1950's TV

[wrongway_willy]

Two part question:

Is there anyone here old enough to remember Sky King? 

The 2nd part of the question....   What kind of a plane did he fly?

be darned if I can remember..........

[machineman9]

A quick Google search came up with the Wikipedia page: Have a look here

Does that answer it for you?

[Steve M]

I never missed an episode! I was enthralled with aircraft when I was young.. all in black and white when I watched it.
8-)

[Mike..]

My first aviation show I remember watching was the one with Black Sheep Squadron,or thats what it was called? Been a long while


Mike

[Romulus111VADT]

Schuyler "Sky" King's personal aircraft was called Songbird.

Sky flew a Cessna T-50 twin-engine "Bamboo Bomber." The plane, a World War II surplus UC-78B.

The best-known Songbird was a twin-engine Cessna 310B. The airplane used was the second production 310B (N5348A).

Songbird III was a 1960 Cessna 310-D.

Info compliments of - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_King

[Flying Trucker]

Lets see:

Sky King
Flying Doctor Service
Roy Rogers
Gunsmoke
and many many more...

Egads...I well remember when there was no television...

[wrongway_willy]

Thanks for the info..........   

[expat]

I have got my sandbag, now where should I sit so I can listen to the old folks

Matt

[Romulus111VADT]

Lets see:

Sky King
Flying Doctor Service
Roy Rogers
Gunsmoke
and many many more...

Egads...I well remember when there was no television...

Growing up in the 50's we had a B&W TV that wasn't very large. I think it might have been 13". My parents got their first color TV about 1970 and it was about a 16". Ah the old tube type and the wait while it warmed up....lol

When we went to visit my grandparents; all they had was a radio. We spent most of our time just talking and being a family. I really enjoyed and truly miss my visits with my grandparents (the last one died in 2000 at 90).

[Flying Trucker]

Go to your room Matt....

I remember dad buying our first television which was black and white and the first year they came out I think it was in a wooden cabinet and very small...

Television was and never is on in our home or our childrens homes during meals and I would say the old girl and I might watch six to eight hours of television a week.

Life is too short to be a couch potatoe and boob tube watcher...    

[Hagar]

I'm certainly old enough but I'm not sure if Sky King was ever broadcast in the UK. I wouldn't have seen it as we didn't get our first TV set until the 1960s. We got our entertainment from the "steam radio" with classics like Dick Barton - Special Agent, Journey Into Space & of course the Goon Show.

[quote]Life is too short to be a couch potatoe and boob tube watcher...

[Flying Trucker]

Doug, here I thought there was going to be some old television sets from the 50s...

[Bud Greene]

Anyone remember an 80's show called 'Tales of the Gold Monkey'?  It was only on briefly but as I recall it was something like Indiana Jones with an airplane.  The only scene I recall (and only in part) is a glass (maybe it was a bottle) of water being marked horizontally with lipstick and being used as an emergency attitude indicator.

[Hagar]

[quote]Anyone remember an 80's show called 'Tales of the Gold Monkey'?

[wifesaysno]

I believe Sky King was based on a real pilot's exploits. I cannot remember his name, it was in an EAA Sport Aviation Magazine article a month ago. The 'sheriff' the Sky King character was modeled after flew an all-white Piper J-3 Cub around 29 Palms. One time he chased down a fleeing fugitive that was driving through the desert, buzzed the fugitive's car with his Cub, then landed right in front of him, and casually pulled out his revolver, got out of the Cub and arrested him on the spot! He would buzz around all the little homesteads in the desert at low level to check up on the citizens. If they need medical aid, food, water, etc. they would usually put a red piece of cloth on their clothes line to wave him down. He always carried emergency supplies to drop to people in need out in the desert.