JimLaneisatestpilot, whoseprofessionallifeisdangerous, andwhosepersonallifecompensatesforthatdangerbyfastlivingandrecklessness.Assuch, helivesfrompaychecktopaycheck, andisoftenindebt, butknowshislucrativejobwilleventuallygethimoutofthosedebts.Onacoasttocoastrecordattemptspeedflight, Jim’splane, theDrakeBullet(namedafterthecompany’sowner), hitssomemechanicalproblemsandJimisforcedtomakeanemergencylandingonafarmer’sfieldinKansas.ThefarmbelongstotheBartonfamily, whosestraighttalkingdaughter, AnnBarton, fallsforJim, andvisaversa.TheyimpulsivelydecidetogetmarriedandliveinNewYork.Jim’ssidekickandmechanic, "Gunner"Morris, doesn’tknowifJimandmarriagegohandinhand, bothbecauseofthetypeofpersonheisandhisprofession.AnntoosoonlearnsthatsheplayssecondfiddletoJim’swork, shereferringtotheskyasJim’smistress.AnnalsotrulycomestounderstandthedangersofJim’swork, hewhoisoftenrequiredtopushtheplanesbeyondtheirphysicallimits.Witheachflight, Annfearsthatshewillbecomeawidow, asshehasseenitbeforewiththewivesofJim’scolleagues.CanJimandAnn’smarriagesurvivethemanypressuresstemmingfromJim’slifeasatestpilot?JimLaneisatestpilot, whoseprofessionallifeisdangerous, andwhosepersonallifecompensatesforthatdangerbyf