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Aerial America
S1, EP53 "Iowa"A sky-high tour over Iowa explores its vast stretches of farmland, covered bridges and evolution from wilderness to statehood.
Ice Airport Alaska
S5, EP1 "Flight of the Grizzly"An orphaned bear cub flies to a new home, Bush pilots bring life-saving medical machinery to a remote village; record snowfall threatens to close down Anchorage airport for Thanksgiving and the U.S. Army prepares for airborne warfare in the Arctic.
Ice Airport Alaska
S5, EP2 "Mountain Sheep, Pizza Pie"A breakdown on the Fairbanks runway threatens a heavy-weight military jet's urgent mission; a rookie flight instructor faces a make-or-break flight; an ice-tour pilot races against Alaskan weather; a bush airline flies a 400-mile pizza delivery.
Ice Airport Alaska
S5, EP3 "The Flight Before Christmas"A major snowstorm disrupts Christmas travel in Anchorage; bush pilots aid an Arctic village after a fire; ice jeopardizes an airborne science mission; Customs agents combat a surge in illegal holiday food imports.
Ice Airport Alaska
S5, EP4 "Shivering Timbers"A Coast Guard chopper pilot battles winds in a mission that will decide her flying career; a mountain construction project gets an express aerial delivery of materials in Alaska-style; two bald eagles hitch a first-class ride.
Ice Airport Alaska
S5, EP5 "Flight to Glory"A trainee chopper pilot tackles a midair engine shutdown; Bush pilots face a high-altitude test on an aerial grocery run; the US Army in Alaska launch their biggest helicopter deployment ever, and an Arctic-sports phenom flies high to win gold.
Ice Airport Alaska
S5, EP6 "Avalanche Warning"Scientists fly to save Anchorage from avalanche destruction; border agents stop a potential insect invasion at Anchorage International; a bush pilot flies explosive cargo for a village festival, and the Coast Guard races to repair.
Ice Airport Alaska
S5, EP7 "The Big Chill"Shiver as a DC-6 crew delivers medicine in fuel-freezing weather, then cheer on a rookie Coast Guard rescue swimmer during a crucial test; battle a tourist-season-ending engine fault and hunker down as a blizzard closes in on two vital airports.
