"We all know that the North Atlantic is not a very friendly environment, especially in the winter. Nobody traditionally crosses the North Atlantic with these types of airplanes at that time of year."
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Calm, kind and knowledgeable, Arnie is adored by his co-workers and is a mentor to the younger pilots. Arnie has 37,000 hours in the captain’s seat. He’s seen it all, from crop dusting to fire bombing to ice-strip landings at the top of the world. There isn’t much that can shake this veteran pilot.
This season, even Arnie’s limits will be pushed as he makes the epic winter journey to deliver two waterbombers from Red Deer to Turkey – a trip these short-haul planes were never built to make.
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