Kirby Grant
Sky King
Sky King (1952)
Season 2
Sky King is an American radio and television adventure series. The title character is Arizona rancher and aircraft pilot Schuyler "Sky" King. The series was likely based on a true-life personality of the 1930s, Jack Cones, the "Flying Constable" of Twentynine Palms in San Bernardino County, California, although this claim is unverified. Although the series had strong western elements, King mostly captured criminals and spies, and found lost hikers with the use of his plane, the Songbird. Though the planes used changed during the course of the series, the later model was not given a number, but was still known as the Songbird. King and his niece, Penny, lived on the Flying Crown Ranch, near the town of Grover, Arizona. Penny and Clipper were also pilots, though still relatively inexperienced and looking to their uncle for guidance and mentoring. Penny was an accomplished air racer and rated multi-engine pilot, whom Sky trusted to fly the Songbird. In the third TV episode, Penny refers to Clipper as "my brother", so they are siblings. The musical score was largely the work of Herschel Burke Gilbert.
Released April 5, 1952
Episode 30 min
None+
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Family, Western
Keywords: tmdb.ranch, tmdb.pilot, imdb.arizona-desert, imdb.two-word-series-title, imdb.monoplane, imdb.fixed-wing-aircraft, imdb.uncle-niece-relationship + 13 more, imdb.1950s, imdb.girl-sidekick, imdb.damsel-in-distress, imdb.arizona, imdb.modern-western, imdb.contemporary-western, imdb.airplane-pilot, imdb.female-pilot, imdb.uncle-nephew-relationship, imdb.based-on-radio-series, imdb.twin-engine-airplane, imdb.bamboo-bomber, imdb.ranch
Production Companies: McGowan Productions, Jack Chertok Television Productions
Network: NBC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S2E1 - The Neckerchief
Sky attempts to help a young man recently paroled from prison get started again, but the ex-convict's former friends frame him for a bank robbery.
Jan. 2, 1956, midnight
S2E2 - Manhunt
Jan. 2, 1956, midnight
S2E3 - The Plastic Ghost
Jan. 9, 1956, midnight
S2E4 - The Rainbird
Jan. 9, 1956, midnight
S2E5 - The Crystal Trap
Jan. 30, 1956, midnight
S2E6 - Red Tentacles
Jan. 30, 1956, midnight
S2E7 - Boomerang
Sky King and Penny turn the tables on foreign agents conspiring to blackmail a refugee scientist.
Feb. 6, 1956, midnight
S2E8 - Geiger Detective
Feb. 27, 1956, midnight
S2E9 - Golden Burro
Feb. 27, 1956, midnight
S2E10 - Rustlers on Wheels
A young rancher is losing cattle fast so Sky King investigates.
March 5, 1956, midnight
S2E11 - The Silver Grave
March 5, 1956, midnight
S2E12 - Uninvited Death
Sky and Penny unwittingly become involved in sabotage when they visit their friends Major Dave and Denise McKay. An enemy agent has attached a time bomb to Major McKay's car, setting the fuse to explode while the Major is working at an army special-projects base. When Denise and Penny borrow the Major's car, they are placed in grave peril.
March 12, 1956, midnight
S2E13 - Fish Out of Water
March 19, 1956, midnight
S2E14 - Diamonds on a Sky-Hook
March 26, 1956, midnight
S2E15 - Flood of Fury
During a major flood, Sky, Penny and Bob assist the authorities in their rescue efforts. Unfortunately, three of the men they rescue are murderous escaped felons who force their rescuers to help them rob a flooded bank.
April 2, 1956, midnight
S2E16 - Rocket Story
April 2, 1956, midnight
S2E17 - Rodeo Round-Up
A mock holdup paves the way for a real holdup and Sky King comes to the rescue.
April 23, 1956, midnight
S2E18 - Showdown
April 23, 1956, midnight
S2E19 - Land o' Cotton
April 23, 1956, midnight
S2E20 - Dust of Destruction
Someone has sabotaged a young rancher's harvest and Sky King sets out to find the culprit before any more damage is done.
April 30, 1956, midnight
Network: NBC
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 30 min.
Released: April 5, 1952
Last Air Date: March 8, 1959, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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