 
Transcribed Children's Adventure Series (1933-1947)
.jpg) This series included the boy wonder and pilot, Jimmie Allen, his best teenage buddy, Speed Robertson, and mechanic, Flash Lewis. As a team they would solve crimes, often at the hands of their enemies - the corrupt Black Pete and the dishonorable Digger Dawson. Jimmie Allen was so popular a character that Paramount shot the feature film The Sky Parade.
Bob Burtt and Bill Moore WWI aces and Kansas City Missouri residents-came up with the idea of Jimmie Allen at a party. The character of Jimmie Allen was resourceful, smart, and courageous-an archetype for a fine American boy. John Frank directed the show and at 40 years old played the role of 16-year-old Jimmie Allen. Robert Fiske and Shelby Storck, respectively, played the role of Speed Robertson, a pilot in WWI--like the creators of the show, Burt and Moore.
... signed "Happy Landings - Jimmie AllenThe show was sponsored by Skelly Oil which created the Jimmie Allen Flying Club requiring children to apply for the club at any Skelly gas station. Applicants received a set of wings, a membership emblem, and a "personal letter" from Jimmie Allen.
As the popularity of the show began to wane in 1937, Burtt and Moore focused their efforts on a new boy-pilot, Captain Midnight.
For more air adventure, see also: Tailspin Tommy, Anne of the Airlines, Captain Midnight, Speed Gibson, Hop Harrigan, Sky King, Terry & the Pirates, and Smilin' Jack.
For more exciting adventure programs, tune in to Captain Midnight and Dick Tracy.
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