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Whirlybirds

Season 1 Episode 9: Diamond Smugglers

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 innocence in vain.

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