Sky and Penny enter an air race, and it's soon discovered that the main office has been robbed and all of the receipts have been stolen. Directed by: William J. Hole Jr. Writer: John Grey, Del Lord Kirby Grant as Sky King Gloria Winters as Penny King Ewing Mitchell as Sheriff Mitch Hargrove Dwight Brooks as Greg Nelson Initially broadcast on December 28, 1958. From out of the clear blue of the western sky comes Sky King" was the familiar opening to television's premier aviation program. Operating from his Flying Crown Ranch in Arizona, Sky King, his niece Penny and their Cessna 310 airplane "Songbird" were constantly involved in one adventure after another.