Airplane Repo

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Airplane Repo
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Genre Reality television
Narrated by
  • Austin Keyes - Pilot Episodes 1-3 and Season 1
  • Mike Rowe - Seasons 2 and 3
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes31
Production
Executive producers
  • Matt Renner
  • Dan Ilani
  • Ethan Prochnik
  • Joseph Boyle
Running time40-45 minutes
Production companyUndertow Films
Original release
Network Discovery Channel
ReleaseDecember 12, 2010 (2010-12-12) –
September 16, 2015 (2015-09-16)

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]

Contents

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

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
0 3December 12, 2010June 9, 2011
1 10July 11, 2013September 26, 2013
2 8August 22, 2014October 10, 2014
3 10July 15, 2015September 16, 2015

Season 0 (2010–11)

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleOriginal release date
11"Best in the Business"December 12, 2010 (2010-12-12)
22"Not Ready to Fly"April 21, 2011 (2011-04-21)
33"International Situation"June 9, 2011 (2011-06-09)

Season 1 (2013)

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleOriginal release date
41"We've Got an Emergency Situation"July 11, 2013 (2013-07-11)
52"Spies in the Night"July 17, 2013 (2013-07-17)
63"Armed and Airborne"July 25, 2013 (2013-07-25)
74"Narrow Escape"August 1, 2013 (2013-08-01)
85"Alone in Alaska"August 15, 2013 (2013-08-15)
96"Undercover and Out of Time"August 22, 2013 (2013-08-22)
107"Mid-Air Collision"August 29, 2013 (2013-08-29)
118"No Rescue Repo"September 5, 2013 (2013-09-05)
129"Flying Blind"September 19, 2013 (2013-09-19)
1310"Repo Roulette"September 26, 2013 (2013-09-26)

Season 2 (2014)

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleOriginal release dateUS viewers
(millions)
141"Armed on Arrival"August 22, 2014 (2014-08-22)0.905 [10]
152"Repo Rat Race"August 29, 2014 (2014-08-29)1.097 [11]
163"The Blonde Bomber"September 5, 2014 (2014-09-05)1.285 [12]
174"Panic at 10,000"September 12, 2014 (2014-09-12)1.017 [13]
185"Blood and Mud"September 19, 2014 (2014-09-19)1.155 [14]
196"Wounded Warbird"September 30, 2014 (2014-09-30)0.889
207"Flying Blind"October 3, 2014 (2014-10-03)0.947 [15]
218"Get Rich or Die Flyin'"October 10, 2014 (2014-10-10)1.049 [16]

Season 3 (2015)

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleOriginal release dateUS viewers
(millions)
221"Ken Gets Played" [17] July 15, 2015 (2015-07-15)0.950 [18]
232"South of the Border" [17] July 22, 2015 (2015-07-22)1.079 [19]
243"Two If By Air, One If By Sea" [17] July 29, 2015 (2015-07-29)0.954 [20]
254"Mid-air Repo" [17] August 5, 2015 (2015-08-05)1.072 [21]
265"Saint Croix Swipe" [17] August 12, 2015 (2015-08-12)1.236 [22]
276"No Safe Harbor" [17] August 19, 2015 (2015-08-19)1.129 [23]
287"Hired Guns" [17] August 26, 2015 (2015-08-26)1.124 [24]
298"Diving for Repos" [17] September 2, 2015 (2015-09-02)1.119 [25]
309"Guns, Girls & Gambles" [17] September 9, 2015 (2015-09-09)1.244 [26]
3110"Repo 911"September 16, 2015 (2015-09-16)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

  1. ↑ Andrews, Alex (December 11, 2013). "Airplane Repo's Ken Cage denies show is fake". Corporate Jet Investor. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
  2. ↑ Andrews, Alex (June 1, 2012). "Nick Popovich: Aircraft repo man and television star". Corporate Jet Investor. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Texas Air Fleet". Official site of Mr. Lacey.
  4. ↑ "Bios : Discovery Channel". Discovery Communications, LLC. Retrieved September 17, 2013.
  5. ↑ Andrews, Alex (August 13, 2014). "Airplane Repo returns for Season 2". Corporate Jet Investor. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
  6. ↑ Pope, Stephen (February 27, 2015). "Airplane Repo True Stories". Flying . Retrieved April 9, 2015.
  7. ↑ Season 3 Episode 1. Airdate July 15, 2015
  8. ↑ Kondolojy, Amanda (July 25, 2014). "Discovery Channel's 'Airplane Repo' Returns August 22". TV by the Numbers (Press release). Archived from the original on October 31, 2014. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
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