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Whirlybirds

Season 1 Episode 33: Incident in Del Rio

Chuck and P.T. get involved with UFOs and gunrunners south of the border in Mexico.

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 The Big U

1. The Big U

Aired: Jan 2, 1957

The Whirlybirds are hired to find a missing uranium prospector. The search ar...

Episode 2 Rampage

2. Rampage

Aired: Jan 9, 1957

A sickly circus gorilla named Congo escapes. Once on the loose, he terrorizes...

Episode 3 Boy on the Roof

3. Boy on the Roof

Aired: Jan 16, 1957

A younger brother, with revenge in his heart, climbs on a building and keeps ...

Episode 4 Fire Flight

4. Fire Flight

Aired: Jan 23, 1957

The Whirlybirds rush against time to save three mountain climbers that are tr...

Episode 5 Hot Wire

5. Hot Wire

Aired: Jan 30, 1957

Whirlybirds ground crew are trying to contact P.T. and Chuck to warn them of ...

Episode 6 Mountain Flight

6. Mountain Flight

Aired: Feb 6, 1957

The Whirlybirds are hired for a hunting trip up in the mountains. But once th...

Episode 7 Ghost Town Flight

7. Ghost Town Flight

Aired: Feb 13, 1957

Billy and Danny fall into a mine shaft at a ghost town. Billy's little brothe...

Episode 8 Hostage

8. Hostage

Aired: Feb 20, 1957

Three escape convicts, one of whom has flying experience, steal the "Whirleyb...

Episode 9 Diamond Smugglers

9. Diamond Smugglers

Aired: Feb 27, 1957

Helicopter pilots Chuck and P.T. are in trouble. Their helicopter has been se...

Episode 10 Lynch Mob

10. Lynch Mob

Aired: Mar 6, 1957

Virgil Hook and his "lynch mob" want to take the law into their own hands and...

Episode 11 Sky Net

11. Sky Net

Aired: Mar 13, 1957

A man is obsessed on killing a mountain lion that took his hand during an ear...

Episode 12 Prison Break

12. Prison Break

Aired: Mar 20, 1957

A woman posing as a flying student makes off with the helicopter which she pl...

Episode 13 Top of the Mountain

13. Top of the Mountain

Aired: Mar 27, 1957

Helicopter pilots Chuck and P.T. deliver a box to the mountain retreat of a w...

Episode 14 Operation Blue Hen

14. Operation Blue Hen

Aired: Apr 3, 1957

The Whirlybirds are hired by a company to deliver a newly developed solid fue...

Episode 15 Human Bomb

15. Human Bomb

Aired: Apr 10, 1957

Chuck and P.T. unwittingly become accomplices to a bank robber.

Episode 16 Missing Witness

16. Missing Witness

Aired: Apr 17, 1957

The Whirlybird crew assists in the rescue of a husband and wife who are being...

Episode 17 The Egg Code

17. The Egg Code

Aired: Apr 24, 1957

The U.S. Army is trying to prevent spies from discovering secret military bas...

Episode 19 Homicide Haven

19. Homicide Haven

Aired: May 9, 1957

Chuck and P.T come upon a man who is living in a well-hidden house in the des...

Episode 20 Riptide

20. Riptide

Aired: May 16, 1957

Following a bad plane accident a pilot loses his nerve and grounds himself to...

Episode 21 The Black Pearl

21. The Black Pearl

Aired: May 23, 1957

P.T. and Chuck fight an electrical storm to deliver an iron lung to save a bo...

Episode 22 Illegal Entry

22. Illegal Entry

Aired: May 30, 1957

Answering a distress call from a yacht, Chuck and P.T. become suspicious when...

Episode 23 Lady Luck

23. Lady Luck

Aired: Jun 6, 1957

Chuck and P.T. fly a "businessman" to Las Vegas. He suddenly decides he wants...

Episode 24 Hide and Seek

24. Hide and Seek

Aired: Jun 13, 1957

Chuck and P.T. help their secretary search for her missing nephew who was las...

Episode 25 Hobson's Choice

25. Hobson's Choice

Aired: Jun 20, 1957

The Whirlybirds are working for a motion picture company. While on the filmin...

Episode 26 Crisis

26. Crisis

Aired: Jul 29, 1957

Chuck and P.T. taxi a woman to her sister’s home in the mountains, reluctantl...

Episode 27 Journey to the Past

27. Journey to the Past

Aired: Aug 5, 1957

A wealthy explorer is conned by a former acquaintance into believing there ha...

Episode 28 Aerial Circus

28. Aerial Circus

Aired: Aug 12, 1957

The Whirlybirds have been teaching a brother-sister act to fly so they can us...

Episode 29 Cycle of Terror

29. Cycle of Terror

Aired: Aug 19, 1957

A sniper on a motorcycle brings fear to a town unable to fight back. It's up ...

Episode 30 Fury Canyon

30. Fury Canyon

Aired: Oct 7, 1957

An entire family mysteriously disappears from a travel trailer parked out in ...

Episode 31 The Rustlers

31. The Rustlers

Aired: Oct 14, 1957

The local Cattle Association hire the Whirlybirds to investigate how rustlers...

Episode 32 I'll Get Even

32. I'll Get Even

Aired: Oct 21, 1957

An anonymous caller reports by telephone that a bomb has been planted in a ch...

Episode 33 Incident in Del Rio

33. Incident in Del Rio

Aired: Oct 27, 1957

Chuck and P.T. get involved with UFOs and gunrunners south of the border in M...

Episode 34 Sky Hook

34. Sky Hook

Aired: Nov 3, 1957

P.T. and Chuck discover a small boat has been dashed against the rocks near a...

Episode 35 The Secret Cove

35. The Secret Cove

Aired: Nov 10, 1957

A woman hires Chuck and P.T to search for her wealthy missing husband who she...

Episode 37 Airborne Gold

37. Airborne Gold

Aired: Jan 12, 1958

P.T. and Chuck unknowingly help a client smuggle gold into Mexico.

Episode 38 The Iron Mountain

38. The Iron Mountain

Aired: Jan 19, 1958

P.T. and Chuck try help their client persuade a 105 year old man into selling...

Episode 39 Panic at Green Ridge

39. Panic at Green Ridge

Aired: Jan 26, 1958

The Whirlybirds rescue a motorist that has gone off a mountain road and fly h...

Info about Whirlybirds

Seasons: 3

Current Status: Ended

Network: CBS

Production Country: United States

Genres:Adventure