[2] The Phantom Flyer is not to be confused with another 1928 film of the same title, a 2-reeler starring Jack Hoxie.Farmer James Crandall (Buck Connors) is homesteading on a western tract with the aid of his daughter, Mary (Lillian Gilmore), his son, Nick (Billy "Red" Jones), and Isabella (Myrtis Crinley), an orphan girl.

One of Hart's gang, Joe Calvert (Larry Steers) shoots Nick in an attempted raid and sabotages her aircraft, loosening a wheel that will fall off in mid-air.

Dick flies to Mary's aid, taking with him a replacement wheel that he attaches while hanging from the landing gear in the air.

[3] Production started on The Phantom Flyer in 1928 at the newly established Wilson Aero Service at Glendale Airport, California.

[4] Wilson had joined with his brother, Roy, another pilot, to create a fixed-base operation that not only worked on Hollywood films but also offered charter and passenger flights.