Airline

1. E1. Look After Number One

   Jan 3, 1982 · 52m

   In 1946, Flight Sgt. Russell tries to stay in the RAF as a pilot. A former mentor falls under suspicion of massive illegalities and needs a favor, leading to a brush with smuggling.

2. E2. Brave New World

   Jan 10, 1982 · 60m

   Demobilized from the Air Force, Jack Ruskin hustles to start his own private air service with a few other men.

3. E3. Conscience

   Jan 17, 1982 · 60m

   Ruskin Air Service's first cargo run is a failure when the cargo of eggs is confiscated. Debts and interest on the aircraft loan pile up. A load of tractor parts headed to Palestine goes awry when a fuel stop leads to a change in cargo.

4. E4. Touch and Go

   Jan 24, 1982 · 60m

   February. Ruskin Air Services is grounded: locked in the icy grip of winter, Enter Ernie Cade, with a proposition the men find hard to refuse, Had they known what they were letting themselves in for, they would have remained earthbound.

5. E5. Fool's Errands

   Jan 31, 1982 · 60m

   March 1947, Ruskin is broke. His plane is badly damaged and Cade is putting the screws on. Hardly the time to expand, one would think, But Ruskin's determination to succeed knows no bounds.

6. E6. Captain Clarke Plus One

   Feb 7, 1982 · 60m

   Spring 1947, With the forces of bureaucracy massing against him in England, Ruskin finds himself in Malta, with no fuel, no cooperation and no way out. All seems lost until the winds of fortune change - for the worse.

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