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Title: Discovery Wings
Post by: Eagler on April 14, 2003, 01:36:01 PM
new series - Legends of Airpower

tonite at 9pm est

"Francis ``Gabby'' Gabreski", Episode #106.
Francis Gabreski, ace of World War II and the Korean War.
Title: Discovery Wings
Post by: AWMac on April 14, 2003, 01:38:48 PM
Yeeeeah baby....

:D
Title: Discovery Wings
Post by: gofaster on April 14, 2003, 01:40:38 PM
Do you know if they'll be selling the DVD of it?  I picked up the "Battlestations: P-51 Mustang" DVD for $25.  Its pretty cool but could use more gun camera footage. ;)
Title: Discovery Wings
Post by: muckmaw on April 14, 2003, 01:59:19 PM
I like this channel, but there is way too much crap on it.

If I see one more Soloflex commercial...I might buy one!

I don't care for many of the Shows.

"A plane is Born"
"Dawn of flight"

Give me all the WWII and Modern combat aircraft shows and I'm a happy camper.

We all know about the Wright Brothers already! Enough!!
Title: Discovery Wings
Post by: gofaster on April 14, 2003, 02:40:47 PM
Soloflex machines aren't worth the money. You're better off with dumbells and a $50 weight bench.  Then, you can do bicep curls everytime a Soloflex commercial comes on and be in shape for football season!
Title: Discovery Wings
Post by: Sancho on April 14, 2003, 02:46:38 PM
thanks for the heads up!
Title: Discovery Wings
Post by: rpm on April 14, 2003, 03:13:37 PM
The whole reason I got DishNetwork was to watch Discovery Wings. Now Discovery Civilization is Discovery/New York Times. They have some very interesting stuff on Iraq and Middle Eastern hatred of the US.
Title: Discovery Wings
Post by: Mathman on April 14, 2003, 04:32:13 PM
They had a set of three shows on the Red Baron last night.  Some of it was pretty interesting, but other parts were in error (at least according to some books I have read about him).
Title: Discovery Wings
Post by: Wlfgng on April 15, 2003, 09:05:03 AM
Soloflex..er actually Bowflex rocks IMO.

funny thing is that it was my GF that bought it after being deluged on DW with commercials.
then I ended up using it.

and yeah, way too many crap shows and repeats on DW
Title: Discovery Wings
Post by: Rasker on April 15, 2003, 06:10:02 PM
too bad Wings channel wont pick up the "Great Planes" series frrom Arts and Entertainment.  They belong to rival media complexes.
Title: Discovery Wings
Post by: Dinger on April 15, 2003, 07:23:53 PM
Anyone got some IC to throw my way? I wanna start a cable network:
GC = the Guncamera Network.

Some programs for launch:

"The Whole Nine Yards"
"Carrier Landing" (with special episodes such as "Night Carrier LAnding", and "Carrier Landing in Vegas"-- the Tailhook episode.  Oh yeah, and a weekend-long "Bolter-a-thon")
"Test Flights" (episodes such as "wing over Huber Heights")
"Airshow Disaster!"
Title: Discovery Wings
Post by: senna on April 15, 2003, 07:31:06 PM
Oh goodie :D I will watch.
Title: Discovery Wings
Post by: SFRT - Frenchy on April 15, 2003, 09:54:54 PM
It's not a new serie, it was already on History Chanel 1 year ago. I wasn't too impressed by it. A bit too much of "glorification" for each of the aces they portrayed.
Title: Discovery Wings
Post by: Raubvogel on April 16, 2003, 12:34:23 AM
If I see "Wings of France" one more time I'm going to flip out and kick my TV.

They need more programming.
Title: Discovery Wings
Post by: Rasker on April 16, 2003, 12:45:03 AM
one bad thing about Wings Channel they rerun same three or four shows every 3-4 hours for the whole day it seems, at least during daytime
Title: Discovery Wings
Post by: Ike 2K# on April 16, 2003, 12:50:05 AM
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Originally posted by Raubvogel
If I see "Wings of France" one more time I'm going to flip out and kick my TV.

They need more programming.


Did you see the show "Wings of The Red Star" episode a week ago that focuses on the development of the MiG-21? If you missed that episode, you missed the rest of the new shows in the D-wings channel  :D
Title: Discovery Wings
Post by: SFRT - Frenchy on April 16, 2003, 01:15:06 AM
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Originally posted by Raubvogel
If I see "Wings of France" one more time I'm going to flip out and kick my TV.

They need more programming.


Wings of France?!?! Let me guess, the show was 5 min long?
Title: Discovery Wings
Post by: Ike 2K# on April 16, 2003, 01:22:36 AM
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Originally posted by SFRT - Frenchy
Wings of France?!?! Let me guess, the show was 5 min long?


:D

WRONG!!!

wings of france is an hour long that talks about the SEPECAT, SUPER ETENDARD, MIRAGE, and RAFALE planes.
Title: Discovery Wings
Post by: GRUNHERZ on April 16, 2003, 01:25:43 AM
Well both of you are right. The show spends the first 5 minutes talking about french planes, but then gives up and spends the other 55 minutes talking about the luftwaffe. :D