What happens
Alan Drake, a newly graduated naval aviation cadet, is assigned to the Hellcats squadron at North Island, San Diego, to replace the injured pilot Curly Wilson. On a foggy night he is sent in to land after losing his bearings and is ordered by Commander Bill Gary to bail out, which he does, landing in the bay. Drake, who is eager to prove himself, soon learns the squadron's expectations and clashes with his fellow pilots over his inexperience. The Lux Radio Theatre production of Flight Command, first broadcast on March 24, 1941, stars Robert Taylor, Walter Pidgeon and Ruth Hussey, adapted from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film.
North Island Naval Air Station, San Diego, California, in the late 1930s.
Characters: Alan Drake, Bill Gary, Lorna Gary, Jerry Banning, Dusty Rhodes, Martin, Pensacola, Janet Wilson
Listen for: The fog-bound night landing attempt at North Island and the tense exchanges between Drake and the Hellcat pilots as he earns his place in the squadron.
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.