Created with assistance from the United States Air Force and hosted by General George C. Kenney (who commanded the 5th Air Force under General MacArthur in WWII), this early anthology series dramatised real-life aviation stories, from World War II combat missions to critical peacetime and civilian rescue operations.
Examples include ‘Eye for Victory’, which told the story of photo-reconnaissance pilot Captain John Hilyard, who flew a P-38 Lightning to capture tactical images to support the liberation of the Philippines; ‘Show of Force’, which chronicled a Strategic Air Command B-29 bomber mission during the 1947 Berlin Crisis to prove all-weather European targeting capabilities to Soviet forces; and ‘The Derelict’, based on a mid-air fire emergency aboard a B-47 Stratojet bomber flying over Alaska.
The final episode, ‘Outpost in Space’, pivoted into science fiction, depicting a planetary outpost that must execute a dangerous rescue mission after an ageing pilot crash-lands on an alien planet.
Flight showcased a wide variety of guest actors who went on to have significant careers, including Burt Reynolds, Joe Flynn, Louise Fletcher, Edward Platt, James Drury and Rance Howard.
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Examples include ‘Eye for Victory’, which told the story of photo-reconnaissance pilot Captain John Hilyard, who flew a P-38 Lightning to capture tactical images to support the liberation of the Philippines; ‘Show of Force’, which chronicled a Strategic Air Command B-29 bomber mission during the 1947 Berlin Crisis to prove all-weather European targeting capabilities to Soviet forces; and ‘The Derelict’, based on a mid-air fire emergency aboard a B-47 Stratojet bomber flying over Alaska.
