Discovery Wings Channel to become Military Channel

by **cavalierlwt** » Sat Dec 04, 2004 7:31 pm

This kinda sucks, I love Discovery Wings. 80% of it is already military related shows (usually WWII stuff) which is fine, but there are some non military shows that I liked and hoped to see more of, like 'A Plane is Born" 'From the Ground Up' and 'Learning to Fly' for example.

by **ShellShock** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 3:44 pm

Meh, I doubt it can compete with the History channel.

by **cavalierlwt** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 1:53 pm

I don't see how it won't waste it's time overlapping with the History channel. It had a good little niche with being Discovery Wings.

by **Attica** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 7:02 pm

Aren't they owned by the same parent company?

by **ShellShock** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 10:55 pm

Originally posted by Attica
Aren't they owned by the same parent company?

No, the history channel is a seperate entity.

by **Random Hero** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 11:44 pm

I was happy to hear it was becoming the war channel. It seems to be because of the History Channel launching History International, which is mostly Military shows. They will have Wingspan Tuesday, or Thursday, so you still get "from the ground up" and all the other private pilot programing. I don't see how they can do better then Mail Call or Tactical to Practical, but its good to know they will be trying.

by **cavalierlwt** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 1:06 am

Originally posted by Random Hero
I was happy to hear it was becoming the war channel. It seems to be because of the History Channel launching History International, which is mostly Military shows. They will have Wingspan Tuesday, or Thursday, so you still get "from the ground up" and all the other private pilot programing. I don't see how they can do better then Mail Call or Tactical to Practical, but its good to know they will be trying.

What is 'Wingspan'? is that going to be on Discovery Military or something else?

As it is now, I wish Discovery Wings would have made follow up shows to A Plane is Born, A Chopper is Born, and Learning to Fly. I would love to see show devoted to GAA Pilots (or anyone else) learning to become Airline Pilots.

BTW, did anyone see Junkyard Wars special double-length episode when they had three teams competing to make a simple historical-based airplane? Sweet, made me want to go into my backyard and make a new fangled flyin' machine !

by **SkiloDog2000** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 8:16 am

ah yes. back to back junkyard wars=good.
i watch the history channel along with amc
keeps me occupied when im not in game

by **Random Hero** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 10:57 pm

Originally posted by cavalierlwt
What is 'Wingspan'? is that going to be on Discovery Military or something else?

Its going to be on Discovery Military, It will be one night a week of all the Discovery Wings programs. I assume it won't have Wings At War and other War Based Plane programs, so you still get a chance to watch "From the ground up" and "learning to fly".

by **cavalierlwt** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 12:16 am

Originally posted by Random Hero
Its going to be on Discovery Military, It will be one night a week of all the Discovery Wings programs. I assume it won't have Wings At War and other War Based Plane programs, so you still get a chance to watch "From the ground up" and "learning to fly".

Cool, I may have to set my VCR for it, but beggars can't be choosers.

Discovery Wings Channel to become Military Channel

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