Sky King
A Mickey for Sky
TV Flash files “A Mickey for Sky” as hour 69 of 72 in the TV Flash guide — Sky King (1951–1959) on NBC/ABC, season 4, episode 10, aired 1959-02-22, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E10: listed hour 69 of 72 in the Sky King guide, hour 10 of 13 in season 4. It aired 1959-02-22 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Bounty Hunters” (S04E09). Next is “Dead Giveaway” (S04E11).
Viewer FAQ
Where does A Mickey for Sky sit in the Sky King guide?
S04E10 is listed hour 69 of 72 — hour 10 of 13 in season 4, season 4 episode 10.
When did Sky King S04E10 air?
A Mickey for Sky aired 1959-02-22 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…