Virgil Tracy/Missions

Virgil appears in all 32 television episodes.

Trapped in the Sky

International Rescue's first mission: after Thunderbird 2 arrives at London International Airport, Virgil takes three heavy-rescue Elevator Cars out to the end of Runway 29 - there to await, and assist, the incoming Fireflash airliner, its landing-gear positioned up - to avert triggering a bomb planted inside it...

Main article: Virgil - Dazed, Upside-down, but Unhurt

Pit of Peril

After he, Scott and Brains confer on a plan of action, Virgil is lowered into the smoldering pit the Army's Sidewinder has fallen into, to place explosive charges - which must detonate, before he can attempt to drag the damaged behemoth to the surface using the Recovery Vehicles...

Main article: Virgil and the Burning Pit

City of Fire

While Virgil and Scott conducted experiments with Brains' new cutting equipment - fuelled by oxyhydnite gas - unexpected side-effects caused both brothers to pass out cold...

Later, when he and Scott were called to the massive Thompson Tower fire, Virgil had recovered enough to drive the Mole and the Firefly...but to reach the trapped Carter family, that risky new cutting gas was their only option...

Main article: Virgil's Oxyhydnite Gas Affiar

Sun Probe

Boxed-in: as part of a two-pronged rescue strategy (also involving Thunderbird 3), Virgil and Brains fly out to Mount Arkan in Thunderbird 2 in the hope that the Transmitter Truck they have aboard can stop the Sun Probe rocket, which is on a collision course with the Sun...

Main article: Wrong Box Virgil

The Uninvited

Virgil, Tin-Tin and Brains head for the Sahara Desert, to rescue one of their own: an injured Scott, after he and Thunderbird 1 had been shot down by unidentified fighters, and two explorers who found him radioed IR for help...

Investigating Scott's disappearance (for a second time), Virgil and Gordon arrive in Thunderbird 2 near the Lost Pyramid of Khamandides. Scott radios Virgil, warning him to get clear - and he does, as the pyramid explodes in a huge fireball...

The Mighty Atom

Virgil and Scott, both in protective clothing, enter the control cabin of the Saharan Atomic Station, to shut down the reactor rods and prevent the station's destruction - but it'll be up to Gordon, waiting below in Thunderbird 4, to deliver the finishing touch...at precisely the right moment...

Main article: Saharan Atomic Station

Vault of Death

After a Bank of England employee gets locked inside the vault, Virgil and Alan must resort to unconventional means to reach him, when they discover that - for once - they can't use the Mole...

Main article: Virgil in the Vault of Death

Operation Crash-Dive

Virgil heads out to the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Ireland, where Thunderbird 2 drops Pod 4; and Thunderbird 4, with Gordon aboard, then emerges...and heads for the seabed below, to search for the missing Fireflash 4 airliner and its trapped crew...

Main article: Virgil's Operation Fireflash

Move - And You're Dead

Virgil and Brains face a race against time, if they're to save Alan and Grandma from death on the isolated San Miguel Bridge: kidnapped by Victor Gomez and Johnny Gillespie - two of Alan's old motor-racing rivals - they've been left high up in the girders of the bridge...and any tiny movement will detonate a bomb...

Main article: Virgil's Mission to save Alan and Grandma

Martian Invasion

Thunderbirds 1 and 2 respond to a call for help from a movie location in the Nevada Desert, where an explosion has trapped two actors in a cave. Virgil deploys the Excavator, to safely extract them - but, as yet, no one realizes who is really behind the making of this science-fiction film...and why...

Main article: Virgil's Martian Rescue

Brink of Disaster

Alone in the Tracy Villa lounge, Virgil and Scott react at hearing an emergency call from an all-as-startled John: the Pacific-Atlantic Monotrain is out of control and headed for the site of a collapsed bridge - with their father, Jeff, Tin-Tin and Brains aboard!

Arriving at the danger zone, Virgil lowers Thunderbird 2's Magnetic grabs to remove the monotrain car and its passengers to safety...

The Perils of Penelope

A Lady vanishes: when Lady Penelope and another IR field agent (Professor Borender) go missing during a train trip to Anderbad, Thunderbird 2 meets up with FAB 1, on the roadway above the Anderbad Tunnel entrance. While Alan and Parker keep watch alongside the pink Rolls Royce, Virgil and Gordon set off into the tunnel itself, aboard the Monobrake...

Main article: Virgil Saves a Lady

Terror in New York City

Kyrano oversees Virgil's recovery

After Thunderbird 2 is mistakenly attacked by the Navy vessel U.S.N. Sentinel, an injured Virgil - urged on by Scott, in pursuit aboard Thunderbird 1 - struggles to stay conscious just long enough to get his massive craft back home to base - where Tracy Island has prepared for a crash-landing...

Main article: Virgil Comes Under Attack

End of the Road

Virgil and Alan take Thunderbird 2 to rescue Eddie Houseman - whose Explosives Truck (with him in it) is teetering on the edge of a mountain trail, during a driving monsoon rainstorm - without Eddie discovering that his friends, the Tracys, are secretly International Rescue...

Main article: The Rescue of Eddie Houseman

Day of Disaster

Virgil and Gordon arrive at the site of the Allington Suspension Bridge - whose collapse has sent the Martian Space Probe tumbling down into the river below, with its crew trapped inside...and their rocket automatically primed for blast-off! Before that happens, Thunderbird 4 must clear the mass of debris from the MSP's command module, and get the astronauts out...

Edge of Impact

Thunderbirds 1 and 2 have managed to launch in secrecy - leaving Tracy Island's unexpected houseguest none the wiser - and arrive in time for Virgil and Alan, with guidance from Scott, to save two men trapped atop the soon-to-topple British Telecom Tower. Now, can they also manage to get home, without Colonel Tim Casey learning their father Jeff's greatest secret: that he's really the leader of International Rescue?

Desperate Intruder

Sand traps: the Lake Anasta Expedition (with Brains and Tin-Tin) has spiraled out of control - a missed call-in to Tracy Island sends Thunderbirds 1 and 2 out to what's become a danger zone: Brains has, again, been ambushed by The Hood; and he's trapped in the ruins of the lake's sunken temple! Virgil takes over at Mobile Control, as Scott and Gordon attempt the underwater rescue...

Main article: Virgil's Lake Anasta Rescue

30 Minutes After Noon

Virgil and Alan descend in the fire-extinguishing Dicetylene Cage to rescue Tom Prescott - who's trapped at the bottom of the lift shaft, in the burning Hudson Building...

Later, when government agent Southern - whose cover's been blown by the criminal Erdman Gang he'd infiltrated - is left trapped inside a Plutonium Store, with an Explosive Bracelet (identical to Prescott's) attached to his wrist, Virgil and Scott race to the scene to rescue him...

Main article: Virgil's Southern Mission

The Impostors

When criminals steal their identity, International Rescue - including Virgil - is forced to suspend all operations. And when an accident strands technician Elliot in space, the Tracys are left to agonize over his plight: for once, they cannot help...or, can they?

The Man from MI.5

Criminals have stolen plans for a nuclear device, and Lady Penelope - who's gone undercover, to stop them - is now in peril as well!

Scott trolls the depths of the French Riviera harbor with Thunderbird 1's sonar equipment - hunting for the crooks' Mini-Sub hideout - as Virgil and Gordon, in Thunderbird 2, prepare to launch Thunderbird 4...

Cry Wolf

When brothers Bob and Tony Williams unwittingly call out International Rescue, Scott brings them to Tracy Island to show them the importance of not sending a false alarm...

But, when the boys are later trapped in an old tin mine by The Hood, the Tracys realize their danger's real this time; and it's Virgil, Alan and Scott to the rescue...

Main article: Virgil's Mission to Rescue Bob and Tony

Danger at Ocean Deep

Virgil and his brothers return from a muddy rescue on the Hawai'ian island of Oahu, but their down-time is short-lived...

Elsewhere...the tanker Ocean Pioneer II's gone adrift in a mysterious fog bank - its engines dead, and its crew trapped! Scott again blasts off in Thunderbird 1, as Virgil prepares to follow him in Thunderbird 2...and his brother John, who's home on leave, gets the call to go with him!

Main article: Virgil takes John on a Mission!

The Duchess Assignment

"This way!"

Lady Penelope's friend Deborah, the Duchess of Royston, has been kidnapped and left in the cellar of an abandoned Country House - which is fully involved in flames, as Thunderbirds 1 and 2 arrive; and while Scott tries to hold up the house's remaining wall with the Domo, Virgil readies the mighty Mole, to go to her rescue...

Attack of the Alligators

After communications are lost with Thunderbird 5, Virgil takes Alan in Thunderbird 2 to nearby - and very windy - Mateo Island, so he can carry out repairs to its massive Communications Mast...

Later, when an emergency call's received that Giant Alligators ("Giant Alligators!?") are attacking a River House - with people trapped inside - along the swampy Ambro River, TB2 again takes to the air, with Virgil, Gordon and Alan...

The Cham-Cham

Virgil and Alan set out in Thunderbird 2 for the Paradise Peaks Hotel - where Lady Penelope and Tin-Tin's undercover investigation has become a literally-Dangerous Game...

Main article: Virgil's Cable Car Rescue

Security Hazard

Virgil shows young stowaway Chip Morrison around Thunderbird 2, and relates the story of End of the Road...where he took part in the rescue of Eddie Houseman, trapped in his Explosives Truck, and balanced precariously on a mountain ledge during a monsoon...

Atlantic Inferno

When a gas field ignites in the Atlantic, surrounding the massive drilling rig Seascape - triggered by an errant World Navy torpedo that crashed into the seabed - Virgil and Gordon transport Pod 4 - containing Thunderbird 4 and a specialized sealing device - to the danger zone. It won't be their only trip there, however...

Path of Destruction

When the atomic-powered, forest-clearing Crablogger goes on a path of destruction, Virgil and Brains set out on a dangerous mission to stop it - before the out-of-control behemoth crashes into the San Martino Dam...

Main article: Crablogger on a Path of Destruction

Alias Mr.Hackenbacker

Virgil and Alan set off in Thunderbird 2, after receiving a covert emergency message from Lady Penelope that the Skythrust airliner she is aboard has been hijacked...

Lord Parker's 'Oliday

Virgil, Alan and Brains race to the resort town of Monte Bianco, when a thunderstorm has toppled a huge solar generator located in the mountains above it...and which, upon sunrise, threatens to destroy the town by its solar fire...

Ricochet

Virgil takes a rare turn at piloting Thunderbird 3 - as he and Brains unload a cache of supplies at Thunderbird 5!

Later, they're off to the Middle East, in Thunderbird 2 - to shoot down the stricken Pirate Satellite TV Station KLA before it can crash-land near a major oil refinery. But things suddenly change for the worse, leaving them to face an impossible decision...

Main article: A'Ben Duh

Give or Take a Million

As a special Christmas-season surprise, Virgil Tracy takes a young patient (Nicky) from Coralville Children's Hospital to Tracy Island!

Main article: Christmas on Tracy Island

The Abominable Snowman

Meddings Uranium Factory

The Meddings Uranium Factory is being destroyed by a devastating fire caused by The Hood. The plant continues to explode until Virgil arrives at the danger zone in Thunderbird 2. He drops three fire-extinguishing capsules into the blaze, saving the factory from total destruction.

Finding Penelope

Flying to the Himalayas in Thunderbird 2, Virgil joined Scott in the rescue of Lady Penelope. He approached the ice-cave, but was warned by Scott to stay away as the cave was about to explode.