Ice Pilots NWT

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.