Airplane Repo
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{{Infobox television
| image = Airplane Repo.png
| image_size = 250
| genre = Reality television
| runtime = 40-45 minutes
| creator =
| narrated = {{unbulleted list|Austin Keyes - Pilot Episodes 1-3 and Season 1|Mike Rowe - Seasons 2 and 3}}
| country = United States
| language = English
| company = Undertow Films
| executive_producer = {{unbulleted list|Matt Renner|Dan Ilani|Ethan Prochnik|Joseph Boyle}}
| network = Discovery Channel
| first_aired = {{Start date|2010|12|12}}
| last_aired = {{end date|2015|09|16}}
| num_seasons = 4
| num_episodes = 31
}}
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.{{cite web|last1=Andrews|first1=Alex|title=Airplane Repo's Ken Cage denies show is fake|url=http://www.corporatejetinvestor.com/articles/airplane-repos-ken-cage-denies-show-fake-fights-second-season-247/|website=Corporate Jet Investor|date=December 11, 2013|access-date=Dec 11, 2013}}
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),{{cite web|last1=Andrews|first1=Alex|title=Nick Popovich: Aircraft repo man and television star|url=http://corporatejetinvestor.com/articles/nick-popovich-aircraft-repo-man-541/|website=Corporate Jet Investor|date=June 1, 2012|access-date=Mar 9, 2015}} Ken Cage, Mike Kennedy, Kevin Lacey{{cite web|url=http://www.TexasAirFleet.com|title=Texas Air Fleet|publisher=Official site of Mr. Lacey}} and Danny Thompson (from season one){{cite web|title=Bios : Discovery Channel|url=http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-shows/airplane-repo/bios|publisher=Discovery Communications, LLC|access-date=17 September 2013}} appear in the show, along with Heather Sterzick, a former military air traffic controller (from season 2).{{cite web|last1=Andrews|first1=Alex|title=Airplane Repo returns for Season 2|url=http://corporatejetinvestor.com/articles/airplane-repo-returns-season-202/|website=Corporate Jet Investor|date=August 13, 2014|access-date=Mar 9, 2015}} Popovich claimed that later episodes are unrealistic.{{cite news |first=Stephen |last=Pope |url=http://www.flyingmag.com/aircraft/ownership/airplane-repo-true-stories?page=0,1 |title=Airplane Repo True Stories |work=Flying |date=27 February 2015 |access-date=9 April 2015 }} 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.Season 3 Episode 1. Airdate July 15, 2015
Season 2 premiered on August 22, 2014.{{cite press release|last1=Kondolojy |first1=Amanda |title=Discovery Channel's 'Airplane Repo' Returns August 22 |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/07/25/discovery-channels-airplane-repo-returns-august-22/286572/ |website=TV by the Numbers |access-date=July 25, 2014 |date=July 25, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031212124/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/07/25/discovery-channels-airplane-repo-returns-august-22/286572/ |archive-date=October 31, 2014 }} Season 3 premiered on July 15, 2015.{{cite web|title=Airplane Repo Season Premiere Wed July 15 9/8C|url=http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/airplane-repo/about/about/}}
Episodes
=Series overview=
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| scope="col" style="padding:0 8px;" colspan="2" rowspan="2"| Season
! scope="col" style="padding:0 8px;" rowspan="2"| Episodes ! scope="col" style="padding:0 80px;" colspan="2"| Originally aired |
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| scope="col" | First aired
! scope="col" | Last aired |
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| 0 | 3 | {{Start date|2010|12|12}} | {{End date|2011|6|9}} |
| scope="row" style="background:#9ACD32;"|
| 1 | 10 | {{Start date|2013|7|11}} | {{End date|2013|9|26}} |
| scope="row" style="background:#F66767;"|
| 2 | 8 | {{Start date|2014|8|22}} | {{End date|2014|10|10}} |
| scope="row" style="background:#333399;"|
| 3 | 10 | {{Start date|2015|7|15}} | {{End date|2015|9|16}} |
=Season 0 (2010–11)=
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|title = 41
|airdate = 17
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|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|Title = Best in the Business
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|EpisodeNumber = 2
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = Not Ready to Fly
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|4|21}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 3
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = International Situation
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|6|9}}
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=Season 1 (2013)=
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|airdate = 17
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|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|Title = We've Got an Emergency Situation
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|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = Spies in the Night
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|7|17}}
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|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = Armed and Airborne
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|7|25}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 7
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = Narrow Escape
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|8|1}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 8
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|Title = Alone in Alaska
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|8|15}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 9
|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|Title = Undercover and Out of Time
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|8|22}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 10
|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|Title = Mid-Air Collision
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|8|29}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 11
|EpisodeNumber2 = 8
|Title = No Rescue Repo
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|9|5}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 12
|EpisodeNumber2 = 9
|Title = Flying Blind
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|9|19}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 13
|EpisodeNumber2 = 10
|Title = Repo Roulette
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|9|26}}
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=Season 2 (2014)=
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|title = 41
|airdate = 17
|viewers = 10
|country = US
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|EpisodeNumber = 14
|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|Title = Armed on Arrival
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|8|22}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 15
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = Repo Rat Race
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|8|29}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 16
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = The Blonde Bomber
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|9|5}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 17
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = Panic at 10,000
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|9|12}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 18
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|Title = Blood and Mud
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|9|19}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 19
|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|Title = Wounded Warbird
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|9|30}}
|Viewers = 0.889
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 20
|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|Title = Flying Blind
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|10|3}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 21
|EpisodeNumber2 = 8
|Title = Get Rich or Die Flyin'
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|10|10}}
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=Season 3 (2015)=
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|title = 41
|airdate = 17
|viewers = 10
|country = US
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|EpisodeNumber = 22
|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|Title = Ken Gets Played
|RTitle = {{cite web|url=http://thefutoncritic.com/showatch/airplane-repo/listings|title=Shows A-Z – airplane repo on discovery|publisher=the Futon Critic|access-date=August 9, 2015}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 23
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = South of the Border
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|7|22}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 24
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = Two If By Air, One If By Sea
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|7|29}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 25
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = Mid-air Repo
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 26
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|Title = Saint Croix Swipe
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|8|12}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 27
|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|Title = No Safe Harbor
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|8|19}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 28
|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|Title = Hired Guns
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|8|26}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 29
|EpisodeNumber2 = 8
|Title = Diving for Repos
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|9|2}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 30
|EpisodeNumber2 = 9
|Title = Guns, Girls & Gambles
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|9|9}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 31
|EpisodeNumber2 = 10
|Title = Repo 911
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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|9|16}}
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Broadcast
In Australia, the first season premiered on the Discovery Channel on December 10, 2013.{{cite web|url=http://community.foxtel.com.au/t5/Foxtel-Blog/Angels-on-the-catwalk-Superchefs-in-the-kitchen-and-Kerri-Anne/ba-p/3319|title=Angels on the catwalk, Superchefs in the kitchen and Kerri-Anne at the crime scene|publisher=The Green Room|date=9 December 2013|access-date=16 July 2015|archive-date=16 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716044103/http://community.foxtel.com.au/t5/Foxtel-Blog/Angels-on-the-catwalk-Superchefs-in-the-kitchen-and-Kerri-Anne/ba-p/3319}} Season 2 premiered from October 7, 2014{{cite web|url=https://community.foxtel.com.au/t5/Foxtel-Blog/New-this-week-Grand-Designs-Australia-The-Crimson-Field-Derek/ba-p/29041|title=New this week: Grand Designs Australia, The Crimson Field, Derek, Saturday Night Live, A-League & more|date=7 October 2014|access-date=16 July 2015|archive-date=16 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716044244/https://community.foxtel.com.au/t5/Foxtel-Blog/New-this-week-Grand-Designs-Australia-The-Crimson-Field-Derek/ba-p/29041}} and the third season premiered from August 11, 2015.{{cite web|url=http://community.foxtel.com.au/t5/Foxtel-Blog/New-on-Foxtel-in-August-200-shows-including-Texas-Rising-Rogue/ba-p/85411|title=New on Foxtel in August: 200+ shows including Texas Rising, Rogue and 7 Days In Hell |date=7 August 2015|access-date=7 August 2015|publisher=The Green Room|archive-date=7 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150807011452/http://community.foxtel.com.au/t5/Foxtel-Blog/New-on-Foxtel-in-August-200-shows-including-Texas-Rising-Rogue/ba-p/85411}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|1808720}}
- [https://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/airplane-repo/ Discovery Channel]
{{Aviation reality television}}
{{Discovery Channel programming}}
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