

The Phantom of the Air(1933)
Whiriling Propellars ! Screeching Struts! Billowing Parachutes! Roaring Engines! Barking Guns!
An adventure serial presented in 12 chapters. Inventor Thomas Edmunds uses a super plane, 'The Phantom,' to protect his new anti-gravity invention, the Contragrav, from theft.

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An adventure serial presented in 12 chapters. Inventor Thomas Edmunds uses a super plane, 'The Phantom,' to protect his new anti-gravity invention, the Contragrav, from theft.
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1933-05-21
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Whiriling Propellars ! Screeching Struts! Billowing Parachutes! Roaring Engines! Barking Guns!
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