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Ice Pilots NWT - Season 4

Series: Ice Pilots NWT
5
(3)
Episodes
13
Rating
TV14
Year
2012
Language
English

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 to 3 of 13

1. Dark Skies

44m

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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  • Closed CaptionsEnglish

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