SKY KING FAN CLUB
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THE FLYING BOBCATS

******W.W. I veteran pilot Robert Morris Burtt was a 22 year old lieutenant from Massachusetts and had flown SPADS in the final weeks of the war over France.British pilot Wilfred Gibbs Moore flew S.E.5As for the Royal Flying Corps.After the war was over he came to the US and started a career in Radio Broadcasting. Burtt with a degree in journalism from Columbia University moved to Chicago to work as a writer.There is where he meet Moore who also loved flying and adventure so they created The Air Adventures of Jimmy Allen in 1933 and was sponsored by the Richfield Oil Company. In 1939 they created another flying radio program,you guessed it Captain Midnight!

******Then during WW II ,in 1942 they provided another flying hero for the American boys and girls as we fought the Axis, this time it was Hop Harrigan-Ace Of The Airways.And now they saved their best for last as you and I know him as SKY KING sponsored by Peter Pan Peanut Butter,made by Derby Foods Inc., a subsidary of Swift & Company.The first 15 min.radio program was radio program was aired Monday ,October 29,1946 transcribed from Chicago on WGN,from 5:15 to 5:30 pm. The show was such a smashing success that the program was increased to a full half hour with each one a complete adventure.The rest of childrens radio programs such as Superman,Captain Midnight and Tom Mix ,all were quick to follow suit.

******Sky King was first heard on ABC,and then on Mutual Broascasting Network.Three different stars would play the part of Sky King,first was Roy Engel,the second star to play the part was Jack Lester,and in the last years up to the end of Radio Sky King, none other than Earl Nightingale brought it into 1954. Sky King was already on TV since 1951.For three years you could listen and watch Sky King if you had one of those new expensive inventions called television.The Next installment will cover that era, be sure to tune in again next week for another high flying adventure of ...S-K-Y-K-I-N-G-!!Americas Favorite Flying Cowboy!