Episode
Route 66: Fly Away Home (2)
Overview
A farmer wants his crops dusted with sulfur, which is very dangerous to the pilots. However, the risk means more money to for the crop-dusting company. Filming Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Details
- Series
- Route 66
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 17
- Air date
- 1961-02-17
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
Fly Away Home (2) is Episode 17 in Season 1 of Route 66. It aired on 1961-02-17. The runtime is 60 min.
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Episode 16: Fly Away Home (1)
Tod goes to work for the Windus Dusting Company as a crop duster. He meets Summers, a pilot. The company is losing money. Filming Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Episode 18: Sleep on Four Pillows
Tod and Buz meet a teenage girl who claims to be running from gangsters. The girl's wealthy mother thinks her daughter has been kidnapped and calls the police and a detective. Filming Location: Hollywood and Los Angeles, California
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Episode 19: An Absence of Tears
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Episode 14: Play It Glissando
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Episode 20: Like a Motherless Child
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Episode 13: The Quick and the Dead
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Episode 21: Effigy in Snow
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Episode 12: Sheba
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Episode 22: Eleven, the Hard Way
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