In the 1920s, aviation adventure had as much high-tech glamor as space travel did a half-century later. And after 1927, when Charles Lindbergh became the first solo pilot to cross the Atlantic Ocean, non-stop - all of a sudden, the American public couldn't get enough stories about flying heroes.
Within a few years, the comics pages were packed with strips like Scorchy Smith, Brick Bradford (before it went over to sci-fi), Skyroads …
The very first of these high-flying adventurers was Tailspin Tommy, who debuted on May 21, 1928.
Tommy Tomkins showed an interest in aviation from a very early age - so strong that his neighbors in Littleville, Colorado nicknamed him "Tailspin Tommy" before he even saw the inside of a real airplane. He got his first chance to do so when mail pilot Milt Howe made an emergency landing in a nearby field and found Tommy, who had seen the troubled descent and came running to help, waiting on the ground. Milt helped Tommy get a job fixing planes at Three Point Airlines in Texas, and Tommy jumped at the chance.
Before long, he was piloting them on his own - in fact, within a few years, he, his pal Peter "Skeeter" Milligan, and his sweetheart, Betty Lou Barnes, had become part owners of the company. source:toonopedia
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