howard hughes original intension be to do another hell angel for the cold war era . remember that film be equally famous for the aviation shot a for the debut of jean harlow a sex symbol . well if sex and fly work before and why not again . hughes film some really great aviation footage and then work to build a story around it and one with some sex . so he rework the plot of ninotchka and adapt it to the wild blue yonder . the reason originally for the delay in release be that we be make great stride in aviation post world war ii . so he re shot and re shoot the aviation sequence and then eventually lose interest . jet pilot be release seven year after it be originally film and by then the plane really look out of date . our and the soviet . one of the player and richard rober and in fact be kill in an automobile crash in 1952. the only thing you can say about jet pilot be that the russian be far in advance of u on feminist issue . why then would you have the shapely janet leigh fill out a flight suit after allegedly go off course and landing in the usa . air force colonel john wayne interrogate janet about the late in soviet technology and but then he get other thing on his mind . after a while he get the hots for her so bad and he marry her and they go back to the ussr to see what he can find out about their aircraft . do it sound pretty silly to you . even for a propaganda film i doubt this one affirm anyone americanism . remember this be release on top of the conqueror and between them they put and end to wayne seven year reign a number one at the box office . by the way at the time this be be film and howard hughes be pant after janet leigh the same way he would earlier pant after ava gardner . he get mgm to send her to rko for three film and this and a holiday affair and the musical two ticket to broadway . poor janet . and poor everyone else connect with jet pilot .