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Post by Rock » Tue Feb 26, 2008 11:49 pm

Below is the link to a fantastic show that has been aired on Discovery Canada. Just watched the last episode tonight and I've got to say that it's by far the best Fighter Pilot Documentary that I've seen yet.

The series follows eight pilots as they attempt to become CF-18 Fighter pilots over the course of the nine month program. It is on location at the 410 Cougars Fighter Squadron in Cold Lake Alberta and has some fantastic footage.

Hopefully it will be on again and if nothing else it would be great to be able to purchase the series. Here is the link to the website:

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Post by Tailhook » Wed Feb 27, 2008 2:52 pm

I take it you haven't seen Speed & Angels yet?
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Post by Rock » Wed Feb 27, 2008 4:00 pm

Tailhook wrote:I take it you haven't seen Speed & Angels yet?
I have seen pretty much all of the prerelease clips which started over 3 years ago and slowly were added to as time went on. In fact I saved a bunch of the original ones and have them somewhere on disc. It looks very good and it would be cool to see the entire video. As I understand it the movie is being released today and you can order it now for June '08?

Do you ask this because you have seen both Jetstream (the series is about 8 to 10 episodes I believe) and Speed and Angels completely and are able to compare both of them side by side? Or are you asking having only seen the video clips of Speed and Angels and none of Jetstream?
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Post by Lawndart » Thu Jul 07, 2011 11:57 pm

Follow 7 Canadian F-18 pilot trainees and see who can make the grade!

Thanks to SE for sharing this. I just finished watching the entire series. A real "snake"... Superior! 8)

Videos in this playlist: 8
Total length: 6 hours (46 mins per episode)

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Post by Grab » Fri Jul 08, 2011 12:18 am

Well guess I'm not doing anything for the next 8 hours....
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Post by Lawndart » Fri Jul 08, 2011 3:55 pm

Did you finish yet? It took me two days (had to work). :lol:
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Post by Beaker » Fri Jul 08, 2011 6:25 pm

I've seen this series and Speed & Angels... both are good. Speed & Angels, in my opinion, is a better documentary. Jetstream is over-dramatized for TV.
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Post by Rhino » Fri Jul 08, 2011 7:05 pm

Got done watching it today. Thought the name "Jobin" sounded familiar so went back through my airshow pics. Sure enough, found it was his jet at the Quebec show I went to in '08, from the squadron at Bagotville.

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Yanick "Crank" Gregoire (one of the instructors at 409 in the series) has been a member of the Snowbirds for the last 2 seasons, flying the first line astern position (#4). He was also the CF-18 demo pilot in 2007. If any of you VTB went to Nellis in 2007, he was the pilot.

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Tim "Donor" Woods (instructor) was also a CF-18 demo pilot in 2009.
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Post by Lawndart » Fri Jul 08, 2011 9:41 pm

Some nice research there. So, "Crank" was at the 409 Sqn in the series (featured briefly at the end of Ep. 8 ), not 410 Sqn?
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Post by Rhino » Fri Jul 08, 2011 11:29 pm

Lawndart wrote:Some nice research there. So, "Crank" was at the 409 Sqn in the series (featured briefly at the end of Ep. 8 ), not 410 Sqn?
Typo. He was definitely with 410 Sqn. You can see the demo jet on the ramp during some of the show.

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Post by Grab » Sat Jul 09, 2011 1:46 pm

Finished it last night and I really enjoyed it. Sure it was a little over dramatized for TV, but no more so than any other show if its genre.

Seems like Canada gets all the cool aviation shows... :(
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Post by Frazer » Sun Jul 10, 2011 1:23 pm

Really cool documentary! Dramatized of course, but still not too bad.
I arrived at Ep. 8 (started last night :lol:), thanks for sharing this Rock!
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Post by Ells » Tue Jul 12, 2011 7:31 pm

I have the Jetstream series on DVD (you can order for international shipping), and have had it for several years now since they aired it here in the UK.

One of the best series I've seen (UK Tornado and Typhoon series included) and also taught me a lot about combat flying.

You can order the DVD series here:
http://www.papernyfilms.com/store#ecwid ... uct=363167

CAD$49.99
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Post by Lawndart » Tue Nov 22, 2011 4:41 pm

Why is it all good aviation docu-reality shows are from Canada?

Started watching Ice Pilots on the Nat Geo Channel (US). Beats watching Ice Road Truckers! :)
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Post by Teej » Tue Nov 22, 2011 5:11 pm

Lawndart wrote:Why is it all good aviation docu-reality shows are from Canada?
Well, they have to complement docu-fantasy like "The Arrow" (the miniseries with Dan Aykroyd).
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