The Flying Doctors

- Season 5

(1989)

A new doctor clashes with Chris over the treatment of a young man gravely injured in a road accident.

The antipodean aviators face a life-or-death decision when Emma is trapped beneath a truck in rising water.

The Malarvy family comes to Coopers Crossing when their daughter is hospitalized due to pneumonia. They have eight children and the oldest daughter looks after the rest of them.

Luke becomes suspicious of the safari group that arrives in Coopers Crossing. When Paula joins them, Luke follows headlong into the jaws of disaster.

Chris and David are on a clinic run for three days. A woman and her two daughters run the farm they're staying at. David doesn't feel welcome and soon he finds out that the women are very hostile towards all men, but why?

A wave of racism hits Coopers Crossing when two Japanese entrepreneurs make a bid for part of the community's heritage.

David and Sam have a life-and-death situation on their hands after a boy is struck by lightning, but the case causes a clash of medical opinion between them.

Pregnant Sheena and her husband Joe end up on an Aboriginal camp when he is fired for not being attentive enough on the McKinley property.

The usually happy and loving Potter family are suddenly showing aggressive behavior. Chris decides to investigate the cause.

A minor accident on the mining field brings a taste of what's to come for David, Kate and Paula as they prepare for a clinic run to the mine.

Fear and hatred spread like wildfire through Coopers Crossing when Father Jacko returns to town and discovers he has leprosy.

Jack is called in to investigate the attempted murder of a stranger. All the evidence seems to point to Luke Mitchell, and Jack uncovers some disturbing facts when he delves into Luke's past.

A life-and-death situation occurs when David is attacked by a swarm of wasps in his plane and Tom has to land the aircraft without any flying experience.

A young girl's life is endangered when the rodeo comes to town and her father decides to take her on the road with him. She is diabetic and faces certain death without medical assistance.

A 4yr old girl falls down a mine shaft. David, Tom, Jack and loads of others try to get her out before the shaft collapses.

Emma and Nick find a lone man wandering along an old track suffering from dehydration and fatigue.

Tom and David are involved in a horrific road accident.

An old prospector is in danger of losing his land after a pair of surveyors for a mining company arrive - then he discovers that one of them is suffering from rabies.

Nick and his friend Shane won't stop squabbling and Logan abandons them in the outback with disastrous consequences.

An elderly farmhand believes he is a burden on his workmates. A sick camel poses a problem for the RFDS.

After being made an honorary member of an aborigine tribe, Geoff is thrown into a deadly dilemma when he collapses with appendicitis in a sacred cave and may not be able to get help without betraying his tribal oath.

Emma's friend gives birth in her car, then leaves the baby outside Emma's front door wanting Emma to look after it unaware that Emma is staying overnight in town.

Lorraine is killed while trying to mend her bridge. Her death leaves her best friend, Judith, to pick up the pieces and fight off a blackmailing claimant on Lorraine's will.

Pip, an elderly lady who is the darling of Coopers Crossing, comes into some money.

The accident of a young boy entangles his family in a web of deceit and suspicion.

A teenager has a struggle to come to terms with the loss of a leg in an accident.