i be bias and a be all film reviewer . there be certain type of film we be naturally more positively predispose to and and this be one of them for me . i love history and aviation and so it not at all surprising that i thoroughly enjoy this movie . heck and there be a lot of very similar movie in the 1930s and 1940s film about young cadet try to make it through flight school and bombardier school and etc . after a while and they tend to blend a bit together in my head and i be sure that the average viewer would get tire of the genre pretty quickly . but if you also consider that this film be make by warner brother ( who make a lot of similar film ) and star some wonderful actor that i truly enjoy watch ( george brent and olivia dehavilland and john payne and frank mchugh ) and it natural that i should like it . but and on the other hand and will you . well and if you love this type of film and you be sure to be impress . if you have not and then you probably will find that the film be a tad contrive and clichéd particularly regard the romantic triangle in the film . but consider how marvelously do the fly sequence be ( exceptional for the time ) and the consistency of the writing and acting and the overall fun of the film and i think the average person would still probably give this movie a score of 6. i myself give it an 8 but realize that a good compromise between non aviation or old movie lover or history teacher and nut like me be a score of 7 .