THE PHANTOM FLYER
(1928) - Universal Pictures
Directed by Bruce M. Mitchell
Cinematography by William S. Adams
Cast:
Al Wilson
Lillian Gilmore
Buck Connors - Billy 'Red' Jones
Don Fuller - Myrtis Crinley
Mary Cornwallis - Larry Steers.
Al Wilson, the famous stunt flyer, plays a border patrol aviator who saves Mary (Gilmore) from some cattle rustlers. Excellent stunt work with motorcycle to car transfers, airplane to airplane transfers, wing walking, and even a fight on the wings of a plane make this more than of passing interest to film fans and airplane enthusiasts.
52 minutes.
Included short "Air Pockets"
with Lige Conley 20 minutes

Al Wilson was a famous stunt flyer whose film career lasted from 1923 to 1932. Only two of his silent film works are known to have survived.