Keep 'Em Flying is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Arthur Lubin starring the team of Abbott and Costello alongside Martha Raye and Carol Bruce.

"[5]Jinx Roberts, an arrogant but talented stunt pilot, and his assistants Blackie and Heathcliff, are fired from a carnival air show after a disagreement with the owner.

Jinx decides to join the Army Air Corps, and he, Blackie and Heathcliff go to a nightclub to party one last time.

Jinx's instructor at the Academy turns out to be Craig Morrison, his co-pilot on a commercial aircraft years earlier, and the two still hold animosity for each other.

In an aerial display during graduation, Craig parachutes out of a plane but gets his chute caught on the tail end of the aircraft.

Bosley Crowther of The New York Times found (the), "routine and sticky" plot overly intrusive on the duo's antics and concluded that "As sustained entertainment ... 'Keep 'Em Flying' doesn't heed its own advice.

Too many of the numerous laugh routines displayed here are only slight variations of previous material, with resultant loss of audience reaction.

"[9] However, Film Daily reported: "Easily as good as before and maybe funnier, Abbott & Costello score again in another laugh-fest that's primed for top grosses.