Deliberately set in an imaginary country, American pilot Dan Kendall falls for an exotic foreigner, Johanna Van Deuren but finds he has to fight her fiancé, Col Golas. Released from military prison on a promise that he will fly for the country's civil airline. His first mission is to fly Van Deuren to a fort where her father has fallen ill and the workers are disgruntled and penniless. The payroll flight he promises brings Dan into conflict with Galos who has been sabotaging the flights to the fort. A final confrontation pits both men against each other with Johanna caught in the middle. A desperate struggle ends with Galos crashing and Dan finally able to wed his love.