Dive Bomber

Navy pilot Swede Larson crashes while doing a dive bomb during a routine squadron flight, he stating in military hospital after the fact that he blacking out momentarily during the dive was the cause of the crash. On precedent, Navy Lt. Doug Lee, a surgeon, recommends to the head surgeon to operate on Larson immediately, Larson who ultimately succumbs to his injuries on the operating table. Flight Lt. Commander Joe Blake and fellow Navy pilot Tim Griffin, who along with Larson were like three peas in a pod, blame Lee for Larson's death due to what they consider his hasty recommendation. While Lee asserts that that immediate operation was Larson's best chance of survival which were slim at best, he takes to heart their criticism that he could have more fully understood Larson's situation if he had any real understanding of what Navy pilots go through in flight. As such, Lee decides to go into flight surgeon training, his goal to go into research to learn about the causes of those blackouts, possible solutions to overcome them, and learn of any other issues pilots face at high altitude flights. In training, Lee, further to having Blake as his flight trainer, butts heads with yet another senior officer, his senior flight surgeon trainer, Lt. Commander Lance Rogers, who, unknown to Lee, is fighting his own demons. Lee's attempt to mend bridges with both Rogers but specifically Blake is hindered by the occasional presence of unhappily married Linda Fisher, who sees Lee as her next conquest but who he solely views as a buddy, she to who Blake is attracted.