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Writers:
Dwight V. Babcock (writer) (episode)
Leslie Edgley (story)
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Release Date:
16 September 1951 (USA) more
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Plot:
"From out of the clear blue of the western sky comes Sky King" was the familiar opening to television's premier aviation program... more
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America's Most Famous Flying Cowboy more (14 total)

Cast

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Kirby Grant ... Sky King / ... (72 episodes, 1952-1959)
Gloria Winters ... Penny King (72 episodes, 1952-1959)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
30 min | USA:30 min (72 episodes)
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Aspect Ratio:
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
There were two "Songbirds" used in the series - the first was a Cessna T-50 Bobcat, the second was a Cessna 310B. more
Quotes:
[first lines of each episode]
Narrator: Out of the clear blue of the Western sky comes... Sky King!
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Movie Connections:
Featured in The Movie Orgy (1968) more

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11 out of 11 people found the following review useful.
America's Most Famous Flying Cowboy, 8 April 2006
Author: krorie from Van Buren, Arkansas

Sky King came roaring into American living rooms every Saturday with action and adventure. The stories were well written for juvenile television fare. The cast usually consisted of minor character actors. Sky was played with gusto by Kirby Grant who was an ace pilot in real life. His niece, Penny, was portrayed by Gloria Winters who tended to overact but exuded a winning personality that everyone loved.

This was my wife's favorite TV show when she was a child. We recently watched several episodes on DVD and were surprised at how well the shows have held up over the past fifty years. They are still entertaining, action-packed with good aerial photography for the time period. One with an ecological angle was "The Wild Man" featuring Jethro Beaudine's (Max Baer, Jr.) uncle, Buddy Baer, a mountain of a man, standing 6'5" tall. In this episode, he is falsely accused of trying to kill a driver for a logging company and stealing the payroll. It's up to Sky and Penny to prove his innocence. The loggers are out to shoot him because he has been trying to sabotage their work in order to save the homes of the woodland creatures. Penny, as usual, plays an active role in helping her Uncle Sky.

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