On the Wing
Saison 1 Épisode 7 - Guyana: The Jungle Pilot
Documentaire · Science et Nature
In French Guiana, many villages are still very isolated. For many people, the air is the only way to go shopping, to get medical care, to transport schoolchildren, etc.
Langues Audio: English
Sous-titres: English
Saison 1
S01:E01 - Alaska: Flying on the Edge of Ice
Melissa Burns has chosen the great hostile and untamed spaces of Alaska to indulge her passions for extremes.
S01:E02 - Australia: The Bush Pilot
Clark Butson founded an airline in the heart of Australia's arid desert. Its goal: to unite the isolated communities of the province of Pilbara, in the west of the country.
S01:E03 - Bolivia: The Pilot of Hope
Ivo Daniel Velasquez is an anonymous hero. At the controls of his plane, he defies the quite extraordinary flying conditions of Bolivia.
S01:E04 - Brazil: Guardian of the Amazon
Formerly employed by illegal loggers or illegal gold miners, Fernando Bezerra has decided to give up everything to take part in the fight for the preservation of the Amazon.
S01:E05 - Colombia: The Air Legend
In Colombia, Claudio Petro ensures on board of his DC3 the air connections.
S01:E06 - Flying Over Paradise
On our planet, there are places that people cannot easily reach, spots where nature reigns supreme. Places where the environment is vast and awesome, and the sense freedom is deep.
S01:E07 - Guyana: The Jungle Pilot
In French Guiana, many villages are still very isolated. For many people, the air is the only way to go shopping, to get medical care, to transport schoolchildren, etc.
S01:E08 - Kenya: The Flying Maasai
At the helm of his small single-engine aircraft, Ian Lemaiyan, a Kenyan biologist and bush pilot, flies over the savannah to protect the rhinos.
S01:E09 - Madagascar: Taxi in the Air
François-Xavier Mayer, known as “Fifou”, never tires of flying over the fantastic landscapes of his native land, Madagascar.
S01:E10 - Mexico: The Forest Planter
In Mexico there is an ancestral and devastating pastoral tradition… the burn. The peasants set fire to their fields to clean them in order to sow the next crops.
S01:E11 - New Zealand: The Flying Farmer of the Pacific
Deep in the New Zealand Alps, Guy and Fiona Redfern are the flying farmers at the end of the world.
S01:E12 - Pacific: Adventures of the Sky
There are places on our planet where roads stop, where trains cannot run, where boats cannot dock. Welcome to the Vanuatu Archipelago.
S01:E13 - Papua New Guinea: The Samaritan in the Sky
For 9 years, Mark Palm has been helping residents of the Sepik River villages, one of the most remote areas of Papua New Guinea, free of charge.
S01:E14 - Polynesia: The Pilot of the Atolls
Maheanuu Mourin is a pilot of the only Polynesian airline, Air Tahiti. This 40-year-old Tahitian serves the most isolated islands of this region as big as Europe.
S01:E15 - Quebec: The Omnibus in the Air
We set out to meet Sebastien, a former airline pilot. We head for Canada and its vast expanses.
S01:E16 - Scotland: The Bus Plane
In the north of Scotland, Colin McAllister is an airplane pilot in the Orkney Islands. In this isolated territory, it is better to embark at its side to move quickly.
S01:E17 - Suriname: Amazon Taxi
Alessandro Huber works for a small transport company that flies over Suriname.
S01:E18 - Vanuatu: Doctor Mark to the Rescue
Lying to the north of the Vanuatu archipelago in the South Pacific, the Banks Islands are literally cut off from the world.