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Flying Wild Alaska

The Tweto family transports life's necessities to the isolated rural inhabitants of Alaska's Bering Sea coastline.
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Episodes

  1. S2 E1 - Arctic Winds

    October 27, 2011
    44min
    TV-PG
    Pilot John Ponts fights heavy turbulence and angry passengers during a flight through the Nulato Hills. Meanwhile, Sarah's flight to rescue a villager turns into a fight for survival.
  2. S2 E2 - Tomorrow Island

    November 3, 2011
    44min
    TV-PG
    Two pilots push their limits to land vital vaccines two miles from Russia on Alaska's most treacherous runway. In Unalakleet, Ariel Tweto takes to the skies once again and proves that she still has a lot to learn.
  3. S2 E3 - Money in the Sky

    November 10, 2011
    44min
    TV-PG
    Luke delivers the first-ever ATM with a planeload of cash to Wainwright and Erik delivers critical supplies before a spring storm hits.
  4. S2 E4 - Era Alaska Rises Again

    November 17, 2011
    44min
    TV-PG
    Era Alaska is back and after two months of darkness, the villages of Western Alaska are desperate for supplies.
  5. S2 E5 - Every Dog Has Its Day

    November 24, 2011
    44min
    TV-PG
    The Tweto family runs with the reindeer in Anchorage and a tsunami warning threatens the west coast while the Iditarod dog sled race is in town.
  6. S2 E6 - Blizzard BBQ

    December 1, 2011
    44min
    TV-PG
    Ben and Erik fight dangerous conditions as a late winter storm threatens to shut down Era Alaska's operations.
  7. S2 E7 - Guts and Glory

    December 8, 2011
    44min
    TV-PG
    Jim flies a group of world-renowned rock climbers into the remote Brooks Range while Luke takes a whaling crew over the icy sea to hunt Bowhead whales.
  8. S2 E8 - Top of the World

    December 15, 2011
    44min
    TV-PG
    Jim searches for a group of lost mountain climbers in Brooks Range and a pilot attempts to set a world speed record to the North Pole.
  9. S2 E9 - Breakup

    December 22, 2011
    44min
    TV-PG
    Era Alaska delivers aid to a village devastated by heavy flooding and Jim's prized Cessna 180 goes up in smoke.
  10. S2 E10 - Cakes on a Plane

    December 29, 2011
    44min
    TV-PG
    Lead pilot Erik battles heavy turbulence while attempting to make a very special delivery and Ariel hits the sky with a new plane with dangerous results.
  11. S2 E11 - Prop, Drop & Bal

    January 5, 2012
    44min
    TV-PG
    John and Justin fly 1,600 pounds of propane to a secluded fishing village and Ariel is challenged to make the perfect landing.
  12. S2 E12 - New Wings Over Alaska

    January 12, 2012
    44min
    TV-PG
    Sarah Fraher has her first flight in a 208 and faces a new set of dangers. Ariel hunts for seagull eggs 50 feet off the ground and Erik Snuggerud fights to keep his plane in the sky over one of Alaska’s most notorious runways.
  13. S2 E13 - One Flying Family

    January 19, 2012
    44min
    TV-PG
    The whole family comes together to ferry fire crews across the state as blazing wildfires rage on.

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