Ice Pilots NWT

An engine fire and series of mechanical gremlins has Buffalo scrambling to make its Christmas deliveries. Newest rampie Prefkar Mony struggles with life in the North.

Buffalo's Electra aircraft is hammered by rough winds up the Mackenzie Valley. In Hay River, a rookie crew faces the worst ice storm in years and one rampie has a tough go trying to fit in at Buffalo.

Engine trouble plagues Buffalo's newest Electra, ZFE, and a standoff between Joe and Transport Canada threatens to close the airline. At the same time, Joe faces a tough decision about his old dog Sophie.

Joe leaves to undergo medical tests at the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona. Jeff and Sam stress over their DC-3 checkflights and Joe celebrates turning 70-his way.

Rookie pilot Jeff nearly runs off the runway. Prefkar learns to play hockey but drops the ball at Buffalo and Joe goes on a date with a real dog.

Mikey decides to get Buffalo involved in a D-Day paratrooper jump to commemorate the 70th anniversary of D-Day. Prefkar escapes Hay River courier duty. Cory finds an original bracket for the DC3 static line for Mikey's D-Day jump.

Buffalo's top guns, rookies and vets, go to California for aerial dogfights in real fighter planes. Cory and Mikey race to get ready for the D-Day jump.

Mikey's much-planned D-Day tribute parachute jump with 20 paratroopers hits a wall when Joe refuses to fly his DC-3 to the drop zone.