Foremost among their challenges is the recurring misfortune befalling Moe, who finds himself inadvertently immersed in quick-drying melted rubber on multiple occasions.

Attempts at alleviating this predicament lead to whimsical exploits involving hydrogen and a shotgun, culminating in Moe's aerial ascent and subsequent descent into a well.

Encounters with a disciplinarian drill sergeant serve as a testament to their irreverence, ultimately precipitating an audacious act of insubordination and their subsequent escape from military jurisdiction.

[2] The gag of an aircraft being too large to take out of a hangar was reused in 1972 on The New Scooby-Doo Movies episode featuring the Stooges as guest stars ("The Ghost of the Red Baron").

[2] DVD Talk critic Stuart Galbraith IV noted that Dizzy Pilots was the "last genuinely excellent Curly short" with "a set-up similar to Higher Than a Kite though executed infinitely better.