Sat, Sep 13, 1958
Steve Canyon assumes command of an experimental mission involving a KB-50 tanker towing three F-102 Interceptors like a flying aircraft carrier. The plan, conceived by Gen. "Shanty" Towne, an old flying buddy of Steve's (who is grounded because of failing health) is in danger of being cancelled.
Top-rated
Sat, Sep 27, 1958
Steve is assigned to aid his friend Bradshaw, a test pilot, in a hazardous project to launch F-100 Super Sabres from the backs of trucks with rocket boosters. When Bradshaw's booster fails to detach in flight it places the him and the whole program in danger...but Col. Canyon has a plan.
Top-rated
Sat, Nov 29, 1958
Steve is assigned to pilot a plane that drops a test big one. This is a straightforward account of the preparation, dropping, and subsequent testing of an H-bomb and its aftereffects. There's plenty of excellent Air Force archival footage, custom footage (shot just for this episode) and narrative chatter, but also lots of good conventional acting, which gives this a strong documentary flavor. One of the best of the series.
Sat, Dec 6, 1958
While piloting a B-52 bomber from Brazil to California, one of Canyon's crew becomes ill. A Flight Surgeon at their destination radios them that the illness is likely to be spinal meningitis and tells Steve the sick man must be treated immediately. But Canyon has some trouble with the landing gear and hesitates to crash the jet and risk the lives of the entire crew.
Sat, Dec 20, 1958
While flying a group of refugee children from an Austrian displaced-persons camp (to spend the holidays with American servicemen's families In Germany), Steve meets a nine year old girl who has never celebrated Christmas. He has to figure out a way to explain the true meaning of Christmas to her.