A C-47 crashes miles from base in rough weather and terrain. One of the crew is seriously hurt and the planes radio is knocked out. Using an URC emergency radio the base flight surgeon is able contact the crew and save the injured crewman.
A flight surgeon must determine why an F-100 pilot shot down a fellow pilot while on a training mission. Was it due to the effects of supersonic flight or was it over a Las Vegas showgirl with whom they both had an interest in?
While on a practice bombing mission the crew of a B-47 encounters a landing gear failure on approach and decides to make an unprecedented and dangerous belly landing for that type of craft.
In a departure from the usual dramatic stories presented on "Flight," this program is a documentary which takes a look at the men and the planes of the past.