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Hobson's Choice
Whirlybirds - S1 - E25
P.T. photographs a hermit's dramatic rescue of a glamorous film star at a location site. But when the picture is published, the hermit is outraged at the invasion of his privacy, and tries to shoot P.T.
Whirlybirds: Season 1 - 39 Episode s
1x1 - Big U
January 3, 1957
Chuck and P.T. successfully locate a missing "weekend" prospector, then are marked for death by claim jumpers who believe the prospector has made a valuable uranium strike.
1x2 - Rampage
January 10, 1957
An ailing gorilla escapes from a circus and terrorizes the town. Chuck and P.T. set out in a desperate attempt to capture the pain-crazed animal.
1x3 - Boy On The Roof
January 17, 1957
P.T. and Chuck work out a plan to save the life of a teenager. The boy is perched on a high building threatens to jump.
1x4 - Fire Fight
January 24, 1957
Chuck and P.T. answer an SOS from three mountain climbers who are in the line of a raging forest fire. The rescue must be made quickly or not at all.
1x5 - Hot Wire
January 31, 1957
Chuck and P.T. set out to deliver an iron lung in a windstorm that makes flying perilous.
1x6 - Mountain Flight
February 7, 1957
Chuck and P.T. pilot a man on a weekend hunting trip to the mountains. They soon learn that the man's query is human not animal.
1x7 - Ghost Town Flight
February 14, 1957
Three boys on a camping trip in the mountains explore a ghost town left after the minning ended in the California mountains. Two of the boys accidentally fall into an old mine shaft. The youngest boy goes out to find help even though he is far from civilization in the mountins. Chuck and P.T. see the boy from above in their helicopter and fly him to a hospital, then go back to try and find the other two boys and help them get back home.
1x8 - Hostage
February 21, 1957
Three escaped convicts steal a plane and try to make a daring getaway. Needing gasoline they are forced to return to the airfield where they pick up a valuable hostage.
1x9 - Diamond Smugglers
February 28, 1957
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.
1x10 - Lynch Mob
March 7, 1957
P.T. and Chuck fly a reporter into mountainous country to cover a story. A hunter, who shot a deputy for attempting to evict him from his mountain cabin is being chased by a angry lynch mob.
1x11 - Sky Net
March 14, 1957
Ben Carling hires Chuck and P.T. to take him on a hunting trip in the mountains. He is determined to track down and kill a mountain lion.
1x12 - Prison Break
March 21, 1957
An attractive girl comes to Chuck and P.T. for helicopter lessons. She proves such a apt pupil that she is able to solo well ahead of schedule. But P.T. and Chuck learn she's planning to rescue her boyfriend from prison.
1x13 - Top Of The Mountain
March 28, 1957
Helicopter pilots Chuck and P.T. deliver a box to the mountain retreat of a wealthy businessman, they are sure the box contains vital medicine.
1x14 - Operation Blue Hen
April 4, 1957
Chuck and P.T. are offered a large fee to transport a fuel bomb into a canyon where the bomb is to be tested. The assignment is made even more hazardous when the scientist sent with them turns out to be an old enemy of Chuck’s.
1x15 - The Human Bomb
April 11, 1957
Chuck and P.T. are forced at gunpoint to aid a bank robber.
1x16 - Missing Witness
April 18, 1957
After promising to testify against the head of a crime ring, a couple becomes afraid of the consequences and runs away, members of the gang pursue them. Chuck and P.T. witness the chase from the air. After promising to testify against the head of a crime ring, a couple becomes afraid of the consequences and runs away, members of the gang pursue them. Chuck and P.T. witness the chase from the air.
1x17 - The Egg Code
April 25, 1957
Chuck and P.T. report some unusual air traffic and put Army Intelligence on the trail of informers who are spying on vital installations. Then they pin-point an unusual code set-up.
1x18 - Superstition Mountain
May 2, 1957
A psychopathic killer tries to use an ancient Apache India curse to hide his crimes and do away with Chuck and P.T. when the boys are hired to ferry supplies to a remote gold mining operation.
1x19 - Homicide Haven
May 9, 1957
Chuck and P.T come upon a man who is living in a well-hidden house in the desert, although the man introduces himself as a writer seeking solitude, Chuck suspects he has seen him before.
1x20 - Riptide
May 16, 1957
Following a bad plane accident a pilot loses his nerve and grounds himself to take another job. Realizing his unhappiness, Chuck and P.T. attempt to help him regain his courage.
1x21 - Black Pearl
May 23, 1957
P.T. and Chuck fly a skin-diver to an untouched oyster bed he has discovered. The diver promises to share the pearls with them if they reach the site before his former partner.
1x22 - Illegal Entry
May 30, 1957
Answering a distress call from a yacht, Chuck and P.T. become suspicious when a passenger they transport to a hospital is swathed in bandages. They report the incident to immigration authorities.
1x23 - Lady Luck
June 6, 1957
A passenger whom Chuck and P.T. have flown to Las Vegas suddenly decides to leave in a hurry. Pursuing him are desperate gamblers who are determined to get back the money they lost.
1x24 - Hide And Seek
June 13, 1957
Hidden in the trunk of an abandoned car, a nine-year-old boy falls unconscious and cannot cry out when the car is removed for junk.
1x25 - Hobson's Choice
June 20, 1957
P.T. photographs a hermit's dramatic rescue of a glamorous film star at a location site. But when the picture is published, the hermit is outraged at the invasion of his privacy, and tries to shoot P.T.
1x26 - Crisis
July 29, 1957
Chuck and P.T. taxi a woman to her sister’s home in the mountains, reluctantly complying with her demands to be put down in the wilderness. Their fears mount when her husband reports she has disappeared, and insists they find her.
1x27 - Journey To The Past
August 5, 1957
A stranger approaches a millionaire, whose hobby is archaeology, with a map leading to undiscovered pre-Aztec ruins. The rich man engages Chuck and P.T. to fly him to the site.
1x28 - Aerial Circus
August 12, 1957
Chuck and P.T. teach circus aerial artists, a brother and sister, to fly a helicopter for their new act. The boys become suspicious when, following an armored car robbery, the boy returns from his solo flight with damaged pontoons.
1x29 - Cycle Of Terror
August 19, 1957
Sniper shootings have been happening around the area and it is being done by two kids on motorcyles who are doing it just for kicks. They spook Helen and her boyfriend when he takes her out for a ride on his motorcycle. Heading back to the airport the two boys confront them and pick a fight until Chuck and P.T. step in and chase the boys away. To get even the boys shoot at the helicopter as it flies overhead, damaging one of the fuel tanks. The boys then take a shot at Chuck and his friend while they are outside and accidently his friend, Bill, get shot in the arm. Chuck and P.T. give chase and catch one of the boys who can't start his cycle. The other gets away. P.T. manages to get the motorcyle started and heads out after the other boy. Chuck goes for the helicopter and together they corner the boy down in the canyons and bring him back to justice.
1x30 - Fury Canyon
October 7, 1957
A family mysteriously disappears from a trailer in the Mojave Desert, leaving no clues. Chuck and P.T. join a newspaperman in search of them.
1x31 - The Rustlers
October 14, 1957
Cattle-owners are plagued by rustlers who employ a mysterious means of stealing cattle.
1x32 - I'll Get Even
October 21, 1957
An anonymous caller reports by telephone that a bomb has been planted in a chemical plant. Chuck and P.T. aid a special agent in searching the factory, suspecting that a disgruntled employee is responsible.
1x33 - Incident In Del Rio
October 28, 1957
A mysterious object has been flung over a ranch at night, emitting an eerie wail and terrifying the workers. The ranch owner asks P.T. and Chuck to assist in tracing the object.
1x34 - Sky Hook
November 4, 1957
P.T. and Chuck discover a small boat has been dashed against the rocks near a lighthouse during a storm. With no outside help available, the men must find a way to remove the injured survivors.
1x35 - The Secret Cove
November 11, 1957
When a wealthy sportsman disappears in his cabin cruiser, his wife hires P.T. and Chuck to find him. They fly over the coastline and discover the boat overturned in a remote cove.
1x36 - Take A Little, Leave A Little
February 10, 1957
Violent storms force P.T. and Chuck to delay a payroll delivery to a construction camp. The money is stored in the office safe, but part of it is stolen.
1x37 - Airborne Gold
January 13, 1958
A very old recluse, who is against progress, owns mountain land that the government wants to mine for iron ore. Chuck and P.T. fly in an agent to deal with the recluse.
1x38 - Iron Mountain
January 20, 1958
A woman vacationing with her family in an isolated mountain cabin is stricken with an appendicitis attack. Her husband drives down the treacherous roads for help, but he wrecks his car on the way.
1x39 - Panic At Green Ridge
January 27, 1958
A woman vacationing with her family in an isolated mountain cabin is stricken with an appendicitis attack. Her husband drives down the treacherous roads for help, but he wrecks his car on the way.