var hp_interval = 0; He earned his Airframe & Powerplant Mechanics Certificate and an Associates Degree in 1976 through Spartan School of Aeronautics. Sarah Morgan, a Discovery Channel spokesperson, confirms the casts explanation. if (utmName == 'ref') { With Ken Cage, Mike Kennedy, Kevin Lacey, Mike Rowe. You never know what kind of plane you'll be asked to retrieve, and so you have to be ready to be a Flying Jack of All Trades and, indeed, All Planes. Hill, with a stash of repossessed planes (courtesy of Ken Hill). While Heathers credentials are impressive for her age, she was not trained by the military to be a pilot. I think that certain (short) portions might be slightly modified, but as a former repo man during the 80s, a couple of airplane repos in foreign countries would be looked at by the public as staged, but I can tell you now.as a retired airline captain, I have to sit back and laugh at my repo career and saywowdid that really happen? Or was I just young and crazy? Very bizarre things happen and like a movie, it just boggles the mind that (we) got past military, police, and control tower people and stole planes for companies like Cessna Finance Corporation and Lloyds of London insurance companies. On any given year, hell take on 30-50 of these jobs a figure that increases during financial crises, when defaulted loans spike and hes sold everything from a $10m jet down to a $15k junker plane. jQuery(document).ready(function ($) { By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. So the more skilled you are at securing these "payloads" if you will, the more money you can bank, and the stars from the show have managed to make a pretty penny over the years getting these planes back to the companies that own them. Is Airplane Repo coming back in 2020? Mike Kennedy is famous because of the show, "Airplane Repo.". Used for id sync process.