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Plot

Flying Cadets is basically a vehicle for William Gargan and Edmund Lowe, doing a Flagg-and-Quirt act as a pair of eternally bickering ex-WWI pilots. The "official" plot is carried along by Frank Albertson as Bob Ames, a young airplane fancier who hopes to create a school for aspiring aviators. He also wants to land a government contract for the development of a speedy new aircraft that he's designed in his spare time. Both of these goals are intertwined when Ames is able to establish his school, with grouchy-but-loveable Trip (Gargan) as his assistant and Trip's grouchier-but-more loveable brother Rocky (Lowe) as chief flying instructor. Flying Cadets has the "look" of one of Universal's Richard Arlen-Andy Devine adventure quickies, even down to its heavy reliance on stock footage.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Action,Drama
Run Time:
60min.
Distributor(s):
Universal
Director(s):
Erle C. Kenton
Starring:
William Gargan , Edmund Lowe , Frankie Thomas
Keywords:
academy,aerial,barnstorming,cadet,decision,flight-school,flying,government,pilot,plans,school,selling,son,training