"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
With his niece Penney, and Skyler. In the early series, he flew a Beechcraft D-18, I believe, and later a Cessna 310. Penney had a Piper Cub.
It was just uncanny how every problem could be solved with an airplane. Later, Lloyd Bridges taught us that problems were solved underwater in Sea Hunt.
IIRC, the plane had an engine out, and they searched, and searched for two trees just the right distance apart to crash between, so as to take the wings and fuel tanks off, and not die in a fire...............
I don't remember how old I was but thought that was BS...............
"...A man's rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box and the cartridge box..." Frederick Douglass, 1867
There were certain things that we, as kids in the 50s, were required by law to watch. "Sky King" was one that I didn't watch. Do you suppose that the statute of limitations has run out on that?
Not a real member - just an ordinary guy who appreciates being able to hang around and say something once in awhile.
Happily Trapped In the Past (Thanks, Joe)
Not only a less than minimally educated person, but stupid and out of touch as well.
I thought sky king was the baggage handler that jacked a plane from seatac several years back and got chased around by the military until he decided to crash it and kill himself up the duwamish
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