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The stories and adventures while running Karl Ritter's (Hans Caninenberg) Canadian air taxi business along the British Columbia coastline are at the center of all episodes of this TV series, co-produced by Canadian CBC and West-German ZDF television networks in the early 1980s. German official title was "Die Küstenpiloten". One of the legendary DHC-2 "Beaver" fitted with floats as a seaplane is featured throughout all the episodes of the series. There are some interplays of a Bell 212 helicopter, operated by a competing neighbor and piloted by Kate Ashcroft (Susan Hogan). Individual episodes in this series feature a dramatic first flight by one of the Ritter family sons, a bush-fire and rescue operations, third-parties engaging in criminal activities, and surprise bad weather situations, all leading to different kinds of adventures or critical situations for the Ritter family and others involved. Usually central to resolving these is their trusted-and-proven yellow "Beaver" aircraft which is hailed as a reliable tool off which they make a living in their beautiful, but sometimes difficult, surrounding in Canada's Pacific province of British Columbia. The entire TV series consists of 20+ episodes, all of which have been aired in the early 1980s in Canada and (translated) in West Germany. Despite being in the memories of millions of viewers in both countries, there has not (yet) been any re-release of it despite a real possibility of gaining some traction not only among TV viewers but also airplane enthusiasts interested in the cult DHC-2 pattern built by DeHavilland during that time.

Country: Canada

Type: scripted

Status: Ended

Language: English

Release Date: September 19, 1980

Also Known As: Die Küstenpiloten, Ritter’s CoveRitter's Cove, Ritter |  See more »

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Production Co: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), Scottish-Global Enterprises, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)

Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

1980 | 26 Episodes

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