- A military surgeon teams with a ranking Navy flyer to develop a high-altitude suit which will protect pilots from blacking out when they go into a steep dive.
- A new flight surgeon and a Navy pilot overcome personal differences to work on solving the problem of Altitude Sickness which causes blackouts at high altitude. The real stars of the film are the pre-World War II Navy aircraft featured in full color.—Robert Svacha <chisox@azstarnet.com> / edited by Rob
- When Dr. Doug Lee fails to save the life of Navy pilot Swede Larson, who blacked out and crashed after entering a steep dive, the flyer's friends take an immediate dislike to him and disparage his efforts to learn more about the problem by becoming a flyer himself. Lee's new superior officer, Dr. Lance Rogers, also exhibits resentment toward the presumptuous newcomer. They ultimately become friends and form a mutual bond of personal and professional respect when their research develops a high-altitude flying suit which they hope will prevent the kind of blackouts that killed Swede. Unfortunately the process of experimental testing of the new device proves to be a dangerous undertaking.—Gabe Taverney (duke1029)@aol.com / edited by Rob
- Navy pilot Swede Larson crashes while doing a dive bomb during a routine squadron flight, he stating in military hospital after the fact that he blacking out momentarily during the dive was the cause of the crash. On precedent, Navy Lt. Doug Lee, a surgeon, recommends to the head surgeon to operate on Larson immediately, Larson who ultimately succumbs to his injuries on the operating table. Flight Lt. Commander Joe Blake and fellow Navy pilot Tim Griffin, who along with Larson were like three peas in a pod, blame Lee for Larson's death due to what they consider his hasty recommendation. While Lee asserts that that immediate operation was Larson's best chance of survival which were slim at best, he takes to heart their criticism that he could have more fully understood Larson's situation if he had any real understanding of what Navy pilots go through in flight. As such, Lee decides to go into flight surgeon training, his goal to go into research to learn about the causes of those blackouts, possible solutions to overcome them, and learn of any other issues pilots face at high altitude flights. In training, Lee, further to having Blake as his flight trainer, butts heads with yet another senior officer, his senior flight surgeon trainer, Lt. Commander Lance Rogers, who, unknown to Lee, is fighting his own demons. Lee's attempt to mend bridges with both Rogers but specifically Blake is hindered by the occasional presence of unhappily married Linda Fisher, who sees Lee as her next conquest but who he solely views as a buddy, she to who Blake is attracted.—Huggo
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