The Flying Doctors

- Season 8

(1991)

A new doctor and nurse arrive at Cooper's Crossing. Unfortunately, since he's charming but arrogant and she's tired of overbearing city doctors, the stage is set for a clash.

A new doctor and nurse arrive at Cooper's Crossing. Unfortunately, since he's charming but arrogant and she's tired of overbearing city doctors, the stage is set for a clash.

Kate is faced with the difficult task of delivering a baby in mid-flight during a thunderstorm.

The doctors are called on to help a pair of English girls who are stranded in the outback.

David has just one more call to attend to before he finishes his duties with the airborne medics.

Kate is faced with possible blindness when battery acid explodes in her face.

The arrival of Kate's younger sister is shrouded in mystery. She turns out to be subdued and secretive, while Magda also has a secret and makes a shock announcement.

It becomes clear that Clare is under stress when she makes a rare mistake at work. But what is causing it?

A wealthy and powerful landowner causes problems for the RFDS when he insists that his injured son is sent to a specialist in Melbourne.

Vic decides to become a partner in a tourist enterprise, and a father has to come to terms with a tragedy.

The father of a fundamentalist family goes over the edge and decides to follow in Abraham's footsteps by sacrificing his son to prove his faith.

Vic is devastated when he hits an eight-year-old girl with his van.

Panic consumes the minds of a tour party who find themselves trapped in a cave when their tour guide dies of heart failure.

Following an accident, Geoff is injected in the hand with hydraulic fluid. The resulting infection not only threatens his arm but also his life.

Johnno finds himself in hot water with the CAA after trying to take off from an unregulated runway.

The spirit of competition gets into Cooper Crossing as Kate and Penny continue to sort out their sibling rivalry, with potentially disastrous results.

Guy becomes involved with a battered housewife and Jackie has to cope with an amorous dentist.

Penny and Steve go camping. But their idyll ends when they come across a horrifying sight.

A mysterious call drags Jeff to Melbourne where he meets up with 91-year-old Mum Cochrane, who is determined to return to Coopers Crossing to die.

The people of Wentworth are stunned when Guy's fiancee, Fern Wentworth, arrives in town. She is convinced that he has become too provincial and wants to reclaim his love.

Johnno decides to re-evaluate his priorities in life when he and Rowie are nearly killed while flying through a storm. His first move is to tell Rowie he wants her as part of his future.

Johnno decides to re-evaluate his priorities in life when he and Rowie are nearly killed while flying through a storm. His first move is to tell Rowie he wants her as part of his future.

Anthropologist Jerry Davis returns to Coopers Crossing needing to speak to Geoff urgently.

Geoff tries without success to persuade the mother of a badly scarred boy that it would aid his mental recovery to come to Cooper's Crossing and face the world. When the boy becomes suicidal, Penny holds out a hand of friendship.

Rowie and Johnno are putting the final touches to their plans when a spectre from the past causes Rowie to have second thoughts.

Jackie discovers a pair of young lovers living in the cellar of her farmhouse in a story reminiscent of 'Romeo and Juliet' with equally tragic consequences.