Directed by Leslie Goodwins, it is based on a story by John Twist about the challenges of aircraft development and the dangers of test piloting in the period before World War II.

She hopes to land a job in the drafting department of McLean Aircraft, working for chief engineer Martin Ames (Kent Taylor).

The creative designs interest company owner Dan McLean (Edmund Lowe), who approves the construction of a high-speed fighter aircraft.

Once again Phil comes to the rescue, heading off a pilot bail-out and consequent destruction of the only prototype aircraft by being taken aloft in a two-seat plane in an attempt to use his wing-walking skills to free the stuck landing gear.

Along with his wife Eileen, he was killed in a car crash on December 22, 1940, when West (a notoriously bad driver) ran a stop sign in Southern California.

Models were used to simulate accidents, but takeoff and in-flight footage of the experimental Hughes H-1 Racer taken during its trials was used for realism as a substitute for the McLean test aircraft.