[Warhawk]

Really looking forward to this series! I'm really impressed with the History Channel.

Tim

[flyXwire]

So tonight's series opener is called "Mig Alley"? Can't wait!

[mustangdriver]

I have the first one saved n my DVR, and tonight's is ready to go as well. Really well done.

[easy8]

Originally Posted by mustangdriver

I have the first one saved n my DVR, and tonight's is ready to go as well. Really well done.

What did the first show have? I was thinking about buying it for my dad for X-mas, I see you can get it on DVD on the history channel website for $29.99, would you recommend it?

easy8

[flyXwire]

Originally Posted by easy8

What did the first show have? I was thinking about buying it for my dad for X-mas, I see you can get it on DVD on the history channel website for $29.99, would you recommend it?

easy8

I highly recommend it!

Just got finished watching the show tonight and man, the CGIs keeps getting better and better! It feels like you're also strapped inside a cockpit and just riding along for the flight. Visually stunning! I hope many more shows like this will follow coz' I can't get enough of it!

[bsmith13]

I'm in the middle of watching "Mig Alley"...here's what's coming up in the next several weeks:

AIR AMBUSH - November 10 @ 10PM/9C
Legendary fighter pilot, Colonel Robin Olds, sets an intricate trap for the North Vietnamese MiG-21’s. His squadron, the Wolfpack, disguises its lethal F-4 Phantoms as vulnerable bombers. The MIGs scream in to challenge the Americans. The result is the most elaborate air sting of the war… code-name…Operation Bolo.

FLYING TIGERS - November 17 @ 10PM/9C
Two weeks after Pearl Harbor, a courageous, rag-tag band of American mercenaries dare to challenge the overwhelming might of the Japanese Air Force. The legendary “Flying Tigers” slash through the skies of China, and help vanquish the unstoppable Japanese. Follow leading Tiger aces Tex Hill and John Alison as their P-40 Tomahawks fight to the death against the agile Japanese I-97 Nate.

GUADALCANAL - November 24 @ 10PM/9C
August 1942… the Solomon Islands. Heroic, die-hard American pilots of the tiny Cactus Air Force match skills and instincts against top Japanese aces as they battle in the skies above Guadalcanal. Legendary Marine Capt John Smith and Medal of Honor recipients Jeff De Blanc and Jim Swett pit their tough F-4F Wildcats against the relentless Japanese Zeros. At stake - the fate of the Pacific War.

HELL OVER HANOI - December 1 @10PM/9C
The skies over Vietnam. They fight in a supersonic world, where split second decisions determine if they live - or die. American F4 Phantom pilots Fred Olmsted and Dan Cherry take on the famed MiG-21 - the most feared threat in the sky. And one American, Steve Ritchie, becomes a dog fighting legend as an Air Force Ace. You're in the cockpit with some of the fiercest dogfighting ever seen in Vietnam!

THE ZERO KILLERS - December 8 @ 10PM/9C
1943...the skies over the Pacific. The infamous Japanese Zero is decimating American aircraft. No allied plane can match Japan's deadliest fighter plane manned by killed Imperial Navy veterans. The American Navy rushes to deploy a new fighter to take on the unstoppable Zero...the F6F Hellcat. The Zero has met its match. Now, you're in the cockpit with legendary dogfighters Robert Duncan, Hamilton McWhorter and Alex Vraciu...their epic dogfights blazing a new chapter in the annals of aerial warfare.

DEATH OF THE JAPANESE NAVY - December 15 @ 10PM/9C
1944...the Pacific. It is one of the most amazing, lopsided naval battles in history: A mighty Japanese fleet let by the Yamato, the biggest battleship in the world - versus Taffy 3, a small U.S. task unit of tin can destroyers and baby flat-tops...ships too weak to fight and too slow to run. David battles Goliath in a fight for survival - with the lives of thousands of American soldiers in the balance.

THE LAST GUNFIGHTER - December 22 @ 10PM/9C
The U.S. Navy's top fighter, the F8 Crusader flown by skilled fighter jocks Paul Speer and Phil Wood, tackles the fierce North Vietnamese MiG over the killing skies of Vietnam. Re-live one of the longest, gut-wrenching dogfights on record as Lt. Commander Richard Schaffert - out of missles and with his guns jammed - takes on a lethal MiG-17 and the best enemy pilot he's ever faced. He's got one chance - the amazing capabilities of the F8 Crusader, "the last gunfighter".

[SKUNKY]

Originally Posted by bsmith13

THE LAST GUNFIGHTER - December 22 @ 10PM/9C
The U.S. Navy's top fighter, the F8 Crusader flown by skilled fighter jocks Paul Speer and Phil Wood, tackles the fierce North Vietnamese MiG over the killing skies of Vietnam. Re-live one of the longest, gut-wrenching dogfights on record as Lt. Commander Richard Schaffert - out of missles and with his guns jammed - takes on a lethal MiG-17 and the best enemy pilot he's ever faced. He's got one chance - the amazing capabilities of the F8 Crusader, "the last gunfighter".

This one's sure to be the most bestest, awesomest one of them all...Hurry up, December 22nd!......

[mustangdriver]

The first one was about a WWI pilot, CE "Bud" Anderson, Boots Blesse in his F-86, and Randy Cunningham and Driskel in their F-4.

[parsig9]

Surprised there aren't any ETO theme shows on the docket...

[Flyboy]

I really enjoyed "Mig Alley" last night. I can't believe he spent all that time PUSHING his wingman's plane out of anemy airspace to have him die in the freak ditching accident! I kept waiting for some kind of "gotcha!" - but it never came. Kinda brought tears to my eyes thinking about it - going thru all that and then drowning 'cuz the parachute cords got tangled around your neck . .. .