Ripcord - Season 1

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The Sky Diver

1 - The Sky Diver

Air Date: September 28, 1961

A sky diver attempts to rescue a party of geologists after they send out an SOS for a desperately needed instrument.

Flight to Terror

2 - Flight to Terror

Air Date: October 4, 1961

Gangster and his wife must make a forced landing while fleeing to Mexico.

Crime Jump

3 - Crime Jump

Air Date: October 11, 1961

Ted and Jim try to clear themselves of murder.

Thoroughbred

4 - Thoroughbred

Air Date: October 18, 1961

Ted and Jim jump into treacherous canyon country to rescue Matador, a thoroughbred trapped amid the rocks.

Air Carnival

5 - Air Carnival

Air Date: October 25, 1961

A member of an accident-plagued air circus tries to get Ted and Jim into the act. A pretty aviatrix tries to lure Ted and Jim into signing up with the Justin Rock air circus.

Hi-Jack

6 - Hi-Jack

Air Date: November 1, 1961

Skydivers McKeever and Buckley are on an expedition to recover space capsules at sea when their C-47 is hijacked.

The Condemned

7 - The Condemned

Air Date: November 8, 1961

The skydivers assignment tonight is to find a woman's body at an inaccessible ski resort.

Millionaire Doctor

8 - Millionaire Doctor

Air Date: November 15, 1961

The skydivers have one of their most trying and exciting experiences while trying to salvage a ship loaded with high explosives.

Sierra Jump

9 - Sierra Jump

Air Date: November 22, 1961

Jay Coates, a zealous jumper, pulls Chuck (Paul Comi) into danger as the pilot attempt to stop him from jumping. Chuck is in a bad spot when narcotics are found on him after the accident.

Darb

10 - Darb

Air Date: November 29, 1961

Archaeologist,Gustave Merril holds Ted McKeever captive. Ted is kidnapped by an archaeologist eager to get his hands on an Aztec death mask.

Ransom Drop

11 - Ransom Drop

Air Date: December 6, 1961

Kidnappers hold electronicist Brandon Oliver hostage and demand a special ransom: Brandon Oliver's highly valuable new gadget.

Log Jam

12 - Log Jam

Air Date: December 13, 1961

A lumber man hires Ted and Jim to break up a log jam. The two skydivers fly a charge of nitroglycerin over the logging area.

The Human Kind

13 - The Human Kind

Air Date: December 20, 1961

The boys join an air search for the kidnapped wife of a rancher.

High Jeopardy

14 - High Jeopardy

Air Date: December 27, 1961

A reckless skydiving student jumps into danger.

The Financier

15 - The Financier

Air Date: January 3, 1962

Skydivers investigate millionaire's suicide. Wealthy E.J. Bowen killed himself.

The Silver Cord

16 - The Silver Cord

Irresponsible Speed Domaine and his son are lost in a missile-target area.

Escape

17 - Escape

Fugitive criminal Steve Danton forces Chuck Lambert to take him aloft in the Skydivers, Inc., plane, leaving Ted McKeever and Jim Buckley grounded.

Airborne

18 - Airborne

Ted McKeever's skydiving pupil Suzy Thomas runs afoul of a gang of hot-rodders. Puzzled and angered by the young men's attitude Ted steps into action.

Last Chance

19 - Last Chance

Ted, captured by a claim jumper, looks for a way to signal Jim.

Double Drop

20 - Double Drop

James Coburn plays an injured bank robber on the lam. The crook is n ex-paratrooper, on the run from the law.

Desperate Choice

21 - Desperate Choice

Ted and Jim drop onto dangerous terrain to search for a trapped youth---and the boy's overeager rescuer.

Mile High Triangle

22 - Mile High Triangle

Air Date: January 22, 1962

Eric Askley substitutes a dummy parachute for the one his wife packs for her first attempt at sky diving.

Jungle Survival

23 - Jungle Survival

The jungle becomes a nightmarish prison for a stranded Ted and Jim.

Hagen Charm

24 - Hagen Charm

Trapped in a mountainous region surgeon Joe's son is suffering from a head injury and desperately needs medical aid. But a violent storm had halted all attempts to reach the boy.

The Helicopter Race

25 - The Helicopter Race

A building contractor has an unusual job for Ted: picking up an attache case from a hillside.

Para-Nurse

26 - Para-Nurse

Air Date: April 12, 1962

Laura Cokely is the cause of friendly rivalry between Ted and Jim. Before she can make her choice, all three respond to a fire alarm at Thunder Ridge. The son of ranger Carl Devlin is undergoing breathing difficulties and the boy can't be attended in a hospital due to river floods.

Colorado Jump

27 - Colorado Jump

Jim (Ken Curtis) is duped into accompanying a young recording star on a dangerous publicity stunt.

Top Secret

28 - Top Secret

The boys try to find out if U.S. scientist Rupert Sexton is planning to defect.

One for the Money

29 - One for the Money

Jim mounts a rescue operation after Ted falls into the hands of a mobster named Monday.

Sentence of Death

30 - Sentence of Death

A Nazi war criminal menaces Ted and Jim.

Elegy for a Hero

31 - Elegy for a Hero

Wealthy Wally Griffin (Lang Jeffries) is strangely anxious to reach a remote mountain lodge.

Cougar Mesa

32 - Cougar Mesa

An insurance company retains Ted and Jim to investigate a claim involving an allegedly stolen plane.

Chuting Stars

33 - Chuting Stars

Navy parachutists join a search for a diabetic abandoned in the mountains.

Death Camp

34 - Death Camp

An ex-con tries to help Ted elude a killer named Cort after Ted and Jim arrive to investigate the suspicious deaths of three uranium prospectors.

Radar Rescue

35 - Radar Rescue

Air Date: May 10, 1962

A man named Anderson and his daughter get lost amid a cloudburst and then a crash is heard. Ted, Jim and Chuck are nearby and attend the distress call from Anderson. A hot-tempered radar navigator is determined to even the score with Ted, who expelled him from jump school.

Diplomatic Mission

36 - Diplomatic Mission

Ted and Jim are after a slain diplomat's secret papers---and so is an enemy agent.

Hurricane Charlie

37 - Hurricane Charlie

Ted and Jim, hired to deliver equipment to a mining crew, suspect that their pilot is sabotaging the operation.

Counter-Attack

38 - Counter-Attack

Gunmen, G-men and a beautiful girl get into the act as Ted and Jim go to work for an industrialist.

The Hunter

39 - The Hunter

The boys try to intercept an assassin.

Aerial Backfire

40 - Aerial Backfire

Race Morgan: Bounty Hunter

41 - Race Morgan: Bounty Hunter

Panic at 10,000

42 - Panic at 10,000

Hostage Below

43 - Hostage Below

Infiltration

44 - Infiltration

Among Those Missing

45 - Among Those Missing

Flight to Terror

46 - Flight to Terror

Day of the Hunter

47 - Day of the Hunter

The Losers

48 - The Losers

A Present for Felipe

49 - A Present for Felipe

Devil's Canyon

50 - Devil's Canyon

The Money Mine

51 - The Money Mine

The Lost Ones

52 - The Lost Ones

The Last Chapter

53 - The Last Chapter

Run, Joby, Run

54 - Run, Joby, Run

The Wrong Way Down

55 - The Wrong Way Down

A Free Falling Star

56 - A Free Falling Star

Reprisal

57 - Reprisal

The Lost Tribe

58 - The Lost Tribe

Chute to Kill

59 - Chute to Kill

Willie

60 - Willie

The Well

61 - The Well

The Trouble with Denny Collins

62 - The Trouble with Denny Collins

The Final Jump

63 - The Final Jump

Picture of Terror

64 - Picture of Terror

The Inventor

65 - The Inventor

Jump to a Blind Alley

66 - Jump to a Blind Alley

Jump or Die

67 - Jump or Die

Jump to Freedom

68 - Jump to Freedom

Man on a Mountain

69 - Man on a Mountain

The Suicide Club

70 - The Suicide Club

Million Dollar Drop

71 - Million Dollar Drop

Flight for Life

72 - Flight for Life

The Proud Little Man

73 - The Proud Little Man

Semper Paratus Any Time

74 - Semper Paratus Any Time

Expose

75 - Expose