When we were kids, Whirlybirds was an "appointment watching" show. We had to drop everything to watch Craig Stevens and the rest of the cast tackle the day's events. I dreamed of being a helicopter pilot, my cousin eventually went to work for the Bell Helicopter plant outside of Amarillo in the 1970s. And, like others on the IMDb site, I'm amazed this series, and others like "Cannonball, "Highway Patrol," "Surfside 77,"The Real McCoys," and such haven't found a home on some cable channel. Vintage programming like these have some superb casts, adequate writing, good photography and great entertainment. I miss the days of black and white TV. "Whirlybirds" was a part of my childhood, as it was for my husband. He's in the industry, too, and misses working with B/W TV. Perhaps the folks who own the copyrights to the shows will bend a little and release the seasons on DVD. They make great learning tools for aspiring screenwriters, filmmakers, cinematographers and directors/producers.
Review of Whirlybirds
