Airplane Repo Explained
Genre: | Reality television |
Runtime: | 40-45 minutes |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
Company: | Undertow Films |
Network: | Discovery Channel |
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.[1]
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
Season 3 (2015)
Broadcast
In Australia, the first season premiered on the Discovery Channel on December 10, 2013.[10] Season 2 premiered from October 7, 2014[11] and the third season premiered from August 11, 2015.[12]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Andrews. Alex. Airplane Repo's Ken Cage denies show is fake. Corporate Jet Investor. December 11, 2013. Dec 11, 2013.
- Web site: Andrews. Alex. Nick Popovich: Aircraft repo man and television star. Corporate Jet Investor. June 1, 2012. Mar 9, 2015.
- Web site: Texas Air Fleet. Official site of Mr. Lacey.
- Web site: Bios : Discovery Channel. Discovery Communications, LLC. 17 September 2013.
- Web site: Andrews. Alex. Airplane Repo returns for Season 2. Corporate Jet Investor. August 13, 2014. Mar 9, 2015.
- News: Stephen . Pope . Airplane Repo True Stories . . 27 February 2015 . 9 April 2015 .
- Season 3 Episode 1. Airdate July 15, 2015
- Kondolojy . Amanda . Discovery Channel's 'Airplane Repo' Returns August 22 . TV by the Numbers . July 25, 2014 . July 25, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141031212124/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/07/25/discovery-channels-airplane-repo-returns-august-22/286572/ . October 31, 2014 .
- Web site: Airplane Repo Season Premiere Wed July 15 9/8C.
- Web site: Angels on the catwalk, Superchefs in the kitchen and Kerri-Anne at the crime scene. The Green Room. 9 December 2013. 16 July 2015. 16 July 2015. 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.
- Web site: New this week: Grand Designs Australia, The Crimson Field, Derek, Saturday Night Live, A-League & more. 7 October 2014. 16 July 2015. 16 July 2015. 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.
- Web site: New on Foxtel in August: 200+ shows including Texas Rising, Rogue and 7 Days In Hell . 7 August 2015. 7 August 2015. The Green Room. 7 August 2015. 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.