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Genre | Reality television |
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Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 4 |
No. of episodes | 31 |
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Running time | 40-45 minutes |
Production company | Undertow Films |
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Network | Discovery Channel |
Release | December 12, 2010 September 16, 2015 | –
Airplane Repo is an American documentary-style fiction show following repossession agents hired by financial institutions to recover aircraft and occasionally other high-value assets from owners who have fallen behind on their payments.[1]
History
The Discovery Channel show first premiered on December 12, 2010 with a three episode pilot season. A two-year production hiatus elapsed before a full series premiered on July 11, 2013. Agents Nick Popovich (first three episodes),[2] Ken Cage, Mike Kennedy, Kevin Lacey[3] and Danny Thompson (from season one)[4] appear in the show, along with Heather Sterzick, a former military air traffic controller (from season 2).[5] Popovich claimed that later episodes are unrealistic.[6] Beginning with Season 3, the episode intro states that events have been recaptured and some details have been changed. This is to help clarify and explain the use of fixed-security cameras, used in the repo events, in an attempt to duplicate or produce found footage style cinematography.[7]
Season 2 premiered on August 22, 2014.[8] Season 3 premiered on July 15, 2015.[9]
Episodes
Series overview
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||
0 | 3 | December 12, 2010 | June 9, 2011 | |
1 | 10 | July 11, 2013 | September 26, 2013 | |
2 | 8 | August 22, 2014 | October 10, 2014 | |
3 | 10 | July 15, 2015 | September 16, 2015 |
Season 0 (2010–11)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date |
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1 | 1 | "Best in the Business" | December 12, 2010 |
2 | 2 | "Not Ready to Fly" | April 21, 2011 |
3 | 3 | "International Situation" | June 9, 2011 |
Season 1 (2013)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date |
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4 | 1 | "We've Got an Emergency Situation" | July 11, 2013 |
5 | 2 | "Spies in the Night" | July 17, 2013 |
6 | 3 | "Armed and Airborne" | July 25, 2013 |
7 | 4 | "Narrow Escape" | August 1, 2013 |
8 | 5 | "Alone in Alaska" | August 15, 2013 |
9 | 6 | "Undercover and Out of Time" | August 22, 2013 |
10 | 7 | "Mid-Air Collision" | August 29, 2013 |
11 | 8 | "No Rescue Repo" | September 5, 2013 |
12 | 9 | "Flying Blind" | September 19, 2013 |
13 | 10 | "Repo Roulette" | September 26, 2013 |
Season 2 (2014)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | US viewers (millions) |
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14 | 1 | "Armed on Arrival" | August 22, 2014 | 0.905[10] |
15 | 2 | "Repo Rat Race" | August 29, 2014 | 1.097[11] |
16 | 3 | "The Blonde Bomber" | September 5, 2014 | 1.285[12] |
17 | 4 | "Panic at 10,000" | September 12, 2014 | 1.017[13] |
18 | 5 | "Blood and Mud" | September 19, 2014 | 1.155[14] |
19 | 6 | "Wounded Warbird" | September 30, 2014 | 0.889 |
20 | 7 | "Flying Blind" | October 3, 2014 | 0.947[15] |
21 | 8 | "Get Rich or Die Flyin'" | October 10, 2014 | 1.049[16] |
Season 3 (2015)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | US viewers (millions) |
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22 | 1 | "Ken Gets Played"[17] | July 15, 2015 | 0.950[18] |
23 | 2 | "South of the Border"[17] | July 22, 2015 | 1.079[19] |
24 | 3 | "Two If By Air, One If By Sea"[17] | July 29, 2015 | 0.954[20] |
25 | 4 | "Mid-air Repo"[17] | August 5, 2015 | 1.072[21] |
26 | 5 | "Saint Croix Swipe"[17] | August 12, 2015 | 1.236[22] |
27 | 6 | "No Safe Harbor"[17] | August 19, 2015 | 1.129[23] |
28 | 7 | "Hired Guns"[17] | August 26, 2015 | 1.124[24] |
29 | 8 | "Diving for Repos"[17] | September 2, 2015 | 1.119[25] |
30 | 9 | "Guns, Girls & Gambles"[17] | September 9, 2015 | 1.244[26] |
31 | 10 | "Repo 911" | September 16, 2015 | 0.861[27] |
Broadcast
In Australia, the first season premiered on the Discovery Channel on December 10, 2013.[28] Season 2 premiered from October 7, 2014[29] and the third season premiered from August 11, 2015.[30]
References
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- ^ Season 3 Episode 1. Airdate July 15, 2015
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