Whirlybirds - Season 3

Whirlybirds - Season 3

Season 3

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Episodes33
DatesApr 6, 1959 - Jan 18, 1960
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Episodes

A Matter of Trust
Season 3Episode 130 min

A Matter of Trust

Chuck and P.T. had known Mrs. Dudley for years. They obliged when she asked for a lift up to her summer home, only to discover that the bank where Mrs. Dudley worked had been robbed the night before.
Apr 6, 1959
Guilty of Old Age
Season 3Episode 230 min

Guilty of Old Age

New and old methods of handling juvenile offenders come into violent conflict as Chuck and P.T. become involved in a police department’s attempt to modernize.
Apr 13, 1959
Christmas in June
Season 3Episode 330 min

Christmas in June

Chuck and P.T. get a strange request from a little girl to fly her to the North Pole to get a “new daddy” for Christmas.
Apr 20, 1959
Till Death Do Us Part
Season 3Episode 430 min

Till Death Do Us Part

Forester to Mexico. But when they arrive at the Forester residence, everyone denies having made the call.
Apr 27, 1959
Time Limit
Season 3Episode 530 min

Time Limit

Chuck and P.T. get mixed up with a gang of safecrackers who wear women's clothes to escape. They hire our boy's to transport them to a fishing cabin.
May 4, 1959
Experiment X-74
Season 3Episode 630 min

Experiment X-74

Chuck is captured by a nest of spies while tracking down a stolen Air Force experimental jet.
May 11, 1959
His Brother's Keeper
Season 3Episode 730 min

His Brother's Keeper

A dead police lieutenant's brother hires the Whirlybirds to help him flush from hiding a mobster Who killed his brother.
May 18, 1959
Obsession
Season 3Episode 830 min

Obsession

Dr. Clark Evans secludes himself at a mountain retreat when one of his patients dies in surgery. He doesn't believe a message that his daughter is afflicted with the same disease his patient had.
May 25, 1959
The Challenge
Season 3Episode 930 min

The Challenge

Dr. Clark Evans secludes himself at a mountain retreat when one of his patients dies in surgery. He doesn't believe a message that his daughter is afflicted with the same disease his patient had.
Jun 1, 1959
The Big Lie
Season 3Episode 1030 min

The Big Lie

A boy's tendency to tell lies about famous people leads to him to an encounter with some small-time hoods. He is cured of his habit after an adventure with Chuck and P.T.
Jun 8, 1959
Without a Net
Season 3Episode 1130 min

Without a Net

A circus high-wire comedian comes out of retirement and faces a dramatic challenge to his shaky nerves.
Jun 15, 1959
The Fugitive
Season 3Episode 1230 min

The Fugitive

A wedding anniversary celebration backfires when the husband is arrested and taken to jail. Possible Synopsis: The Whirlybirds are hired to fly a couple to their wedding anniversary vacation spot. They discover some uninvited guests in the persons of the police.
Jun 22, 1959
The Perfect Crime
Season 3Episode 1330 min

The Perfect Crime

A strange old man confesses to every major crime in town, including a murder and a politically minded mayor orders him jailed, for his own safekeeping. Chuck and P.T. have their hands full when lynch mobs start to gather.
Jun 29, 1959
The Unknown Soldier
Season 3Episode 1430 min

The Unknown Soldier

A young woman who believes her husband to have died in Korea plans to remarry. Shortly thereafter she receives a demand for money for late husband. The husband "returns from the grave" to plague his wife, who enlists the aid of the Whirlybirds.
Jul 6, 1959
Two of a Kind
Season 3Episode 1530 min

Two of a Kind

A man who bears an uncanny resemblance to a condemned criminal hires Chuck and P.T. for a helicopter trip.
Jul 13, 1959
In Ways Mysterious
Season 3Episode 1630 min

In Ways Mysterious

A disillusioned minister regains his religious faith when a helicopter helps perform a "miracle".
Jul 20, 1959
The Deadly Game
Season 3Episode 1730 min

The Deadly Game

The Whirlybirds run into a first-class mystery when all of a young lady’s clues on a scavenger hunt prove to be deadly booby traps.
Jul 27, 1959
Bankrupt Alibi
Season 3Episode 1830 min

Bankrupt Alibi

A father commits a hit-and-run crime and persuades his son to take the blame to save his reputation as a prominent citizen.
Aug 3, 1959
The Black Maria
Season 3Episode 1930 min

The Black Maria

An escaped convict detours long enough to force his seriously ill wife to leave the hospital and flee with him.
Aug 10, 1959
Sitting Duck
Season 3Episode 2030 min

Sitting Duck

While in the air, Chuck and P.T. see a woman being strangled near an isolated farm house but on landing are unable to find the killer.
Aug 17, 1959
Wanted: Alive
Season 3Episode 2130 min

Wanted: Alive

An overdue plane sets the Whirlybirds off on a desert search. A murderer tries to make his crime look like an accident but he forgets one small item.
Aug 24, 1959
The Deacon
Season 3Episode 2230 min

The Deacon

A glib-tongued deacon hires the Whirlybirds to transport him to a preaching engagement in a nearby city. When some toughs threaten the deacon at the airport, Chuck and P.T. begin to doubt his integrity.
Aug 31, 1959
Rita Ames Is Missing
Season 3Episode 2330 min

Rita Ames Is Missing

A publicity stunt that suddenly is for real lands a young movie actress in a jam. Chuck and P.T. are hired to fly her to a secret rendezvous to meet her fiancé.
Sep 7, 1959
Story of Mary Scott
Season 3Episode 2430 min

Story of Mary Scott

A police lieutenant hires the Whirlybirds to help him explore the past of a young girl who has committed suicide.
Sep 14, 1959
Pink Is for Death
Season 3Episode 2530 min

Pink Is for Death

Young Davey Richards mistakes a lethal poison for soda pop. The police can’t locate the only man who knows the exact nature of the poison.
Sep 21, 1959
Star Witness
Season 3Episode 2630 min

Star Witness

Sep 28, 1959
Mr. Jinx
Season 3Episode 2730 min

Mr. Jinx

Chuck and P.T. fly a newspaper reporter to an isolated hard-labor camp and end up being wanted by the police.
Oct 5, 1959
File 777
Season 3Episode 2830 min

File 777

Chuck and P.T. refuse to give information to a tough-looking man named Grimes about the whereabouts of Sydney Evans, one of their customers. Grimes, later that night breaks into the Whirlybirds' files.
Oct 12, 1959
Hot Cargo
Season 3Episode 2930 min

Hot Cargo

The father of a condemned boy vows to kill the governor. He hires the Whirlybirds to take him to a fair where he can get some aerial photos of the governor making a speech.
Oct 19, 1959
Shoot Out
Season 3Episode 3030 min

Shoot Out

A British-born rancher predicts his death to the Whirlybirds and asks them to spread his ashes over a beautiful site in the country after his death.
Oct 26, 1959
Man, You Kill Me
Season 3Episode 3130 min

Man, You Kill Me

A jazzman who has been chauffered to a nightclub date by Whirlybirds is found murdered- Chuck and P.T. turn in the logical suspect.
Nov 2, 1959
Dead Wrong
Season 3Episode 3230 min

Dead Wrong

A waitress serves a man who looks exactly like her boy friend, a bank robber on the lam. She plots to turn him over to the police.
Nov 19, 1959
Four Little Indians
Season 3Episode 3330 min

Four Little Indians

An escaped convict has vowed to kill the four people who sent him up, including Chuck and P.T.
Jan 18, 1960

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