Dog fights on the History channel

[Bucksnort101]

No doubt it is cheaper for them to produce Ice Road Truckers than Dogfights, I'm sure that's part of the equation. Ice Road Truckers, give me a break!!!

 

[Matt308]

WTF!!! Why on earth do they cancell all the good shows and send the crappy ones for years and years....?

Short attention span of mindless TV watchers. Most are not watching to learn anything, they are looking for purely banal productions.

 

[Erich]

the whole thing is one fat lady joke, a typical of the media TV stations. whatever sells, and WW 2 doesn't

 

[enven]

History channel is straying from WW2 documentaries, both GROUND and AIR warfare...I grow somewhat displeased with this since I could care less about UFO theories and the bible...and lest I forget...ICE ROAD TRUCKERS.

 

[mkloby]

History channel is straying from WW2 documentaries, both GROUND and AIR warfare...I grow somewhat displeased with this since I could care less about UFO theories and the bible...and lest I forget...ICE ROAD TRUCKERS.

I couldn't agree with you more - Ice Rd Truckers is the most uninteresting crap too - so a dude drives a truck over frozen sh*t!

 

[enven]

Yeah; I pretty much scoff at the fact that these guys are actually spotlighted...

Maybe they should just make a reality show based off of pole climbers (in the snow) and sky-scraper/high-rise construction workers...Who get paid even less than them...and do crazy things.

I'd probably fall asleep there too...

(Don't get me wrong, driving on ice is crazy...but it isn't awing..)

Speaking of dogfights: I really enjoyed the episodes...Flying tigers, and the Bismarck episode...Really good explanation, and pretty accurate...

Wish they had more time in the show to get the ground perspective of both engagements...really cool to hear from multiple sources. (Thats TV for ya.)

 

[Bucksnort101]

Yep, Broadcast TV and Cable is essentially a total waste of time for me now. I'd rather sit in the yard and stare at a Tree to see how much it grows in an evening than waste time sitting on the couch wathcing some bunch of idiots trying to win the Big Prize on some worthless "Reality Show".

 

[enven]

Just play Il2...

 

[Bucksnort101]

Not into Computer games too much either. Would rather be outside anyway. Some day I'll have enough acreage to build myself an outdoor archery range so I can shoot in the backyard to pass the free hours.

 

[enven]

We're going on a tangent:

Nonetheless, that is friggen awesome that you do archery: noseblaster - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

This guy has a really cool photo album!

 

[Bucksnort101]

Traditional Archery only for myself. Would like to see the History Channel do something on that again.
I was eying up the Dogfights web-site a month or two ago and some of the upcoming shows looked promising. Hopefully they will put them out on a DVD like the first years episodes.

 

[Erich]

the whole thing is bogus dead........

 

[Soundbreaker Welch?]

You mean it isn't dead?

On the no room for error episode, they actually say the P-51 was less manuverable than the FW 190-A!

The History Channel gets it right, much to the fans of German aircraft.

 

[Soundbreaker Welch?]

Has anybody seen the next episode "P-51 Mustang?" I'm now worried whether they even did the CGI for the last episodes. Now, no Blue Nose Mustangs or Fw 190D's.

 

[Lucky13]

I couldn't agree with you more - Ice Rd Truckers is the most uninteresting crap too - so a dude drives a truck over frozen sh*t!

Sometimes I wonder if history is getting downgraded by Discovery and History Channel to the benefit crappy reality shows and other nonsense... Shape up guys for f**k sake!

 

[kool kitty89]

Its hard to tell if its been cancelled or if its due to the Writers' Strike...

Anyway here's the episode Erich was referring to:
http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/news/dog-fights-history-channel-8558.html[/url] ) there are interviews from German pilots on this episode:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QyELSlHVAA

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMyYJx7I4i4

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tK4y7M1EDYA

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6Vc3TJXASw

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icHRPZn7u_g

 

[Njaco]

Who needs cable when you have WW2.net and YouTube! Thanks Kool!

 

[kool kitty89]

I personally don't have cable myself, I discovered Dogfights last summer while at a Hotel while on vacation in Washinton D.C. last summer.
In fact it was this trip with visits to the NASM which rekindeled my interest in this subject and led me to this site! (I've always been interesed in aviation as well as history, with both Grandfathers being involved with flying along with a couple close family friends being involved with it, but this really got me interested in the topic again)

 

[Lucky13]

I hope that they'll bring back the series again....it's great!

 

[lesofprimus]

The ELBE episode was great, however the name is still in question.... I believe Erich has info on this that proves the "Detachment ELBE" moniker to be a farce...

I really enjoyed the LW inteviews and honesty about what they did and for what reasons.... I would assume that the tail gunner aboard the B-17 in the last segment was lost, but they didnt say...