Whirlybirds

1957 - 1960

Big U

3rd January 1957

Episode 1

Chuck and P.T. successfully locate a missing "weekend" prospector, then are marked for death by claim jumpers who believe the prospector has made a valuable uranium strike.

Rampage

10th January 1957

Episode 2

An ailing gorilla escapes from a circus and terrorizes the town. Chuck and P.T. set out in a desperate attempt to capture the pain-crazed animal.

Boy On The Roof

17th January 1957

Episode 3

P.T. and Chuck work out a plan to save the life of a teenager. The boy is perched on a high building threatens to jump.

Fire Fight

24th January 1957

Episode 4

Chuck and P.T. answer an SOS from three mountain climbers who are in the line of a raging forest fire. The rescue must be made quickly or not at all.

Hot Wire

31st January 1957

Episode 5

Chuck and P.T. set out to deliver an iron lung in a windstorm that makes flying perilous.

Mountain Flight

7th February 1957

Episode 6

Chuck and P.T. pilot a man on a weekend hunting trip to the mountains. They soon learn that the man's query is human not animal.

Ghost Town Flight

14th February 1957

Episode 7

Three boys on a camping trip in the mountains explore a ghost town left after the minning ended in the California mountains. Two of the boys accidentally fall into an old mine shaft. The youngest boy goes out to find help even though he is far from civilization in the mountins. Chuck and P.T. see the boy from above in their helicopter and fly him to a hospital, then go back to try and find the other two boys and help them get back home.

Hostage

21st February 1957

Episode 8

Three escaped convicts steal a plane and try to make a daring getaway. Needing gasoline they are forced to return to the airfield where they pick up a valuable hostage.

Diamond Smugglers

28th February 1957

Episode 9

Helicopter pilots Chuck and P.T. are in trouble. Their helicopter has been seen in Mexico on the same dates that diamonds were smuggled across the border. They protest their innocence in vain.

Lynch Mob

Episode 10

P.T. and Chuck fly a reporter into mountainous country to cover a story. A hunter, who shot a deputy for attempting to evict him from his mountain cabin is being chased by a angry lynch mob.

Sky Net

14th March 1957

Episode 11

Ben Carling hires Chuck and P.T. to take him on a hunting trip in the mountains. He is determined to track down and kill a mountain lion.

Prison Break

21st March 1957

Episode 12

An attractive girl comes to Chuck and P.T. for helicopter lessons. She proves such a apt pupil that she is able to solo well ahead of schedule. But P.T. and Chuck learn she's planning to rescue her boyfriend from prison.

Top Of The Mountain

28th March 1957

Episode 13

Helicopter pilots Chuck and P.T. deliver a box to the mountain retreat of a wealthy businessman, they are sure the box contains vital medicine.

Operation Blue Hen

Episode 14

Chuck and P.T. are offered a large fee to transport a fuel bomb into a canyon where the bomb is to be tested. The assignment is made even more hazardous when the scientist sent with them turns out to be an old enemy of Chuck’s.

The Human Bomb

11th April 1957

Episode 15

Chuck and P.T. are forced at gunpoint to aid a bank robber.

Missing Witness

18th April 1957

Episode 16

After promising to testify against the head of a crime ring, a couple becomes afraid of the consequences and runs away, members of the gang pursue them. Chuck and P.T. witness the chase from the air. After promising to testify against the head of a crime ring, a couple becomes afraid of the consequences and runs away, members of the gang pursue them. Chuck and P.T. witness the chase from the air.

The Egg Code

25th April 1957

Episode 17

Chuck and P.T. report some unusual air traffic and put Army Intelligence on the trail of informers who are spying on vital installations. Then they pin-point an unusual code set-up.

Superstition Mountain

Episode 18

A psychopathic killer tries to use an ancient Apache India curse to hide his crimes and do away with Chuck and P.T. when the boys are hired to ferry supplies to a remote gold mining operation.

Homicide Haven

Episode 19

Chuck and P.T come upon a man who is living in a well-hidden house in the desert, although the man introduces himself as a writer seeking solitude, Chuck suspects he has seen him before.

Riptide

Episode 20

Following a bad plane accident a pilot loses his nerve and grounds himself to take another job. Realizing his unhappiness, Chuck and P.T. attempt to help him regain his courage.

Black Pearl

Episode 21

P.T. and Chuck fly a skin-diver to an untouched oyster bed he has discovered. The diver promises to share the pearls with them if they reach the site before his former partner.

Illegal Entry

Episode 22

Answering a distress call from a yacht, Chuck and P.T. become suspicious when a passenger they transport to a hospital is swathed in bandages. They report the incident to immigration authorities.

Lady Luck

Episode 23

A passenger whom Chuck and P.T. have flown to Las Vegas suddenly decides to leave in a hurry. Pursuing him are desperate gamblers who are determined to get back the money they lost.

Hide And Seek

Episode 24

Hidden in the trunk of an abandoned car, a nine-year-old boy falls unconscious and cannot cry out when the car is removed for junk.

Hobson's Choice

Episode 25

P.T. photographs a hermit's dramatic rescue of a glamorous film star at a location site. But when the picture is published, the hermit is outraged at the invasion of his privacy, and tries to shoot P.T.

Crisis

Episode 26

Chuck and P.T. taxi a woman to her sister’s home in the mountains, reluctantly complying with her demands to be put down in the wilderness. Their fears mount when her husband reports she has disappeared, and insists they find her.

Journey To The Past

5th August 1957

Episode 27

A stranger approaches a millionaire, whose hobby is archaeology, with a map leading to undiscovered pre-Aztec ruins. The rich man engages Chuck and P.T. to fly him to the site.

Aerial Circus

12th August 1957

Episode 28

Chuck and P.T. teach circus aerial artists, a brother and sister, to fly a helicopter for their new act. The boys become suspicious when, following an armored car robbery, the boy returns from his solo flight with damaged pontoons.

Cycle Of Terror

19th August 1957

Episode 29

Sniper shootings have been happening around the area and it is being done by two kids on motorcyles who are doing it just for kicks. They spook Helen and her boyfriend when he takes her out for a ride on his motorcycle. Heading back to the airport the two boys confront them and pick a fight until Chuck and P.T. step in and chase the boys away. To get even the boys shoot at the helicopter as it flies overhead, damaging one of the fuel tanks. The boys then take a shot at Chuck and his friend while they are outside and accidently his friend, Bill, get shot in the arm. Chuck and P.T. give chase and catch one of the boys who can't start his cycle. The other gets away. P.T. manages to get the motorcyle started and heads out after the other boy. Chuck goes for the helicopter and together they corner the boy down in the canyons and bring him back to justice.

Fury Canyon

7th October 1957

Episode 30

A family mysteriously disappears from a trailer in the Mojave Desert, leaving no clues. Chuck and P.T. join a newspaperman in search of them.

The Rustlers

14th October 1957

Episode 31

Cattle-owners are plagued by rustlers who employ a mysterious means of stealing cattle.

I'll Get Even

21st October 1957

Episode 32

An anonymous caller reports by telephone that a bomb has been planted in a chemical plant. Chuck and P.T. aid a special agent in searching the factory, suspecting that a disgruntled employee is responsible.

Incident In Del Rio

28th October 1957

Episode 33

A mysterious object has been flung over a ranch at night, emitting an eerie wail and terrifying the workers. The ranch owner asks P.T. and Chuck to assist in tracing the object.

Sky Hook

4th November 1957

Episode 34

P.T. and Chuck discover a small boat has been dashed against the rocks near a lighthouse during a storm. With no outside help available, the men must find a way to remove the injured survivors.

The Secret Cove

11th November 1957

Episode 35

When a wealthy sportsman disappears in his cabin cruiser, his wife hires P.T. and Chuck to find him. They fly over the coastline and discover the boat overturned in a remote cove.

Take A Little, Leave A Little

10th February 1957

Episode 36

Violent storms force P.T. and Chuck to delay a payroll delivery to a construction camp. The money is stored in the office safe, but part of it is stolen.

Airborne Gold

13th January 1958

Episode 37

A very old recluse, who is against progress, owns mountain land that the government wants to mine for iron ore. Chuck and P.T. fly in an agent to deal with the recluse.

Iron Mountain

20th January 1958

Episode 38

A woman vacationing with her family in an isolated mountain cabin is stricken with an appendicitis attack. Her husband drives down the treacherous roads for help, but he wrecks his car on the way.

Panic At Green Ridge

27th January 1958

Episode 39

A woman vacationing with her family in an isolated mountain cabin is stricken with an appendicitis attack. Her husband drives down the treacherous roads for help, but he wrecks his car on the way.

Top Cast

Kenneth Tobey•Craig Hill•Nancy Hale

Action & Adventure Drama

Whirlybirds is a syndicated American drama/adventure television series, which aired for 111 episodes — broadcast from February 4, 1957, through January 18, 1960. It was produced by Desilu Studios . The show centered around Chuck Martin (Kenneth Tobey) and Pete (P.T.) Moore (Craig Hill), owners of 'Whirlybirds, Inc', who flew their helicopter (N975B) between Longwood Field and anywhere where they could be of help to someone in trouble.

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