NickDG 23 #1 August 17, 2008 If you were a future young skydiver/aviation type in the 1950s there were two TV shows you never missed. Ripcord and Sky King. Ripcord isn't online anywhere that I've found, but Sky King is. Sixty four of the original 72 eps are here: http://www.americanflyers.net/entertainment/skyking.asp Watching Sky King as a very young boy I was mesmerized by the flying, of course, but for the very first time I started to notice there was something about Sky's niece, Penny . . . The Sky King Wiki is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_King NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites airtwardo 7 #2 August 17, 2008 /\ "Help, Uncle Sky, Help Help!" OO From out of the blue in the clear western sky.... ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites quade 4 #3 August 17, 2008 And don't forget Whirlybirds!quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites GreyLake 0 #4 August 17, 2008 I just watched episode 29 and that was the coolest thing ever.Let's go to candy mountain. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites popsjumper 2 #5 August 17, 2008 I gotta 'fess up...I was all about the plane. But then, I've always been a late-bloomer. My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jimmytavino 16 #6 August 17, 2008 "out of the BLUE of the western Sky" It's SKY KING!!!!! EVERY saturday.. brought to you, by Lorna Doone Cookies it used to come on the ole' black and white TV right after Fury!!! signed, a 50's kid. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites NickDG 23 #7 August 17, 2008 Yup, Fury, Jungle Jim, etc, were all great on a snowy winter Saturday morning with your steaming hot bowl of Maypo! What made these shows great is they all had some kind of hook that worked. Like ask any guy why he loves the movie Planet of the Apes and its, "Monkeys riding horses." With Sky King its, "Cowboys flying airplanes." NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites RastaRicanAir 0 #8 August 17, 2008 Now tell me how you used to have to walk uphill in the snow barefoot to watch it!! Just f*ckin' with ya. But you guys do sound a little Olde right now. I keep waiting to read "and we were THANKFUL to get it!" ...And it ain't about the monkeys riding horses. It's about monkeys with semi-automatic weapons! F*CK YEAH! OrFunV/LocoBoca Rodriguez/Sonic Grieco/Muff Brother #4411 -"and ladies....messin with Robbie is venturing into territory you cant even imagine!-cuz Robbie is Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites NickDG 23 #9 August 17, 2008 It's all relative (work). Thirty years from now you'll look back fondly on tattoos, Batman movies, and 50 Cent! And, oh yeah, I did walk to school in the snow . . . when I didn't go play sled hooky instead . . . NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites NickDG 23 #10 August 17, 2008 And you also made me think of this: Let's talk about being a square . . . In the 1950s being a square meant you gave everyone an even break. In the 1960s being a square meant there was revolution going on and you didn’t get it. In the 1970s there was Disco and, in hindsight, we were all squares. In the 1980s squares went to college to become MBAs and amass great fortunes no matter who it hurt. In the 1990s squares were the people who didn't understand why Curt Cobain killed himself, and were actually happy about it. In the 2000s being square meant leading a life driven by 24/7 hype. In the 2010s, I'm hoping anyway, squares are people who've become free thinking individuals again . . . NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites 1888 0 #11 August 17, 2008 Ripcord actually was released in Sept. 1961. I was skydiving then and hoped to get a few tips, like how to touch someone on purpose in freefall. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skybill 22 #12 August 18, 2008 Hi Nick, Sky King was so cool!! 'Ya remember before the Cessna 310 he had the old Cessna T-50 "Bobcat" with the Shakey Jake round engines on the front!! Jerk my memory really good but like for sure like yesterday and I hope the episopde is in the archives so here goes!! About 1951 or so I'm 5 going on 6 years old and Pumpy and his brother Garland lived next door and they had a TV set!! Black and white of course!! We watched Sky King along with all the other shows but on one episode of Sky King I remember.... meanwhile back at the ranch... the bad guys were in some cabin out in the desert and Sky and Penny (dig it, this ponytailed young chick has at least a Private License with a Multi engine rating!!!!) are overhead at night in the "Songbird" so Uncle Sky straps on a "Seat Pack" parachute climbs out of the left side door takes 3 steps on the wing walk way, dressed in cowboyboy boots, slacks, western shirt, bolo tie, no helmit or goggles,he left his western hat in the plane, and now he jumps off the wing, does a 5 to 10 second delay opens the chute and lands about a hundred yards from the hideout where the bad guys are!! Would love to see that episode again. Guess I have to wade thru all those episodes!!! BTW Pumpy and Garlands dad was a real pilot for an airline (Don't know which one but he flew out of New Orleans) and Pumpy always made sure he said his dad flew DC-4's and they had 4 engines!!! Cool beans like the one Jim Blumenthal had that we jumped at Ghoulidge back in the 80's!!SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
airtwardo 7 #2 August 17, 2008 /\ "Help, Uncle Sky, Help Help!" OO From out of the blue in the clear western sky.... ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #3 August 17, 2008 And don't forget Whirlybirds!quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GreyLake 0 #4 August 17, 2008 I just watched episode 29 and that was the coolest thing ever.Let's go to candy mountain. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #5 August 17, 2008 I gotta 'fess up...I was all about the plane. But then, I've always been a late-bloomer. My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimmytavino 16 #6 August 17, 2008 "out of the BLUE of the western Sky" It's SKY KING!!!!! EVERY saturday.. brought to you, by Lorna Doone Cookies it used to come on the ole' black and white TV right after Fury!!! signed, a 50's kid. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #7 August 17, 2008 Yup, Fury, Jungle Jim, etc, were all great on a snowy winter Saturday morning with your steaming hot bowl of Maypo! What made these shows great is they all had some kind of hook that worked. Like ask any guy why he loves the movie Planet of the Apes and its, "Monkeys riding horses." With Sky King its, "Cowboys flying airplanes." NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RastaRicanAir 0 #8 August 17, 2008 Now tell me how you used to have to walk uphill in the snow barefoot to watch it!! Just f*ckin' with ya. But you guys do sound a little Olde right now. I keep waiting to read "and we were THANKFUL to get it!" ...And it ain't about the monkeys riding horses. It's about monkeys with semi-automatic weapons! F*CK YEAH! OrFunV/LocoBoca Rodriguez/Sonic Grieco/Muff Brother #4411 -"and ladies....messin with Robbie is venturing into territory you cant even imagine!-cuz Robbie is Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #9 August 17, 2008 It's all relative (work). Thirty years from now you'll look back fondly on tattoos, Batman movies, and 50 Cent! And, oh yeah, I did walk to school in the snow . . . when I didn't go play sled hooky instead . . . NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #10 August 17, 2008 And you also made me think of this: Let's talk about being a square . . . In the 1950s being a square meant you gave everyone an even break. In the 1960s being a square meant there was revolution going on and you didn’t get it. In the 1970s there was Disco and, in hindsight, we were all squares. In the 1980s squares went to college to become MBAs and amass great fortunes no matter who it hurt. In the 1990s squares were the people who didn't understand why Curt Cobain killed himself, and were actually happy about it. In the 2000s being square meant leading a life driven by 24/7 hype. In the 2010s, I'm hoping anyway, squares are people who've become free thinking individuals again . . . NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1888 0 #11 August 17, 2008 Ripcord actually was released in Sept. 1961. I was skydiving then and hoped to get a few tips, like how to touch someone on purpose in freefall. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybill 22 #12 August 18, 2008 Hi Nick, Sky King was so cool!! 'Ya remember before the Cessna 310 he had the old Cessna T-50 "Bobcat" with the Shakey Jake round engines on the front!! Jerk my memory really good but like for sure like yesterday and I hope the episopde is in the archives so here goes!! About 1951 or so I'm 5 going on 6 years old and Pumpy and his brother Garland lived next door and they had a TV set!! Black and white of course!! We watched Sky King along with all the other shows but on one episode of Sky King I remember.... meanwhile back at the ranch... the bad guys were in some cabin out in the desert and Sky and Penny (dig it, this ponytailed young chick has at least a Private License with a Multi engine rating!!!!) are overhead at night in the "Songbird" so Uncle Sky straps on a "Seat Pack" parachute climbs out of the left side door takes 3 steps on the wing walk way, dressed in cowboyboy boots, slacks, western shirt, bolo tie, no helmit or goggles,he left his western hat in the plane, and now he jumps off the wing, does a 5 to 10 second delay opens the chute and lands about a hundred yards from the hideout where the bad guys are!! Would love to see that episode again. Guess I have to wade thru all those episodes!!! BTW Pumpy and Garlands dad was a real pilot for an airline (Don't know which one but he flew out of New Orleans) and Pumpy always made sure he said his dad flew DC-4's and they had 4 engines!!! Cool beans like the one Jim Blumenthal had that we jumped at Ghoulidge back in the 80's!!SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
