About this season
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 Madagascar protecting and serving humans and animals.
Episodes (8)
1. Rhino Run
Aired 7 January 2024 • 44 min
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.
2. Racing The Sun
Aired 14 January 2024 • 44 min
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.
3. Sky Cat
Aired 21 January 2024 • 44 min
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.
4. Tight Turnaround
Aired 28 January 2024 • 44 min
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.
5. Fire Season
Aired 4 February 2024 • 44 min
An airliner dodges thunderstorms flying to a cyclone-damaged island; aerial firefighters cross the country to battle infernos; daredevil chainsaw operators hang underneath helicopters.
6. After The Storm
Aired 11 February 2024 • 44 min
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.
7. Lions Above and Below
Aired 18 February 2024 • 44 min
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.
8. Point Of No Return
Aired 25 February 2024 • 44 min
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.