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Network:Smithsonian Channel

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Follows the action at Johannesburg’s two biggest international airports, as well as urban helicopter crews flying life-or-death medivac missions and aviation teams in Botswana and...
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Season 1

  • Rhino Run
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    Rhino Run

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/7/2024

    A rookie pilot transports passengers for the first time, a heavy load flies over Johannesburg, South Africa, and low-flying helicopter pilots try to ward off rhino poachers.

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  • Racing The Sun
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    Racing The Sun

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/14/2024

    Scientists fly into the bush to track a deadly disease, a snake hunt across the airport ends in a face-off with a spitting cobra, and an emergency crew rushes to clear a major runway.

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  • Sky Cat
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    Sky Cat

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/21/2024

    A baboon invasion on a runway threatens to cut off a remote safari lodge, engine faults wreck airline flight schedules, a wild cheetah gets a first taste of flying, and a rare first civilian Blackhawk helicopter takes on a firefighting mission.

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  • Tight Turnaround
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    Tight Turnaround

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/28/2024

    A wildlife invasion on the runways delays a flight into the wilderness, a massive four-engine airliner attempts a night landing at a bush airport in a power outage, cargo handlers rush to deliver half a ton of fresh flowers in time for Mother's Day, and a patrol plane discovers fires raging through Kruger National Park.

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  • Fire Season
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    Fire Season

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/4/2024

    An airliner dodges thunderstorms flying to a cyclone-damaged island; aerial firefighters cross the country to battle infernos; daredevil chainsaw operators hang underneath helicopters.

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  • After The Storm
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    After The Storm

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/11/2024

    A K9 anti-poaching squad flies into action, a heavy-lift helicopter flies emergency supply missions across a storm-ravaged island and an airliner races to reach its destination before a power outage plunges the airport into dark.

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  • Lions Above and Below
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    Lions Above and Below

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/18/2024

    An engine fault threatens to ground an airliner, scientists and pilots team up to protect cattle from lion attack, damaged runway lights plunge a busy airport into darkness, and South Africa's top aerial display team wows crowds.

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  • Point Of No Return
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    Point Of No Return

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/25/2024

    A medical helicopter flies over rush hour traffic to collect a patient, the search is on for a lost elephant, engineers race to fix a chopper, and airline pilots fly to one of the world's most dangerous runways.

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