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Old 27th Oct 2012, 00:45
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sevenstrokeroll
 
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"Whirlybirds"

hope you all remember the tv show, "Whirlybirds"...circa 1960 Bell 47G and Bell 47J shown off to the very best advantage.

The whole show came about from the "I LOVE LUCY" episode in which she missed her ship sailing for europe. She hired a Bell 47 to fly her to the ship. The producers loved it and thought about how they could make the Bell 47 the star of a tv show...and voila: WHIRLYBIRDS was born

one of my favorite shows...starred Kenneth Tobey (he the star of such sci fi shows as THE THING and IT CAME FROM BENEATH THE SEA)

hard to find now, but sometimes on bootleg DVD's available!
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