The power of reality TV

Posted at 12:19 PM on April 6, 2011 by Bob Collins (2 Comments)
Filed under: Aviation, Media

"He doesn't sound drunk. He doesn't sound stoned. He sounds like a jerk." That's a classic New York cop response to a joyriding pilot who landed on a Long Island beach last night.

What doesn't make a lot of sense is how Jason Maloney got a pilot's license in the first place? He seems relatively clueless on the rules.

He told the police he got the idea from a reality-TV show called Flying Wild Alaska.

The gentleman in the reality show is 1,000 times the professional pilot that the New York pilot is. And New York isn't Alaska.

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Comments (2)

BTW (local connection) the pilot of the 180 featured in Flying Wild Alaska is originally from Two Harbors, MN.

Jason also seems clueless to the fact that landing a Warrior on a beach is pretty much a one-way ride...

Posted by Mitch | April 6, 2011 2:20 PM

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Jim Tweto? I had no idea. I watched the series and saw no mention of it. I always though if I were a young man, I'd be an Alaska bush pilot. The scenes of what they ate in the series made me drop that idea.

Posted by Bob Collins | April 6, 2011 2:34 PM

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