Mickey Mouse builds a death trap and calls it romance. 1929 was WILD.
Referred as the actual first Mickey Mouse short. Inspired by Lindbergh's flight from New York to Paris, Mickey builds a plane to take Minnie for a trip.
Director
Walt Disney
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This premiered as a silent in May 1928, months before Steamboat Willie — making it technically Mickey's true debut, just without the sound that made him famous.
The Lindbergh craze was so intense that a cartoon mouse building a janky plane felt culturally urgent. America was DRUNK on aviation.
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