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((Short description|American TV series))
((Other uses|Whirlybird (disambiguation)))
((Use mdy dates|date=April 2014))
((More citations needed|date=June 2020))
((Infobox television
| image                = Whirlybirds TV series titlecard.jpg
| alt                  = Series titles over an image of a Bell 47 helicopter
| caption              =
| alt_name             = '''''The Whirlybirds'''''<br>'''''Copter Patrol'''''
| genre                = [[Adventure (genre)|Adventure]]
| creator              = [[Art Napoleon (film director)|Art Napoleon]]<br>[[Jo Napoleon]]
| writer               = 
| director             = 
| presenter            = 
| starring             = [[Kenneth Tobey]]<br>[[Craig Hill (actor)|Craig Hill]]<br>[[Sandra Spence]]<br>Nancy Hale
| theme_music_composer = 
| opentheme            = 
| composer             = 
| country              = United States
| language             = English
| num_seasons          = 3
| num_episodes         = 111
| list_episodes        = 
| executive_producer   = [[Mort Briskin]]<br>[[N. Gayle Gitterman]]
| producer             = 
| editor               = 
| cinematography       = 
| camera               = [[Single-camera setup|Single-camera]]
| runtime              = 25 minutes
| company              = [[Desilu Productions]]
| channel              = [[broadcast syndication|First-run syndication]]
| first_aired          = ((start date|1957|02|04))
| last_aired           = ((end date|1960|01|18))
| related              =  
))

'''''Whirlybirds''''' (sometimes called '''''The Whirlybirds''''' or '''''Copter Patrol''''') is a [[Television syndication|syndicated]] American [[Dramatic programming|drama]]/adventure television series, which aired for 111 episodes &mdash; broadcast from February 4, 1957, through January 18, 1960.((Citation needed |date=March 2023)) It was produced by [[Desilu Productions|Desilu Studios]].

==Plot synopsis==
The program features the exploits of Chuck Martin ([[Kenneth Tobey]]) and Pete "P. T." Moore ([[Craig Hill (actor)|Craig Hill]]), owners of a fictitious [[helicopter]] chartering company, Whirlybirds, Inc., in the [[Western United States]]. Martin and Moore sell their services to various clients at the fictional airport Longwood Field.

The ''Whirlybirds'' series was, like ''[[I Love Lucy]]'', ''[[The Untouchables (1959 TV series)|The Untouchables]]'', and later ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]'', a product of Desilu Studios.  One particular episode of ''I Love Lucy'', Number 140, became pivotal to the [[Bell 47]]'s public image as the definitive light helicopter of the 1950s.  In No. 140, titled "Bon Voyage" and first aired on CBS on January 16, 1956, [[Lucy and Ricky Ricardo|Lucy Ricardo]] misses the sailing of her trans-Atlantic ocean liner and commandeers a friendly pilot of a Bell 47G to fly her to the ship; [[Jack Albertson]] guest stars in this episode. Down she goes on the hoist, in a studio sequence carefully staged using a 47G cabin mockup. Desilu Studios, intrigued by the Bell 47 and its manufacturer, began discussions with [[Bell Aircraft]] about how the entertainment potential of the Bell 47 might be further developed for a television audience. The result of this collaboration became ''The Whirlybirds''.

Tobey and Hill did not fly the helicopters on the show. That task was handled by professional helicopter pilots Ed Fuderich, Bob Gilbreath, and Harry Hauss of [https://www.nationalhelicopter.com/ National Helicopter Service, Inc.]

After production of the series ended, Kenneth Tobey reprised his role as Chuck Martin in episode #223 of the long-running television series, ''[[Lassie (1954 TV series)|Lassie]]''. Titled "The Rescue", the ''Lassie'' episode was broadcast on October 2, 1960. Chuck Martin uses a Bell 47G to rescue a trapped Timmy Martin ([[Jon Provost]]).

==Production notes==
The series was originally supposed to air on [[CBS]], but was instead put into syndication by [[CBS Films]].  Series filming started in 1956.

The first four episodes were titled ''The Whirlybirds'' and the rest  simply ''Whirlybirds''. Many episodes were directed by [[Harve Foster]] and [[Robert Altman]]. The creators were [[Art Napoleon (film director)|Art Napoleon]] and [[Jo Napoleon]]. Assistant Directors Bruce Bilson and Sid Sidman handle 2nd unit filming.

The series was filmed on location in California.  The production first used the Santa Susanna Airport in [[Simi Valley, California|Simi Valley]]. The airport, no longer in existence, was near the [[Iverson Movie Ranch]], a [[guest ranch|dude ranch]] used to film westerns. Later episodes were filmed at the San Fernando Airport, which is also now closed. 
Much of the open area seen around both airports in the series has since been developed.

===Helicopters used===
The two helicopter types used were [[Bell Helicopter|Bell]] models, a [[Bell 47|47G]] and a [[Bell 47J Ranger|47J Ranger]]; the tail numbers were N975B and N2838B (and N1538B as back-up), respectively. In reality, many helicopters played the role of N975B. Other Bell 47Gs owned by National Helicopter Service were used in the filming with "N975B" decals covering their actual registrations.

===Promotion===
CBS Television Film Sales spent more than $1 million to promote ''Whirlybirds''. Promotions ran in 100 markets. Related events included a Miss Whirlybirds beauty pageant, a helicopter air show, and premier parties in some cities.<ref>((cite magazine |date=January 23, 1957 |page=27 |title=Coast-to-Coast Hoopla To Get 'Whirlybirds' Telefilms Off Ground |magazine=Variety |url=https://archive.org/details/variety205-1957-01/page/n495/mode/1up?view=theater |accessdate=May 27, 2023))</ref>

==Cast==
*[[Kenneth Tobey]] as Chuck Martin
*[[Craig Hill (actor)|Craig Hill]] as P.T. Moore
*Nancy Hale as Helen Carter
*[[Sandra Spence]] as Janet Culver (season 1)

=== Recurring ===
*[[Raymond Bailey]] as Mr. Culver (season 1)
*[[Jimmy Baird]] as Tommy Fuller

==Guest stars==
((col-begin|width=55%))
((Col-2))
*[[Charles Aidman]]
*[[Jeanne Bates]]
*[[Edward Binns]]
*[[Whit Bissell]]
*[[Edgar Buchanan]]
*[[Johnny Crawford]]
*[[Mike Connors]]
*[[Walter Coy]] 
*[[Francis De Sales (actor)|Francis De Sales]] 
*[[Ann Doran]]
*[[Donna Douglas]]
*[[Bill Erwin]]
*[[Frank Ferguson]]
*[[Bruce Gordon (American actor)|Bruce Gordon]]
*[[Dabbs Greer]]
*[[Ron Hagerthy]]
*[[Stacy Harris]]
*[[Darryl Hickman]]
((Col-2))
*[[Connie Hines]]
*[[June Kenney]]
*[[Brett King]] 
*[[Gail Kobe]]
*[[Robert Vaughn]],
*[[Ethel Waters]]
*[[Tyler McVey]] 
*[[Joyce Meadows]] 
*[[John Pickard (American actor)|John M. Pickard]]
*[[Paul Richards (actor)|Paul Richards]]
*[[James Seay]]
*[[Arthur Space]]
*[[Fay Spain]] 
*[[Gary Vinson]]
*[[Werner Klemperer]] - Ep. 17<ref>Disk 8 of collection sold by "Classics4Lymphoma"</ref>
*[[Gavin MacLeod]] - Ep.61 & 67<ref>Disk 8 & 9 of collection sold by "Classics4Lymphoma"</ref>
*[[Edward Platt|Ed Platt]] - Ep.8<ref>Disk 11 of collection sold by "Classics4Lymphoma"</ref>
*[[Claude Akins]] - Ep.5<ref>Disk 9 of collection sold by "Classics4Lymphoma"</ref>
((col-end))

==Episodes status==
No officially authorized DVD sets are available. The [[National Archives and Records Administration|U.S. National Archives]] possesses a complete set of original [[16 mm film|16 mm]] prints. The original 35mm film prints of the series are no longer available; unfortunately, extant video copies are inferior with poor contrast/low-resolution images, some emulsion scratches, and with 16mm projector film-gate dirt visible in the frame corners. Considering the many generations of dubs made of this series, the soundtracks of most episodes remain in relative high fidelity.

==Syndication==
After production of ''Whirlybirds'' ended, [[CBS]] returned 39 of the 111 episodes to syndication and retitled the series, ''Copter Patrol''.

==International airings==
In the United Kingdom, it was shown by the [[BBC]] in the late 1950s and early 1960s and repeated in the 1970s and 1980s. In Italy, [[RAI]] dubbed many episodes in the early 1960s with the title ''Avventure in elicottero''. It was broadcast in Japan in the early 1960s sponsored by [[Sony]] electronics and featured a Japanese-registered Bell 47J with "Sony" on the doors in a special introduction.

==Episodes list==
===Season 1: 1957===
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! style="background:#B0171F"| Title
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((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 1
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| Title = The Big U
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1957|1|3))
| ShortSummary = After Chuck and P.T. complete an [[aerial photography]] assignment, they get hired to look for a drug store owner's missing father-in-law who is a "weekend" [[uranium]] [[Prospecting|prospector]]. They find him with his legs pinned under a boulder. After freeing him using the helicopter, Chuck & P.T. find out that he has found a uranium strike and go after the two amateur prospector's that stole his claim map. Also titled "The Uranium Hunters."
| LineColor = B0171F
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 2
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| Title = Rampage
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1957|1|10))
| ShortSummary = Chuck and P.T. track Congo, a sick [[gorilla]] who is terrorizing the countryside after he escaped from a circus train when his trainer tried to give him a shot of penicillin.
| LineColor = B0171F
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 3
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| Title = Boy on the Roof
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1957|1|17))
| ShortSummary = A young man, with revenge in his heart, climbs on the roof of a building and keeps police at bay with a high-powered rifle. P.T. takes a reporter up to the brother, thinking the reporter has good intentions. Unknown to P.T. the sleazy reporter has ulterior motives. 
| LineColor = B0171F
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 4
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| Title = Fire Flight
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1957|1|24))
| ShortSummary = Chuck and P.T. race against the clock to find three climbers trapped on a mountain by a [[forest fire]].
| LineColor = B0171F
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 5
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| Title = Hot Wire
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1957|1|31))
| ShortSummary = Chuck and P.T. fly through a dangerous [[windstorm]] to deliver a [[ventilator]].
| LineColor = B0171F
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 6
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| Title = Mountain Flight
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1957|2|7))
| ShortSummary = When a man hires Chuck and P.T. to fly him around for a weekend hunting trip, they discover that his prey is human.
| LineColor = B0171F
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 7
| EpisodeNumber2 = 7
| Title = Ghost Town Flight
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1957|2|14))
| ShortSummary = While three boys are camping in the mountains, they explore a [[California]] [[ghost town]] where [[miner]]s once lived and the two older boys accidentally fall into an old [[mine shaft]]. When the youngest boy goes for help, Chuck and P.T. see him from their helicopter, pick him up, fly him to a hospital, and then go back to save the other two.
| LineColor = B0171F
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 8
| EpisodeNumber2 = 8
| Title = Hostage
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1957|2|21))
| ShortSummary = Three escaped convicts steal a small airplane in an attempt to make a getaway, but when they discover that the plane is short of fuel, they return to the airfield and take a hostage.
| LineColor = B0171F
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 9
| EpisodeNumber2 = 9
| Title = Diamond Smugglers
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1957|2|28))
| ShortSummary = Chuck and P.T. are accused of [[smuggling]] when their helicopter is seen in [[Mexico]] on the same day that [[diamond]]s go missing and allegedly are moved across the [[United States]] border.
| LineColor = B0171F
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 10
| EpisodeNumber2 = 10
| Title = Lynch Mob
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1957|3|7))
| ShortSummary = Chuck and P.T. fly a reporter into the mountains for a story when they discover a [[Lynching|lynch mob]] chasing a man who shot a deputy [[sheriff]].
| LineColor = B0171F
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 11
| EpisodeNumber2 = 11
| Title = Sky Net
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1957|3|14))
| ShortSummary = Chuck and P.T. fly a hunter into the mountains who is intent on tracking and killing a [[cougar]].
| LineColor = B0171F
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 12
| EpisodeNumber2 = 12
| Title = Prison Break
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1957|3|21))
| ShortSummary = A woman planning to use a helicopter in a prison break poses as a student pilot.
| LineColor = B0171F
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 13
| EpisodeNumber2 = 13
| Title = Top of the Mountain
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1957|3|28))
| ShortSummary = Chuck and P.T. fly a box supposedly full of much-needed medicine to a rich man's mountaintop retreat.
| LineColor = B0171F
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 14
| EpisodeNumber2 = 14
| Title = Operation Blue Hen
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1957|4|4))
| ShortSummary = P.T. and Chuck are hired to fly a [[bomb]] into a [[canyon]] for testing.
| LineColor = B0171F
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 15
| EpisodeNumber2 = 15
| Title = Human Bomb
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1957|4|11))
| ShortSummary = A bank robber forces Chuck and P.T. to help him at gunpoint.
| LineColor = B0171F
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 16
| EpisodeNumber2 = 16
| Title = Missing Witness
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1957|4|18))
| ShortSummary = Chuck and P.T. come to the aid of a couple who are chased by members of an [[organized crime]] ring after they agree to testify in court against a crime syndicate boss.
| LineColor = B0171F
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 17
| EpisodeNumber2 = 17
| Title = The Egg Code
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1957|4|25))
| ShortSummary = P.T. and Chuck spot a group that is spying on government installations and warn the [[United States Army]].
| LineColor = B0171F
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 18
| EpisodeNumber2 = 18
| Title = Superstition Mountain
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1957|5|2))
| ShortSummary = After they are hired to fly supplies to a remote gold mining operation, Chuck and P.T. encounter a psychopathic killer who is convinced that an ancient [[Apache]] Indian superstition will hide his crimes and bring harm to the Whirlybirds.
| LineColor = B0171F
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 19
| EpisodeNumber2 = 19
| Title = Homicide Haven
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1957|5|9))
| ShortSummary = While flying over the [[desert]], Chuck and P.T. discover a well-hidden house and find a man living there who claims to be a reclusive writer — but Chuck believes that he has seen the man somewhere before.
| LineColor = B0171F
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 20
| EpisodeNumber2 = 20
| Title = Riptide
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1957|5|14))
| ShortSummary = A pilot grounds himself after a bad crash, and his friends Chuck and P.T. try to help him regain the courage to fly again.
| LineColor = B0171F
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 21
| EpisodeNumber2 = 21
| Title = The Black Pearl
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1957|5|23))
| ShortSummary = A [[pearl diver]] hires Chuck and P.T. to fly him to an [[oyster]] bed he has discovered, promising them a share of the [[pearl]]s he finds if they get him there ahead of his former partner.
| LineColor = B0171F
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 22
| EpisodeNumber2 = 22
| Title = Illegal Entry
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1957|5|30))
| ShortSummary = Chuck and P.T. respond to a [[distress signal]] to fly a passenger from a [[yacht]] to a hospital, but are suspicious because the passenger is covered from head to toe in bandages.
| LineColor = B0171F
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 23
| EpisodeNumber2 = 23
| Title = Lady Luck
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1957|6|6))
| ShortSummary = A man hires P.T. and Chuck to fly him to Las Vegas — then he decides to leave Las Vegas suddenly, with a group of cheated gamblers pursuing him.
| LineColor = B0171F
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 24
| EpisodeNumber2 = 24
| Title = Hide and Seek
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1957|6|13))
| ShortSummary = A nine-year-old boy hides in the trunk of a car, loses consciousness, and is trapped as the car is prepared to be crushed for scrap.
| LineColor = B0171F
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 25
| EpisodeNumber2 = 25
| Title = Hobson's Choice
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1957|6|20))
| ShortSummary = P.T. films a reclusive man′s rescue of a famous actress on a movie location. After a newspaper publishes a photograph of the rescue, the man is outraged by the violation of his privacy and tries to shoot P.T.
| LineColor = B0171F
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 26
| EpisodeNumber2 = 26
| Title = Crisis
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1957|6|27))
| ShortSummary = A woman hires P.T. and Chuck to fly her to her sister's house in a remote location in the mountains. During the flight, she tells them to land far from where her sister lives and then disappears, and they begin a search for her.
| LineColor = B0171F
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 27
| EpisodeNumber2 = 27
| Title = Journey to the Past
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1957|7|4))
| ShortSummary = A wealthy man hires Chuck and P.T. to transport him to the site of some pre-[[Aztec]] ruins as found on a map he received from a stranger. In this episode Nancy Hale joined the cast as Helen Carter, replacing Sandra Spence as The Whirlybirds' secretary, and she remained with the show for the rest of its run.
| LineColor = B0171F
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 28
| EpisodeNumber2 = 28
| Title = Aerial Circus
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1957|7|11))
| ShortSummary = P.T. and Chuck become suspicious of a brother-and-sister circus aerial team who learn how to fly a helicopter as part of their act, then return a helicopter with damaged [[Float (nautical)|pontoons]] just after the robbery of an [[Armored car (valuables)|armored car]].
| LineColor = B0171F
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 29
| EpisodeNumber2 = 29
| Title = Cycle of Terror
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1957|7|18))
| ShortSummary = Chuck and P.T. try to stop a [[sniper]] on a [[motorcycle]] from terrorizing a town.
| LineColor = B0171F
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 30
| EpisodeNumber2 = 30
| Title = Fury Canyon
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1957|7|25))
| ShortSummary = A newspaper reporter enlists the help of P.T. and Chuck to search for a family that has mysteriously disappeared from their trailer in the desert.
| LineColor = B0171F
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 31
| EpisodeNumber2 = 31
| Title = The Rustlers
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1957|8|7))
| ShortSummary = Cattle rustlers use a unique method of stealing cows from ranchers.
| LineColor = B0171F
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 32
| EpisodeNumber2 = 32
| Title = I'll Get Even
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1957|8|8))
| ShortSummary = Chuck and P.T. help a [[special agent]] search a chemical plant for a bomb after a disgruntled employee phones in a bomb threat.
| LineColor = B0171F
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 33
| EpisodeNumber2 = 33
| Title = Incident in Del Rio
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1957|8|15))
| ShortSummary = A ranch owner hires Chuck and P.T. to help identify something that flies over his ranch at night making high-pitched sounds and scaring his workers.
| LineColor = B0171F
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 34
| EpisodeNumber2 = 34
| Title = Sky Hook
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1957|8|22))
| ShortSummary = After a small boat is wrecked on rocks near a [[lighthouse]] during a storm, Chuck, P.T., and their helicopter must rescue the injured men on board.
| LineColor = B0171F
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 35
| EpisodeNumber2 = 35
| Title = The Secret Cove
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1957|8|29))
| ShortSummary = After a rich sportsman disappears in his yacht, his wife hires Chuck and P.T. to find the boat and him.
| LineColor = B0171F
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 36
| EpisodeNumber2 = 36
| Title = Take a Little, Leave a Little
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1957|9|5))
| ShortSummary = Chuck and P.T. are hired to fly payroll funds to a construction site but are delayed by a storm. They store the money in the Whirlybirds office safe — and then discover that some of it is missing.
| LineColor = B0171F
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 37
| EpisodeNumber2 = 37
| Title = Airborne Gold
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1957|9|12))
| ShortSummary = A [[melon]] farmer hires Chuck and P.T. to patrol his land, which is spread over both sides of the U.S.-Mexican border, and without their knowledge hides gold aboard their helicopter as a way to smuggle it across the border.
| LineColor = B0171F
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 38
| EpisodeNumber2 = 38
| Title = The Iron Mountain
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1957|9|17))
| ShortSummary = P.T. and Chuck must fly a federal agent into a remote area in the mountains to deal with a reclusive old man who refuses to sell his land for [[mining]].
| LineColor = B0171F
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 39
| EpisodeNumber2 = 39
| Title = Panic at Green Ridge
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1957|9|24))
| ShortSummary = After a woman vacationing at a mountain cabin with her family comes down with a case of [[appendicitis]], her husband crashes his car as he drives down the mountain to go for help.
| LineColor = B0171F
))
|}

===Season 2: 1958–59===
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|- style="color:#FFFFFF"
! style="background:#700070; width:20px"| Nº
! style="background:#700070; width:20px"| Ep
! style="background:#700070"| Title
! style="background:#700070; width:130px"| Original air date
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 40
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| Title = Seven Were Trapped
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1958|2|3))
| ShortSummary = When P.T. and Chuck radio for a weather report, they are informed that a mine has collapsed and trapped a group of people. When they arrive on the scene, they discover that the collapse is much worse than they first thought. This was the first episode featuring the Bell 47J Ranger helicopter (2838B).
| LineColor = 700070
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 41
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| Title = The Ashley Case
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1958|2|10))
| ShortSummary = While a man convicted of murdering his missing wife is appealing his case and claiming that he is innocent, P.T. and Chuck find the license plate of the man's wife's car, indicating that the car and her body could be at the bottom of one of a number of local lakes.
| LineColor = 700070
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 42
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| Title = Hit and Run
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1958|2|17))
| ShortSummary = While P.T. and Chuck are making aerial inspections, they witness a hit-and-run accident below them. They notify the police, transport the victim to a local hospital, and fly back and use their helicopter to recover the crashed vehicle from a ravine — but the vehicle disappears before the police arrive.
| LineColor = 700070
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 43
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| Title = The Runaway
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1958|2|24))
| ShortSummary = Doctors hire P.T. and Chuck to help them find an illegal immigrant from [[Mexico]] who has a highly contagious disease, is infecting everyone he comes in contact with, and is fleeing from medical help because of his fear that he will be deported to Mexico if he is found. 
| LineColor = 700070
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 44
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| Title = The Brothers
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1958|3|3))
| ShortSummary = Chuck and P.T. search for two missing boys — a boy who ran away from home after a fight with his father, and his seven-year-old brother, who apparently has gone searching for him. 
| LineColor = 700070
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((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 45
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| Title = Search for an Unknown Man
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1958|3|10))
| ShortSummary = After receiving a letter requesting their help, Chuck and P.T. decide to investigate by flying to the remote desert mining town in [[Nevada]] it was mailed from. They find that the town is controlled by a mobster and his henchmen, all of whom are covering up a [[kidnapping]].
| LineColor = 700070
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 46
| EpisodeNumber2 = 7
| Title = The Killer
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1958|3|17))
| ShortSummary = A woman claims that the promising young [[Boxing|boxer]] Chuck and P.T. are flying around killed her husband, and they decide to investigate her allegation.
| LineColor = 700070
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 47
| EpisodeNumber2 = 8
| Title = The Unwanted
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1958|3|24))
| ShortSummary = A boy who leaves home after a family argument is kidnapped and held for ransom, and Chuck and P.T. help the police look for him.
| LineColor = 700070
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 48
| EpisodeNumber2 = 9
| Title = Mister Q
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1958|3|31))
| ShortSummary = Chuck and P.T. land to help a boy they saw take a hard fall on a horse. The horse is badly injured, and they fetch the boy's father and a veterinarian, who decide that the animal must be euthanized. Distraught at the loss of his horse, the boy runs away, and Chuck and P.T. begin a search for him.
| LineColor = 700070
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 49
| EpisodeNumber2 = 10
| Title = Seven Orchids
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1958|4|7))
| ShortSummary = A [[Postage due|postage-due]] package arrives at the office of Whirlybirds, Inc. It contains a [[USD|US$]]500 bill that has been torn in half, broken glass, and seven [[orchid]]s. Chuck and P.T. decide to locate the sender and discover a sinister plot against a wealthy family at an abandoned farm.
| LineColor = 700070
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 50
| EpisodeNumber2 = 11
| Title = Father and Son
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1958|4|14))
| ShortSummary = A father hires the Whirlybirds team to fly him and his sick son to see the [[Grand Canyon]] from the air and then to spend a special time at a [[American football|football]] game. During the trip, Chuck and P.T. find out that the man is a crime boss who is using the flight to avoid police road blocks and searches on the ground, and he pulls a gun on them and forces them to stay in the air until the boy becomes very ill.
| LineColor = 700070
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 51
| EpisodeNumber2 = 12
| Title = Time Out of Mind
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1958|4|21))
| ShortSummary = Just after Chuck and P.T. take delivery of their new Bell 47 helicopter, a man sneaks into it and takes it for an unauthorized flight. After he lands, he claims to be suffering from [[amnesia]], that he thinks he may be a pilot, and that he hoped the flight would help him regain his memory. When a reporter starts to look into the fantastic tale, however, clues begin to point to the possibility of an unsavory past — and murder.
| LineColor = 700070
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 52
| EpisodeNumber2 = 13
| Title = Buy Me a Miracle
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1958|4|28))
| ShortSummary = A mild-mannered and kindhearted man hires Chuck and P.T. to fly him to a small Mexican village in the middle of the night. Once every ten years this village celebrates the "Day Of Miracles" and he wishes to repay a long-standing debt to the village  by staging a miracle. The "miracle" happens, but during the return flight the man requests that the pilots turn him into the police when they land because he [[Embezzlement|embezzled]] the money which he used to create his "miracle." Chuck and P.T. do as he asks, but decide to try and help him in any way they can.
| LineColor = 700070
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 53
| EpisodeNumber2 = 14
| Title = Infra-Red
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1958|5|5))
| ShortSummary = The sheriff's department enlists Chuck and P.T. to help it catch three drug traffickers who somehow elude them at the same place every time they follow them through traffic. The pilots come up with an ingenious way to trace the traffickers' car, which leads them to the stash and a surprising destination.
| LineColor = 700070
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 54
| EpisodeNumber2 = 15
| Title = An Apple for the Teacher
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1958|5|12))
| ShortSummary = Chuck takes his former high school teacher on her first helicopter ride to vacation at a resort hotel. After dropping her off, he remembers that it is the first day of school. He runs back into the hotel and finds that no one by her name is listed as staying there.
| LineColor = 700070
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 55
| EpisodeNumber2 = 16
| Title = Blind Date
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1958|5|19))
| ShortSummary = Julie Cavanaugh wins a free vacation in a newspaper′s promotional contest. As part of the promotion, she poses for a photographer as Chuck and P.T. prepare for takeoff — and while she does, someone shoots at her from a speeding car.
| LineColor = 700070
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 56
| EpisodeNumber2 = 17
| Title = Blind Victory
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1958|5|26))
| ShortSummary = While Chuck and P.T. help the police search for a killer, a car accident happens below them. They land to help and transport a beautiful woman to the hospital, not knowing that she is connected with the murderer — and now is in danger of losing her eyesight if a [[corneal transplant]] donor is not located.
| LineColor = 700070
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 57
| EpisodeNumber2 = 18
| Title = Copters and Robbers
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1958|6|2))
| ShortSummary = After a young woman runs away from her new husband, she has second thoughts and hires the Whirlybirds team to fly her back to him, only to find that he has been murdered.
| LineColor = 700070
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 58
| EpisodeNumber2 = 19
| Title = If I Were King
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1958|6|9))
| ShortSummary = A man who already has traveled ((convert|12,000|mi|km|sigfig=2)) hires P.T. and Chuck to fly him on the last leg of his trip to a secret rendezvous, only to have an assassin take aim at him.
| LineColor = 700070
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 59
| EpisodeNumber2 = 20
| Title = Dog Gone
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1958|6|16))
| ShortSummary = As Chuck and P.T. are about to leave for a much-anticipated fishing trip on a river, a business executive persuades them to postpone their trip to help in the search for his daughter's missing dog — and there is an added catch to the whole problem.
| LineColor = 700070
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 60
| EpisodeNumber2 = 21
| Title = Fear
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1958|6|23))
| ShortSummary = When a fire gets out of control, three young men from a juvenile detention facility volunteer to help fight it, only to get trapped in a canyon where Chuck and P.T. must come to their rescue. But their fear doesn't end there.
| LineColor = 700070
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 61
| EpisodeNumber2 = 22
| Title = Time to Kill
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1958|6|30))
| ShortSummary = An investment broker who lost a lot of his clients' money decides to hire someone to kill him so that his life insurance money can reimburse his customers.
| LineColor = 700070
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 62
| EpisodeNumber2 = 23
| Title = Two Came Back
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1958|7|7))
| ShortSummary = Chuck and P.T. search for a young man who disappears during a [[biology]] hike in the woods.
| LineColor = 700070
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 63
| EpisodeNumber2 = 24
| Title = Summit Meeting
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1958|7|14))
| ShortSummary = United States Army Intelligence hires Whirlybirds, Inc., to fly a scientist to a remote rocket testing facility because using an Army transport would be too visible — but the Army's secret is out.
| LineColor = 700070
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 64
| EpisodeNumber2 = 25
| Title = Robert Dixon, M.D.
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1958|10|20))
| ShortSummary = After a physician experiences [[cardiac arrest]], his son, also a doctor, hires P.T. and Chuck to fly him to his father's unknown appointment.
| LineColor = 700070
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 65
| EpisodeNumber2 = 26
| Title = Uncle Pete
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1958|10|27))
| ShortSummary = When P.T. and Chuck arrive for a [[Crop dusting|crop-dusting]] job at a ranch, they find that the ranch foreman nearly beaten to death and all his money stolen. They must race the clock to get help for the injured foreman, and then search for his attacker.
| LineColor = 700070
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 66
| EpisodeNumber2 = 27
| Title = Hideout
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1958|11|3))
| ShortSummary = Chuck and P.T. unwittingly fly a young man right to the doorstep of a killer.
| LineColor = 700070
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 67
| EpisodeNumber2 = 28
| Title = Baby Face
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1958|11|10))
| ShortSummary = Chuck and P.T. land in the desert to help a couple who appear to be eloping, but soon discover that they actually are fleeing a murder rap.
| LineColor = 700070
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 68
| EpisodeNumber2 = 29
| Title = Glamor
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1958|11|17))
| ShortSummary = Top Hollywood movie star Jessie Johns hires Chuck and P.T. to fly her to see her ex-husband at the bank where he works. She demands that he turn over their daughter Sue, whom she has legal custody of. He reluctantly agrees to do so later that day, but when she arrives to pick up Sue she finds that he and his new wife, Jean, have fled with the girl and apparently some of the bank′s funds, using a back mountain road that is scheduled for demolition at any moment. Chuck, P.T. and Jessie board the Whirlybird, Inc., helicopter to try to intercept the car before it is buried by rocks.
| LineColor = 700070
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 69
| EpisodeNumber2 = 30
| Title = Address Unknown
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1958|11|24))
| ShortSummary = The Whirlybirds must reunite a [[Korean War]] hero with his girlfriend.
| LineColor = 700070
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 70
| EpisodeNumber2 = 31
| Title = The Story of Sister Bridget
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1958|12|1))
| ShortSummary = Chuck and P.T. pick up Sister Bridgit, a nun who needs to see one of her former charges who now is carrying a gun.
| LineColor = 700070
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 71
| EpisodeNumber2 = 32
| Title = Midnight Show
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1958|12|8))
| ShortSummary = A [[Ventriloquism|ventriloquist]] hires Chuck and P.T. to fly him and his gorgeous partner to a benefit show. When they get there, however, the location is not that of a show, but rather the cliffside where the ventriloquist′s former assistant mysteriously plunged to her death.
| LineColor = 700070
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 72
| EpisodeNumber2 = 33
| Title = 27 Pieces of Gold
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1958|12|15))
| ShortSummary = A young woman′s husband is off searching for treasure and she has not heard from him for a while, so she hires Chuck and P.T. to find him, not knowing the assignment means danger.
| LineColor = 700070
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 73
| EpisodeNumber2 = 34
| Title = Dead on Arrival
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1958|12|22))
| ShortSummary = P.T. and Chuck make a flight with a passenger who appears to sleep the whole way. When they arrive at their destination, however, they discover that their passenger actually is dead.
| LineColor = 700070
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 74
| EpisodeNumber2 = 35
| Title = An Act of Fate
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1958|12|29))
| ShortSummary = The Whirlybirds crew gets hired to fly a reporter to a location to interview a man for the "Mr. Average American" story, but when they get there, they find the subject of the interview is anything but average.
| LineColor = 700070
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 75
| EpisodeNumber2 = 36
| Title = Always a Gentleman
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1959|1|5))
| ShortSummary = While pursuing an escaped prisoner, P.T. and Chuck suddenly find that they have flown into a United States Army target range.
| LineColor = 700070
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 76
| EpisodeNumber2 = 37
| Title = Road Block
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1959|1|12))
| ShortSummary = During a flight to pick up a company's payroll, Chuck and P.T. see a man murder another man and dump his body into a [[ravine]]. They soon join the search for the murderer.
| LineColor = 700070
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 77
| EpisodeNumber2 = 38
| Title = C.O.D.
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1959|1|19))
| ShortSummary = Chuck and P.T. fly a woman to greet her husband when he is released from prison after serving time for robbery. When the man gets back to his home, three other criminals are there waiting for him.
| LineColor = 700070
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 78
| EpisodeNumber2 = 39
| Title = Rest in Peace
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1959|1|26))
| ShortSummary = Chuck and P.T. are invited to a secret business meeting, only to end up witnessing a murder.
| LineColor = 700070
))
|}

===Season 3: 1959–60===
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((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 79
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| Title = A Matter of Trust
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1959|4|6))
| ShortSummary = Chuck and P.T. fly their friend of many years, Mrs. Dudley, to her summer home in the mountains. When they return from the trip, they discover that the bank where she had worked had been robbed the previous evening
| LineColor = 000050
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 80
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| Title = Guilty of Old Age
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1959|4|13))
| ShortSummary = P.T. and Chuck get drawn into the middle of a police department's modernization process concerning previous and new procedures for dealing with violent juvenile offenders.
| LineColor = 000050
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 81
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| Title = Christmas in June
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1959|4|20))
| ShortSummary = A little girl named Barbara comes to Whirlybirds, Inc., and asks Chuck and P.T. to fly her to the [[North Pole]] so that she can ask [[Santa Claus]] to bring her father home. She realizes that it is only June, but she wants to go early to give Santa Claus some time to get it done. Chuck and P.T. visit Barbara's mother and find out that Barbara's father had been in prison and had not come home even though he had been paroled a year earlier. The Whirlybirds find Barbara's father, then rescue Barbara just as she decides to walk to the North Pole on her own. As the family is reunited, Chuck says, "Christmas came in June."
| LineColor = 000050
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 82
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| Title = Til Death Do Us Part
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1959|4|27))
| ShortSummary = P.T. and Chuck get a phone call to come pick up a woman named Mrs. Foster and fly her to Mexico, but when they get to her home, its residents do not know who they are talking about and claim that no such call was made.
| LineColor = 000050
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 83
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| Title = Time Limit
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1959|5|4))
| ShortSummary = Chuck and P.T. fly two men to a fishing cabin, not realizing that they are burglars who have been cracking area safes and then making their escaped dressed in women's attire — or that they want to use Chuck's helicopter for a getaway.
| LineColor = 000050
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 84
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| Title = Experiment X-74
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1959|5|11))
| ShortSummary = The Whirlybirds are hired to find an experimental [[United States Air Force]] jet. During their search, a group of foreign spies captures Chuck.
| LineColor = 000050
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 85
| EpisodeNumber2 = 7
| Title = His Brother's Keeper
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1959|5|18))
| ShortSummary = During a daylight robbery of a courier carrying a million dollars in diamonds at the home airport of the Whirlybirds, the off-duty police lieutenant serving as the courier's bodyguard is shot and killed. The police lieutenant's brother hires Chuck and P.T. to locate the man, leading the pilots to a shocking surprise.
| LineColor = 000050
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 86
| EpisodeNumber2 = 8
| Title = Obsession
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1959|5|25))
| ShortSummary = Chuck and P.T. are hired to fly a sedated homicidal mental patient to a sanitarium for tests and evaluation, but during the flight they realize that the "patient" is actually a doctor who has been overpowered and drugged, leaving the real patient on the loose to commit murder.
| LineColor = 000050
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 87
| EpisodeNumber2 = 9
| Title = The Challenge
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1959|6|1))
| ShortSummary = After Dr. Clark Evans loses a young patient in surgery, he becomes a recluse in the mountains, until he receives a note informing him that his niece has the same affliction. Evans doubts the veracity of the message, and Chuck and P.T. have to try to convince him to fly back with them to help his niece.
| LineColor = 000050
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 88
| EpisodeNumber2 = 10
| Title = The Big Lie
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1959|6|8))
| ShortSummary = A cleaning woman at an orphanage tries to cure a small boy of his tendency to tell lies about celebrities. After the boy gets in trouble when he runs away from an orphanage and accepts a ride from criminals, Chuck and P.T. come to his assistance. [[Ethel Waters]] guest stars as the cleaning woman.
| LineColor = 000050
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 89
| EpisodeNumber2 = 11
| Title = Without a Net
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1959|6|15))
| ShortSummary = A former circus comedian who used to perform on the high wire as "The Great Herman" comes out of retirement and must overcome a bad case of nerves. [[Strother Martin]] guest stars as the comedian.
| LineColor = 000050
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 90
| EpisodeNumber2 = 12
| Title = The Fugitive
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1959|6|22))
| ShortSummary = Chuck and P.T. fly a husband and wife to a vacation spot so they can celebrate their wedding anniversary. When they arrive, police officers immediately take the husband — an escaped convict — into custody.
| LineColor = 000050
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 91
| EpisodeNumber2 = 13
| Title = The Perfect Crime
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1959|6|29))
| ShortSummary = Chuck and P.T. find themselves in the middle of a town bent on hanging an eccentric old man who has confessed to committing every crime that has happened recently, and they decide to protect him.
| LineColor = 000050
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 92
| EpisodeNumber2 = 14
| Title = The Unknown Soldier
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1959|7|6))
| ShortSummary = Chuck and P.T. come to the assistance of a woman whose husband, long thought to be dead, contacts her to demand money just before she is about to remarry. 
| LineColor = 000050
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 93
| EpisodeNumber2 = 15
| Title = Two of a Kind
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1959|7|13))
| ShortSummary = Two men who have an amazingly close resemblance to each other — one of them a [[serial killer]] on the lam and the other a timid, unemployed husband — hire Chuck and P.T., making it nearly impossible for the police and the pilots to know who is who.
| LineColor = 000050
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 94
| EpisodeNumber2 = 16
| Title = In Ways Mysterious
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1959|7|20))
| ShortSummary = The Whirlybirds team helps a minister rediscover his faith when their helicopter becomes an answer to his prayers.
| LineColor = 000050
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 95
| EpisodeNumber2 = 17
| Title = The Deadly Game
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1959|7|27))
| ShortSummary = Chuck and P.T. soon discover that the clues provided in what at first appears to be just a fun scavenger hunt actually lead to danger and death.
| LineColor = 000050
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 96
| EpisodeNumber2 = 18
| Title = Bankrupt Alibi
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1959|8|3))
| ShortSummary = A well-known man known as an upstanding citizen gets his son to confess to a hit-and-run accident he committed so that he can preserve his reputation in the town.
| LineColor = 000050
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 97
| EpisodeNumber2 = 19
| Title = The Black Maria
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1959|8|10))
| ShortSummary = An escaped criminal forces his gravely ill wife to leave her hospital bed and join him while he evades the police.
| LineColor = 000050
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 98
| EpisodeNumber2 = 20
| Title = Sitting Duck
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1959|8|17))
| ShortSummary = During a flight, Chuck and P.T. clearly see a man choking a woman near a remote farm, but after they land they cannot find either the man or the woman.
| LineColor = 000050
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 99
| EpisodeNumber2 = 21
| Title = Wanted: Alive
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1959|8|24))
| ShortSummary = Chuck and P.T. search the desert for an overdue plane.
| LineColor = 000050
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 100
| EpisodeNumber2 = 22
| Title = The Deacon
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1959|8|31))
| ShortSummary = A church deacon hires Chuck and P.T. to fly him to a speaking engagement, but then wonder about his real purpose after meeting some thugs at the airfield who threaten the man.
| LineColor = 000050
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 101
| EpisodeNumber2 = 23
| Title = Rita Ames Is Missing
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1959|9|7))
| ShortSummary = P.T. and Chuck are hired to fly a young film star to meet her fiancé at a secret location.
| LineColor = 000050
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 102
| EpisodeNumber2 = 24
| Title = The Story of Mary Scott
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1959|9|14))
| ShortSummary = A police lieutenant enlists the help of Whirlybirds, Inc., to help him discover why a young girl committed suicide.
| LineColor = 000050
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 103
| EpisodeNumber2 = 25
| Title = Pink Is For Death
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1959|9|21))
| ShortSummary = Chuck and P.T. help the police search for a man who knows the antidote to a deadly poison a young man drank thinking it was soda pop.
| LineColor = 000050
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 104
| EpisodeNumber2 = 26
| Title = Star Witness
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1959|9|28))
| ShortSummary = Chuck learns that a man recently acquitted of murdering his wife actually is guilty.
| LineColor = 000050
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 105
| EpisodeNumber2 = 27
| Title = Mr. Jinx
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1959|10|5))
| ShortSummary = The pilots fly a newspaper reporter to a remote prison so that he can talk to an inmate he believes is an innocent man. After they return to the Whirlybirds, Inc., office they learn the prisoner was a stowaway in the helicopter and fled. Assuming the reporter conspired with the convict to help the convict escape, the prison's warden calls the police, setting off a series of tumultuous events.
| LineColor = 000050
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 106
| EpisodeNumber2 = 28
| Title = File 777
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1959|10|12))
| ShortSummary = A tough guy named Grimes tries to force P.T. and Chuck to reveal the location of Sydney Evans, a customer of Whirlybirds, Inc. The pilots refuse to give out any information, but that night after closing, Grimes breaks into the Whirlybirds [[hangar]] looking for Evans's file.
| LineColor = 000050
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 107
| EpisodeNumber2 = 29
| Title = Hot Cargo
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1959|10|19))
| ShortSummary = A man hires Chuck and P.T. to take aerial photographs of the governor making a speech at a local fair. They do not know that the man plans to kill the governor for his condemnation of the man's son.
| LineColor = 000050
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 108
| EpisodeNumber2 = 30
| Title = Shoot Out
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1959|10|26))
| ShortSummary = A rancher with a short time left to live asks Chuck and P.T. to spread his ashes from the air over the beautiful countryside of his ranch after his death. 
| LineColor = 000050
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 109
| EpisodeNumber2 = 31
| Title = Man, You Kill Me
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1959|11|2))
| ShortSummary = After P.T. and Chuck fly a jazz musician to his nightclub date, he is found murdered.
| LineColor = 000050
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 110
| EpisodeNumber2 = 32
| Title = Dead Wrong
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1959|11|19))
| ShortSummary = A waitress whose boyfriend is a wanted felon is astonished when she waits on a customer at the restaurant where she works who looks exactly like her boyfriend, and she comes up with a plan to turn the lookalike stranger in to the police in place of her bank-robbing lover.
| LineColor = 000050
))
((Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 111
| EpisodeNumber2 = 33
| Title = Four Little Indians
| OriginalAirDate = ((start date|1960|1|18))
| ShortSummary = A man escapes from prison and plans to kill the people who were responsible for his conviction, including P.T. and Chuck.
| LineColor = 000050
))
|}

==Critical response==
A review of the premiere episode in the trade publication ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' complimented Tobey and Hill as "a couple of appealing heroes" and said that except for the use of a helicopter it seemed to be "a routine adventure series".<ref>((cite magazine |date=February 13, 1957 |page=30 |title=Whirlybirds |magazine=Variety |url=https://archive.org/details/variety205-1957-02/page/n101/mode/1up?view=theater |accessdate=June 2, 2023))</ref>

== References ==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090416010816/http://www.newwhirlybirds.com/NEW%20WHIRLYBIRDS%20HEADLINES.html The New Whirlybirds & Tribute] Details of program.
* McNeil, Alex (1984). ''Total Television &mdash; A Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1984 to the Present''. p.&nbsp;712. [[Penguin Books]] (New York City).  ((ISBN|0-14-007377-9)).

== External links ==
* ((IMDb title|id=50077))
* [http://ctva.biz/US/Adventure/Whirlybirds.htm  Classic TV Archive Plot Summaries]

[[Category:1957 American television series debuts]]
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