What did Skyking fly?
George M. Gumbert III
While the Skyking tv series was before my time, still can't believe
I'm having trouble remembering what he flew. Seems he flew at least
two types.
Was it a Twin Bonanza, taildragger Beach 18, both, or what?
George
Steven P. McNicoll
George M. Gumbert III wrote in message
<3532885...@news.campus.mci.net>...
When the show started he was flying a Cessna T-50, later a Cessna 310.
David Lesher
gtwi...@wku.campus.mci.net (George M. Gumbert III) writes:
>While the Skyking tv series was before my time, still can't believe
>I'm having trouble remembering what he flew. Seems he flew at least
>two types.
>Was it a Twin Bonanza, taildragger Beach 18, both, or what?
Jeeze, these kids.....
A Bamboo Bomber and a -310....
"Flying Crown Ranch, This is the Songbird...".....
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Dave Stadt
He flew a Cessna T-50 and later a Cessna 310 far as I know. Name of
the plane was the Songbird.
Dave S.
George M. Gumbert III wrote:
>
> While the Skyking tv series was before my time, still can't believe
> I'm having trouble remembering what he flew. Seems he flew at least
> two types.
>
> Was it a Twin Bonanza, taildragger Beach 18, both, or what?
>
> George
Keith Arnold
On Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:20:40 -0500, Dave Stadt <dhs...@ameritech.net>
wrote:
=======>
All good but I thought it was a C-320 Skynight. Probably wrong.
ôżô - Keith - 182L/STOL - Chino, California
N33° 58' 46" W117° 38' 41"
Gorman
It was good old Skylar King who infected me with the flying virus (also
gave me the hots for his niece, Penny). Every single Saturday morning, it
was the most exciting show the black and white Muntz TV could spit out.
Then, a couple of years ago, my wife bought me a tape of the Sky King
shows. Something must have happened to deteriorate the quality of the
fine hunk of broadcasting over the past 40 years. I swear, it was one of
the dumbest things I've ever seen. What a bizarre concept for a 1950's
cowboy series. Sky takes off in the Songbird. Sky spots bad guys down
below. Sky radios the sheriff. Sky lands. Sky takes off in the
Songbird. Sky spots lost boy scout with broken leg down below. Sky
radios the sheriff. Sky lands. Sky takes off...oh, you get the idea.
Still, it was the most exciting thing in the world when I was five. And
it has more to do with my being a pilot today than just about anything
else.
David Lesher wrote:
> gtwi...@wku.campus.mci.net (George M. Gumbert III) writes:
>
> >While the Skyking tv series was before my time, still can't believe
> >I'm having trouble remembering what he flew. Seems he flew at least
> >two types.
>
> >Was it a Twin Bonanza, taildragger Beach 18, both, or what?
>
Jerry Bransford
George M. Gumbert III wrote:
>
> I'm having trouble remembering what he flew. Seems he flew at least
> two types.
>
> Was it a Twin Bonanza, taildragger Beach 18, both, or what?
I remember it being a Bamboo Bomber in the early episodes.
Jerry
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George M. Gumbert III wrote:
>
> While the Skyking tv series was before my time, still can't believe
> I'm having trouble remembering what he flew. Seems he flew at least
> two types.
>
> Was it a Twin Bonanza, taildragger Beach 18, both, or what?
He flew two types of Cessna twins. The first was an old "bamboo bomber".
Don't remember the other, but it was likely a 310.
George Patterson, N3162Q.
Gustavo Flores
>While the Skyking tv series was before my time, still can't believe
>I'm having trouble remembering what he flew. Seems he flew at least
>two types.
>
>Was it a Twin Bonanza, taildragger Beach 18, both, or what?
>
>
>George
As far as I know it was a Beech 18 and then a Cessna 310 in later
years.
Gustavo Flores
Harvey Cash
You might find the info at
http://www2.dtc.net/~kvolgamo/skypix.html
On Mon, 13 Apr 1998 23:58:43 GMT, kar...@jps.net (Keith Arnold)
wrote:
>>George M. Gumbert III wrote:
>>> While the Skyking tv series was before my time, still can't believe
>>> I'm having trouble remembering what he flew. Seems he flew at least
>>> two types.
>>>
>>> Was it a Twin Bonanza, taildragger Beach 18, both, or what?
>>>
>>> George
George
Cessna 320
George M. Gumbert III <gtwi...@wku.campus.mci.net> wrote in article
<3532885...@news.campus.mci.net>...
DAV8R
><Gor...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>It was good old Skylar King who infected me with the flying virus (also
>gave me the hots for his niece, Penny). Every single Saturday morning, it
>was the most exciting show the black and white Muntz TV could spit out.
Yeah, I know what you mean, only I was watching a Dumont, but it seems the
realism and I guess the lack of innocence we had back then makes all the old
shows we remember seem dumb as hell. Jim Bowie, Daniel Boone, Tales of Wiliam
Tell, Davy Crockett, Yancey Derringer, Colt 45, Texas Rangers, Fort
Apache,Wanted Dead or Alive,Branded, The Rifleman, Combat!, The Gallant Men,
Rat Patrol,The Rebel,Gunsmoke....have you watched any of those re-runs lately?
They are corny as hell. My son makes fun of me all the time , now that I 've
showed him some of the things I thought were neat when I was growing up. In a
way it's a sad commentary on where we are and what we've become, but , on the
other hand.....Damn, we sure have progressed!
comanche driver
it was a bamboo bomber in the early episodes and a 310 in the later
episodes.
R. Burns
Jerry Bransford wrote in message <3532DD...@cts.com>...
>George M. Gumbert III wrote:
>>
>> While the Skyking tv series was before my time, still can't believe
>> I'm having trouble remembering what he flew. Seems he flew at least
>> two types.
>>
>> Was it a Twin Bonanza, taildragger Beach 18, both, or what?
>
Joe Reed
gtwi...@wku.campus.mci.net (George M. Gumbert III) wrote:
>While the Skyking tv series was before my time, still can't believe
>I'm having trouble remembering what he flew. Seems he flew at least
>two types.
>
>Was it a Twin Bonanza, taildragger Beach 18, both, or what?
>
>
>George
It was neither. The early years he flew the Cessna "Bamboo Bomber"
and later the Cessna 310-B
Joe Reed
Jim Pauk
DAV8R wrote:
> >was the most exciting show the black and white Muntz TV could spit out.
>
> Yeah, I know what you mean, only I was watching a Dumont,
I'll see your Muntz and Dumont and raise you a Crosley.
James M. Knox
In article <wb8fozEr...@netcom.com>, wb8...@netcom.com (David Lesher) wrote:
>gtwi...@wku.campus.mci.net (George M. Gumbert III) writes:
>
>>While the Skyking tv series was before my time, still can't believe
>>I'm having trouble remembering what he flew. Seems he flew at least
>>two types.
>
>>Was it a Twin Bonanza, taildragger Beach 18, both, or what?
>
>
>A Bamboo Bomber and a -310....
>
>"Flying Crown Ranch, This is the Songbird...".....
Right..., although I heard a story that there were some early episodes made
(may have aired only on local stations -- I certainly don't remember seeing
them) where he flew a single engined plane, his own.
Apparently he then convinced the studio to pay for the twin so they could more
easily film the inflight stuff. Studio picked up an old T-50 surplus, and the
Songbird was born.
Probably why I am a pilot today. [I also had a crush on Penny, but that's
another story. <G>]
Anyone know if any of the original cast is still around?
jmk
Bob Goodman
Jerry Bransford wrote:
>
> I remember it being a Bamboo Bomber in the early episodes.
>
yeah, but who knows why they switched????
i do..
bob
Tom Turton
Gorman wrote:
> Still, it was the most exciting thing in the world when I was five. And
> it has more to do with my being a pilot today than just about anything
> else.
And probably for my addiction to Oreo cookies (Nabisco sponsored those old
SkyKing shows with those corny commercials also responsible for my warped
sense of humor: "Should Oreos be eaten with the fingers? No, the fingers
should be eaten separately" Ba-da-dump)
---Tom Turton
Steven P. McNicoll
James M. Knox wrote in message <35336...@feed1.realtime.net>...
Kirby Grant is dead, he died enroute to a shuttle launch some years ago.
Wes Grady
James M. Knox wrote:
> Anyone know if any of the original cast is still around?
>
> jmk
Kirby Grant [Sky King] was killed in an automobile accident in 1985.
Gloria Winters [Penny] did some work later in the 60's, appearing in
such series as 77 Sunset Strip, and then sort of disappeared. I can't
find anything after 1970 for her....
Wes
Steven P. McNicoll
Tom Turton wrote in message <35336C60...@cowboys.anet-dfw.com>...
I was a little embarrassed a few years ago when Nabisco came out with "bite
size" Oreo cookies. I thought they had always been "bite size".
Cary N. Mariash
Joe, thanks for pointing out to the group that the 310 was the B model (of
which I am very proud but poor owner).
Cary
> gtwi...@wku.campus.mci.net (George M. Gumbert III) wrote:
>
> >While the Skyking tv series was before my time, still can't believe
> >I'm having trouble remembering what he flew. Seems he flew at least
> >two types.
> >
> >Was it a Twin Bonanza, taildragger Beach 18, both, or what?
> >
> >
> >George
>
> It was neither. The early years he flew the Cessna "Bamboo Bomber"
> and later the Cessna 310-B
>
> Joe Reed
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Robert Acker
Joe Reed <jdreed...@mindspring.com> wrote in article
> It was neither. The early years he flew the Cessna "Bamboo Bomber"
> and later the Cessna 310-B
>
> Joe Reed
>
I don't think Cessna ever made a bamboo bomber (I think Beech did), and in
later years he flew N5348A which is a C-320C, not a 310B.
Rob (RV-6Q).
Frank Stutzman
DAV8R <da...@aol.com> wrote:
> They are corny as hell. My son makes fun of me all the time , now that I 've
> showed him some of the things I thought were neat when I was growing up. In a
> way it's a sad commentary on where we are and what we've become, but , on the
> other hand.....Damn, we sure have progressed!
Hmmmm, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and others.
This is progress in kids TV?
Frank Stutzman
"I recieve over 500 TV channels. It now takes me an entire afternoon to
determine that there is nothing worth watching"
- Dave Berry (I think)
Steven P. McNicoll
Robert Acker wrote in message <01bd67c8$e253ba20$15e110ac@rob-s-vectra>...
"Bamboo Bomber" was slang for various models of the Cessna T-50 built for
the military.
I believe the first year for the Cessna 320C was 1965, was "Sky King" still
on the air in 1965?
dhs...@ingr.com
In article <01bd67c8$e253ba20$15e110ac@rob-s-vectra>,
"Robert Acker" <n16...@spamnot.mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> Joe Reed <jdreed...@mindspring.com> wrote in article
> >
> > It was neither. The early years he flew the Cessna "Bamboo Bomber"
> > and later the Cessna 310-B
> >
> > Joe Reed
> >
>
> I don't think Cessna ever made a bamboo bomber (I think Beech did), and in
> later years he flew N5348A which is a C-320C, not a 310B.
>
>
Cessna most certainly did make the Bamboo Bomber and Beech never did.
Dave S.
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Joseph
OK. We seem to have Sky King figured out. Now, I vaguely recall some
show called "The Flying Doctor." What the heck did *he* fly?
I remember two props, maybe three?
Anyone?
J
Peter D. Brown
The definitive source, the Sky King Web site, says he flew
both a 310B and the earlier Cessna Bamboo Bomber the UC-87!
http://www2.dtc.net/~kvolgamo/skyinfo.html
> I don't think Cessna ever made a bamboo bomber (I think Beech did), and in
> later years he flew N5348A which is a C-320C, not a 310B.
>
> Rob (RV-6Q).
Long live Sky King and Sargent Preston! Death to Power Rangers!
--
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Anchorage, Alaska SGS-1-23G
907-345-7529 (home) 907-564-0223 (fax) Frank Zaic Thermic 18
George R Patterson
Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
>
> I was a little embarrassed a few years ago when Nabisco came out with "bite
> size" Oreo cookies. I thought they had always been "bite size".
Yeah. And the only size M&Ms comes in are "individual serving" sizes.:-)
George Patterson, N3162Q.
Dave Stadt
Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
>
> Robert Acker wrote in message <01bd67c8$e253ba20$15e110ac@rob-s-vectra>...
> >>
> >> It was neither. The early years he flew the Cessna "Bamboo Bomber"
> >> and later the Cessna 310-B
> >>
> >> Joe Reed
> >>
> >
> >later years he flew N5348A which is a C-320C, not a 310B.
> >
>
> the military.
>
> I believe the first year for the Cessna 320C was 1965, was "Sky King" still
> on the air in 1965?
I've got to think it was off the air quite a while before 1965.
Dave S.
kimgh
I remember that show!
Sky King, who had more taxi time than I have flight hours!
And I don't know what he flew, but that's been answered several
times over already.
Kim Helliwell
Tallman
Skyking? Sounds like fishing tackle.
I mean to change the subject, but
What was the name of the t.v. show that used the name "Santini Air"
as the charter company that all the "good guys" worked for?
George
A Cessna 320.
George M. Gumbert III <gtwi...@wku.campus.mci.net> wrote in article
<3532885...@news.campus.mci.net>...
Tom G.
I have never seen the show, but I know that Skyking flew a Cessna 310.
1950ish model with the straight-back tail.
Reed Park
If I remember correctly, one of the aircraft was a Cessna T-50
also known as the Cessna Crane.
Regards
Reed Park
ARROW Research (Avro CF-105)
George M. Gumbert III wrote:
BrokenSpar
Clipper, Ron Hagarthy, is still in the working world....a friend of the family.
Joe is correct, is was a 310B...a 320 was used in, I believe, only 1 episode.
Emery Rakes is still living..he flew the 310 on some of the shows..I also
received my CFI-AI from him.
One of the 310s used during Kirby Grant's touring is being restored..this plane
was not used in the filming...there were 3 310's used
I'll bet I'm one of a few here that can say they st on Kirby Grant's
lap...anyone else??
Steven P. McNicoll
Dave Stadt wrote in message <3533F96E...@ameritech.net>...
>Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
>>
>> Robert Acker wrote in message
<01bd67c8$e253ba20$15e110ac@rob-s-vectra>...
>> >Joe Reed <jdreed...@mindspring.com> wrote in article
>> >>
>> >> It was neither. The early years he flew the Cessna "Bamboo Bomber"
>> >> and later the Cessna 310-B
>> >>
>> >> Joe Reed
>> >>
>> >
>> >I don't think Cessna ever made a bamboo bomber (I think Beech did), and
in
>> >later years he flew N5348A which is a C-320C, not a 310B.
>> >
>>
>>
>> I believe the first year for the Cessna 320C was 1965, was "Sky King"
still
>> on the air in 1965?
>
>
>I've got to think it was off the air quite a while before 1965.
>
I think so too. It was a long time ago, but I don't think "Sky King" was in
first-run at any point in the sixties. Since the first Cessna 320 was
delivered in August 1962, Uncle Sky would never have been able to fly a
Cessna 320, with or without his niece Penny.
Steven P. McNicoll
George wrote in message <01bd6819$0104ba00$250a86d0@pbcustomer>...
>
>A Cessna 320.
>
I don't think so. The first Cessna 320 was delivered in August 1962, I
believe "Sky King" had been canceled well before then.
>George M. Gumbert III <gtwi...@wku.campus.mci.net> wrote in article
><3532885...@news.campus.mci.net>...
Ron K
Tallman wrote:
>
> Skyking? Sounds like fishing tackle.
>
> I mean to change the subject, but
>
> What was the name of the t.v. show that used the name "Santini Air"
> as the charter company that all the "good guys" worked for?
>
Ron Killmer
James M. Knox
>What was the name of the t.v. show that used the name "Santini Air"
>as the charter company that all the "good guys" worked for?
Easy one... AirWolf -- the original series (not the second series after the
original lost funding). Jan Michael Vincent and Ernest Borgnine.
[Never did explain how they went supersonic without blade stall on the rotor!
<G>]
jmk
Alan Bloom
On Tue, 14 Apr 1998 23:38:21 -0400, Tallman <tal...@nr.infi.net>
wrote:
>Skyking? Sounds like fishing tackle.
Kids!
>
>
>What was the name of the t.v. show that used the name "Santini Air"
>as the charter company that all the "good guys" worked for?
Airwolf. For the record, the original "chopper" show from the 50's
was "Whirlybirds."
BrokenSpar
>Joe is correct, is was a 310B...a 320 was used in, I believe, only 1 episo
A 320 was used only once during a tour in the early 60's with Kirby Grant..only
because the 310 was down. Not used in any episodes.
I had a photo of Mr. Grant with the 320..so I had to do some checking.
John
Peter D. Brown wrote:
>
> The definitive source, the Sky King Web site, says he flew
> both a 310B and the earlier Cessna Bamboo Bomber the UC-87!
>
> http://www2.dtc.net/~kvolgamo/skyinfo.html
>
>
Looking at the pictures, it looks like the runway shot may have been
taken at Agula Dulce airport, or was it actually shot where the Flying
Crown Ranch was supposed to be (Grover, Arizona)?
John
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Steven P. McNicoll
Kim Hackett wrote in message <6h3ri9$fl2$2...@opal.southwind.net>...
>
>The original Song Bird was a 1946 Cessna T-50 Bobcat N67832 (Bamboo
Bomber).
>
>The second plane, Song Bird II was a 1956 Cessna 310B, N5348A, s/n 35548.
>
According to "Wings of Cessna" by Edward H. Phillips, 'Song Bird II' was a
1958 310B, N5348A, c/n 35548.
>
>The third plane, Song Bird III was a 1960 Cessna 310D, N6817T, s/n 39117.
>
Mr. Phillips agrees.
Kim Hackett
The original Song Bird was a 1946 Cessna T-50 Bobcat N67832 (Bamboo Bomber).
The second plane, Song Bird II was a 1956 Cessna 310B, N5348A, s/n 35548.
The third plane, Song Bird III was a 1960 Cessna 310D, N6817T, s/n 39117.
The 310B has the unswept vertical tail, while the 310D was the first 310 to
have the swept vertical tail.
I believe the show went off the air in 1962.
....Out of the clear blue of the western sky comes Sky King......
Kim Hackett
Cessna Aircraft Company
Wichita, Kansas
>> >> It was neither. The early years he flew the Cessna "Bamboo Bomber"
>> >> and later the Cessna 310-B
>> >> Joe Reed
>> >
>> >I don't think Cessna ever made a bamboo bomber (I think Beech did), and in
>> >later years he flew N5348A which is a C-320C, not a 310B.
>> >
>> "Bamboo Bomber" was slang for various models of the Cessna T-50 built for
>> the military.
>>
>> I believe the first year for the Cessna 320C was 1965, was "Sky King" still
>> on the air in 1965?
>
>I've got to think it was off the air quite a while before 1965.
>
>Dave S.
Kim Hackett
According to Sky King Web Page at http://www2.dtc.net/~kvolgamo/sk.html
the 1946 model Cessna T-50 was sold in 1956 because of dry rot in the main spar.
In article <353367...@acesag.auburn.edu>, Bob Goodman <wgoo...@acesag.auburn.edu> says:
>
>Jerry Bransford wrote:
>
>>
>> I remember it being a Bamboo Bomber in the early episodes.
>>
>
>yeah, but who knows why they switched????
>
>i do..
>
>bob
kedzierski
know the answer to.
What famous lawman was Skyking related to?
Mark K.
Answer to follow in a few days.
kedzierski
Gorman
Don't ask me why I think I remember this, but I seem to recall that it was
the Lone Ranger.
Phaedra A Hise
My dad, who also owned one, always told me Sky King flew a C310 Q-model.
--
____________________________________________________
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Tom Turton
Alan Bloom wrote:
> >What was the name of the t.v. show that used the name "Santini Air"
> >as the charter company that all the "good guys" worked for?
>
> Airwolf. For the record, the original "chopper" show from the 50's
> was "Whirlybirds."
Oh man, now you are really buzzing memory lane! How long did that show
run? I recall watching that and had no idea it was THAT long ago
Falls AFSS@mcn.net great falls afss
UC-78, NOT UC-87.
KR
kedzierski <kedzi...@cis1.mar.lmco.com> wrote in article
<3535DE...@cis1.mar.lmco.com>...
> John wrote:
> >
> > Peter D. Brown wrote:
> > >
> > > The definitive source, the Sky King Web site, says he flew
> > > both a 310B and the earlier Cessna Bamboo Bomber the UC-87!
> > >
> > > http://www2.dtc.net/~kvolgamo/skyinfo.html
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Looking at the pictures, it looks like the runway shot may have been
> > taken at Agula Dulce airport, or was it actually shot where the Flying
> > Crown Ranch was supposed to be (Grover, Arizona)?
> >
> > John
> > --
> > John D. Gretzinger
> > Hughes Space and Communications
> >
> > WARNING: Unsolicited commercial e-mail: $500 per message:
> > US Code, Title 47 Section 227
> > http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/47/227.html
> >
> > Remove ".nospam" for return address
Ogden Johnson III
Once y'all get this sorted out for what seems like the dozenth time since
I started reading this ng [r.a.m], could y'all put it in the FAQs? It has
been, IMHO, the most frequently asked question on r.a.m. [Well, excepting
the questions on headsets.]
Robert Acker
Peter D. Brown <pdb...@alaska.net> wrote in article
<3533A4...@alaska.net>...
> The definitive source, the Sky King Web site, says he flew
> both a 310B and the earlier Cessna Bamboo Bomber the UC-87!
> http://www2.dtc.net/~kvolgamo/skyinfo.html
>
>
in
> > later years he flew N5348A which is a C-320C, not a 310B.
> >
Okay guys, I stand corrected on the Bamboo Bomber.
However, if you search the FAA registry N5348A (the C-3"whatever"0) in the
Skyking opening scene avi file on the website, it comes up as a C-320C, not
a 310B.
The keeper of the website informed me the first N5348A crashed (which was a
C-310), and later the registration was assigned to the C-320C. Can anyone
collaborate this?
Rob (RV-6Q).
BrokenSpar
Kirby Grant was going to make some more Sky King episodes sometime around 77 to
80 ( ?? )..they were going to use an R model...but he had a massive heard
attack and the plans were camceled.
Steven P. McNicoll
Phaedra A Hise wrote in message ...
>
>My dad, who also owned one, always told me Sky King flew a C310 Q-model.
>
"Sky King" had been off the air for years by the time the 310Q was
introduced in 1970.
Lee Wonnacott
BrokenSpar wrote:
>
> Kirby Grant was going to make some more Sky King episodes sometime
I had the privilege of meeting Mr. Grant in 1976 as he visted a
fly in at Herlong Field, Jacksonville, FL. It was a cold, rainy
day, but he stuck it out and tried to spend a moment with every one
that wanted to shake his hand. I do recall him saying he was always
amazed that so many kids wanted to learn about flying because of
this show...and that he never did pilot the aircraft...he was just
the actor talent.
Penny, on the other hand, did go on to flying. The young lady that
played here part eventually became a flight instructor. As I recall
she spent some time in South Africa with her husband and the last
contact I had with her she was living near Bartow, Florida, giving
lessons part time.
Mr. Grant died in a one car accident on Florida Hwy 60 while travelling
to Cape Canaveral to attend a shuttle launch.
Lee Wonnacott
Kim Hackett
because the show went off the air in 1962 and the C310 Q model was first produced in 1970; eight
years later. The newest model of 310 in 1962 when Sky King went off the air was the 310 G.
J Haggerty
>What was the name of the t.v. show that used the name "Santini Air"
>as the charter company that all the "good guys" worked for?
Wasn't it "Airwolf", unless you're referring to the "Marines" as the
good guys, then it would be "The Great Santini"
J Haggerty
On Wed, 15 Apr 1998 14:50:13 GMT, ala...@nojunk.ibm.net (Alan Bloom)
wrote:
>Airwolf. For the record, the original "chopper" show from the 50's
>was "Whirlybirds."
I remember that, with "Chuck Martin and P.T. Moore"
J Haggerty
I remember it was called a "Cessna Songbird", but I have no idea if
that was an actual model or fictitious.
On 15 Apr 98 02:52:01 GMT, "George" <to...@nojoy.com> wrote:
>A Cessna 320.
Q Salt
Jim Pauk
> I'll see your Muntz and Dumont and raise you a Crosley.
Ahh, but did you know that Crosley made an airplane?
Q
Q Salt
Bob Goodman
>
> yeah, but who knows why they switched????
>
> i do..
Cessna saw it as a good opportunity to promote thier airplanes and provided
the 310`s for the show.
Q
Sky King
Sky King flew 3 different planes. The first was a cessna Bamboo Bomber
(T50 I think), and afterwards a Cessna 310-b, and finally a Cessna C310d.
On Mon, 13 Apr 1998, George M. Gumbert III wrote:
> Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 21:49:11 GMT
> From: "George M. Gumbert III" <gtwi...@wku.campus.mci.net>
> Newsgroups: rec.aviation.piloting, rec.aviation.misc
> Subject: What did Skyking fly?
>
> While the Skyking tv series was before my time, still can't believe
> I'm having trouble remembering what he flew. Seems he flew at least
> two types.
>
> Was it a Twin Bonanza, taildragger Beach 18, both, or what?
>
>
> George
>
>
Steven P. McNicoll
Reed Park wrote in message <353AC321...@nbnet.nb.ca>...
>
>Bobcat ?
>I thought the T-50 was a Cessna Crane ?
>
Bobcat in US military service, Crane in RCAF service.
>Regards
>Reed
Reed Park
Bobcat ?
I thought the T-50 was a Cessna Crane ?
Regards
Criblcobls
Are we starting this thread all over AGAIN...?! Much as I loved Sky King as a
kid, please try reading the thread's past posts.
Bob Goodman
Q Salt wrote:
>
> Bob Goodman
> >
> > yeah, but who knows why they switched????
> >
> > i do..
>
> Cessna saw it as a good opportunity to promote thier airplanes and provided
> the 310`s for the show.
>
> Q
nope, the bobcat had a rotten spar of course, and would have cost more
than it was worth to fix.
bob
John R. Johnson
Actually, SkyKing's Bobcat is still on the active FAA registry. Replacing
the spar on one is not that big a deal, and their value now has increased
to where it is certainly worthwhile doing. I know a couple that have had
spars replaced and are flying regularly. Great old airplane. Wish I still
had mine.
John
BrokenSpar
In the last bobcat Club newsletter there was a report that someone was
restoring the Bobcat that was used in the show....I'll try to find it and
report back here with more specific info.
Cheers!!
BrokenSpar
A few years ago a fella named Jon Larson was flying around a BEAUTIFUL Bobcat
painted up like the Songbird..he would go around to airshow and show films of
Sky King and had a ton of memorbilia...I kept in contact with him for a number
of years but it seems that he has disappeared from the face of the earth. his
Bobcat is now registered to his son.
Grey
>> While the Skyking tv series was before my time, still can't believe
>> I'm having trouble remembering what he flew. Seems he flew at least
>> two types.
>>
>> Was it a Twin Bonanza, taildragger Beach 18, both, or what?
>
>Don't remember the other, but it was likely a 310.
It WAS a C-310 and I've flown it! A friend of mine owns one of the 310s
that they used on the TV show (they had a bunch). It's hangared in
Titusville FL right now. I'd give you his name but I don't know how he'd
feel about that. If you're ever at "Tico Airpark," ask for Bob and someone
might know who you're talking about.
Grey
>> I mean to change the subject, but
>> What was the name of the t.v. show that used the name "Santini Air"
>> as the charter company that all the "good guys" worked for?
That was Airwolf. Stringfellow Hawke and ??? Santini used to fly the
tricked out Bell 222 out of that volcano, but flew the Bell Jetranger for
fun I guess. I used to LOVE that show when I was a kid, but I grew up,
started flying real airplanes and helicopters, and learned about retreating
blade stall. There goes my Mach 2 fantasy chopper {sigh}.
BrokenSpar
>It WAS a C-310 and I've flown it! A friend of mine owns one of the 310s
>that they used on the TV show (they had a bunch). It's hangared in
>Titusville FL right now. I'd give you his name but I don't know how he'd
>feel about that. If you're ever at "Tico Airpark," ask for Bob and someone
>might know who you're talking about.
I'd believe it except for the fact that the only example of the 310s used by
"Sky King" is the one that was never used in the filming and only used during
the tour in the early 60's and this airframe is sitting in Reno, in the middle
od restoration...and has been for at least 4 years.
Fred Pierce
J Haggerty wrote:
>
> I remember it was called a "Cessna Songbird", but I have no
"Songbird" was the name Sky King gave his aircraft. The first one was a
Cessna T-50/UC-78 Bobcat aka "Bamboo Bomber". Its successor was also
Cessna but I can never remember the model.
The Bobcat "Songbird" may still be around - I remember photographing it
8 or so years ago at Oshkosh. Not sure if it was the original or just
restored that way.
fdp
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On Tue, 21 Apr 1998 11:26:14 -0500, "Grey" <gr...@flash.net> wrote:
>That was Airwolf. Stringfellow Hawke and ??? Santini used to fly the
>tricked out Bell 222 out of that volcano, but flew the Bell Jetranger for
>fun I guess. I used to LOVE that show when I was a kid, but I grew up,
>started flying real airplanes and helicopters, and learned about retreating
>blade stall. There goes my Mach 2 fantasy chopper {sigh}.
Yea, but Airwolf (CBS?) was a lot better than the Blue Thunder tv
series (ABC?). I think I would have rather gone with Cop Rock!
I remember in high school Blue Thunder being the butt of jokes both
among aviation and non-aviation minded people alike.
Never saw the original movie version, though. Is it just as well I
did'nt?
I noted there is an Airwolf newsgroup (alt.tv.airwolf)
Going back to Skyking, one time I almost did a version of him. I was
flying just south of Wilmore, KY (near Lexington) when I noted two
people on the so-called High Bridge, a huge Norfolk Southern railroad
trestle over the Kentucky River (at over 300 feet/100 meters over the
river, it's one of the highest rail bridges in the nation.) Even
though I saw no trains coming, I thought seriously about calling
Lexington Approach and telling them there were trespassers on the
trestle so they could call law enforcement. However, apparently the
sound of my approaching plane made them a bit nervous as they were
hightailing off the bridge.
Oh well, ....maybe another time I can be (tv) hero for a day.
George
BrokenSpar
>The Bobcat "Songbird" may still be around - I remember photographing it
>8 or so years ago at Oshkosh. Not sure if it was the original or just
>restored that way.
>
>
The Bobcat seen at Oshkosh several years ago was Jon Larson's...it is not one
used in Sky King...Jon & I kept in contact for a number of years but no one
knows what's happened to him. The plane now is in his son's name.
Ogden Johnson III
George M. Gumbert III (gtwi...@wku.campus.mci.net) wrote:
: Yea, but Airwolf (CBS?) was a lot better than the Blue Thunder tv
: series (ABC?). I think I would have rather gone with Cop Rock!
: I remember in high school Blue Thunder being the butt of jokes both
: among aviation and non-aviation minded people alike.
: Never saw the original movie version, though. Is it just as well I
: did'nt?
The movie was pretty good, if you were willing to suspend your disbelief
a bit more than usual to buy into the plot. I had trouble with both the
TV series though, and bailed after three consecutive strikes on each.
OJ III
Q Salt
Bob Goodman wrote:
> > Cessna saw it as a good opportunity to promote thier airplanes and
provided
> > the 310`s for the show.
> >
> > Q
>
>
> nope, the bobcat had a rotten spar of course, and would have cost more
> than it was worth to fix.
>
> bob
Maybe so that the spar had a problem at the time, but Cessna did indeed
grasp the opportunity to promote their products by supplying the 310`s.
Q
>
Fred Pierce
Q Salt wrote:
>
> Bob Goodman wrote:
>
> > > Cessna saw it as a good opportunity to promote thier airplanes and
> provided
> > > the 310`s for the show.
> > >
Thought you might like to know that the June issue of Private Pilot has
a feature on Sky King. They say there were as many as seven Songbirds.
They also say the 310D that was used for publicity briefly is being
restored and will be used for EAA Young Eagles promotion.
fdp
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Fred Pierce
Grey wrote:
>
> >> While the Skyking tv series was before my time, still can't believe
> >> I'm having trouble remembering what he flew. Seems he flew at least
> >> two types.
> It WAS a C-310 and I've flown it! A friend of mine owns one of the 310s
> that they used on the TV show (they had a bunch). It's
See the June issue of Private Pilot - feature on Sky King and a sidebar
about all the Songbirds.
fdp
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Bamboo bomber, later he got a 310.
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