The aircraft carrier is the USS Lexington (CV-2), nicknamed "Lady Lex".
Chapter Titles:
1. Wreck of the Dirigible
2. The Roaring Fire God
3. Hurled From the Skies
4. A Bolt from the Blue (PCA #1129)
5. The Torrent (PCA #1130)
6. Flying Death (PCA #1131)
7. The Crash in the Clouds (PCA #1200)
8. Wings of Disaster (PCA #1201)
9. Crossed and Double Crossed (PCA #1203)
10. The Dungeon of Doom (PCA #1226)
11. Desperate Chances (PCA #1229)
12. The Last Stand (PCA #1258)
Based on the adventure comic strip "Tailspin Tommy" that was syndicated to newspapers from 1928 to 1942. It was the first aviation-related strip to appear after Charles Lindbergh's historic solo trans-Atlantic flight in 1927.
The 96th of 137 serials released by Universal Pictures, and the 28th with sound.
In the first episode, "Wreck of the Dirigible", Tommy is depicted as flying out to the airship in a Fleet model 2, s/n 374, registration NC792V. This same plane appears in Ace Drummond (1936), Sky Parade (1936), and Legion of Lost Flyers (1939).