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Whirlybirds

Season 3 (33 Episodes)

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Charter helicopter pilots Chuck and P. T. solve crimes. Rescue people, perform tasks and more using their Bell helicopter, the star of the show;

One hundred eleven episodes of this syndicated show were produced between 1956 and 1959, debuting in the US in January 1957. Chuck and P.T. own a helicopter company that is hired to perform all types of jobs. Janet Culver was the original secretary being replaced by Helen Carter in the second season.

Season 3 Episodes:

Episode 1 Guilty of Old Age

1. Guilty of Old Age

Aired: Apr 5, 1959

Chuck and P.T. had known Mrs. Dudley for years. They obliged when she asked f...

Episode 2 A Matter of Trust

2. A Matter of Trust

Aired: Apr 12, 1959

New and old methods of handling juvenile offenders come into violent conflict...

Episode 3 Christmas in June

3. Christmas in June

Aired: Apr 19, 1959

A little girl asks to go to the North Pole to meet Santa Claus. It is only Ju...

Episode 4 Till Death Do Us Part

4. Till Death Do Us Part

Aired: Apr 27, 1959

Forester to Mexico. But when they arrive at the Forester residence, everyone...

Episode 5 Time Limit

5. Time Limit

Aired: May 4, 1959

Chuck and P.T. get mixed up with a gang of safecrackers who wear women's clot...

Episode 6 Experiment X-74

6. Experiment X-74

Aired: May 11, 1959

An experimental plane with a 20 minute fuel supply is stolen from a nearby mi...

Episode 7 His Brother's Keeper

7. His Brother's Keeper

Aired: May 18, 1959

A million dollars in diamonds is stolen by two masked robbers at Longwood Fie...

Episode 8 Obsession

8. Obsession

Aired: May 25, 1959

The Whirlybirds unwittingly become involved in their client's plan to commit ...

Episode 9 The Challenge

9. The Challenge

Aired: Jun 1, 1959

A medical emergency forces a surgeon to hire the Whirlybirds to help him loca...

Episode 10 The Big Lie

10. The Big Lie

Aired: Jun 8, 1959

Billy is a lonely orphan, desperate to make friends he tells the other boys t...

Episode 11 Without a Net

11. Without a Net

Aired: Jun 15, 1959

A circus high-wire comedian comes out of retirement and faces a dramatic chal...

Episode 12 The Fugitive

12. The Fugitive

Aired: Jun 22, 1959

A wedding anniversary celebration backfires when the husband is arrested and ...

Episode 13 The Perfect Crime

13. The Perfect Crime

Aired: Jun 29, 1959

Chuck and P.T. get involved in a revenge murder case after picking up an old ...

Episode 14 The Unknown Soldier

14. The Unknown Soldier

Aired: Jul 6, 1959

A soldier who was reported MIA suddenly appears three weeks before the legal ...

Episode 15 Two of a Kind

15. Two of a Kind

Aired: Jul 13, 1959

The Whirlybirds latest client is a doppelganger for a serial killer currently...

Episode 16 In Ways Mysterious

16. In Ways Mysterious

Aired: Jul 20, 1959

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

Episode 17 The Deadly Game

17. The Deadly Game

Aired: Jul 27, 1959

A client of the Whirlybirds is involved in a "Treasure Hunt". Chuck and P.T. ...

Episode 18 Bankrupt Alibi

18. Bankrupt Alibi

Aired: Aug 3, 1959

A client on his way to see the Whirlybirds is killed in a hit and run acciden...

Episode 19 The Black Maria

19. The Black Maria

Aired: Aug 10, 1959

An escaped convict detours long enough to force his seriously ill wife to lea...

Episode 20 Sitting Duck

20. Sitting Duck

Aired: Aug 17, 1959

While in the air, Chuck and P.T. see a woman being strangled near an isolated...

Episode 21 Wanted: Alive

21. Wanted: Alive

Aired: Aug 24, 1959

When a plane flown by a veteran pilot disappears on a routine flight, the Whi...

Episode 22 The Deacon

22. The Deacon

Aired: Aug 31, 1959

Chuck and P.T. are hired by Deacon Barrington to fly him over to nearby town ...

Episode 23 Rita Ames Is Missing

23. Rita Ames Is Missing

Aired: Sep 7, 1959

A publicity stunt that suddenly is for real lands a young movie actress in a ...

Episode 24 Story of Mary Scott

24. Story of Mary Scott

Aired: Sep 14, 1959

A police lieutenant hires the Whirlybirds to help him explore the past of a y...

Episode 25 Pink Is for Death

25. Pink Is for Death

Aired: Sep 21, 1959

Young Davey Richards mistakes a lethal poison for soda pop. The police can’t ...

Episode 27 Mr. Jinx

27. Mr. Jinx

Aired: Oct 5, 1959

After a prisoner escapes by hiding in the storage area of the Whirlybird's he...

Episode 28 File 777

28. File 777

Aired: Oct 12, 1959

Chuck and P.T. refuse to give information to a tough-looking man named Grimes...

Episode 29 Hot Cargo

29. Hot Cargo

Aired: Oct 19, 1959

The father of a condemned boy vows to kill the governor. He hires the Whirlyb...

Episode 30 Shoot Out

30. Shoot Out

Aired: Oct 25, 1959

A British-born rancher predicts his death to the Whirlybirds and asks them to...

Episode 31 Man, You Kill Me

31. Man, You Kill Me

Aired: Nov 1, 1959

A popular jazz musician who hired the Whirlybirds to fly him to his next two ...

Episode 32 Dead Wrong

32. Dead Wrong

Aired: Nov 18, 1959

A waitress serves a man who looks exactly like her boy friend, a bank robber ...

Episode 33 Four Little Indians

33. Four Little Indians

Aired: Jan 17, 1960

Kagan, an escaped convict, plans to kill the people who sent him up. A deputy...

Info about Whirlybirds

Current Status: Ended

Network: CBS

Production Country: United States

Genres:Adventure