The Pan-am Highway Part 05: The Adventures of Superman (November 24, 1941)

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“The Pan-am Highway Part 05” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 24, 1941. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Clark Kent flies to South America in an army plane piloted by Lieutenant Elliot, hoping to find traces of three American engineering expeditions lost in the Andes. He believes the vanished Inca nation may still exist in the mountains. Kent discovers that Jimmy Olsen, a Daily Planet copy boy, has stowed away aboard the plane. Kent reluctantly allows Jimmy to continue, and the group flies on through Central America and toward the Andes. The episode is part five of The Adventures of Superman, first broadcast on November 24, 1941.

A flight from the United States through Central and South America toward the Andes Mountains, including the plateau facing Tupan Gato.

Characters: Clark Kent, Lieutenant Elliot, Jimmy Olsen, Lois Lane, Mr. White, Bronson

Listen for: Jimmy Olsen's stowaway discovery and the tense moment near the tail hatch on the flight over the Andes.

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.