Big Sky

- Season 1

(1997)

Lauren Allen's privileged existence grinds to a halt when the wealth she's always known dries up after the death of her beloved father.

Jimbo is dangled over the edge of a bridge by his ex-girlfriend Stacey's brothers as she demands that he pay her back the money he owes.

Chris and Lexie arrive at an outback airstrip to collect a farmer, James McCourt and his two young children who are heading into the wilderness on a camping trip.

There's trouble at Big Sky, as Lauren tries to improve the balance sheet, meantime fighting a rear-guard action to quell the rising dissent and anxiety from the troops.

When his best mate Shane is jilted, Scotty commits to cheering him up. He moves Shane into his flat and takes him for his first parachute jump.

Chris and Lauren head for a weekend at Sir Douglas Ogilvie's, a wealthy industrialist and friend of Lauren's considering investing in Big Sky.

Chris is surprised when his ex-wife, Robbie, turns up on his doorstep, terrified; her date turned violent when she tried to break off their relationship. Chris moves into protective mode, and back into the house.

Chris is surprised when his ex-wife, Robbie, turns up on his doorstep, terrified; her date turned violent when she tried to break off their relationship. Chris moves into protective mode, and back into the house.

Chris and Robbie panic when their son Jack goes missing.

Jimbo dreams of a woman in a hot air balloon, and is astounded to meet her in real life.

Scott's girlfriend Jen tells him she's leaving him for another woman.

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Lauren is about to secure a contract flying prized Yellow Fin tuna from the south coast to connect with international flights to Tokyo, when a practical joke grounds Chris's plane, putting the deal in jeopardy.

Jimbo and Lexie take shots of a waterfront mansion. Next door, a politically sensitive meeting is taking place.

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Accompanying Lauren to an aviation do, Chris is attracted to Kate Vernon, the PR person for the venue.

The death of a pilot, Stew, that he trained with throws Jimbo.

It's Friday 13th and nobody is around, so Big Sky is closed for the day. It also happens to be Lauren's birthday. Unfortunately, she spends it tied to a chair with Chris while Peruvian gangsters hold guns on them.

Jimbo meets up with an old school friend, Mac, in the street, and is stunned to witness a robbery, Mac being the driver of the getaway car. Jimbo agonises over whether to dob his mate in or not, when Mac turns up at the base.

A fight between Chris and Lauren escalates to the point where Chris resigns at the same moment as Lauren sacks him. He is surprised to discover she has taken his action seriously and hired a new chief pilot, Jane.

Scotty and Lexie make an emergency landing in a remote area. Injured, they are taken in by a hippy community of women. They discover their presence in the seemingly idyllic society has upset the status quo.

The day to day hassles of trying to run Big Sky with too little capital are taking their toll on Lauren.

Jimbo runs into an old girlfriend, Jodie, and is stunned to learn he is her young son Max's father.

Carrying a load of money back to Sydney from a country race track, Chris receives an odd distress call from nearby.

An old man, Fred Morgan, dies on Jimbo's plane. Using clues garnered from a trunk Frank was to collect, Jimbo and Chris unravel Fred's story.

Chris is hurt. Robbie has rejected his proposition that they go out to celebrate their wedding anniversary. Feeling left behind and forgotten by his ex-wife, Chris takes his feelings out on Scotty.

Lexie flies to a coal mining town. With their wives away shopping in the city, the miners have run amok.

Jimbo is flying when one of his engines gives out, and then the other. He tries everything to get them going, to no avail. As he plunges to earth, prayer seems the only option. Suddenly, the engines kick back in. To Jimbo it's a miracle.

Chris wakes in a strange room on a farm, unsure of how he got there. A woman informs him that they are husband and wife. Chris struggles to regain his memory, despite the efforts of the two women living there to keep him in the dark.

On a routine run, Chris discovers major environmental damage to an area of wetlands.

Chris damages an eye playing with his kids, and tries to ignore the resulting obstructed vision.

After Chris is diagnosed with a detached retina, he enters surgery but rejects Lauren's attempts to comfort him.

Big Sky is a small aviation company in Sydney. After the death of Lauren's father, Lauren takes over Big Sky, a nearly bankrupt company. Chief pilot is Chris Manning (played by Gary Sweet). He is very laid-back but also quite authoritative, sarcastic and sometimes arrogant. He and Lauren fight a lot, the decisions she makes are not always the right ones in Chris' eyes. Lauren has a complete different background (she's the rich spoiled kid) and knows barely nothing about running an aviation company. This of course clash with Chris but on the other hand, she is doing a ...

A very distraught woman, Shelley, appeals to Shay to help her escape from what appears to be a case of domestic violence.

Jimbo is seduced and then double-crossed by a troubled woman.

Scotty lands to offer assistance at a car accident on a deserted road. He finds two men, one unconscious and cuffed, the other an undercover cop in a hurry.

Paula and Lauren have a flutter at a country picnic race and win. The local bookie tries to refuse paying out the sizeable amount, until Lauren threatens to go to the police.

Lauren is shocked to see a man that looks like her supposedly dead father.

Scotty is given the unexpected job of transporting a dead body and is terrified when it starts making noises mid-air, unaware this is normal. Jimbo enjoys Scotty's discomfort, who is furious with landing such a lousy job.

Chris is shocked when man leaps to his death during a flight.