Season 5
Episode Guide
Flight of the Grizzly
S5
E1
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 US Army prepares for airborne warfare in the Arctic.
Mountain Sheep, Pizza Pie
S5
E2
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, and a bush airline flies a 400-mile pizza delivery.
The Flight Before Christmas
S5
E3
A major snowstorm disrupts Christmas travel in Anchorage, bush pilots aid an Arctic village after a fire, ice jeopardizes an airborne science mission, and Customs agents combat a surge in illegal holiday food imports.
Shivering Timbers
S5
E4
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, and two bald eagles hitch a first-class ride with Alaska Airlines
Flight to Glory
S5
E5
A trainee chopper pilot tackles a mid-air 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.
Avalanche Warning
S5
E6
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 race to repair a rescue helicopter.
The Big Chill
S5
E7
A DC-6 flies into fuel-freezing weather to deliver vital medicine. A rookie Coast Guard rescue swimmer faces his final helicopter test. An engine fault could ruin the flightseeing season, and a blizzard threatens to close two international airports.
Sunspot
S5
E8
Two pilots try to build a new bush plane from 70-year-old designs. The Army gets its big guns airborne to protect America's north. Hurricane-force winds threaten Anchorage International, and NASA scientists blast off from Alaska's own Cape Canaveral.
Runway Meltdown
S5
E9
A pilot races to fly food to a homesteader. Entrepreneurs reviving a 1940's airframe land on ice to prove it can be the future of bush flying. Trainee plane mechanics face a crucial test, and an airport night guardian calls time on a 30-year career.
Flight of the Goose
S5
E10
The Coast Guard flies a twelve-ton fuel truck to keep a remote base operational. An athlete flies to a dangerous airport for a glacier race. Fairbanks crews fight an avian invasion, and after a decade in a museum, a Grumman Goose takes to the skies.