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What is The Aviators?
The Aviators is a weekly TV series featuring interesting people, the latest aircraft, the coolest technology and the best fly-in destinations.
We will take you behind the scenes to show you how airline pilots train, how planes are built, and how ATC works. We will profile aviation businesses and showcase aviation products. We will provide safety tips for private and recreational pilots and career tips for professional pilots.
The Aviators is all-things-aviation: “For everyone who has ever gazed skywards.”
Where can I watch The Aviators on TV?
The Aviators is a broadcast television series with an estimated weekly US audience of over 9.3 million in almost 3.6 million TV households as reported by Nielsen. In the United States, The Aviators can be seen on over 80% of PBS stations across the country (numbers equalling PBS’ best network programs). Contact your local station [click here] for specific airing information.
The series also airs in Canada six times a week on Travel and Escape.
The Aviators has attracted significant international interest and can be seen throughout Europe, Asia, Australia and Africa on Discovery Channel as well as on broadcasters in several other countries.
How is the show doing?
The first season of The Aviators has been a phenomenal success. Season one episodes have been broadcast more than a whopping 11,000 times to an audience of over 9 million viewers in hundreds of markets across the United States. The Aviators is also an incredible international hit already airing on four continents.
Season two is on pace to outdo season one and brings with it an even broader and more exciting range of topics including a visit to MCAS Miramar (formerly known as Top Gun), a day in the life of an air show, an exclusive visit with the LAPD’s aerial unit, and lots and lots of flying!
What if I can’t find The Aviators on TV where I live?
Emails to your local public television station have so far proven to be very effective in influencing station program directors to air The Aviators. If your station isn’t airing the show yet click here to let them know YOU WANT THE AVIATORS! But with over 80% coverage on PBS you might simply have missed airings in your area. Online program schedules have proven to be notorious inaccurate with respect to independent productions such as ours. Contacting your local station directly [click here] is the best way to get the most accurate programming information if you can’t easily find the show in your local listings.
In the meantime, you can always watch full episodes online in our Members Area or even purchase the DVD set of each complete season. If you subscribe to Hulu you can watch The Aviators there too and of course we’re also available on iTunes! So there’s plenty of ways to make sure you get your fill of The Aviators!
When will there be a Season THREE?
After incredibly successful seasons one and two we’re proud to announce that work has begun on season three with plans to premiere across North America in September of 2012.
Watch for us at venues all across the continent as we promote the show and shoot more exciting segments for The Aviators.
What if I have a great story idea for the show?
If you have an interesting aircraft, aviation business, destination, or story that you think might suit one of our segments, we’d love to hear from you. To send us an email click here.
Season 2 Episode Guide
“Fantastically original! You guys have a unique visual-approach to aviation-related subjects. I hope you're carrying enough fuel on board because, your flight is going to be a long one.”
2.01 Aviation 101: An explanation of some of the very basics of aviation.
Host profiles: A closer look at some of the hosts of The Aviators including Sara,
Kurtis, Anthony, and new host, country music singer George Canyon.
2.02 ATC gibberish: Breaking down and simplifying all that complex sounding radio chatter.
Water egress: Sara learns how to escape from a submerged aircraft.
Condor Squadron: Taking to the air with a team of formation pilots flying WW2 era planes.
2.03 Can a kid land an airliner?: A follow up to some of the popular sim segments from
season one, but this time with a 12 year old at the controls!
Flight services: Kurtis shows us the many important functions of this often
overlooked aspect of Air Traffic Control services.
$100 hamburger: A pilot expression for an aviation food-run. Anthony and Raeleen
dig in at Greenville, SC.
2.04 Private pilot emergency: Anthony closes the season 2 sim segments by having
everything but the kitchen sink thrown at him. Can he do it?
MCAS Miramar (formerly Top Gun): Spending the day with US Marine fighter pilots at
their legendary base.
2.05 Day in the life of an air show (Part 1 of 2): We take you behind the scenes for an
exclusive look at the inner workings of one of America’s biggest air shows.
2.06 Day in the life of an air show (Part 2 of 2): The exciting conclusion to the two-part
special including an up-close look at the U.S. Navy Blue Angels.
2.07 AOPA Summit: The annual event of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association.
LAPD: We take you inside the aerial unit of the Los Angeles Police Department to
see how the world’s largest police fleet helps to catch bad guys.
Red Bull Air Racer Pete McLeod: Jeff talks to the Red Bull Air Racer about life as
a high-adrenalin, competitive flyer.
2.08 Triple Tree Aerodrome: A look at one of the most meticulously maintained grass runways
anywhere at what we discovered to be a pure haven for lovers of aviation and the outdoors.
Blue Angels’ Fat Albert: All aboard Fat Albert Airlines, the Blue Angels’
incredible USMC C130T.
Yak 52W: Sara meets Peyton McCool and literally takes a spin in his Soviet-era trainer.
2.09 Dream flight of a lifetime: Twenty pilots attend a T33 Silverstar ground school but only
one will win a chance to actually fly it.
Aeroshell Aerobatic Team: Raeleen goes flying with these rock stars of the air show circuit.
Remote control aircraft: We visit the Joe Nall event, the “Oshkosh” of RC flying.
2.10 Aircraft ownership: Kurtis exploring the varied costs and entry points of flying for
everyone from the weekend warrior to the rich and famous.
Airpark living: When your driveway is a runway, life is good… and as airparks go,
this place is Heavenly!
Singles vs Twins: Are two engines really better than one?
2.11 Aircraft engines: Kurtis learns about aircraft power plants from Penn Yan Aero’s Bill
Middlebrook, whose family has a long and rich history in American aviation.
Buying a used aircraft: Anthony shows that buying The Aviators’ new 210 can be just
as simple as buying a used car. And accessorizing it can be just as fun.
Most female friendly airport: Raeleen celebrates women in aviation at the most female
friendly airport in the world.
2.12 Antonov AN-2: We take you flying in this classic Russian workhorse.
iPad in the cockpit: Anthony gets hands-on with the revolutionary tablet device to
show some of the most popular aviation tools available.
Boeing Dreamliner/Pilot Shortage: A look at the future of commercial aviation…
but who will be there to fly these things?
2.13 Cessna 195: Kurtis takes us up in the aircraft that’s a crowd favorite wherever
he takes it.
Aviation Camping: We spend some time with an ever-growing group of people
who use their planes as campers.
World’s Busiest Tower: For one week a year the tower at Oshkosh’s Wittman
Regional Airport becomes the busiest on the planet.
The best show on TV right now! I NEVER miss it. Of course, I'm biased (single engine land rated VFR pilot, currently working on my instrument rating...)
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