"Trapped in the Sky" is the first episode of Thunderbirds, the Supermarionation television series by Gerry Anderson. The episode first aired on ATV Midlands on 30 September 1965.
As International Rescue becomes operational, the Fireflash, on its maiden voyage from London to Tokyo, is sabotaged by The Hood and is unable to land.
The Hood, the evil half brother of the Tracy's manservant Kyrano, uses his hypnotic powers to contact Kyrano through a p...
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"Trapped in the Sky" is the first episode of Thunderbirds, the Supermarionation television series by Gerry Anderson. The episode first aired on ATV Midlands on 30 September 1965.
As International Rescue becomes operational, the Fireflash, on its maiden voyage from London to Tokyo, is sabotaged by The Hood and is unable to land.
The Hood, the evil half brother of the Tracy's manservant Kyrano, uses his hypnotic powers to contact Kyrano through a psychiatric seizure to discover when International Rescue will be operational. On learning they are ready for action, he travels to London and places a bomb on the Fireflash, a revolutionary new atomic-powered aircraft on its maiden voyage to Tokyo. The bomb is set to detonate from the impact of landing. After being anonymously tipped off (by The Hood) that there is a bomb on board the Fireflash, London Tower contact the Fireflash crew and tell them to turn back. After having an X-Ray shot of the wing, it turns out the bomb is real. After...
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