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Whirlybirds

Action & AdventureDrama
1957
3 Seasons
111 Episodes
EN
Ended

About

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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Cast

Kenneth Tobey

Kenneth Tobey

as Chuck Martin

Craig Hill

Craig Hill

as P.T. Moore

Nancy Hale

Nancy Hale

as Helen Carter

Episodes

Season 1

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E1

Big U

Jan 3, 1957

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.

E2

Rampage

Jan 10, 1957

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.

E3

Boy On The Roof

Jan 17, 1957

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.

E4

Fire Fight

Jan 24, 1957

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.

E5

Hot Wire

Jan 31, 1957

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

E6

Mountain Flight

Feb 7, 1957

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.

E7

Ghost Town Flight

Feb 14, 1957

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.

E8

Hostage

Feb 21, 1957

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.

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