The Flying Doctors

- Season 7

(1990)

A young boy whose dream is to become a pilot endangers his life when he takes off in a plane without permission.

The team experiences a terrifying ordeal when a large bush fire breaks out and a fireman is trapped by the flames.

Nick gets a surprise after helping a teenage girl deliver her baby.

Following a fatal plane crash, the widow of one of the passengers threatens to take the widow of the pilot to court. However, the exact cause of the crash is unknown.

David and Annie investigate the unusual behaviour of school children at a defunct mining settlement.

The team is presented with a major problem by a couple and their disabled child.

Through helping an alcoholic friend, Tom finds himself trapped in a mine and at the mercy of a murderer.

A man burns down his house and heads into the outback, taking his daughters with him.

David's life changes when he falls in love with Andrea, a young pilot who makes an unscheduled stop at Cooper's Crossing.

Tom and Nick are grounded at the Burgess Farm by a storm when they are called to treat a man gored by a bull. Tensions are running high as the farmer and his wife reach a crisis point in their marriage.

An alcoholic poet with writer's block arrives in Cooper's Crossing and causes trouble by his decision to turn to plagiarism.

A tense situation develops at Cooper's Creek when a distraught man, burdened by his failure to provide for his family, takes two hostages - one of whom is Geoff.

A young German doctor visiting Australia drops in at Cooper's Crossing and is soon needed to help in an emergency.

A young mother tries to escape the clutches of her manic depressive boyfriend by running away to Cooper's Crossing. But will she be safe there?

Geoff encounters two people from his past - ex-jazz singer Billie Sorenson and her one-time pianist Pete.

Magda and Kate have a fight on their hands when they try to persuade an aborigine girl's father to allow her to undergo an operation to save her from a brain tumour.

David clashes with an arrogant, older doctor over a patient injured in a tractor accident.

When Annie gives treatment to a boy who works on a carnival, the pair develop a strong rapport.

The tranquility of Cooper's Crossing is shattered when a young woman friend of Kate's is attacked while out horse riding.

Vic and Nancy are hard at work preparing for Christmas.