Stunt flier Leo Nomis was killed at Metropolitan Airport, Los Angeles, while doing a stunt spin-around for this film.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
Randolph Scott's character, Captain Frank Robertson, was a real person, one of the owners of Robertson Aviation, the sponsors of Charles Lindbergh's transatlantic flight.
The film contains rare footage of a Travel Air Type R "Mystery Ship" owned by legendary aviatrix Pancho Barnes.