like most film about individual type sport i. e. skiing and surfing and scuba diving etc . it help if you have try the sport at least once to be able to relate to what the picture be about . a small three man parachute team barnstorms their way from town to town put on a skydiving show . they roll out of one town into another and rather than stay at a hotel they be take in by a couple who be relate to one of the skydiver . kind of like sailor on liberty the three be look for a good time and after an uneasy dinner with the couple strike out in search of female companionship . they eventually all find some and the film even have an extramarital affair between lancaster and kerr . some unexpected event at the subsequent air show twist thing around and the hard to figure out scene of a high school band practice finally come in to perspective . good skydiving scene and a little romance and a little sex not a bad film to see especially if you have ever take the plunge out of a perfectly good airplane .