Whirlybirds

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Status: Ended

The Whirlybirds flew into our television sets from 1957 to 1960. Featuring Bell 47 helicopters, Chuck Martin (Kenneth Tobey) and Pete "P.T." Moore (Craig Hill) are the owners of Whirlybirds, Incorporated, a chopper for hire company based in California. Each week, Chuck and P.T. would find themselves called to help the local authorities in search and rescue, or fly a rich bigwig around. And of course, let's not forget the coolest of helicopters, the Bell 47, tail number N975B. The Whirlybirds was another hit series produced by Desilu Studios and ran three seasons in syndication . The show was filmed at the San Fernando airport and Whitman Field in and around Van Nuys, California and was conceived after a show idea from an I Love Lucy episode. Helen Carter (Nancy Hale) was the firm's secretary, replacing Janet Culver (Sandra Spence) midway through the 1st season. The show was the first television series to feature helicopters as it's main focus and inspired hundreds of young people to become chopper pilots. The Whirlybirds was also the place of introduction for Bell's improved model helicopter, the Bell 47J Ranger.moreless

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S 3769 : Ep 35	An Act Of Fate	Aired 12/29/58
S 3 : Ep 33	Four Little Indians	Aired 1/18/60
S 3 : Ep 32	Dead Wrong	Aired 11/9/59
S 3 : Ep 31	Man, You Kill Me	Aired 11/2/59
S 3 : Ep 30	Shoot Out	Aired 10/26/59

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Kenneth Tobey

Chuck Martin

9.4
Craig Hill

Pete 'P.T.' Moore

9.0
Nancy Hale

Helen Carter

8.0

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THE Original Helicopter Show

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"Great"

By Airwolf222, Apr 06, 2006 Report Abuse

Before Airwolf, before Blue Thunder, and before Chopper One, there was a three seasoned show that began in 1957 and ended in 1960 where helicopters were the stars.
Enter Whirlybirds, this show involved two pilots who flew around in Bell 47-G helicopters, they were either involved in search and rescue or were flying some bigwig around.

I am probably guessing that the writers of Whirlybirds had no idea that their show would end up in different formats in later years.moreless
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