Sky and Penny try to clear a gentle, animal-loving "wildman" who has been blamed for the robbery of a logging company payroll. Directed by: Paul Landres Writer: Alexander J. Wells Kirby Grant as Sky King Gloria Winters as Penny King Buddy Baer as Jean Turnot Nick Nicholson as Larson 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.