• Air date: 02 Jan '56 20 episodes
      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...
  • List of Episodes (20)
    • 1. The Neckerchief

      02 Jan '56
      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.
    • 2. Manhunt

      02 Jan '56
    • 3. The Plastic Ghost

      09 Jan '56
    • 4. The Rainbird

      09 Jan '56
    • 5. The Crystal Trap

      30 Jan '56
    • 6. Red Tentacles

      30 Jan '56
    • 7. Boomerang

      06 Feb '56
    • 8. Geiger Detective

      27 Feb '56
    • 9. Golden Burro

      27 Feb '56
    • 10. Rustlers on Wheels

      05 Mar '56
    • 11. The Silver Grave

      05 Mar '56
    • 12. Uninvited Death

      12 Mar '56
      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.
    • 13. Fish Out of Water

      19 Mar '56
    • 14. Diamonds on a Sky-Hook

      26 Mar '56
    • 15. Flood of Fury

      02 Apr '56
      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.
    • 16. Rocket Story

      02 Apr '56
    • 17. Rodeo Round-Up

      23 Apr '56
    • 18. Showdown

      23 Apr '56
    • 19. Land o' Cotton

      23 Apr '56
    • 20. Dust of Destruction

      30 Apr '56