Flight Squad
| Flight Squad | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Also known as | Air Academy[2] |
| Genre | Animated series |
| Created by | Olivier Marvaud David Faure |
| Directed by | Benoit di Sabatino |
| Voices of | See below |
| Country of origin | Canada France |
| Original languages | French English |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Micheline Charest Ronald A. Weinberg Christophe di Sabatino Eric Garnet Paul Hannequart Marc Minjauw |
| Producer | Cassandra Schafhausen |
| Running time | 24 minutes |
| Production companies | CINAR Corporation Antéfilms Productions Neurones Animation |
| Original release | |
| Network | M6 (France) Teletoon (Canada) |
| Release | March 6[1] – July 2, 2000[1] |
Flight Squad (Air Academy[2] in French) is an [1] animated television series produced by the CINAR Corporation (now WildBrain), Antéfilms Productions, and Neurones Animation. The show has 26 episodes were produced.
Plot
[edit]A team of daredevil pilots form the Flight Squad. With their own airplane fleet that is as high-yielding as it is varied, Flight Squad is organized as an independent air services company, carrying out "à la carte" missions for their clients.
Characters
[edit]- Dan, an ex-fighter pilot and former member of the Canadian secret service.
- Tina, an assistant woman.
- Alex
- Jeff, brother of Emma.
- Emma, sister of Jeff
- Jeff's teenage friends.
- Max, indispensable.
- Parachute the Flying Squirrel, the team's pet.
Enemies
[edit]- Kordac, benefactor of Barracudas.
- Bill, leader of Barracudas.
- Buck, Bill's second in command and member of Barracudas.
- Boris, member of Barracudas and the more baddest of them.
Voice cast
[edit]- Al Goulem
- Ricky Mabe
- Thor Bishopric
- A.J. Henderson
- Patricia Rodriguez
- Richard Dumont
- Holly Gauthier-Frankel
- Mark Camacho
- Arthur Holden
Episodes
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Teletoon/Télétoon title [3] | Teletoon airdate [1] | Télétoon airdate [1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "One of Our Satellites Is Missing" "Opération satellite" | Unaired | June 4, 2000 |
| 2 | 2 | "Cream of the Crop" "La crème des récoltes" | March 27, 2000 | June 10, 2000 |
| 3 | 3 | "The Secret of the Icon" "L'icône mystérieuse" | April 17, 2000 | June 11, 2000 |
| 4 | 4 | "Sky Jack" "Hold-up en plein ciel" | July 2, 2000 | April 29, 2000 |
| 5 | 5 | "Whale Rescue" "S.O.S. Baleines" | April 24, 2000 | April 30, 2000 |
| 6 | 6 | "Leonardo De Alex" "Alex De Vinci" | Unaired | June 17, 2000 |
| 7 | 7 | "Log Booming" "Les voleurs de bois" | Unaired | June 18, 2000 |
| 8 | 8 | "Ghost Place" "L'avion fantôme" | Unaired | June 24, 2000 |
| 9 | 9 | "Flying Ark" "L'arche volante" | Unaired | June 25, 2000 |
| 10 | 10 | "Christmas Star" "L'étoile de Noël" | Unaired | July 1, 2000 |
| 11 | 11 | "The White She-Wolf" "La louve blanche" | May 8, 2000 | May 7, 2000 |
| 12 | 12 | "Parachute to the Rescue" "La chasse aux castors" | Unaired | July 2, 2000 |
| 13 | 13 | "The Black Lagoon" "Le lagon noir" | May 15, 2000 | May 13, 2000 |
| 14 | 14 | "The Return of the Pilot" "Le retour du pilote" | May 22, 2000 | May 14, 2000 |
| 15 | 15 | "Underground Fire" "Le feu sous la terre" | May 29, 2000 | May 20, 2000 |
| 16 | 16 | "Cloud Wraith" "Le spectre des nuages" | Unaired | May 21, 2000 |
| 17 | 17 | "Top Gal" "La justicière du ciel" | Unaired | May 27, 2000 |
| 18 | 18 | "Terror Train" "Aller simple" | Unaired | May 28, 2000 |
| 19 | 19 | "Pirates of the Frozen Sea" "Les pirates de la mer glacé" | Unaired | June 3, 2000 |
| 20 | 20 | "Skynapped" "Le sequestre la mine" | March 6, 2000 | April 5, 2000 |
| 21 | 21 | "Bigfoot" "Le Bigfoot" | March 13, 2000 | April 9, 2000 |
| 22 | 22 | "Trial by Fire" "Le baptême du feu" | March 20, 2000 | April 15, 2000 |
| 23 | 23 | "Compact Risk" "Compact risque" | April 3, 2000 | April 22, 2000 |
| 24 | 24 | "Double Trouble" "Double danger" | April 10, 2000 | April 23, 2000 |
| 25 | 25 | "Uranium Express" "Uranium express" | May 1, 2000 | May 6, 2000 |
| 26 | 26 | "Ice!" "Multiples facettes" | August 13, 2000 | April 16, 2000 |
Broadcast
[edit]The show ran on Teletoon in Canada.[4] Internationally, The show is aired on M6 in France and Telefutura (Spanish) and This TV in the United States.
DVD releases
[edit]Two volumes of the series, each containing three episodes, were released on DVD in 2005.[5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Television Program Logs". Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. 2 March 2016.[dead link] Alt URL
- ^ a b "Archived copy". www.teletoon.com. Archived from the original on 10 August 2001. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ http://tvschedule.zap2it.com/tvlistings/ZCProgram.do?sId=EP00425043&t=Flight+Squad&method=getEpisodesForShow&epYear=2001 [dead link]
- ^ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 65. ISBN 9781476672939.
- ^ "Flight Squad Air Wars". Amazon. 6 September 2005.
- ^ "Flight Squad Search and Rescue". Amazon. 6 September 2005.
External links
[edit]- Flight Squad at IMDb
Categories:
- Teletoon original programming
- 2000s Canadian animated television series
- 2000s Canadian children's television series
- 2000 Canadian television series debuts
- 2000 Canadian television series endings
- 2000s French animated television series
- 2000 French television series debuts
- 2000 French television series endings
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming
- Canadian children's animated action television series
- Canadian children's animated adventure television series
- Canadian children's animated fantasy television series
- French children's animated action television series
- French children's animated adventure television series
- French children's animated fantasy television series
- Television series by Cookie Jar Entertainment
- Aviation television series
- Australian English-language television shows
- Television series by WildBrain