2 ▁▁ ▁F ok ker ▁Super ▁Universal ▁▁ ▁Bo eing ▁P - 1 2 ▁( archive ▁foot age ) ▁ ▁St un ts ▁ ▁George ▁De N orm and ▁ ▁George ▁Mag r ill ▁ ▁Re ception ▁William ▁C . ▁C line ▁wrote ▁In ▁the ▁Nick ▁of ▁T ome ▁that ▁T ail sp in ▁Tommy ▁was ▁a ▁success , ▁partly ▁due ▁to ▁name ▁recognition . ▁The ▁serial ▁was ▁faithful ▁to ▁its ▁roots ▁and ▁while ▁" other ▁serial s ▁were ▁based ▁on ▁com ic ▁hero es ▁that ▁have ▁long ▁been ▁forgotten , ▁Hal ▁For rest ' s ▁' T ail sp in ▁Tommy ' ▁strip ▁ran ▁from ▁ 1 9 2 8 ▁to ▁ 1 9 4 2 . ▁D ash ing ▁av i ator ▁Tommy , ▁his ▁side k ick ▁S ke eter ▁and ▁his ▁girl friend ▁Betty ▁Lou ▁Bar nes ▁ran ▁Three ▁Point ▁Airlines , ▁named ▁after ▁the ▁perfect ▁landing ▁technique . ▁Universal ▁inv ested ▁heavily ▁in ▁the ▁franch ise . ▁Maurice ▁Mur phy ▁played ▁Tommy ▁for ▁ 1 9 3 4 ' s ▁T ail sp in ▁Tommy ▁serial , ▁and ▁four ▁ 1 9 3 9 ▁feature ▁films ▁star red ▁John ▁Tr ent ▁as ▁the ▁int rep id ▁air man ." ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Notes ▁ ▁Cit ations ▁ ▁Bibli ography ▁▁▁ ▁C line , ▁William ▁C . ▁" 2 . ▁In ▁Search ▁of ▁Am mun ition "; ▁" Fil m ography ". ▁In ▁the ▁Nick ▁of ▁Time . ▁Jefferson , ▁North ▁Carolina : ▁Mc F ar land ▁& ▁Company