Sky King
Showdown
TV Flash files “Showdown” as hour 37 of 72 in the TV Flash guide — Sky King (1951–1959) on NBC/ABC, season 2, episode 18, aired 1956-04-23, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E18: listed hour 37 of 72 in the Sky King guide, hour 18 of 20 in season 2. It aired 1956-04-23 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Rodeo Roundup” (S02E17). Next is “Land o'Cotton” (S02E19).
Viewer FAQ
Where does Showdown sit in the Sky King guide?
S02E18 is listed hour 37 of 72 — hour 18 of 20 in season 2, season 2 episode 18.
When did Sky King S02E18 air?
Showdown aired 1956-04-23 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start?
Start with Grant in the Songbird. The flying-rancher brief — Penny often along — is the whole mashup of western and cockpit.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Sky King is an Arizona rancher with a Cessna: aviation adventure for kids who wanted wings, the Songbird plane as co-star. Flying-cowboy justice. A 2026 viewer watches it as the mashup of western and cockpit romance — Saturday-adventure television that sold the sky the way other shows sold horses.
The co-star has wings. Sky King (NBC/ABC, 1951–1959, after radio) is an Arizona rancher with a Cessna: Kirby Grant as Schuyler 'Sky' King, Gloria Winters as Penny, Ron Hagerthy as Clipper, the Songbird plane as the load-bearing image. Robert Morris Burtt and Wilfred Gibbs Moore. Seventy-two episodes, four seasons. Flying-cowboy justice — western ranch settings with contemporary aviation, Saturday-adventure television that sold the sky the way other shows sold horses. The work is mashup as structure: a rancher who…
Filed against
- Kirby Grant as Schuyler 'Sky' King
Kirby Grant's Schuyler 'Sky' King flew Saturday adventure as an Arizona rancher with a Cessna — aviation-western mashup, the Songbird as co-star, flying-cowboy justice for kids who wanted wings. TV Flash still reads him as 1950s craft:…
- Gloria Winters as Penny King
Gloria Winters flew shotgun as Penny King on Sky King — 1950s Arizona rancher adventure, a Cessna named Songbird as co-star, aviation justice for kids who wanted wings. Flying-cowboy mashup, cockpit romance with a niece in the plot. TV…
- Ron Hagerthy as Clipper King
Ron Hagerthy's Clipper King rode Sky King's Arizona ranch as aviation adventure for kids who wanted wings — the Songbird plane as co-star, flying-cowboy justice, Saturday mashup of western and cockpit romance. TV Flash files him as 1950s…