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Created by
  
Discovery Channel

No. of episodes
  
31

Country of origin
  
United States

Final episode date
  
July 20, 2012


Original language(s)
  
English

Name
  
Flying Alaska

No. of seasons
  
3

Role
  
Television Series

Language
  
English

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Genres
  
documentary film, Reality television

Episodes
  
8 End of an EraSeason 3 - Jul 20 - 2012, 8 End of an Era, 7 Into the WindSeason 3 - Jul 20 - 2012, 7 Into the Wind, 6 Radio SilenceSeason 3 - Jul 13 - 2012, 6 Radio Silence, 5 Money PitSeason 3 - Jul 6 - 2012, 5 Money Pit, 4 Return to DiomedeSeason 3 - Jun 29 - 2012, 4 Return to Diomede, 3 Zero Cabin PressureSeason 3 - Jun 22 - 2012, 3 Zero Cabin Pressure, 2 Solar Flare DangerSeason 3 - Jun 15 - 2012, 2 Solar Flare Danger, 1 Running Out of TimeSeason 3 - Jun 8 - 2012, 1 Running Out of Time, 13 One Flying FamilySeason 2 - Jan 20 - 2012, 13 One Flying Family, 12 New Wings Over AlaskaSeason 2 - Jan 13 - 2012, 12 New Wings Over Alaska, 11 Prop - Drop & BallSeason 2 - Jan 6 - 2012, 11 Prop - Drop & Ball, 10 Cakes on a PlaneSeason 2 - Dec 30 - 2011, 10 Cakes on a Plane, 9 BreakupSeason 2 - Dec 23 - 2011, 9 Breakup, 8 Top of the WorldSeason 2 - Dec 16 - 2011, 8 Top of the World, 7 Guts and GlorySeason 2 - Dec 9 - 2011, 7 Guts and Glory, 6 Blizzard BBQSeason 2 - Dec 2 - 2011, 6 Blizzard BBQ, 5 Every Dog Has Its DaySeason 2 - Nov 25 - 2011, 5 Every Dog Has Its Day, 4 ERA Alaska Rises AgainSeason 2 - Nov 18 - 2011, 4 ERA Alaska Rises Again, 3 Money in the SkySeason 2 - Nov 11 - 2011, 3 Money in the Sky, 2 Tomorrow IslandSeason 2 - Nov 4 - 2011, 2 Tomorrow Island, 1 Arctic WindsSeason 2 - Oct 28 - 2011, 1 Arctic Winds, 10 Goodbye SunSeason 1 - Mar 20 - 2011, 10 Goodbye Sun, 9 Trick or TwetoSeason 1 - Mar 11 - 2011, 9 Trick or Tweto, 8 Bush BrawlSeason 1 - Mar 3 - 2011, 8 Bush Brawl, 7 Deep FreezeSeason 1 - Feb 25 - 2011, 7 Deep Freeze, 6 Greenhorn BenSeason 1 - Feb 18 - 2011, 6 Greenhorn Ben, 5 Tundra TaxisSeason 1 - Feb 11 - 2011, 5 Tundra Taxis, 4 Indian SummerSeason 1 - Feb 4 - 2011, 4 Indian Summer, 3 Blow It UpSeason 1 - Jan 28 - 2011, 3 Blow It Up, 2 Life or DeathSeason 1 - Jan 21 - 2011, 2 Life or Death, 1 Meet the TwetosSeason 1 - Jan 14 - 2011, 1 Meet the Twetos

Similar
  
Alaska Wing Men, Ice Pilots NWT, Alaska State Troopers, Dangerous Flights, Deadliest Catch

First episode date
  
January 14, 2011

Program creator
  
Discovery Channel

Location(s)
  
Alaska, United States

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Flying Wild Alaska is a documentary television series that aired on Discovery Channel in 2011 and 2012.

Contents

Flying Wild Alaska Talking Wild with Ariel Tweto The Dodgy

The show features the Tweto family from Unalakleet, Alaska who run the Alaska airline Era Alaska. They operate the hub operations from Unalakleet. The show also features other segments from their bases in Barrow, Deadhorse, and other places.

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Facts

It's a documentary television series which aired on Discovery Channel in 2011 and 2012.

This series shows life of the 'Tweto family' from Unalakleet, Alaska.

In this series 'Tweto family' runs the Alaskan airlines Era Alaska.

The series shows Jim Tweto as the COO of the airlines.

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Tweto family

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  • Jim Tweto, the COO of the airline, was born in Wichita, Kansas, but his family moved to Silver Bay, Minnesota shortly after his birth. He then moved to Anchorage, Alaska at the age of 18 with a hockey scholarship at the University of Alaska-Anchorage. Shortly after moving, he realized his true passion was aviation, and in 1980 moved to Unalakleet, Alaska, where he met his wife Ferno. He became the COO of Era when the Frontier Flying Service, Era Aviation, and Hageland Aviation merged in 2009, becoming the largest regional airline in Alaska.
  • Ferno Tweto, the Unalakleet station manager and wife of COO Jim Tweto, was born in Anchorage and raised in Unalakleet. Ferno is also a pilot, earning her pilot certificate from a school in Everett, Washington in 1981. Ferno met Jim when he came to Unalakleet in 1980, and they married eight years later in 1988. They have worked together side by side ever since and have three daughters, two of whom are showcased on the show.
  • Ariel Tweto is part of the Unalakleet ground crew, and is Jim and Ferno's second child. Like her mother, she ran cross-country and has run every day since 2002. She was also a contestant on the ABC game show Wipeout in 2008 and 2009. The 2011–2012 season of Flying Wild Alaska depicted Ariel taking flight training to earn her pilot's license. Her instructor, featured in the show, is Chelsea Abingdon Welch. Ariel received her private pilot certificate on April 21, 2012. Ariel became a frequent guest on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, even joining Ferguson for a time during his week of episodes in Scotland in 2012 and near the end of Ferguson's tenure in December 2014.
  • Ayla Tweto, like her sister, is part of the Unalakleet ground crew. Now living in Anchorage, she is studying to be a paramedic. She visits the rest of her family in Unalakleet every weekend and has her private pilot's certificate.

    • Others

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    The show also features other various pilots from cities all around Alaska.

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    Pamyua has provided background music for Flying Wild Alaska.

  • Jared Cummings, pilot for Era based out of Kotzebue. Specializing in off-airport landings, he also owns and operates his own company known as the Golden Eagle Outfitters.
  • Sarah Fraher, pilot based out of St Mary's.
  • Luke Hickerson, lead pilot and check airman based out of Barrow.
  • Ben Pedersen, pilot based out of Unalakleet.
  • John Ponts, pilot based out of Barrow. He is a former pro-skateboarder from San Diego who caught a bug for flying after earning his pilot's license in an attempt to spot empty swimming pools to skate in from the air.
  • Erik Snuggerud, lead pilot based out of Bethel.
  • Doug Stewart, pilot based out of Nome.
  • Nick Stone, co-pilot based out of Nome.
  • Chelsea Abingdon Welch, flight instructor out of Unalakleet

    • References

    Flying Wild Alaska Wikipedia
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