I was at a bar in Talkeetna AK in Dec 1980 sitting next to a tipsy bush pilot who described polar bear hunting in Russia. He would declare May Day May Day and land and collect the bear. One time flying back just feet above the ocean, he was in a white out with the client in the back of the Super Cub with the head and skin. The client panicked and tried to climb in the front and grab control of the plane. The pilot had to fight him off. They ended up breaking a side window. The cold sub zero air froze the moisture on his eyes. The client calmed down and they stuffed a sleeping bag in the window and were able to continue back. And just a few weeks ago I was camping at the Page Springs Rec Site near French Glen Oregon and met another bush pilot. He had flown in AK for 26 years and was now the campground host. He talked my ears off after he found out that I had owned a Cessna 120.
When you interview Adam again you should wear a giant fake beard 😮 , i saw your knife in the tire vid, surprisingly thin tread , did you change to a thicker tread ?
I’m an old guy with a couple thousand hours in Cubs and I enjoyed listening to this good ol boy, I miss the Cubs but the 180 w/310 hp is my ride of choice now
Love the videos, but it is strange to see the interviewer not know squat about hunting in Alaska. Weird. Such a great video though. Thank you for making this.
I don’t have many qualifications for this position other than I like to fly planes and I’m persistent enough to get people who don’t want to get filmed to sit down and talk to me.
It’s a beautiful bird for sure. Kind of funny but 50 years ago I bought a Super Cub 150 for $6000, added 8:50 tires and a borer prop, and made a good living flying, freight, hunters, and fishermen out of tight spots up North and things worked just fine. I don’t think anyone today would fly one of these $300,000 Cubs in to those spots
I know a lot of people want to have this censored, but I don't think it's a good idea. Maybe adding a "foul language" warning or something like that. But to me this is a grizzly man, talking about his real-life experiences; it would feel disingenuous to begin censoring it in my opinion. Regardless, I'll watch each episode!
I get what you’re saying. Unfortunately in that part of Alaska with paying clients all the lodges would go out of business if they didn’t operate that way. The clients would never fish and wouldn’t come back next year.
Normal in Alaska or any bush flying is going to be high risk. And in this case high risk means crashes are inevitable, simply due to all the factors and statistical probability.
Airplanes In The Wild is the absolute best channel! you should have way more subscribers! The only channel i can sit and listen to two people just talking for over an hour. Your doing an Awesome job!
Sorry about that. Next time I think what we are going to do is beep out the cus words on RU-vid and leave them on Spotify and other platforms. That way if you want to hear the raw form there is still somewhere to hear it
These are men telling mens stories in the english language. It's always seemed strange, a group of people demands everyone else censor themselves to cater to their own sensibilities. They go as far as to mandate it by legislature, and expunge it from the dictionary, as if it does not exist. This comes across as something ordered by the Pope for the peasants of the Dark Ages. Maybe we march on order for a crusade to Jerusalem next? Just like the good 'ol days, before the word Fuck.
Back in 2009 I was at the Alaska rainbow Lodge. I remember being in a Beaver with Ron Hayes and a young kid who was up for the summer. Ron was teaching him to fly. I remember thinking what a life that kid is going to have in Alaska. Watching this, I am that kid was Adam Grenda. I'm finishing up a Supercub right now and when I'm done I'm heading to Alaska. Maybe I'll get the chance to ask Adam in person if that was him back in 2009. Even better, maybe I can get some lessons