Channel 4 - Flying to the Ends of the Earth (2015) Part 1 The Himalayas

Flying to the Ends of the Earth

Some of the planet’s most extraordinary and spectacular experiences are only accessible by air. In this epic new series, pilot and former Royal Marine Arthur Williams will fly us into some of the remotest parts of our planet to find out how people survive and thrive in places only the plane can reach. Arthur was paralysed in an accident seven years ago, but took up flying to rediscover his spirit of adventure. Now he’s going to brave tiny airstrips and outrageously dangerous flying conditions, all to reach the world’s most spectacular remote places.

Part 1 The Himalayas

Former Royal Marine Arthur Williams took up flying to rediscover his spirit of adventure after he was paralysed in an accident, and in this programme he flies to some of the remotest parts of the planet to find out how people survive and thrive in places only a plane can reach. In the first episode, he heads to Nepal to see how small aircraft are transforming the nation's way of life, meeting a family whose fortunes are about to be transformed by the arrival of a major airstrip, and joining the air-traffic controllers overseeing Lukla airport's hazardous landing strip.

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