# I Fly Anything
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{{Short description|American old-time radio adventure drama}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox radio show
| show_name = ''I Fly Anything''
| image = File:Dick Haymes.JPG
| imagesize = 250px
| caption = [Dick Haymes](/source/Dick_Haymes), star of ''I Fly Anything''
| other_names =
| format = Adventure drama
| runtime = 30 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| home_station =
| syndicates = [ABC](/source/American_Broadcasting_Company)
| television =
| presenter =
| starring = Dick Haymes
[George Fenneman](/source/George_Fenneman)
[Georgia Ellis](/source/Georgia_Ellis)
| announcer = Jay Arlen
Lou Cook
| creator =
| writer = Arnold Perl
Abe Ginniss
Les Crutchfield
| director = Dwight Hauser
Clark Andrews
| senior_editor =
| editor =
| producer = Frank Cooper
Sy Fisher
| exec_producer =
| narrated =
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| first_aired = {{Start date|1950|11|29}}
| last_aired = {{End date|1951|07|19}}
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}}
'''''I Fly Anything''''' is an American [old-time radio](/source/old-time_radio) adventure drama. It was broadcast on [ABC](/source/American_Broadcasting_Company) from November 29, 1950, until July 19, 1951.[{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fi5wPDBiGfMC&dq=%22I+Fly+Anything,+adventure+drama%22&pg=PA336 |last=Dunning |first=John |author-link=John Dunning (detective fiction author) |title=On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio |date=1998 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York, NY |isbn=978-0-19-507678-3 |page=336 |edition=Revised |access-date=2019-10-09}}]
Dockery Crane was a freelance pilot who used his [Douglas DC-4](/source/Douglas_DC-4) plane for any job that was legal and would earn money. He was assisted by co-pilot Buzz and secretary June.[{{cite book|last1=Terrace|first1=Vincent|title=Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows|date=1999|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc.|isbn=978-0-7864-4513-4|pages=160–161}}]
''I Fly Anything'' was unusual in that it featured two men who were not known primarily as actors. [Dick Haymes](/source/Dick_Haymes), who starred as Crane, was best known for his singing;[ the program was his debut as far as a straight dramatic role was concerned.][{{cite news |title=Radio Highlights |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20694707/i_fly_anything/ |work=The Post-Crescent |date=November 29, 1950 |location=Wisconsin, Appleton |page=30|via = [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)|accessdate = June 5, 2018}} {{Open access}}]
[George Fenneman](/source/George_Fenneman), who played Buzz, was usually heard as an announcer on radio and television.[ He was not in the show's original cast but was first heard in the January 23, 1951, episode,][{{cite news |last1=McHatton |first1=Martha |title=Dick Hayme Flight Drama Back on WISH |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20694906/i_fly_anything/ |work=The Indianapolis News |date=January 23, 1951 |location=Indiana, Indianapolis |page=17|via = [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)|accessdate = June 5, 2018}} {{Open access}}] the same one in which [Georgia Ellis](/source/Georgia_Ellis) joined the cast as Crane's secretary.[{{cite news |title=Dick Haymes Back For I Fly Anything |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20696136/i_fly_anything/ |work=The Jackson Sun |date=January 28, 1951 |location=Tennessee, Jackson |page=28|via = [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)|accessdate = June 5, 2018}} {{Open access}}]
Jay Arlen and Lou Cook were the announcers, while Frank Cooper and Sy Fisher were producers.[{{cite news |title=Haymes to Play Lead in Drama |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20696383/i_fly_anything/ |work=The Winona Republican-Herald |date=November 28, 1950 |location=Minnesota, Winona |page=12|via = [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)|accessdate = June 5, 2018}} {{Open access}}] Writers were [Arnold Perl](/source/Arnold_Perl), Abe Ginniss, and [Les Crutchfield](/source/Les_Crutchfield).