| Airplane Repo | |
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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 |
| Original release | |
| Network | Discovery Channel |
| Release | December 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]
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]
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 0 | 3 | December 12, 2010 (2010-12-12) | June 9, 2011 (2011-06-09) | |
| 1 | 10 | July 11, 2013 (2013-07-11) | September 26, 2013 (2013-09-26) | |
| 2 | 8 | August 22, 2014 (2014-08-22) | October 10, 2014 (2014-10-10) | |
| 3 | 10 | July 15, 2015 (2015-07-15) | September 16, 2015 (2015-09-16) | |
| No. overall | No.in season | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Best in the Business" | December 12, 2010 (2010-12-12) |
| 2 | 2 | "Not Ready to Fly" | April 21, 2011 (2011-04-21) |
| 3 | 3 | "International Situation" | June 9, 2011 (2011-06-09) |
| No. overall | No.in season | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 1 | "We've Got an Emergency Situation" | July 11, 2013 (2013-07-11) |
| 5 | 2 | "Spies in the Night" | July 17, 2013 (2013-07-17) |
| 6 | 3 | "Armed and Airborne" | July 25, 2013 (2013-07-25) |
| 7 | 4 | "Narrow Escape" | August 1, 2013 (2013-08-01) |
| 8 | 5 | "Alone in Alaska" | August 15, 2013 (2013-08-15) |
| 9 | 6 | "Undercover and Out of Time" | August 22, 2013 (2013-08-22) |
| 10 | 7 | "Mid-Air Collision" | August 29, 2013 (2013-08-29) |
| 11 | 8 | "No Rescue Repo" | September 5, 2013 (2013-09-05) |
| 12 | 9 | "Flying Blind" | September 19, 2013 (2013-09-19) |
| 13 | 10 | "Repo Roulette" | September 26, 2013 (2013-09-26) |
| No. overall | No.in season | Title | Original air date | US viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 1 | "Armed on Arrival" | August 22, 2014 (2014-08-22) | 0.905[10] |
| 15 | 2 | "Repo Rat Race" | August 29, 2014 (2014-08-29) | 1.097[11] |
| 16 | 3 | "The Blonde Bomber" | September 5, 2014 (2014-09-05) | 1.285[12] |
| 17 | 4 | "Panic at 10,000" | September 12, 2014 (2014-09-12) | 1.017[13] |
| 18 | 5 | "Blood and Mud" | September 19, 2014 (2014-09-19) | 1.155[14] |
| 19 | 6 | "Wounded Warbird" | September 30, 2014 (2014-09-30) | 0.889 |
| 20 | 7 | "Flying Blind" | October 3, 2014 (2014-10-03) | 0.947[15] |
| 21 | 8 | "Get Rich or Die Flyin'" | October 10, 2014 (2014-10-10) | 1.049[16] |
| No. overall | No.in season | Title | Original air date | US viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | 1 | "Ken Gets Played"[17] | July 15, 2015 (2015-07-15) | 0.950[18] |
| 23 | 2 | "South of the Border"[17] | July 22, 2015 (2015-07-22) | 1.079[19] |
| 24 | 3 | "Two If By Air, One If By Sea"[17] | July 29, 2015 (2015-07-29) | 0.954[20] |
| 25 | 4 | "Mid-air Repo"[17] | August 5, 2015 (2015-08-05) | 1.072[21] |
| 26 | 5 | "Saint Croix Swipe"[17] | August 12, 2015 (2015-08-12) | 1.236[22] |
| 27 | 6 | "No Safe Harbor"[17] | August 19, 2015 (2015-08-19) | 1.129[23] |
| 28 | 7 | "Hired Guns"[17] | August 26, 2015 (2015-08-26) | 1.124[24] |
| 29 | 8 | "Diving for Repos"[17] | September 2, 2015 (2015-09-02) | 1.119[25] |
| 30 | 9 | "Guns, Girls & Gambles"[17] | September 9, 2015 (2015-09-09) | 1.244[26] |
| 31 | 10 | "Repo 911" | September 16, 2015 (2015-09-16) | 0.861[27] |
InAustralia, 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]
