Ice Pilots NWT (2009)

Genre

documentary television program

Country

Canada

Length

6 seasons, 73 episodes

Rated

TV-PG

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This reality series follows a small Canadian airline that flies old World War II planes to deliver cargo in the remote north. It shows the pilots and mechanics struggling with extreme winter weather and aging equipment.

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What happens

Ice Pilots NWT (known in the UK and the US as Ice Pilots) was a reality television series broadcast on History Television that portrayed Buffalo Airways, an airline based in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. Buffalo mainly flies WWII-era piston powered propeller planes as well as Lockheed L-188 Electra turboprop aircraft year-round in northern Canada. The show ran from November 18, 2009, to December 17, 2014, comprising six seasons. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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