Patinthedesert Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Just to let fellow sim pilots know. A new TV series on the air. Called RFDS or Royal Flying Doctor Service. Takes place in Australia, where in the rugged outback, the medical emergency people can fly to remote locations. You can decide whether you like the human drama in the shows but it features nice shots of Beech King Airs flying around and rugged Australian scenery. I believe it is available on PBS. I see it with a subscription to PBS Masterpiece on Amazon Prime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herc79 Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Hmm, yes, there used to be a TV show, half hour long, featuring rescues in New Zealand by these people: https://rescuehelicopter.com.au/our-stories/ They often featured BK-117 being used for medical evacuations, but a few fixed wing turboprops made an appearance too. Then there was Inside Combat Rescue, which featured a USAF Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk crews with PJ's doing rescues in Afghanistan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside_Combat_Rescue Watching someone try to put IV needles into someone, rig up the bags and tubes, with zero floorspace, in a very loud moving aircraft, while people struggle with their lives... unforgetable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgf Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Being old as dirt, when I think of aircraft on TV it's, "Out of the blue of the western sky comes... Sky King!"His aircraft was a Cessna 310, the "Songbird". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lnuss Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 (edited) Being older than dirt I recall when Sky King was on radio, then later on TV with a Cessna Bobcat (T-50 Bamboo Bomber) before he switched to the Cessna 310. I also remember Whirlybirds (with the Bell 47) on TV, just a little later. After writing the above I wondered if I recalled correctly on the Bobcat, so I looked at Wikipedia and confirmed it, as well as this statement, which I had not known: The craft was a World War II surplus UC-78B, owned by legendary Hollywood pilot Paul Mantz[13] and flown by employees of his Paul Mantz Aerial Services for filming the flying sequences. And it also said: The best-known Songbird was a 1957[3] twin-engine Cessna 310B used in episodes 40 through 72. It was the second production 310B (tail number N5348A), provided by Cessna at no cost to the producers and piloted by Cessna's national sales manager for the 310, Bill Fergusson. Fergusson got the job after the motion picture pilot already selected was deemed unqualified to land the airplane at some of the off-airport sites required. Some months after a library of stock footage had been compiled, additional sequences were filmed using a different airplane.[15] Cockpit sequences were filmed using the static test fuselage, also provided by Cessna.[16] The original 310B was eventually destroyed in a crash at Delano, California, in 1962, which killed its owner-pilot.[17] A 1962 310D took its place.[3] A third 310, “Song Bird III,†was used for publicity photos. It is still flying today, making appearances at airshows in a modified Sky King livery.[3] Edited January 11, 2022 by lnuss Larry N. As Skylab would say: Remember: Aviation is NOT an exact Science! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrzippy Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Being older dirt....there was Captain Midnight and his Silver Dart! Still thinking about a new flightsim only computer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lnuss Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 I'd heard about Captain Midnight, but neither the radio nor the TV version made it to our small town in Texas -- didn't even get TV until 1953, and we got a set a year later -- and I notice that Wikipedia says they featured (as you picture) the Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket, which of course was somewhat futuristic at the time. Larry N. As Skylab would say: Remember: Aviation is NOT an exact Science! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head In The Clouds Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Isn't this more an outer marker post? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g7rta Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Isn't this more an outer marker post? Well it’s certainly not FS2020 :) Regards Steve Intel I9-13900K - Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX - 64Gb DDR5 5600Mhz - Asus RTX4090 ROG STRIX 24GB 3x 43” Panasonic 4k TVs - Corsair RMx 1200W PSU - 2 x 2TB M.2, 2 x 4TB SATA III and 1 x 4TB M.2 SSDs. Pico 4 VR Headset - Honeycomb Alpha Yoke - Honeycomb Bravo Throttle Unit Thrustmaster TPR Rudder Pedals - Saitek Throttles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrzippy Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Isn't this more an outer marker post? Sent a Report. Maybe Dom will move it! ;) Still thinking about a new flightsim only computer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head In The Clouds Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Sent a Report. Maybe Dom will move it! ;) Yeah, people need to start reading the sections they can post in. Its getting old with people posting anywhere about anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head In The Clouds Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Well it’s certainly not FS2020 :) Regards Steve Exactly! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColR1948 Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 I remember as a kid there used to be a flying doctor series on TV here in the UK, I can't remember what aircraft they used though, I wasn't that interested then. Col. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrzippy Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 I remember as a kid there used to be a flying doctor series on TV here in the UK, I can't remember what aircraft they used though, I wasn't that interested then. Col. This one, Colin?? Still thinking about a new flightsim only computer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mallcott Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 I remember as a kid there used to be a flying doctor series on TV here in the UK, I can't remember what aircraft they used though, I wasn't that interested then. Col. The series was called: The Flying Doctors and was an Aussie series which ran from 1986-1992. They flew GAF Nomad's. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GAF_Nomad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankPilot Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 https://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/showthread.php?336066-King-Air Frank’s MS Flight Sim https://youtube.com/channel/UCqCzobOlQLeGycCFnavVrPg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DominicS Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 I remember watching this as a kid in the late 80s. Great fun, even if some of the "stuff" was a wee bit suspect. Took the liberty of moving the thread here as it's not really MSFS material. Dom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mallcott Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 https://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/showthread.php?336066-King-Air I don't recall them EVER flying the King Air? Are we talking about the same show? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColR1948 Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 @MrZippy TY Charlie, yes that was the one, it came flooding back once it started and I remembered the blind man in it too. I still don't know what aircraft that is they were flying? Col. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrzippy Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 @MrZippy TY Charlie, yes that was the one, it came flooding back once it started and I remembered the blind man in it too. I still don't know what aircraft that is they were flying? Col. Easy-Peasy! It is a de Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover. Still thinking about a new flightsim only computer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColR1948 Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 TY my mate, there isn't much you don't know. Col. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrzippy Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 TY my mate, there isn't much you don't know. Col. Looked in the mirror this morning and didn't recognize who was looking back at me! :eek: Still thinking about a new flightsim only computer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patinthedesert Posted January 17, 2022 Author Share Posted January 17, 2022 I was posting about a NEW show that some might want to take a look at. But it got taken over by nostalgia. If you want to give it a look it is RFDS from Australia, showing in the places that I mentioned in the OP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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