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Whirlybirds

Season 3 · 33 episodes · Apr 6, 1959

  1. Episode 1

    A Matter Of Trust

    Apr 6, 1959

    Chuck and P.T. had known Mrs. Dudley for years. They obliged when she asked for a lift up to her summer home, only to discover that the bank where Mrs. Dudley worked had been robbed the night before.

  2. Episode 2

    Guilty Of Old Age

    Apr 13, 1959

    New and old methods of handling juvenile offenders come into violent conflict as Chuck and P.T. become involved in a police department’s attempt to modernize.

  3. Episode 3

    Christmas In June

    Apr 20, 1959

    Chuck and P.T. get a strange request from a little girl to fly her to the North Pole to get a “new daddy” for Christmas.

  4. Episode 4

    Til Death Do Us Part

    Apr 27, 1959

    Forester to Mexico. But when they arrive at the Forester residence, everyone denies having made the call.

  5. Episode 5

    Time Limit

    May 4, 1959

    Chuck and P.T. get mixed up with a gang of safecrackers who wear women's clothes to escape. They hire our boy's to transport them to a fishing cabin.

  6. Episode 6

    Experiment X-74

    May 11, 1959

    Chuck is captured by a nest of spies while tracking down a stolen Air Force experimental jet.

  7. Episode 7

    His Brothers Keeper

    May 18, 1959

    A dead police lieutenant's brother hires the Whirlybirds to help him flush from hiding a mobster Who killed his brother.

  8. Episode 8

    Obsession

    May 25, 1959

    Dr. Clark Evans secludes himself at a mountain retreat when one of his patients dies in surgery. He doesn't believe a message that his daughter is afflicted with the same disease his patient had.

  9. Episode 9

    The Challenge

    Jun 1, 1959

    Dr. Clark Evans secludes himself at a mountain retreat when one of his patients dies in surgery. He doesn't believe a message that his daughter is afflicted with the same disease his patient had.

  10. Episode 10

    The Big Lie

    Jun 8, 1959

    A boy's tendency to tell lies about famous people leads to him to an encounter with some small-time hoods. He is cured of his habit after an adventure with Chuck and P.T.

  11. Episode 11

    Without A Net

    Jun 15, 1959

    A circus high-wire comedian comes out of retirement and faces a dramatic challenge to his shaky nerves.

  12. Episode 12

    The Fugitive

    Jun 22, 1959

    A wedding anniversary celebration backfires when the husband is arrested and taken to jail. Possible Synopsis: The Whirlybirds are hired to fly a couple to their wedding anniversary vacation spot. They discover some uninvited guests in the persons of the police.

  13. Episode 13

    The Perfect Crime

    Jun 29, 1959

    A strange old man confesses to every major crime in town, including a murder and a politically minded mayor orders him jailed, for his own safekeeping. Chuck and P.T. have their hands full when lynch mobs start to gather.

  14. Episode 14

    The Unknown Solider

    Jul 6, 1959

    A young woman who believes her husband to have died in Korea plans to remarry. Shortly thereafter she receives a demand for money for late husband. The husband "returns from the grave" to plague his wife, who enlists the aid of the Whirlybirds.

  15. Episode 15

    Two of a Kind

    Jul 13, 1959

    A man who bears an uncanny resemblance to a condemned criminal hires Chuck and P.T. for a helicopter trip.

  16. Episode 16

    In Ways Mysterious

    Jul 20, 1959

    A disillusioned minister regains his religious faith when a helicopter helps perform a "miracle".

  17. Episode 17

    The Deadly Game

    Jul 27, 1959

    The Whirlybirds run into a first-class mystery when all of a young lady’s clues on a scavenger hunt prove to be deadly booby traps.

  18. Episode 18

    Bankrupt Alibi

    Aug 3, 1959

    A father commits a hit-and-run crime and persuades his son to take the blame to save his reputation as a prominent citizen.

  19. Episode 19

    The Black Maria

    Aug 10, 1959

    An escaped convict detours long enough to force his seriously ill wife to leave the hospital and flee with him.

  20. Episode 20

    Sitting Duck

    Aug 17, 1959

    While in the air, Chuck and P.T. see a woman being strangled near an isolated farm house but on landing are unable to find the killer.

  21. Episode 21

    Wanted: Alive

    Aug 24, 1959

    An overdue plane sets the Whirlybirds off on a desert search. A murderer tries to make his crime look like an accident but he forgets one small item.

  22. Episode 22

    The Deacon

    Aug 31, 1959

    A glib-tongued deacon hires the Whirlybirds to transport him to a preaching engagement in a nearby city. When some toughs threaten the deacon at the airport, Chuck and P.T. begin to doubt his integrity.

  23. Episode 23

    Rita Ames Is Missing

    Sep 7, 1959

    A publicity stunt that suddenly is for real lands a young movie actress in a jam. Chuck and P.T. are hired to fly her to a secret rendezvous to meet her fiancé.

  24. Episode 24

    The Story Of Mary Scott

    Sep 14, 1959

    A police lieutenant hires the Whirlybirds to help him explore the past of a young girl who has committed suicide.

  25. Episode 25

    Pink Is For Death

    Sep 21, 1959

    Young Davey Richards mistakes a lethal poison for soda pop. The police can’t locate the only man who knows the exact nature of the poison.

  26. Episode 26

    Star Witness

    Sep 28, 1959

  27. Episode 27

    Mr. Jinx

    Oct 5, 1959

    Chuck and P.T. fly a newspaper reporter to an isolated hard-labor camp and end up being wanted by the police.

  28. Episode 28

    File 777

    Oct 12, 1959

    Chuck and P.T. refuse to give information to a tough-looking man named Grimes about the whereabouts of Sydney Evans, one of their customers. Grimes, later that night breaks into the Whirlybirds' files.

  29. Episode 29

    Hot Cargo

    Oct 19, 1959

    The father of a condemned boy vows to kill the governor. He hires the Whirlybirds to take him to a fair where he can get some aerial photos of the governor making a speech.

  30. Episode 30

    Shoot Out

    Oct 26, 1959

    A British-born rancher predicts his death to the Whirlybirds and asks them to spread his ashes over a beautiful site in the country after his death.

  31. Episode 31

    Man, You Kill Me

    Nov 2, 1959

    A jazzman who has been chauffered to a nightclub date by Whirlybirds is found murdered- Chuck and P.T. turn in the logical suspect.

  32. Episode 32

    Dead Wrong

    Nov 19, 1959

    A waitress serves a man who looks exactly like her boy friend, a bank robber on the lam. She plots to turn him over to the police.

  33. Episode 33

    Four Little Indians

    Jan 18, 1960

    An escaped convict has vowed to kill the four people who sent him up, including Chuck and P.T.