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S4 E10 Meltdown

Documentary

PG

44m

Nov 17, 2012

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.

Season 4, 13 Episodes

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.

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.

A Tale of Two Pilots,

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.

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.

A Very Buffalo Christmas,

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.

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.

For Sale By Owner,

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.

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.

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.

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.

North Atlantic Convoy,

Greenland's Narsarsuaq airport - known as one the world's most dangerous approaches - looms on the horizon as Cory and Justin begin a trans-global journey to deliver two CL-215 water bombers to Turkey.

Joe and Mikey hire a helicopter for a salvage mission to retrieve the rare tailpiece from a Lockheed 10-A that crashed in the Yellowknife woods forty years ago.

Turkey or Bust,

Justin and Cory are stranded in Croatia while trying to complete the delivery of two CL-215 water bombers to Turkey.

Details

Ice Pilots NWT

Documentary

PG

6 Seasons

45m

When the ice and cold of a brutal Arctic winter cuts off some extreme northern communities from the rest of Canada, they rely on Buffalo Airlines to keep them supplied with food and other necessities.

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