Jim Oltersdorf spent two years filming "Alaska's Bush Pilots . . . The Real Deal" and five months editing it, so the 57-year-old is pretty excited to finally have the finished product in hand. Aviation enthusiasts across the globe seem happy too; Oltersdorf already has orders from flight fans all across the U.S. and Europe, and Israel and Australia besides.

Oltersdorf has been a pilot for forty years, and he recently shot a one-hour special for The Discovery Channel. He was kind enough to answer a few questions from Bush Pilot, and the conversation is below.

Watching it now, what's your favorite part of the video?

"I'd have to say that what warms my heart is the humanity of it. They have not only the love and the passion for their aircraft and what they do, but we found that when we did these in-depth interviews with these pilots it always went back to their families, and their love of their wives and the love of their children."

What was the hardest part of making Bush Pilot?

"Hanging out an aircraft door in tight formation in horrible conditions."

What's most impressive to you about Alaska bush pilots?

"Their performance levels as pilots have to be on the razor's edge. They have to understand so much more than what a regular pilot would have to. They are in a very formidable environment at every moment. They've developed a very high level of sophistication whether they're flying a multi-million plane or a SuperCub."

What did you shoot the video with?

"Everything was shot with a Sony Ex1. Just several years ago the technology would have cost over $100,000, but just like computers, cameras come down in price to the point where they are now available to the average consumer."

What pilot did you fly and film with the most?

"One of the reasons I leaned on Glen Alsworth, Jr. the most is that I was extremely familiar with his prowess as a pilot. Glen had proven to me in the past years of flying bear hunts and fishing and flightseeing that he was the real deal, that there were no chances taken and that he would evaluate every departure and every landing in remote areas."

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