The Air Adventures of Jimmie Allen
Take to the skies with one of radio's most beloved boy wonders in The Air Adventures of Jimmie Allen, a transcribed children's adventure series that thrilled audiences from 1933 to 1947. Created by World War I aces Bob Burtt and Bill Moore, this program follows the resourceful teenage pilot Jimmie Allen, his best friend Speed Robertson, and their trusty mechanic Flash Lewis as they solve crimes and outwit a rogues' gallery of villains, including the corrupt Black Pete and the dishonorable Digger Dawson. Jimmie's popularity soared so high that Paramount even produced a feature film, The Sky Parade, based on the character. This digital collection captures the daring spirit of the series across 142 recordings, offering nearly 30 hours of aerial adventure.
Collection Highlights
- Thrilling story arcs from the mid-1930s: Follow Jimmie through classic episodes like "Gun Moll Mickey," "Training Plane Sabotaged," and the "Vanderpool Cup Race" series, where sabotage, parachutes, and high-stakes competition keep the action soaring.
- Exotic international escapades: Journey to the far corners of the globe with episodes set in China ("Air Battle of Shu Hing Fu," "Fog Over Canton"), Cuba, and Mexico, as Jimmie faces pirates, spies, and mysterious missions.
- Behind-the-scenes radio magic: Discover that Jimmie Allen was voiced by 40-year-old director John Frank, and that the show was sponsored by Skelly Oil, which launched a real-world Jimmie Allen Flying Club for young listeners—complete with wings, a membership emblem, and a personal letter from the hero himself.
- Bonus historical connection: This collection includes the complete 1937 storyline featuring the villain Major Moto and a spy ring, plus later episodes where Jimmie and his pals tackle Nazi agents and buried treasure, showcasing the show's evolution through the late 1930s.
Track Listing
Show all 284 tracks (29 hours, 17 min)
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0016 Gun Moll Mickey
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0046 Training Plane Sabotaged-Parachutes
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0047 Sabotage Discovered Nadine Hamond
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0096 Anticipating Vanderpool Cup Race
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0097 At Monsoon Company
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0104 Vanderpool Cup Race Cleveland
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0105 Vanderpool Cup Race Chicago
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0379 Air Battle of Shu Hing Fu
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0380 Funeral for Ham Carruthers
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0417 Jimmie Witnesses Plane Crash
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0418 Jerome Durac, Lost French Pilot
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0419 Missionary Alfred Johnson
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0420 Queen Of Pirates
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0421 Civil War
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0422 Battle Chinese Pirates Continues
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0423 Gang Escapes From Pirates
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0424 Jimmie And Speed Get Ready For Race
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0425 Speed Explains Automatic Pilot
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0426 Race Begins
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0430 Won the First Lap
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0431 Who Slashed Airplane Tire
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0432 Passed by the Russian
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0433 Bengal Tiger on Plane
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0439 Russian Aviator Forced Down
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0440 Fog Over Canton
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0441 Speed Makes Blind Luck Landing
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0442 Landing Through Fog
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0447 Naval Officer Disguised As Chinaman
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0448 Jimmie Is Saved By Autopilot
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0450 Natil Airlines Is Going To Be Sued!
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0458 Jimmie Is Arrested
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0459 Search For Ezra Whitcomb
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0464 Inquest For J Quackenbush
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0465 Daniel Dawson Accuses Jimmie
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0468 Digger Gives Gmen Slip
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0469 Jimmies Plan Backfires
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0476 Jimmie Escapes From Digger
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0477 Diggers Men Attack
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0482 In Search Of Black Pete
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0483 Unexpected Developments
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0484 Agent Butterfield Sends Message
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0486 Steve Jimmy Hole Up ISupply Cabin
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0487 Visitor Comes Aboard
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0490 Ezra Whitcomb Is Found
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0491 Jailed In Cuba
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0492 American Consul Gets Them Released
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0493 Back In Usa
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0494 Going To Mexico
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0495 Arriving In Tampico
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0500 Returning From Mining Company
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1039 Reluctance For Solo Flight
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1040 Speed Lands Jimmies Plane
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1041 Sabotage Suspected
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1042 Speed To Be Jimmies New Instructor
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1043 Secret Drawings Stolen
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1044 Major Moto Spotted
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1045 Strut Breaks During Flight
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1046 Looking Over Wreckage
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1047 Flash Overhears Meeting Time
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1048 Secret Meeting Overheard
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1049 Lead Bars Found Major Motos Pockets
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1050 Trouble During Test Flight
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1051 Lead Weight Found In Wreckage
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1052 Near Collision With Major Moto
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1053 Stolen Documents Found Possession
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1054 Speed Held At Gunpoint
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1055 Setting Trap For Thieves
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1056 Mason Spotted In Hanger
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1057 Speed Clearedthieves Caught
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1058 Pursuing Major Moto
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1059 Major Motos Plane Shot Down
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1060 Search For Major Moto
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1061 Major Moto Captured
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1062 Imposter Lvs Maj Moto Secret Doc
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1063 Kidnapped By Motos Gang
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1064 Motos Gang Secret Papers Recovered
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1065 Solo Flight
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1066 Gangsters To Escape
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1067 Dick Needs Job
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1068 Offer To Buy Tract Of Land
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1069 Mrs Croft Wants To Sell Land
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1070 Signing Of Agreement Delayed
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1071 Suspicious Of Rip Bender
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1072 Plans To Look Over Property
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1073 Discussing Flight Plan To Texas
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1074 Gangsters Plane Seen
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1075 Spark Plugs Switched
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1076 Fight With Biffer And Ace
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1077 Oil Pressure Drops
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1078 Forced Landing
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1079 Telegram For Mrs Croft
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1080 Airplane Heard
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1081 Jimmy Flash Speed Finally Arrive 2
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1082 Looking Over Croft Property
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1083 Told Of Buried Treasure
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1084 Airplane Tracks Seen
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1085 Russell Seen On Mountain
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1086 Parchment Found
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1087 Parchment Is Treasure Map
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1088 Flash Reads Poetry
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1089 Speed Discovers Bomb
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1090 Landmark Found
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1091 Bag Of Gold Coins Found
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1092 Hiding Airplane
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1093 Plan To Apprehend Gangsters
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1094 Barbara Kidnapped
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1095 Leaving For Home
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1096 Telegram For Jimmie
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1097 Collision In Air
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1098 Movie Contract Offered
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1099 Telephone Threat
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1100 Proposition From Nails Ballou
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1101 Ramsey Recognizes Ballou
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1102 Trouble During Practice Flight
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1103 Flash Arrives
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1104 Harry Phelps Is Unconscious
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1105 Mike Blackmailed By Ballou
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1106 Collision In Air
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1107 Having To Bail Out
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1108 Chasing Harry Phelps In Air
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1109 Speed And Ballou Fight
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1110 Discussing Delays With Filming
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1111 Flash Prowling In Hanger
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1112 Flash Questions Mike
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1113 Plans For Crash Being Made
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1114 Warning From Mike
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1115 Jimmie Does Crash Stunt
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1116 Mike Disappears
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1117 Apology Letter From Mike
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1118 Sandy Carson Arrives
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1119 Crash Landing
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1120 Asking Roy For Help
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1121 Manuscripts Found
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1122 Where Is Harry Phelps
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1123 Harry Phelps Fell Out Of Plane
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1124 Ballou Was Nazi Spy
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1125 Harry Phelps Is Dead
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1126 Ballou Killed
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1127 Talking Monsoon Engine Executives
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1128 Lays Ground Rules Down For Rags
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1129 Engine Trouble
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1130 Wings Votes Aganst Second Chance
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0016 Gun Moll Mickey
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0046 Training Plane Sabotaged-Parachutes
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0047 Sabotage Discovered Nadine Hamond
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0096 Anticipating Vanderpool Cup Race
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0097 At Monsoon Company
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0104 Vanderpool Cup Race Cleveland
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0105 Vanderpool Cup Race Chicago
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0379 Air Battle of Shu Hing Fu
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0380 Funeral for Ham Carruthers
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0417 Jimmie Witnesses Plane Crash
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0418 Jerome Durac, Lost French Pilot
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0419 Missionary Alfred Johnson
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0420 Queen Of Pirates
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0421 Civil War
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0422 Battle Chinese Pirates Continues
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0423 Gang Escapes From Pirates
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0424 Jimmie And Speed Get Ready For Race
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0425 Speed Explains Automatic Pilot
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0426 Race Begins
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0430 Won the First Lap
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0431 Who Slashed Airplane Tire
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0432 Passed by the Russian
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0433 Bengal Tiger on Plane
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0439 Russian Aviator Forced Down
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0440 Fog Over Canton
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0441 Speed Makes Blind Luck Landing
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0442 Landing Through Fog
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0447 Naval Officer Disguised As Chinaman
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0448 Jimmie Is Saved By Autopilot
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0450 Natil Airlines Is Going To Be Sued!
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0458 Jimmie Is Arrested
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0459 Search For Ezra Whitcomb
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0464 Inquest For J Quackenbush
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0465 Daniel Dawson Accuses Jimmie
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0468 Digger Gives Gmen Slip
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0469 Jimmies Plan Backfires
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0476 Jimmie Escapes From Digger
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0477 Diggers Men Attack
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0482 In Search Of Black Pete
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0483 Unexpected Developments
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0484 Agent Butterfield Sends Message
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0486 Steve Jimmy Hole Up ISupply Cabin
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0487 Visitor Comes Aboard
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0490 Ezra Whitcomb Is Found
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0491 Jailed In Cuba
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0492 American Consul Gets Them Released
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0493 Back In Usa
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0494 Going To Mexico
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0495 Arriving In Tampico
- Jimmie Allen 360000 0500 Returning From Mining Company
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1039 Reluctance For Solo Flight
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1040 Speed Lands Jimmies Plane
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1041 Sabotage Suspected
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1042 Speed To Be Jimmies New Instructor
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1043 Secret Drawings Stolen
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1044 Major Moto Spotted
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1045 Strut Breaks During Flight
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1046 Looking Over Wreckage
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1047 Flash Overhears Meeting Time
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1048 Secret Meeting Overheard
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1049 Lead Bars Found Major Motos Pockets
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1050 Trouble During Test Flight
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1051 Lead Weight Found In Wreckage
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1052 Near Collision With Major Moto
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1053 Stolen Documents Found Possession
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1054 Speed Held At Gunpoint
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1055 Setting Trap For Thieves
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1056 Mason Spotted In Hanger
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1057 Speed Clearedthieves Caught
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1058 Pursuing Major Moto
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1059 Major Motos Plane Shot Down
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1060 Search For Major Moto
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1061 Major Moto Captured
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1062 Imposter Lvs Maj Moto Secret Doc
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1063 Kidnapped By Motos Gang
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1064 Motos Gang Secret Papers Recovered
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1065 Solo Flight
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1066 Gangsters To Escape
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1067 Dick Needs Job
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1068 Offer To Buy Tract Of Land
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1069 Mrs Croft Wants To Sell Land
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1070 Signing Of Agreement Delayed
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1071 Suspicious Of Rip Bender
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1072 Plans To Look Over Property
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1073 Discussing Flight Plan To Texas
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1074 Gangsters Plane Seen
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1075 Spark Plugs Switched
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1076 Fight With Biffer And Ace
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1077 Oil Pressure Drops
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1078 Forced Landing
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1079 Telegram For Mrs Croft
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1080 Airplane Heard
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1081 Jimmy Flash Speed Finally Arrive 2
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1082 Looking Over Croft Property
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1083 Told Of Buried Treasure
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1084 Airplane Tracks Seen
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1085 Russell Seen On Mountain
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1086 Parchment Found
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1087 Parchment Is Treasure Map
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1088 Flash Reads Poetry
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1089 Speed Discovers Bomb
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1090 Landmark Found
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1091 Bag Of Gold Coins Found
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1092 Hiding Airplane
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1093 Plan To Apprehend Gangsters
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1094 Barbara Kidnapped
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1095 Leaving For Home
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1096 Telegram For Jimmie
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1097 Collision In Air
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1098 Movie Contract Offered
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1099 Telephone Threat
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1100 Proposition From Nails Ballou
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1101 Ramsey Recognizes Ballou
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1102 Trouble During Practice Flight
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1103 Flash Arrives
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1104 Harry Phelps Is Unconscious
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1105 Mike Blackmailed By Ballou
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1106 Collision In Air
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1107 Having To Bail Out
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1108 Chasing Harry Phelps In Air
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1109 Speed And Ballou Fight
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1110 Discussing Delays With Filming
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1111 Flash Prowling In Hanger
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1112 Flash Questions Mike
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1113 Plans For Crash Being Made
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1114 Warning From Mike
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1115 Jimmie Does Crash Stunt
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1116 Mike Disappears
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1117 Apology Letter From Mike
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1118 Sandy Carson Arrives
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1119 Crash Landing
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1120 Asking Roy For Help
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1121 Manuscripts Found
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1122 Where Is Harry Phelps
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1123 Harry Phelps Fell Out Of Plane
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1124 Ballou Was Nazi Spy
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1125 Harry Phelps Is Dead
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1126 Ballou Killed
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1127 Talking Monsoon Engine Executives
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1128 Lays Ground Rules Down For Rags
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1129 Engine Trouble
- Jimmie Allen 370000 1130 Wings Votes Aganst Second Chance
