Airplanes and Pilots in Old Time Radio
Adults and children alike marveled at the new found reality of air adventures popularized after WWI, and air travel was a huge part of America's consciousness between the two World Wars. This compilation contains episodes from all different series and genres of old time radio focused on the listening audience's fascination with airplanes and pilots. Featuring 174 recordings spanning approximately 74 hours of playtime, this collection brings together adventure, comedy, drama, mystery, and horror from the golden age of radio—all sharing the common thread of flight.
Collection Highlights
- Thrilling aviation stories from classic series: hear Superman face danger at 10,000 feet, Bob Hope fantastically imagine himself as "Captain Hope," and Jack Benny's company dramatize the Wright Brothers' discovery of flight.
- Unforgettable pilot-themed episodes from top suspense and horror programs, including Escape's "Serenade for a Cobra," where a pilot is terrorized by a cobra in the cockpit, and Escape's "The Man from Tomorrow," in which a pilot develops a sixth sense. Suspense contributes a chilling tale of two kids trapped in a training drone as it takes off.
- Historical and true-to-life air adventures, such as Your AAF's interview with the crew of the Enola Gay, Words at War's "Malta Spitfire" and "One Man Air Force," and firsthand accounts from pilots and heroes captured in shows like Air Force Hour and Vox Pop's visits to aviation cadet training bases.
- A broad cross-section of program genres, from the whimsical Cinnamon Bear and family comedy of Fibber McGee and Molly to noir-tinged mysteries like The Whistler's "Night Flight" and "Murder Over Burma," plus Lux Radio Theater's adaptations of aviation classics like "Only Angels Have Wings" and "Test Pilot."
Track Listing
Show all 348 tracks (74 hours, 27 min)
- Academy Award Th 460601 10 Arise My Love
- Adv In Research 195 Sofar
- Air Force Hour 500603 Triumph Of Old Glory
- Air Force Hour 500610 June Is Bustin Out All Over
- Air Force Party 470631 40th Anniv Of Army Air
- Aldrich Family 400430 044 Model Airplane
- Battle Stations 430819 03 Navys Air Arm
- Bb 460212 044 Marjorie Conden Kidnapping
- Believe It Or Not 351201 009 Aviation Oddities
- Believe It Or Not 440404 057 Danger Is My Business
- Benny Allen Feud 6 Of 6 Wright Brothers True Story
- Biography In Sound 550809 26 Atom
- Blue Beetle 400731 3536 Smashing Restaurant Racket
- Bob Hope 3955 450213 252 From Murock, California Tony Romano
- Bob Hope 460319 Frances Langford Cleveland Gov Frank J
- Bob Hope 510306 Ava Gardner
- Bob Ray 600610 250 Wally Ballou From Salt Flats, Vermont
- Bobby Benson And B Bar B Riders 511117 Salute To Soldier
- Boston Blackie 461126 098 Lenny Powell Murder
- Calling All Cars 350807 089 Celestial Journey
- CALV 430125 315 Flying Tigers
- CALV 450528 437 Recon Pilot
- CALV 460318 471 Alaskan Bush Pilot
- CALV 520610 748 Daughter with Wings
- Campbell Playhouse 400225 51 Only Angels Have Wings
- Can You Imagine That 31 Marriage Customs
- CBS News 400810 Daring Daytime Raid On Berlin
- Ceiling Unlimited 421221 07 Gremlins
- Charlie Chan [aus11] Frightened Shroff
- Cinnamon Bear 371130 02 Weary Willy
- Confession 530705 X Doris Kane Case
- Crime Does Not Pay 500508 31 Dont Write, Telephone
- CW 360815 005 Case History
- CW 440328 004 Savage Encounter
- CW 450807 006 Savage Encounter
- Dangerous Assignment 510303 051 London Secret Code
- Daredevils Hollywood 380527 Cecil Kellogg
- Daredevils Of Hollywood 380513 06 Bob Clark
- Daredevils Of Hollywood 380627 19 Frank Clark
- Dark Fantasy 420227 15 Spawn Of Subhuman
- Doctors Wife 520630 Sanders See Mrs Irwins House
- Duffys Tavern 500907 380 Army Surplus Helicopter
- Eb And Zeb 122 Lesson From Prof. Thistlewaite
- Escape 500207 109 Outer Limit
- Escape 500616 Serenade For Cobra
- Escape 530823 210 The Man From Tomorrow
- Escape 540814 222 Coward
- Eternal Light 500423 290 On Wings Of Eagles
- Eternal Light 690216 Icarus In Wheelchair-RPT 580413
- Fibber Mcgee And Molly 470211 0503 Aeronautics
- Fifth Horseman 460718 03 Promise
- Ft 550413 416 In Nature Of Warning
- Gang Busters 450929 0401 John K Giles, Escape Artist
- George Bruces Air Stories 320719 Ace Without Country
- George Bruces Air Stories 320802 Sky Borne
- George Bruces Air Stories 320809 Zero Flight
- Gildersleeve 471224 Christmas Stray Puppy
- Good News 390330 066 W Walter Pidgeon
- I L M 520603 12 Hermit Of San Felipe Atabapo
- Iwacftfbi 520709 Ep12 Dangerous Dollars, The
- Jack Armstrong 440125 Amphibian Fire Over Jungle
- Jack Benny 410126 1217 Jack Packs F
- Jack Benny 440416 512 Bob Hope Parody
- Jack Benny 440507 515 Making Of Horn Blows At Midnight
- Jerry At Fair Oaks Ep 09 Financing An Invention
- Jerry Fair Oaks 38 12 $25000 Turned Down
- Jerry Fair Oaks 38 34 Plot For Safety
- Jerry Fair Oaks 38 42 All Are Arrested
- Jerry Fair Oaks 38 54 Punishment For Fighting With Red
- Johnny Nighthawk Ming Lama [h Duff]
- Jungle Jim 351221 E8 Headhunters
- Jungle Jim 360418 E25 Lo Tounge Murdered
- Jungle Jim 370605 E84 Myra Destroys Bhutans Plane Plans
- Jungle Jim 390107 E167 Escape Plans
- Jungle Jim 420404 E336 Waiting For New Orders
- Lux 390227 208 Ceiling Zero
- Lux 390529 221 Only Angels Have Wings
- Lux 430920 407 Flight For Freedom
- Lux 491107 675 High Wall
- Lux 500306 692 Slatterys Hurricane
- Lux 550111 905 Island In Sky
- Lux Radio Theater 401007 276 Wings Of Navy
- Lux Radio Theater 420330 345 I Wanted Wings
- Lux Radio Theater 420525 353 Test Pilot
- Lux Radio Theater 531012 850 Breaking Sound Barrier
- Lux Radio Theater 550412 918 Stairway To Heaven Repeat
- Magic Key 360322 024 New England Floods
- Man Behind Gun 430106 Spitfire Pilot Ronald Twine. Elgin V
- Man Called X 520108 66 Formula H Stolen
- Mandrake Magician 410630 100 Red Biplane Attacks Mandrake
- Mandrake Magician 410915 133 Bomb Is About To Explode
- Mysterious Traveler 500314 246 Big Brain
- National Hour 460106 08 Aviation In Peace Time
- Obsession 03 Clinging Hate William Gargan
- OFRH 490508 Noah Witnessed By Faith
- One Mans Family 580228 G129c44 General Manager Returns
- Philo Vance 490208 31 Flying Murder Case
- Player, 480000 81 Pinwheel Roll
- Proudly We Hail 511202 165 In Dead Of Night
- Proudly We Hail 520406 183 Jet Flight
- Frank Race 490619 08 Airborne Adventure
- Lincoln Highway 420214 101 The Aviatrix Triangle
- Proudly We Hail 520420 185 Operation Wingtip
- Proudly We Hail 530301 230 Robinson Crusoe Of Schinzdo
- Proudly We Hail 530503 239 Old Pro
- Proudly We Hail 530802 252 Parapilot
- Proudly We Hail 531129 269 Lucifer Heads North
- Proudly We Hail 531206 270 Focus on Mig Alley
- Proudly We Hail Long Flight
- PStory 441210 075 Japans Secret Police
- Quiet Please 481205 077 Very Unimportant Person
- Ripleys Believe It Or Not 351201 09 Aviation Oddities
- Rocky Jordan 490424 e25 Consignment for Naples
- Screen Directors Playhouse 491202 045 All My Sons
- Shadow Of Fu Manchu 390904 103 Nayland Smith Tortured
- Si And Elmer 22 Dangerous Mystery Case Part 12
- Silent Men 520203 16 Big Kill
- Silver Theater 381016 203 Wings In Dark
- Silver Theater 390122 217 1o2 Misty Mountain
- Silver Theater 390129 218 2o2 Misty Mountian
- Silver Theater 390521 234 1o2 Crossroads For Two
- Silver Theater 390528 235 2o2 Crossroads For Two
- Superman 400301 009 Lois Kidnapped Thrown From Plane
- Superman 400313 014 Kent Falls Off Plane To Canyon City
- Superman 400429 034 Protection Racket
- Superman 401016 107 Yellow Mask Jewel Robbery
- Superman 401018 108 Yellow Mask Jewel Robbery
- Superman 401025 111 Yellow Mask Jewel Robbery
- Superman 410131 153 Black Pearl Of Osyrus
- Superman 410221 162 Dragons Teeth
- Superman 410714 223 Fur Smuggling
- Superman 411121 279 Pan Am Highway
- Superman 411124 280 Pan Am Highway
- Superman 420119 304 Lita, Leopard Woman
- Superman 420917 014 Tiny Men
- Superman 421102 046 Headless Indian
- Superman 421104 048 Headless Indian
- Superman 430107 004 Tin Man
- Superman 470612 1249 Superman Vs. Kryptonite Pt 22[33] V
- Superman 471017 1581 Secret Rocket
- Superman 471020 1582 Secret Rocket
- Superman 480602 1438 Mysteryofthesleepingbeauty4132b3
- Superman 480603 1439 Mysteryofthesleepingbeauty
- Superman 480701 1459 Secretofmeteorisland,the14
- Suspense 561118 674 Long Night
- Suspense 570224 687 227 Minutes of Hate
- Suspense 571103 723 Firing Run 13144 23817 24m46s Afrts
- Suspense 571201 727 Jet Stream Edited
- Tiyfbi 520307 E362 Skyway Man
- To Fiy With Fighting Navy 421001 Program 4
- Treasury Salute 440911 096 2nd Lieutentan John C Morgan
- Treasury Star Parade 430000 183 Story Of Nikolia Gastello
- Treasury Star Parade 430102 133 I Got Wings
- Truth Or Consequences 450623
- Two Daffodils 310000 3081 Skit About An Airline
- Vox Pop 420112 Aviation Cadets Randolph AFB TX
- Vox Pop 450813 X El Toro, Ca 2
- Whistler 460729 218 My Love Comes Home
- Whistler 480428 309 Tough Guy
- Whistler 480512 311 Chain Reaction
- Whistler 490522 364 Fatal Fraud
- Whistler 510204 453 Murder Over Burma
- Whistler 510422 464 Kind Thought
- Whistler 511104 492 Man On Run
- Whistler 520629 526 Night Flight
- Words At War 430821 10 Malta Spitfire
- Words At War 440912 63 One Man Air Force
- Your AAF 450826 21 Interview With Crew Of Enola Gay
- YTJD 490904 018 Expiring Nickels And Egyptian Jacket
- YTJD 510711 106 Fairway
- YTJD 530721 174 Black Doll AFRTS
- YTJD 560731 449 Sea Legs Matter
- YTJD540105 198 Fairway Matter
- YTJD580525 590 Midnight Sun Matter
- Academy Award Th 460601 10 Arise My Love
- Adv In Research 195 Sofar
- Air Force Hour 500603 Triumph Of Old Glory
- Air Force Hour 500610 June Is Bustin Out All Over
- Air Force Party 470631 40th Anniv Of Army Air
- Aldrich Family 400430 044 Model Airplane
- Battle Stations 430819 03 Navys Air Arm
- Bb 460212 044 Marjorie Conden Kidnapping
- Believe It Or Not 351201 009 Aviation Oddities
- Believe It Or Not 440404 057 Danger Is My Business
- Benny Allen Feud 6 Of 6 Wright Brothers True Story
- Biography In Sound 550809 26 Atom
- Blue Beetle 400731 3536 Smashing Restaurant Racket
- Bob Hope 3955 450213 252 From Murock, California Tony Romano
- Bob Hope 460319 Frances Langford Cleveland Gov Frank J
- Bob Hope 510306 Ava Gardner
- Bob Ray 600610 250 Wally Ballou From Salt Flats, Vermont
- Bobby Benson And B Bar B Riders 511117 Salute To Soldier
- Boston Blackie 461126 098 Lenny Powell Murder
- Calling All Cars 350807 089 Celestial Journey
- CALV 430125 315 Flying Tigers
- CALV 450528 437 Recon Pilot
- CALV 460318 471 Alaskan Bush Pilot
- CALV 520610 748 Daughter with Wings
- Campbell Playhouse 400225 51 Only Angels Have Wings
- Can You Imagine That 31 Marriage Customs
- CBS News 400810 Daring Daytime Raid On Berlin
- Ceiling Unlimited 421221 07 Gremlins
- Charlie Chan [aus11] Frightened Shroff
- Cinnamon Bear 371130 02 Weary Willy
- Confession 530705 X Doris Kane Case
- Crime Does Not Pay 500508 31 Dont Write, Telephone
- CW 360815 005 Case History
- CW 440328 004 Savage Encounter
- CW 450807 006 Savage Encounter
- Dangerous Assignment 510303 051 London Secret Code
- Daredevils Hollywood 380527 Cecil Kellogg
- Daredevils Of Hollywood 380513 06 Bob Clark
- Daredevils Of Hollywood 380627 19 Frank Clark
- Dark Fantasy 420227 15 Spawn Of Subhuman
- Doctors Wife 520630 Sanders See Mrs Irwins House
- Duffys Tavern 500907 380 Army Surplus Helicopter
- Eb And Zeb 122 Lesson From Prof. Thistlewaite
- Escape 500207 109 Outer Limit
- Escape 500616 Serenade For Cobra
- Escape 530823 210 The Man From Tomorrow
- Escape 540814 222 Coward
- Eternal Light 500423 290 On Wings Of Eagles
- Eternal Light 690216 Icarus In Wheelchair-RPT 580413
- Fibber Mcgee And Molly 470211 0503 Aeronautics
- Fifth Horseman 460718 03 Promise
- Ft 550413 416 In Nature Of Warning
- Gang Busters 450929 0401 John K Giles, Escape Artist
- George Bruces Air Stories 320719 Ace Without Country
- George Bruces Air Stories 320802 Sky Borne
- George Bruces Air Stories 320809 Zero Flight
- Gildersleeve 471224 Christmas Stray Puppy
- Good News 390330 066 W Walter Pidgeon
- I L M 520603 12 Hermit Of San Felipe Atabapo
- Iwacftfbi 520709 Ep12 Dangerous Dollars, The
- Jack Armstrong 440125 Amphibian Fire Over Jungle
- Jack Benny 410126 1217 Jack Packs F
- Jack Benny 440416 512 Bob Hope Parody
- Jack Benny 440507 515 Making Of Horn Blows At Midnight
- Jerry At Fair Oaks Ep 09 Financing An Invention
- Jerry Fair Oaks 38 12 $25000 Turned Down
- Jerry Fair Oaks 38 34 Plot For Safety
- Jerry Fair Oaks 38 42 All Are Arrested
- Jerry Fair Oaks 38 54 Punishment For Fighting With Red
- Johnny Nighthawk Ming Lama [h Duff]
- Jungle Jim 351221 E8 Headhunters
- Jungle Jim 360418 E25 Lo Tounge Murdered
- Jungle Jim 370605 E84 Myra Destroys Bhutans Plane Plans
- Jungle Jim 390107 E167 Escape Plans
- Jungle Jim 420404 E336 Waiting For New Orders
- Lux 390227 208 Ceiling Zero
- Lux 390529 221 Only Angels Have Wings
- Lux 430920 407 Flight For Freedom
- Lux 491107 675 High Wall
- Lux 500306 692 Slatterys Hurricane
- Lux 550111 905 Island In Sky
- Lux Radio Theater 401007 276 Wings Of Navy
- Lux Radio Theater 420330 345 I Wanted Wings
- Lux Radio Theater 420525 353 Test Pilot
- Lux Radio Theater 531012 850 Breaking Sound Barrier
- Lux Radio Theater 550412 918 Stairway To Heaven Repeat
- Magic Key 360322 024 New England Floods
- Man Behind Gun 430106 Spitfire Pilot Ronald Twine. Elgin V
- Man Called X 520108 66 Formula H Stolen
- Mandrake Magician 410630 100 Red Biplane Attacks Mandrake
- Mandrake Magician 410915 133 Bomb Is About To Explode
- Mysterious Traveler 500314 246 Big Brain
- National Hour 460106 08 Aviation In Peace Time
- Obsession 03 Clinging Hate William Gargan
- OFRH 490508 Noah Witnessed By Faith
- One Mans Family 580228 G129c44 General Manager Returns
- Philo Vance 490208 31 Flying Murder Case
- Player, 480000 81 Pinwheel Roll
- Proudly We Hail 511202 165 In Dead Of Night
- Proudly We Hail 520406 183 Jet Flight
- Frank Race 490619 08 Airborne Adventure
- Lincoln Highway 420214 101 The Aviatrix Triangle
- Proudly We Hail 520420 185 Operation Wingtip
- Proudly We Hail 530301 230 Robinson Crusoe Of Schinzdo
- Proudly We Hail 530503 239 Old Pro
- Proudly We Hail 530802 252 Parapilot
- Proudly We Hail 531129 269 Lucifer Heads North
- Proudly We Hail 531206 270 Focus on Mig Alley
- Proudly We Hail Long Flight
- PStory 441210 075 Japans Secret Police
- Quiet Please 481205 077 Very Unimportant Person
- Ripleys Believe It Or Not 351201 09 Aviation Oddities
- Rocky Jordan 490424 e25 Consignment for Naples
- Screen Directors Playhouse 491202 045 All My Sons
- Shadow Of Fu Manchu 390904 103 Nayland Smith Tortured
- Si And Elmer 22 Dangerous Mystery Case Part 12
- Silent Men 520203 16 Big Kill
- Silver Theater 381016 203 Wings In Dark
- Silver Theater 390122 217 1o2 Misty Mountain
- Silver Theater 390129 218 2o2 Misty Mountian
- Silver Theater 390521 234 1o2 Crossroads For Two
- Silver Theater 390528 235 2o2 Crossroads For Two
- Superman 400301 009 Lois Kidnapped Thrown From Plane
- Superman 400313 014 Kent Falls Off Plane To Canyon City
- Superman 400429 034 Protection Racket
- Superman 401016 107 Yellow Mask Jewel Robbery
- Superman 401018 108 Yellow Mask Jewel Robbery
- Superman 401025 111 Yellow Mask Jewel Robbery
- Superman 410131 153 Black Pearl Of Osyrus
- Superman 410221 162 Dragons Teeth
- Superman 410714 223 Fur Smuggling
- Superman 411121 279 Pan Am Highway
- Superman 411124 280 Pan Am Highway
- Superman 420119 304 Lita, Leopard Woman
- Superman 420917 014 Tiny Men
- Superman 421102 046 Headless Indian
- Superman 421104 048 Headless Indian
- Superman 430107 004 Tin Man
- Superman 470612 1249 Superman Vs. Kryptonite Pt 22[33] V
- Superman 471017 1581 Secret Rocket
- Superman 471020 1582 Secret Rocket
- Superman 480602 1438 Mysteryofthesleepingbeauty4132b3
- Superman 480603 1439 Mysteryofthesleepingbeauty
- Superman 480701 1459 Secretofmeteorisland,the14
- Suspense 561118 674 Long Night
- Suspense 570224 687 227 Minutes of Hate
- Suspense 571103 723 Firing Run 13144 23817 24m46s Afrts
- Suspense 571201 727 Jet Stream Edited
- Tiyfbi 520307 E362 Skyway Man
- To Fiy With Fighting Navy 421001 Program 4
- Treasury Salute 440911 096 2nd Lieutentan John C Morgan
- Treasury Star Parade 430000 183 Story Of Nikolia Gastello
- Treasury Star Parade 430102 133 I Got Wings
- Truth Or Consequences 450623
- Two Daffodils 310000 3081 Skit About An Airline
- Vox Pop 420112 Aviation Cadets Randolph AFB TX
- Vox Pop 450813 X El Toro, Ca 2
- Whistler 460729 218 My Love Comes Home
- Whistler 480428 309 Tough Guy
- Whistler 480512 311 Chain Reaction
- Whistler 490522 364 Fatal Fraud
- Whistler 510204 453 Murder Over Burma
- Whistler 510422 464 Kind Thought
- Whistler 511104 492 Man On Run
- Whistler 520629 526 Night Flight
- Words At War 430821 10 Malta Spitfire
- Words At War 440912 63 One Man Air Force
- Your AAF 450826 21 Interview With Crew Of Enola Gay
- YTJD 490904 018 Expiring Nickels And Egyptian Jacket
- YTJD 510711 106 Fairway
- YTJD 530721 174 Black Doll AFRTS
- YTJD 560731 449 Sea Legs Matter
- YTJD540105 198 Fairway Matter
- YTJD580525 590 Midnight Sun Matter
