768 BEAVER OUT OF THE WATER IS 253 00:08:55.768 --> 00:08:56.702 ROUTINE. 254 00:08:56.702 --> 00:08:58.037 BOB: PILOT AIR MAINTENANCE 255 00:08:58.037 --> 00:08:59.605 COMMERCIAL RAMP TO CRASH BOAT 256 00:08:59.605 --> 00:09:00.606 HARBOR. 257 00:09:00.606 --> 00:09:02.275 NARRATOR: BUT WITH A SEVERE 258 00:09:02.275 --> 00:09:03.442 STORM FAST APPROACHING THE 259 00:09:03.442 --> 00:09:05.211 ISLAND, THIS MAY PROVE TO BE A 260 00:09:05.211 --> 00:09:07.480 DAUNTING TASK. 261 00:09:07.480 --> 00:09:09.148 BOB: IT JUST GETS MORE 262 00:09:09.148 --> 00:09:10.383 DIFFICULT TO PULL IT WHEN THE 263 00:09:10.383 --> 00:09:16.889 WEATHER COMES UP. 264 00:09:16.889 --> 00:09:17.957 BOB: WHAT'S INTERESTING, THE 265 00:09:17.957 --> 00:09:19.625 WIND'S COMING AROUND THAT POINT. 266 00:09:19.625 --> 00:09:21.794 IT SHOULD BE POINTING OUT, 267 00:09:21.794 --> 00:09:23.896 BUT IT'S ACTUALLY SPINNING HIM 268 00:09:23.896 --> 00:09:27.033 AROUND. 269 00:09:27.033 --> 00:09:28.134 NARRATOR: WHEN SITTING 270 00:09:28.134 --> 00:09:29.936 UNTETHERED ON THE WATER, FLOAT 271 00:09:29.936 --> 00:09:31.604 PLANES ARE AT THEIR MOST 272 00:09:31.604 --> 00:09:32.972 VULNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS. 273 00:09:32.972 --> 00:09:35.908 THE EXTRACTION WILL NOT BE EASY. 274 00:09:35.908 --> 00:09:37.143 BOB: I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, 275 00:09:37.143 --> 00:09:39.078 I'M GONNA GET WET. 276 00:09:44.650 --> 00:09:46.352 PETER: YEAH, BUT ONCE WE--IF WE 277 00:09:46.352 --> 00:09:47.987 CAN GET ME JUST OUT, TO WHERE 278 00:09:47.987 --> 00:09:49.655 I'M NOT FLOATING, IT'S GONNA BE 279 00:09:49.655 --> 00:09:50.556 FINE. 280 00:09:50.556 --> 00:09:52.058 BOB: I THINK IF YOU UNTIE HER 281 00:09:52.058 --> 00:09:53.492 RIGHT NOW, IT'S JUST GONNA GET 282 00:09:53.492 --> 00:09:54.493 WORSE. 283 00:09:54.493 --> 00:09:55.328 PETER: YEAH. 284 00:09:55.328 --> 00:09:57.330 BOB: THEN I MIGHT BACK IN 285 00:09:57.330 --> 00:10:00.766 FURTHER, THEN OUT. 286 00:10:00.766 --> 00:10:03.769 JUST START IT. 287 00:10:03.769 --> 00:10:05.171 NARRATOR: STARTING THE BEAVER'S 288 00:10:05.171 --> 00:10:07.006 ENGINE MIGHT GIVE THE PLANE 289 00:10:07.006 --> 00:10:09.642 ENOUGH MOMENTUM TO GET OUT. 290 00:10:11.344 --> 00:10:14.080 BOB'S PICKUP DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH 291 00:10:14.080 --> 00:10:16.282 TRACTION TO PULL THE PLANE. 292 00:10:16.282 --> 00:10:18.284 IF THE BEAVER DRAGS HIM INTO THE 293 00:10:18.284 --> 00:10:19.518 WATER, THE TRUCK WILL BE 294 00:10:19.518 --> 00:10:21.320 TRASHED. 295 00:10:21.320 --> 00:10:22.888 BOB: $400,000 AIRPLANE, 296 00:10:22.888 --> 00:10:24.590 $15,000 TRUCK-- 297 00:10:24.590 --> 00:10:26.792 THERE WAS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND. 298 00:10:26.792 --> 00:10:27.793 I'M BACKING THAT TRUCK IN AS FAR 299 00:10:27.793 --> 00:10:29.295 AS I HAVE TO. 300 00:10:29.295 --> 00:10:31.130 GO, GO, GO! 301 00:10:35.267 --> 00:10:36.602 NARRATOR: BOB AND PETER ARE 302 00:10:36.602 --> 00:10:38.270 ATTEMPTING TO GET THE BEAVER 303 00:10:38.270 --> 00:10:40.106 OUT OF THE WATER FOR AN 304 00:10:40.106 --> 00:10:41.440 INSPECTION. BUT STRONG WINDS 305 00:10:41.440 --> 00:10:43.743 FROM A STORM FRONT ARE MAKING 306 00:10:43.743 --> 00:10:46.045 THE TASK DIFFICULT. 307 00:10:55.788 --> 00:10:57.790 BOB'S TRUCK IS STRUGGLING TO 308 00:10:57.790 --> 00:11:01.560 PULL THE 3,000-POUND PLANE. 309 00:11:01.560 --> 00:11:02.962 BOB: YOU CAN'T JUST STOP. 310 00:11:02.962 --> 00:11:04.263 TIDES ARE MOVING, WIND'S GOING 311 00:11:04.263 --> 00:11:06.866 TO GET WORSE. 312 00:11:06.866 --> 00:11:08.534 NARRATOR: PETER DECIDES TO KILL 313 00:11:08.534 --> 00:11:10.536 THE PLANE'S ENGINE AND TRY A 314 00:11:10.536 --> 00:11:12.271 MORE HANDS-ON APPROACH. 315 00:11:23.683 --> 00:11:25.785 BOB: GO, GO, GO! 316 00:11:30.690 --> 00:11:32.692 THE WINDS WERE THE WORST THEY 317 00:11:32.692 --> 00:11:34.360 COULD BE. THEY WERE EXACTLY 318 00:11:34.360 --> 00:11:36.862 OPPOSITE OF WHAT WE NEEDED. 319 00:11:36.862 --> 00:11:38.798 NARRATOR: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. 320 00:11:38.798 --> 00:11:41.667 BUT NOT WITHOUT A BATTLE SCAR. 321 00:11:41.667 --> 00:11:43.736 BOB: IT SAVED ME. BUT SHE'S 322 00:11:43.736 --> 00:11:45.071 BLEEDING ALL OVER EVERYWHERE. 323 00:11:45.071 --> 00:11:46.806 PETE: THAT'S (UNCLEAR), BOB. 324 00:11:46.806 --> 00:11:49.175 BOB: MARK OF A GOOD CHIEF PILOT. 325 00:11:49.175 --> 00:11:50.176 ARE YOU BLEEDING? 326 00:11:50.176 --> 00:11:52.178 PETER: OH ,JUST ON MY FINGER. 327 00:11:52.178 --> 00:11:53.546 BOB: HEY, TAKE ONE FOR THE TEAM. 328 00:11:53.546 --> 00:11:57.149 PETER: YEAH. [LAUGHS] 329 00:11:57.149 --> 00:11:59.285 PART OF THE JOB. 330 00:11:59.285 --> 00:12:00.519 NARRATOR: NOW, THEY MUST GET THE 331 00:12:00.519 --> 00:12:02.988 PLANE, WITH A 50-FOOT WINGSPAN, 332 00:12:02.988 --> 00:12:04.356 INTO THE HANGAR. 333 00:12:04.356 --> 00:12:05.357 BOB: ANYTIME YOU MOVE 334 00:12:05.357 --> 00:12:06.358 AN AIRCRAFT, 335 00:12:06.358 --> 00:12:07.359 YOU WANT PEOPLE ON THE WINGS TO 336 00:12:07.359 --> 00:12:08.527 MAKE SURE THE WINGS DON'T HIT, 337 00:12:08.527 --> 00:12:10.396 THE TAIL DOESN'T HIT. 338 00:12:10.396 --> 00:12:11.797 STRAIGHT BACK. 339 00:12:11.797 --> 00:12:15.968 YOU'RE SLIGHTLY COMING. 340 00:12:15.968 --> 00:12:18.003 THAT'S GOOD, TURN IT. 341 00:12:18.003 --> 00:12:19.205 HARD OVER. 342 00:12:19.205 --> 00:12:22.341 YOU'RE GOOD. 343 00:12:22.341 --> 00:12:23.542 WHOA. 344 00:12:23.542 --> 00:12:24.877 HOW'S THE WING FOR... 345 00:12:24.877 --> 00:12:26.011 MAN: RIGHT THERE, BOB. 346 00:12:26.011 --> 00:12:27.913 BOB: I NEED TO CHECK THAT WING. 347 00:12:27.913 --> 00:12:29.582 OK. IT WON'T HIT, RIGHT? 348 00:12:29.582 --> 00:12:31.383 YOU JUST STAY ON THAT WING. 349 00:12:31.383 --> 00:12:33.219 MAN: OK, BOB. 350 00:12:33.219 --> 00:12:36.422 BOB: YOU'RE IN. 351 00:12:36.422 --> 00:12:37.757 NARRATOR: WITH THE BEAVER 352 00:12:37.757 --> 00:12:38.924 FINALLY IN THE HANGAR, DIRECTOR 353 00:12:38.924 --> 00:12:40.559 OF MAINTENANCE ADAM LUTZ NOW 354 00:12:40.559 --> 00:12:42.228 TAKES OVER WITH THE CRITICAL 355 00:12:42.228 --> 00:12:44.697 JOB OF OF INSPECTING THE PLANE. 356 00:12:44.697 --> 00:12:45.564 ADAM: WE LOOK AT THE ENGINE, THE 357 00:12:45.564 --> 00:12:47.733 AIRFRAME, THE PROPELLER. WE GO 358 00:12:47.733 --> 00:12:49.535 THROUGH IT FROM TIP TO TIP. 359 00:12:49.535 --> 00:12:50.736 DURING 100-HOUR INSPECTIONS 360 00:12:50.736 --> 00:12:52.404 WE'VE FOUND SOME PRETTY BAD 361 00:12:52.404 --> 00:12:53.572 STUFF FROM TIME TO TIME. 362 00:12:53.572 --> 00:12:54.740 YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T HAPPEN ALL 363 00:12:54.740 --> 00:12:56.075 THAT OFTEN, BUT NUMBER ONE 364 00:12:56.075 --> 00:12:58.677 PRIORITY IS KEEP THE PLANE SAFE 365 00:12:58.677 --> 00:12:59.779 AND KEEPING THEM FLYING. 366 00:12:59.779 --> 00:13:01.447 NARRATOR: THIS SLOW SEASON IS 367 00:13:01.447 --> 00:13:04.116 ALSO A TIME FOR PILOTS TO DO A 368 00:13:04.116 --> 00:13:05.751 LITTLE MENTAL MAINTENANCE. 369 00:13:05.751 --> 00:13:07.319 ERIK: WE'RE GONNA GO UP TO 370 00:13:07.319 --> 00:13:08.654 SEAL BAY UP ON AFOGNAK 371 00:13:08.654 --> 00:13:10.256 AND GO HUNTING, HOPE TO SHOOT 372 00:13:10.256 --> 00:13:11.423 UP SOME DUCKS. DONA A LOT OF 373 00:13:11.423 --> 00:13:12.625 DEER HUNTING AND A LOT OF OTHER 374 00:13:12.625 --> 00:13:14.693 HUNTING, BUT WE'RE KIND OF NEW 375 00:13:14.693 --> 00:13:15.928 AT THE DUCK HUNTING, SO THIS 376 00:13:15.928 --> 00:13:16.929 WILL BE AN EXPERIENCE FOR US. 377 00:13:16.929 --> 00:13:17.930 I'M DEFINITELY GONNA SHOOT MORE. 378 00:13:17.930 --> 00:13:18.931 PETER: ERIK'S GONNA MISS 'EM 379 00:13:18.931 --> 00:13:20.766 ALL. 380 00:13:20.766 --> 00:13:22.434 NARRATOR: PETER AND ERIK WILL 381 00:13:22.434 --> 00:13:24.637 TRAVEL TO PHOENIX BAY, 43 MILES 382 00:13:24.637 --> 00:13:25.971 NORTH OF THE BASIN. 383 00:13:25.971 --> 00:13:27.339 ERIK: ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO 384 00:13:27.339 --> 00:13:29.341 HUNTIN'. 385 00:13:33.779 --> 00:13:34.780 ERIK: HEY, LUKE, GOOD TO SEE 386 00:13:34.780 --> 00:13:35.781 YOU. 387 00:13:35.781 --> 00:13:36.949 LUKE: BEEN A WHILE. 388 00:13:36.949 --> 00:13:38.117 NARRATOR: HUNTING GUIDE LUKE 389 00:13:38.117 --> 00:13:39.451 RANDALL FROM THE AFOGNAK 390 00:13:39.451 --> 00:13:41.654 WILDERNESS LODGE WILL ACCOMPANY 391 00:13:41.654 --> 00:13:43.222 PETER AND ERIK ON THEIR DUCK 392 00:13:43.222 --> 00:13:44.290 HUNT. 393 00:13:44.290 --> 00:13:45.724 LUKE: RUNNING A WILDERNESS LODGE 394 00:13:45.724 --> 00:13:47.259 OUT HERE, WE'RE VERY DEPENDENT 395 00:13:47.259 --> 00:13:49.261 ON ISLAND AIR, AND SO HAVING 396 00:13:49.261 --> 00:13:52.965 GOOD PILOTS LIKE ERIK AND PETER 397 00:13:52.965 --> 00:13:55.301 AND BOB IS HUGE FOR US, BECAUSE 398 00:13:55.301 --> 00:13:56.969 THE RELIABILITY AND THE SAFETY, 399 00:13:56.969 --> 00:13:59.738 WE KNOW OUR HUNTERS ARE IN GOOD 400 00:13:59.738 --> 00:14:00.906 HANDS. 401 00:14:00.906 --> 00:14:02.741 WE'LL GO GET A BUNCH OF QUACKERS 402 00:14:02.741 --> 00:14:03.642 FOR YOU. 403 00:14:03.642 --> 00:14:04.476 PETER: YEAH, GO WHACK SOME 404 00:14:04.476 --> 00:14:05.311 DUCKS. 405 00:14:05.311 --> 00:14:06.312 LUKE: I THINK THEY'LL DO PRETTY 406 00:14:06.312 --> 00:14:07.313 GOOD. I KNOW THEY GOT THE 407 00:14:07.313 --> 00:14:08.314 HAND-EYE COORDINATION DOWN, 408 00:14:08.314 --> 00:14:09.315 BEING PILOTS. 409 00:14:09.315 --> 00:14:10.316 ERIK: THE PLANE SHOULD BE GOOD 410 00:14:10.316 --> 00:14:12.318 TO LEAVE HER RIGHT HERE, LUKE? 411 00:14:12.318 --> 00:14:13.319 LUKE: NO PROBLEM. 412 00:14:13.319 --> 00:14:14.320 ERIK: SOUNDS GOOD. 413 00:14:14.320 --> 00:14:14.987 I'LL DRIVE. 414 00:14:14.987 --> 00:14:15.988 LUKE: ALL RIGHT, PERFECT. 415 00:14:15.988 --> 00:14:16.989 ERIK: SO IS DECEMBER USUALLY 416 00:14:16.989 --> 00:14:18.991 THE BEST TIME FOR DUCK HUNTING 417 00:14:18.991 --> 00:14:19.992 UP HERE? 418 00:14:19.992 --> 00:14:22.328 LUKE: YEAH. IF IT GETS COLD IN 419 00:14:22.328 --> 00:14:23.562 EARLY NOVEMBER, THEN IT'S GOOD. 420 00:14:23.562 --> 00:14:25.497 ALL RIGHT, GUYS, HERE YOU GO. 421 00:14:25.497 --> 00:14:26.665 LUKE: SO I'LL DROP YOU OFF 422 00:14:26.665 --> 00:14:27.833 RIGHT ON THE POINT. AND AS SOON 423 00:14:27.833 --> 00:14:29.001 AS YOU FIRE YOUR FIRST ROUND, 424 00:14:29.001 --> 00:14:30.669 IT'S GONNA SPOOK A LOT OF THEM 425 00:14:30.669 --> 00:14:33.339 THAT ARE UP IN THE BAY, AND THEN 426 00:14:33.339 --> 00:14:34.340 THEY'LL START FLYING. 427 00:14:34.340 --> 00:14:35.441 PETER: THIS IS GONNA BE INSANE. 428 00:14:35.441 --> 00:14:36.575 ERIK: THIS IS THE HOT SPOT. 429 00:14:36.575 --> 00:14:38.143 WE'LL GIVE IT A SHOT. 430 00:14:38.143 --> 00:14:39.144 PETER: QUACK QUACK. 431 00:14:39.144 --> 00:14:40.179 ALL RIGHT THE DUCKS ARE GONNA 432 00:14:40.179 --> 00:14:41.280 BE COMING STRAIGHT AT US. 433 00:14:41.280 --> 00:14:42.681 ERIK: ALL RIGHT, WE'RE READY. 434 00:14:42.681 --> 00:14:43.916 PETER: HERE THEY COME. 435 00:14:43.916 --> 00:14:45.484 GIVE IT TO 'EM. 436 00:14:47.853 --> 00:14:50.189 ERIK: TWO OF YOUR SHELLS HIT ME 437 00:14:50.189 --> 00:14:52.358 IN THE FACE. 438 00:14:52.358 --> 00:14:54.026 YEAH, WE SUCK AT THIS. 439 00:14:54.026 --> 00:14:54.860 PETER: YEAH. 440 00:14:54.860 --> 00:14:57.396 [LAUGHING] 441 00:14:57.396 --> 00:14:59.198 NARRATOR: WHILE ERIK AND PETER 442 00:14:59.198 --> 00:15:00.933 WARM UP THEIR TRIGGER FINGERS, 443 00:15:00.933 --> 00:15:02.368 BOB IS HEADING OUT ON HIS OWN 444 00:15:02.368 --> 00:15:03.369 ADVENTURE. 445 00:15:03.369 --> 00:15:05.371 BOB: FRANK BISHOP IS A MASTER 446 00:15:05.371 --> 00:15:06.538 GUIDE IN THIS AREA. AND TODAY 447 00:15:06.538 --> 00:15:07.873 WE'RE GONNA GO OUT AND FIND A 448 00:15:07.873 --> 00:15:09.074 BUFFALO. 449 00:15:09.074 --> 00:15:10.743 FRANK: MY FAMILY AND ANOTHER 450 00:15:10.743 --> 00:15:11.877 FAMILY OWN ABOUT, SOMEWHERE 451 00:15:11.877 --> 00:15:13.379 AROUND 500 HEAD OF BUFFALO. 452 00:15:13.379 --> 00:15:14.380 THEY'RE OPEN-RANGE ANIMALS. 453 00:15:14.380 --> 00:15:16.782 THEY'RE NOT FENCED. 454 00:15:16.782 --> 00:15:17.883 LET'S GO NOW. 455 00:15:17.883 --> 00:15:18.884 BOB: ALRIGHTY. 456 00:15:18.884 --> 00:15:20.052 NARRATOR: FRANK'S BISON HUNTING 457 00:15:20.052 --> 00:15:21.954 GROUNDS ARE IN PASAGSHAK, 458 00:15:21.954 --> 00:15:25.724 24 MILES SOUTH OF ISLAND AIR. 459 00:15:28.127 --> 00:15:30.262 FRANK: WELL, WHAT A DAY, HUH? 460 00:15:33.899 --> 00:15:35.567 YEAH, THERE'S BEARS ALL OVER 461 00:15:35.567 --> 00:15:37.569 KODIAK, AND THEY CAN BE VERY 462 00:15:37.569 --> 00:15:39.238 DANGEROUS. BUT WITH A LITTLE BIT 463 00:15:39.238 --> 00:15:41.240 OF COMMON SENSE, WE CAN MAKE 464 00:15:41.240 --> 00:15:42.241 THINGS A WHOLE LOT EASIER. 465 00:15:42.241 --> 00:15:43.976 BOB: HEY, LOOK AT THIS. 466 00:15:43.976 --> 00:15:45.177 WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? 467 00:15:45.177 --> 00:15:46.245 FRANK: WELL, WE BETTER BE A 468 00:15:46.245 --> 00:15:47.913 LITTLE BIT CAREFUL, 'CAUSE THERE 469 00:15:47.913 --> 00:15:49.581 HAS BEEN A BEAR HERE. 470 00:15:49.581 --> 00:15:50.316 BOB: THIS IS THEIR ENVIRONMENT. 471 00:15:50.316 --> 00:15:51.750 AND THEY--THEY LIVE FROM ONE END 472 00:15:51.750 --> 00:15:52.918 OF THIS ISLAND TO THE OTHER. 473 00:15:52.918 --> 00:15:53.986 THEY'RE RIGHT IN TOWN HERE. 474 00:15:53.986 --> 00:15:56.789 SO I CARRY MY GUN IF I'M OUT. 475 00:15:56.789 --> 00:15:58.257 NARRATOR: IT'S COMMON SENSE 476 00:15:58.257 --> 00:16:00.526 TO BE BEAR AWARE ANYWHERE ON THE 477 00:16:00.526 --> 00:16:02.761 ISLAND, ESPECIALLY WHEN BRINGING 478 00:16:02.761 --> 00:16:05.130 DOWN A BISON. 479 00:16:05.130 --> 00:16:06.265 FRANK: GO UP ON THE HILL HERE 480 00:16:06.265 --> 00:16:07.499 JUST PAST THOSE TREES UP THERE, 481 00:16:07.499 --> 00:16:08.834 THERE'S AN OPENING. THERE'S 482 00:16:08.834 --> 00:16:10.436 USUALLY A PRETTY GOOD HERD IN 483 00:16:10.436 --> 00:16:12.104 THERE. ALL RIGHT, LET'S SNEAK 484 00:16:12.104 --> 00:16:13.605 RIGHT UP HERE. 485 00:16:13.605 --> 00:16:14.940 NARRATOR: BISON WERE FIRST 486 00:16:14.940 --> 00:16:16.608 BROUGHT TO THE ISLAND LATE IN 487 00:16:16.608 --> 00:16:18.277 THE 1990s, AFTER RANCHERS GOT 488 00:16:18.277 --> 00:16:20.279 TIRED OF LOSING DOZENS OF CATTLE 489 00:16:20.279 --> 00:16:21.914 EVERY YEAR TO THE ISLAND'S 490 00:16:21.914 --> 00:16:24.650 ENORMOUS BROWN BEARS. BISON ARE 491 00:16:24.650 --> 00:16:26.452 BETTER ABLE TO HOLD THEIR OWN 492 00:16:26.452 --> 00:16:27.987 IN THIS WILD COUNTRY. 493 00:16:27.987 --> 00:16:29.455 FRANK: THERE'S A GOOD BULL RIGHT 494 00:16:29.455 --> 00:16:30.456 THERE, THOUGH. 495 00:16:30.456 --> 00:16:31.857 BOB: OK, SO WHICH-- 496 00:16:31.857 --> 00:16:33.359 FRANK: HE'S RIGHT THERE IN THE 497 00:16:33.359 --> 00:16:34.560 MIDDLE, BOB. JUST WAIT TILL HE 498 00:16:34.560 --> 00:16:36.929 GETS IN THE OPEN. OK. OK. 499 00:16:36.929 --> 00:16:37.930 ALL RIGHT. 500 00:16:37.930 --> 00:16:39.031 BOB: HE'S STOPPED THERE. 501 00:16:39.031 --> 00:16:40.966 FRANK: OK. RIGHT. 502 00:16:49.174 --> 00:16:50.709 NARRATOR: SOME KODIAK RESIDENTS 503 00:16:50.709 --> 00:16:52.578 MOURN THE LOSS OF SUMMER. 504 00:16:52.578 --> 00:16:54.980 FOR ISLAND AIR, WINTER IS A 505 00:16:54.980 --> 00:16:58.684 WELCOME RESPITE. 506 00:16:58.684 --> 00:17:01.220 THEIR SCHEDULE SLOWS DOWN. 507 00:17:01.220 --> 00:17:03.222 AND THEY HAVE TIME TO ENJOY 508 00:17:03.222 --> 00:17:05.891 ALL THAT KODIAK HAS TO OFFER. 509 00:17:05.891 --> 00:17:07.993 FRANK: WELL, WHAT A DAY, HUH? 510 00:17:07.993 --> 00:17:10.062 NARRATOR: TODAY, BOB IS HUNTING 511 00:17:10.062 --> 00:17:11.897 BISON WITH GUIDE AND LONG-TIME 512 00:17:11.897 --> 00:17:14.199 FRIEND FRANK BISHOP. 513 00:17:14.199 --> 00:17:15.234 FRANK: RIGHT THERE IN THE 514 00:17:15.234 --> 00:17:16.301 MIDDLE, BOB. JUST WAIT TILL HE 515 00:17:16.301 --> 00:17:17.569 GETS IN THE OPEN. 516 00:17:17.569 --> 00:17:19.772 OK. OK. ALL RIGHT. 517 00:17:19.772 --> 00:17:20.906 BOB: HE'S STOPPED NOW. 518 00:17:20.906 --> 00:17:22.141 FRANK: OK. RIGHT. 519 00:17:25.844 --> 00:17:27.413 [FIRES] 520 00:17:27.413 --> 00:17:29.848 ALL RIGHT. GOOD SHOT. GOOD SHOT! 521 00:17:29.848 --> 00:17:31.250 BOB: HE'S DOWN. 522 00:17:31.250 --> 00:17:32.918 I STILL GET EXCITED. ADRENALINE 523 00:17:32.918 --> 00:17:33.786 WAS FLOWING PRETTY GOOD. 524 00:17:33.786 --> 00:17:35.120 ONE SHOT, BOOM, DOWN. 525 00:17:35.120 --> 00:17:36.922 FRANK: ALL RIGHT, THAT'S, UH-- 526 00:17:36.922 --> 00:17:38.724 YOU JUST PUT 450 POUNDS OF MEAT 527 00:17:38.724 --> 00:17:40.726 IN YOUR FREEZER. NOW THE WORK 528 00:17:40.726 --> 00:17:42.661 STARTS, BUDDY. [LAUGHS] 529 00:17:42.661 --> 00:17:43.762 BOB: YOU KNOW, I SPEND SO MUCH 530 00:17:43.762 --> 00:17:45.097 FLYING OTHER HUNTERS AND 531 00:17:45.097 --> 00:17:46.765 FISHERMAN, SO, A DAY LIKE TODAY 532 00:17:46.765 --> 00:17:49.101 WHEN I CAN GET OUT AND HONESTLY 533 00:17:49.101 --> 00:17:51.070 JUST ENJOY THE QUIET, THE 534 00:17:51.070 --> 00:17:52.738 OUTDOORS. OH, YEAH, IT'S SOUL 535 00:17:52.738 --> 00:17:55.841 FILLING. THIS IS WHY I'M HERE. 536 00:17:55.841 --> 00:17:57.676 THAT WILL FILL A FREEZER. 537 00:17:57.676 --> 00:17:58.610 FRANK: RIGHT. 538 00:17:58.610 --> 00:17:59.645 BOB: LET'S GO GET THE EQUIPMENT. 539 00:17:59.645 --> 00:18:00.612 LET'S GET IT DRESSED UP. 540 00:18:00.612 --> 00:18:01.547 FRANK: ALL RIGHT. 541 00:18:01.547 --> 00:18:02.981 NARRATOR: HOPEFULLY PETER AND 542 00:18:02.981 --> 00:18:04.416 ERIK ARE HAVING THE SAME LUCK 543 00:18:04.416 --> 00:18:06.118 WITH THEIR HUNT. 544 00:18:08.454 --> 00:18:10.456 THEY'RE TRYING TO BAG SOME DUCKS 545 00:18:10.456 --> 00:18:12.458 IN PHOENIX BAY WITH GUIDE LUKE 546 00:18:12.458 --> 00:18:13.625 RANDALL. 547 00:18:13.625 --> 00:18:14.960 LUKE: DUCK HUNTING FOR SOME 548 00:18:14.960 --> 00:18:16.462 PEOPLE IS VERY DIFFICULT. 549 00:18:16.462 --> 00:18:17.963 THESE DUCKS FLY PRETTY FAST 550 00:18:17.963 --> 00:18:19.431 COMPARED TO A LOT OF OTHER 551 00:18:19.431 --> 00:18:21.467 AREAS, SO YOU GOTTA CONSTANTLY 552 00:18:21.467 --> 00:18:23.135 BE LOOKING WHERE THEY'RE COMING 553 00:18:23.135 --> 00:18:24.436 FROM. 554 00:18:28.540 --> 00:18:29.808 ERIK: GOT A COUPLE. 555 00:18:29.808 --> 00:18:30.909 PETER: DID YOU GET BOTH OF 556 00:18:30.909 --> 00:18:31.844 THOSE? I THINK I GOT ONE OF 557 00:18:31.844 --> 00:18:32.845 THOSE. 558 00:18:32.845 --> 00:18:33.979 ERIK: I THINK THOSE ARE ALL ME 559 00:18:33.979 --> 00:18:35.180 SO FAR. 560 00:18:37.349 --> 00:18:38.450 THEY'RE COMING. READY? 561 00:18:38.450 --> 00:18:39.985 PETER: YEAH. 562 00:18:45.390 --> 00:18:47.392 ERIK: I'D CALL IT GOOD SHOOTING, 563 00:18:47.392 --> 00:18:50.996 BUT WE GOT A COUPLE 564 00:18:50.996 --> 00:18:52.898 THINK I'M IN THE LEAD, PETER. 565 00:18:52.898 --> 00:18:55.000 PETER: I'LL GET YA. 566 00:18:56.869 --> 00:18:57.870 THAT ONE'S MINE. 567 00:18:57.870 --> 00:18:59.004 ERIK: GOOD SHOT! 568 00:18:59.004 --> 00:19:01.874 PETER: TIED IT UP. 569 00:19:01.874 --> 00:19:03.942 HERE THEY COME. 570 00:19:06.245 --> 00:19:07.246 THAT ONE'S MINE. 571 00:19:07.246 --> 00:19:08.881 ERIK: I KNOW. 572 00:19:13.285 --> 00:19:14.686 LUKE: YOU GUYS STILL DID GOOD, 573 00:19:14.686 --> 00:19:15.854 ALL IN ALL. I MEAN, YOU SHOULD 574 00:19:15.854 --> 00:19:16.955 SEE SOME OF MY PROFESSIONAL DUCK 575 00:19:16.955 --> 00:19:17.956 HUNTERS. 576 00:19:17.956 --> 00:19:18.957 ERIK: GOOD JOB. 577 00:19:18.957 --> 00:19:20.459 PETER: HEY. 578 00:19:20.459 --> 00:19:21.793 I DO ENJOY GETTING OUT AND GOING 579 00:19:21.793 --> 00:19:23.061 HUNTING. YOU KNOW, JUST SEE SOME 580 00:19:23.061 --> 00:19:24.196 OF THE LAND WHERE YOU'RE NOT 581 00:19:24.196 --> 00:19:25.864 GONNA SEE ANYBODY ELSE. JUST 582 00:19:25.864 --> 00:19:28.534 THESE CONSTANT ADVENTURES. 583 00:19:28.534 --> 00:19:30.369 NARRATOR: THE WINTER MONTHS MEAN 584 00:19:30.369 --> 00:19:32.404 REST AND RELAXATION FOR THE 585 00:19:32.404 --> 00:19:34.473 ENTIRE ISLAND AIR TEAM. 586 00:19:34.473 --> 00:19:35.474 >> JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH, 587 00:19:35.474 --> 00:19:37.809 IT SLOWS WAY DOWN. YOU KNOW, THE 588 00:19:37.809 --> 00:19:39.711 WHOLE HEARTBEAT OF THE ISLAND 589 00:19:39.711 --> 00:19:42.281 IS VERY SLOW. 590 00:19:45.150 --> 00:19:46.985 NARRATOR: EVERYONE KNOWS HOW 591 00:19:46.985 --> 00:19:48.654 THEY WANT TO SPEND THEIR 592 00:19:48.654 --> 00:19:49.955 UPCOMING DOWNTIME. 593 00:19:49.955 --> 00:19:51.190 BOB: I GET LONGER NAPS IN THE 594 00:19:51.190 --> 00:19:53.892 AFTERNOON. THAT'S WHAT I GET. 595 00:19:53.892 --> 00:19:55.994 NARRATOR: SOME FOCUS ON WORK. 596 00:19:55.994 --> 00:19:57.896 ERIK: WE HAD A REAL BUSY SUMMER 597 00:19:57.896 --> 00:19:59.064 AND NOW WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING 598 00:19:59.064 --> 00:20:00.199 SOME MORE PLANES ON LINE, AND 599 00:20:00.199 --> 00:20:01.533 WE'RE ALREADY LOOKING FORWARD 600 00:20:01.533 --> 00:20:02.601 TO NEXT SUMMER. 601 00:20:02.601 --> 00:20:04.736 SOME ON IMPROVING THEIR SKILLS. 602 00:20:04.736 --> 00:20:06.004 BEN: IT'LL PROBABLY TAKE ABOUT 603 00:20:06.004 --> 00:20:08.340 TWO MONTHS TO TRAIN UP IN THE 604 00:20:08.340 --> 00:20:10.676 PULL PLANE. SO I'LL BE UP TO 605 00:20:10.676 --> 00:20:11.777 SPEED BY SPRING. 606 00:20:11.777 --> 00:20:13.078 NARRATOR: SOME ON THEIR SOCIAL 607 00:20:13.078 --> 00:20:14.012 LIFE. 608 00:20:14.012 --> 00:20:14.813 DAVID: WE'LL HAVE BONFIRES AT 609 00:20:14.813 --> 00:20:17.216 THE BEACH OR GO AND VISIT THE 610 00:20:17.216 --> 00:20:19.418 LOCAL BREWERY. WE HAVE GOOD 611 00:20:19.418 --> 00:20:20.419 TIMES. 612 00:20:20.419 --> 00:20:21.887 NARRATOR: SOME ON TRIPS. 613 00:20:21.887 --> 00:20:22.988 PETER: NOW'S THE TIME OF THE 614 00:20:22.988 --> 00:20:24.089 YEAR WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO 615 00:20:24.089 --> 00:20:25.757 START TAKING VACATIONS AND GOING 616 00:20:25.757 --> 00:20:27.759 AND WARMING UP AND THAWING OUT. 617 00:20:27.759 --> 00:20:29.494 AND IT'S AMAZING HOW JUST A DAY 618 00:20:29.494 --> 00:20:32.264 OR TWO OFF THE ROCK WILL MAKE 619 00:20:32.264 --> 00:20:34.399 YOU WANT TO BE RIGHT BACK HERE. 620 00:20:34.399 --> 00:20:36.468 NARRATOR: SOME ON ADVENTURES. 621 00:20:36.468 --> 00:20:37.669 ADAM: SO I'VE GOT A BIG TRIP 622 00:20:37.669 --> 00:20:38.737 PLANNED IN MARCH. I'M GONNA TRY 623 00:20:38.737 --> 00:20:40.105 TO FLY THE IDITAROD WITH A 624 00:20:40.105 --> 00:20:41.440 COUPLE OF FRIENDS, AND WE'LL 625 00:20:41.440 --> 00:20:42.708 HANG OUT AND SEE WHAT THAT'S 626 00:20:42.708 --> 00:20:43.842 LIKE. 627 00:20:43.842 --> 00:20:45.444 NARRATOR: AND SOME JUST WANT TO 628 00:20:45.444 --> 00:20:46.445 RELAX. 629 00:20:46.445 --> 00:20:48.280 EMILY: AFTER OUR SUMMER, WE ALL 630 00:20:48.280 --> 00:20:50.949 NEED SOME KIND OF A REST. I JUST 631 00:20:50.949 --> 00:20:52.618 TELL PEOPLE THAT IT'S OUR TIME 632 00:20:52.618 --> 00:20:53.952 TO HIBERNATE. 633 00:20:53.952 --> 00:20:55.454 NARRATOR: AS KODIAK SETTLES IN 634 00:20:55.454 --> 00:20:57.289 FOR THE LONG WINTER, BOB 635 00:20:57.289 --> 00:20:59.625 STANFORD WILL STAY BUSY FLYING 636 00:20:59.625 --> 00:21:03.128 NECESSITIES AROUND THE ISLAND. 637 00:21:03.128 --> 00:21:05.464 BOB: KILOS, OH, ABOUT A MILE 638 00:21:05.464 --> 00:21:08.300 SHORT OF LEFT CAPE. 639 00:21:08.300 --> 00:21:09.968 NARRATOR: SLOWING DOWN IS NOT 640 00:21:09.968 --> 00:21:12.137 IN HIS NATURE. 641 00:21:12.137 --> 00:21:13.071 BOB: I DON'T THINK MY BUCKET 642 00:21:13.071 --> 00:21:14.740 WILL EVER BE FULL. THERE'S 643 00:21:14.740 --> 00:21:17.142 ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW. BUT AS I 644 00:21:17.142 --> 00:21:19.211 GET OLDER, MY LIST OF ITEMS DID 645 00:21:19.211 --> 00:21:21.213 CHANGE. IF YOU CAN SURVIVE THIS 646 00:21:21.213 --> 00:21:22.781 LONG ENOUGH, YOU GET A LITTLE 647 00:21:22.781 --> 00:21:24.116 DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. IT'S A 648 00:21:24.116 --> 00:21:26.451 LOT WIDER-ANGLE LENS, SO... 649 00:21:26.451 --> 00:21:27.486 ONLY PLANE IN THE WORLD 650 00:21:27.486 --> 00:21:29.655 YOU CAN... 651 00:21:29.655 --> 00:21:31.156 HANG YOUR ELBOW OUT THE 652 00:21:31.156 --> 00:21:32.691 WINDOW. 653 00:21:32.691 --> 00:21:35.193 WHEN I GET TO THE OLD FOLKS HOME 654 00:21:35.193 --> 00:21:36.628 THERE'LL BE PLENTY OF STORIES. 655 00:21:36.628 --> 00:21:38.630 THAT'S WHAT THIS JOB HAS GIVEN 656 00:21:38.630 --> 00:21:40.132 ME. THAT'S BEEN THE BEAUTY OF 657 00:21:40.132 --> 00:21:42.801 IT. EVERY DAY IS DIFFERENT. 658 00:21:42.801 --> 00:21:44.002 STILL IS.