the hell cat and a group of navy pilot be the subject of the film . these men show a tremendous amount of courage in those early day of aviation before wwii . it amaze what they could do and give the state of the technology . basically and the film show how the cliquishness of the more experienced pilot do to a newly arrive ace whose presence threaten the way they do thing up to the time when alan drake and aka and pensacola join the group . the director and frank barzage and do marvelous thing with what must have be a difficult task to photograph some of the scene from the plane command by the hell cat . for have be make in 1940 and the film must have be a ground breaker in show some incredible stunt and like the landing in the aircraft carrier in formation be see from one of the landing plane . the film showcases alan drake and an eager young pilot who join the squadron . in join the unit and he almost dy and have to eject from the plane he be command . that be when he meet lorna gary and who unknown to him be marry to the base commander . pensacola and a he be know to the other men in the base and prove to be popular until his best friend die try to perfect a technique not approve by the navy . the company sense he and lorna be have an affair quickly join rank against him . robert taylor make a good contribution a drake . ruth hussey be wonderful with her lorna gary . walter pigeon play her adoring husband bill . paul kelly and shepperd strudwick and red skelton also make good appearance a some of the pilot . flight command and although date and prove to be a pleasant time at the movie .