Whirlybirds
Whirlybirds
TV ShowEnded

Whirlybirds

5.4 / 10
1957
3 seasons
111 episodes
Action & AdventureDrama

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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Trailer

Whirlybirds Theme (with Credits)

Cast

Seasons

  • Ep 1

    1.Big U

    03-01-1957

    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.

  • Ep 2

    2.Rampage

    10-01-1957

    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.

  • Ep 3

    3.Boy On The Roof

    17-01-1957

    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.

  • Ep 4

    4.Fire Fight

    24-01-1957

    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.

  • Ep 5

    5.Hot Wire

    31-01-1957

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

  • Ep 6

    6.Mountain Flight

    07-02-1957

    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.

  • Ep 7

    7.Ghost Town Flight

    14-02-1957

    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 sha...

  • Ep 8

    8.Hostage

    21-02-1957

    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.

  • Ep 9

    9.Diamond Smugglers

    28-02-1957

    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 innoce...

  • Ep 10

    10.Lynch Mob

    07-03-1957

    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...

  • Ep 11

    11.Sky Net

    14-03-1957

    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.

  • Ep 12

    12.Prison Break

    21-03-1957

    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 plann...

  • Ep 13

    13.Top Of The Mountain

    28-03-1957

    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.

  • Ep 14

    14.Operation Blue Hen

    04-04-1957

    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 wit...

  • Ep 15

    15.The Human Bomb

    11-04-1957

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

  • Ep 16

    16.Missing Witness

    18-04-1957

    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...

  • Ep 17

    17.The Egg Code

    25-04-1957

    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...

  • Ep 18

    18.Superstition Mountain

    02-05-1957

    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 minin...

  • Ep 19

    19.Homicide Haven

    09-05-1957

    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 b...

  • Ep 20

    20.Riptide

    16-05-1957

    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.

  • Ep 21

    21.Black Pearl

    23-05-1957

    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.

  • Ep 22

    22.Illegal Entry

    30-05-1957

    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 immigrati...

  • Ep 23

    23.Lady Luck

    06-06-1957

    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...

  • Ep 24

    24.Hide And Seek

    13-06-1957

    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.

  • Ep 25

    25.Hobson's Choice

    20-06-1957

    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, a...

  • Ep 26

    26.Crisis

    29-07-1957

    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 repor...

  • Ep 27

    27.Journey To The Past

    05-08-1957

    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.

  • Ep 28

    28.Aerial Circus

    12-08-1957

    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...

  • Ep 29

    29.Cycle Of Terror

    19-08-1957

    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 tak...

  • Ep 30

    30.Fury Canyon

    07-10-1957

    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.

  • Ep 31

    31.The Rustlers

    14-10-1957

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

  • Ep 32

    32.I'll Get Even

    21-10-1957

    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 disgruntle...

  • Ep 33

    33.Incident In Del Rio

    28-10-1957

    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.

  • Ep 34

    34.Sky Hook

    04-11-1957

    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 injur...

  • Ep 35

    35.The Secret Cove

    11-11-1957

    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.

  • Ep 36

    36.Take A Little, Leave A Little

    10-02-1957

    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.

  • Ep 37

    37.Airborne Gold

    13-01-1958

    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.

  • Ep 38

    38.Iron Mountain

    20-01-1958

    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...

  • Ep 39

    39.Panic At Green Ridge

    27-01-1958

    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...

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