Flight Squad

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| alt_name = Air Academy{{cite web |url=http://www.teletoon.com/cgi-local/programFR.cgi?value=Air+Academy&type=title&match=exact |title=Archived copy |website=www.teletoon.com |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010810205128/http://www.teletoon.com/cgi-local/programFR.cgi?value=Air+Academy&type=title&match=exact |archive-date=10 August 2001 |url-status=dead}}

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| genre = Animated series

| creator = Olivier Marvaud
David Faure

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| director = Benoit di Sabatino

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| country = Canada
France

| language = French
English

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| num_episodes = 26

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| executive_producer = Micheline Charest
Ronald A. Weinberg
Christophe di Sabatino
Eric Garnet
Paul Hannequart
Marc Minjauw

| producer = Cassandra Schafhausen

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| runtime = 24 minutes

| company = CINAR Corporation
Antéfilms Productions
Neurones Animation

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| network = M6 (France)
Teletoon (Canada)

| first_aired = {{start date|2000|03|06}}

| last_aired = {{end date|2000|07|02}}

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Flight Squad (Air Academy in French) is an animated television series produced by the CINAR Corporation (now WildBrain), Antéfilms Productions, and Neurones Animation. The show has 26 episodes were produced.

Plot

A team of daredevil pilots form the Flight Squad. With their own airplane fleet that is as high-yielding as it is varied, Flight Squad is organized as an independent air services company, carrying out "à la carte" missions for their clients.

Characters

Dan, an ex-fighter pilot and former member of the Canadian secret service.
Tina, an assistant woman.
Alex
Jeff, brother of Emma.
Emma, sister of Jeff
Jeff's teenage friends.
Max, indispensable.
Parachute the Flying Squirrel, the team's pet.

Enemies

Kordac, benefactor of Barracudas.
Bill, leader of Barracudas.
Buck, Bill's second in command and member of Barracudas.
Boris, member of Barracudas and the more baddest of them.

Voice cast

Al Goulem
Ricky Mabe
Thor Bishopric
A.J. Henderson
Patricia Rodriguez
Richard Dumont
Holly Gauthier-Frankel
Mark Camacho
Arthur Holden

Episodes

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| EpisodeNumber = 1

| EpisodeNumber2 = 1

| Title = One of Our Satellites Is Missing

| AltTitle = Opération satellite

| OriginalAirDate = Unaired

| AltDate = {{End date|2000|06|04}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 2

| EpisodeNumber2 = 2

| Title = Cream of the Crop

| AltTitle = La crème des récoltes

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|03|27}}

| AltDate = {{End date|2000|06|10}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 3

| EpisodeNumber2 = 3

| Title = The Secret of the Icon

| AltTitle = L'icône mystérieuse

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|04|17}}

| AltDate = {{End date|2000|06|11}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 4

| EpisodeNumber2 = 4

| Title = Sky Jack

| AltTitle = Hold-up en plein ciel

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|07|02}}

| AltDate = {{End date|2000|04|29}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 5

| EpisodeNumber2 = 5

| Title = Whale Rescue

| AltTitle = S.O.S. Baleines

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|04|24}}

| AltDate = {{End date|2000|04|30}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 6

| EpisodeNumber2 = 6

| Title = Leonardo De Alex

| AltTitle = Alex De Vinci

| OriginalAirDate = Unaired

| AltDate = {{End date|2000|06|17}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 7

| EpisodeNumber2 = 7

| Title = Log Booming

| AltTitle = Les voleurs de bois

| OriginalAirDate = Unaired

| AltDate = {{End date|2000|06|18}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 8

| EpisodeNumber2 = 8

| Title = Ghost Place

| AltTitle = L'avion fantôme

| OriginalAirDate = Unaired

| AltDate = {{End date|2000|06|24}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 9

| EpisodeNumber2 = 9

| Title = Flying Ark

| AltTitle = L'arche volante

| OriginalAirDate = Unaired

| AltDate = {{End date|2000|06|25}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 10

| EpisodeNumber2 = 10

| Title = Christmas Star

| AltTitle = L'étoile de Noël

| OriginalAirDate = Unaired

| AltDate = {{End date|2000|07|01}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 11

| EpisodeNumber2 = 11

| Title = The White She-Wolf

| AltTitle = La louve blanche

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|05|08}}

| AltDate = {{End date|2000|05|07}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 12

| EpisodeNumber2 = 12

| Title = Parachute to the Rescue

| AltTitle = La chasse aux castors

| OriginalAirDate = Unaired

| AltDate = {{End date|2000|07|02}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 13

| EpisodeNumber2 = 13

| Title = The Black Lagoon

| AltTitle = Le lagon noir

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|05|15}}

| AltDate = {{End date|2000|05|13}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 14

| EpisodeNumber2 = 14

| Title = The Return of the Pilot

| AltTitle = Le retour du pilote

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|05|22}}

| AltDate = {{End date|2000|05|14}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 15

| EpisodeNumber2 = 15

| Title = Underground Fire

| AltTitle = Le feu sous la terre

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|05|29}}

| AltDate = {{End date|2000|05|20}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 16

| EpisodeNumber2 = 16

| Title = Cloud Wraith

| AltTitle = Le spectre des nuages

| OriginalAirDate = Unaired

| AltDate = {{End date|2000|05|21}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 17

| EpisodeNumber2 = 17

| Title = Top Gal

| AltTitle = La justicière du ciel

| OriginalAirDate = Unaired

| AltDate = {{End date|2000|05|27}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 18

| EpisodeNumber2 = 18

| Title = Terror Train

| AltTitle = Aller simple

| OriginalAirDate = Unaired

| AltDate = {{End date|2000|05|28}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 19

| EpisodeNumber2 = 19

| Title = Pirates of the Frozen Sea

| AltTitle = Les pirates de la mer glacé

| OriginalAirDate = Unaired

| AltDate = {{End date|2000|06|03}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 20

| EpisodeNumber2 = 20

| Title = Skynapped

| AltTitle = Le sequestre la mine

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|03|06}}

| AltDate = {{End date|2000|04|05}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 21

| EpisodeNumber2 = 21

| Title = Bigfoot

| AltTitle = Le Bigfoot

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|03|13}}

| AltDate = {{End date|2000|04|09}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 22

| EpisodeNumber2 = 22

| Title = Trial by Fire

| AltTitle = Le baptême du feu

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|03|20}}

| AltDate = {{End date|2000|04|15}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 23

| EpisodeNumber2 = 23

| Title = Compact Risk

| AltTitle = Compact risque

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|04|03}}

| AltDate = {{End date|2000|04|22}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 24

| EpisodeNumber2 = 24

| Title = Double Trouble

| AltTitle = Double danger

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|04|10}}

| AltDate = {{End date|2000|04|23}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 25

| EpisodeNumber2 = 25

| Title = Uranium Express

| AltTitle = Uranium express

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|05|01}}

| AltDate = {{End date|2000|05|06}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 26

| EpisodeNumber2 = 26

| Title = Ice!

| AltTitle = Multiples facettes

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|08|13}}

| AltDate = {{End date|2000|04|16}}

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Broadcast

The show ran on Teletoon in Canada.{{cite book |last1=Crump |first1=William D. |title=Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film |date=2019 |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=9781476672939 |page=65}} Internationally, The show is aired on M6 in France and Telefutura (Spanish) and This TV in the United States.

DVD releases

Two volumes of the series, each containing three episodes, were released on DVD in 2005.{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000AQKV30|title=Flight Squad Air Wars|website=Amazon|date=6 September 2005}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000AQKV2G|title=Flight Squad Search and Rescue|website=Amazon|date=6 September 2005}}