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Ice Pilots NWT - Season 4

Series: Ice Pilots NWT
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Episodes
13
Rating
TV14
Year
2012
Language
English
Publisher
Indigenius

About

Ice Pilots NWT is a docu-series about eccentric Buffalo Airways and its motley crew that fly vintage planes on impossible arctic missions. Action packed, emotionally gripping and visually stunning, the show takes viewers to places they have never gone before.

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Episodes

1. Dark Skies

44m

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When Yellowknife and the northern aviation community are rocked by three crashes in the space of a month, Joe places an extra emphasis on safety, which is why he only trusts himself to perform a dangerous-looking DC-3 stunt landing for a visiting film crew. While new rampie Ryan tries to hack it in Hay River, Toronto dental hygienist Christine visits Buffalo for a trial run on the ramp.

2. Shut Down

44m

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Joe receives a negative visit from Transport Canada when inspectors threaten to shut down the airline. Ray and the Electra crew fly to Sachs Harbour to pick up a unique load - the hides, wool, and meat of 250 musk oxen.

3. A Tale of Two Pilots

44m

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Weighed down by the responsibility of training a new rampie, and struggling to get out of Joe's doghouse, DC-3 co-pilot Tyler gets a once in a lifetime opportunity to stunt fly in his Cessna 150 for a visiting film crew.

4. Ice Jam

44m

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After taking command of an intense airlift, and dealing with the ugliest Electra load he's ever seen, Scott takes a scary fall on the icy tarmac.

5. A Very Buffalo Christmas

44m

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A week before Christmas, Buffalo agrees to lend a hand to an RCMP initiative to fly toys to isolated communities in the north. But a series of problems with the Electra leave the company in a jam.

6. Crash Landing

44m

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Just months from retiring, Electra captain Ray Weber leads his crew on a multi-trip mission that requires landing on a rough ice strip on a remote lake.

7. For Sale By Owner

44m

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When South Korean buyers come to Buffalo to look at a water bomber, the pressure is on mechanic Cory to get the plane ready. But a landing gear emergency puts him and chief pilot Justin in serious danger.

8. Over Seas

44m

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Buffalo has to get a CL-215 water bomber to buyers in Korea. So Justin and Cory fly the plane to Vancouver Harbour, where it will be hoisted onto a cargo ship sailing across the Pacific Ocean to its destination - a method of delivery no one has ever tried.

9. Water Wings

44m

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In South Korea, Cory and Justin meet the ship delivering Buffalo's water bomber plane to new buyers there. But the boys are frustrated by the buyers' poor planning.

10. Meltdown

44m

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As spring arrives and Ray's retirement day approaches, Sean surprises everyone by leaving Buffalo for a job with the competition. So Buffalo brings in Electra pilot Brian Harrison to finish the contract.

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