Whirlybirds 
(1958-62) - a successful b&w TV show (set in California, at the mythical Longwood
Field) about the exploits of two daredevil pilots (Kenneth Tobey and Craig Hill) offering
rent-a-chopper services for any sort of aerial work, this juvenile adventure series (of
100+ episodes) is what first got me interested in helicopters, actually, so it's partly
responsible for this rotary action fan-site!
"The series featured a Bell 47G-2 and a Bell 47J. Approx 39 episodes of the series
were re-syndicated by CBS during 1958, re-titled as Copter Patrol."
- NATHAN DECKER
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Thanks to Richard Hart, at
National Helicopter,
for these photos.
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