[2][3] Skyroads was created by aviation pioneer Lester J. Maitland and Lt. Dick Calkins, an ex-Army Air Service pilot who was already drawing the Buck Rogers comic strip.

The first featured were Ace Ames and Buster Evans who owned and operated the Skyroads Unlimited transport company.

[2][4] Clipper Williams, a member of the Flying Legion, soared into air adventures with his kid sidekick, Tommy.

Eventually, the Flying Legion became the focus instead of Clipper Williams, a plot situation that remained until the series concluded in 1942.

[2] On February 13, 1939, the Mutual Broadcasting System began a radio adaptation of Skyroads that ran four months and came to a conclusion on May 19.