Vivian tolerates six years of emotional neglect, knowing her flight captain husband only wed her because of her eerie resemblance to his departed college sweetheart. The humiliating charade ends violently inside a storm-battered passenger aircraft, where he rushes across the aisle to protect his mistress and leaves Vivian injured on the floor.
Walking away from the wreckage of her marriage, Vivian accepts a courtship from an influential airline board chairman who has admired her in secret. When corporate intrigue threatens the fleet, she steps forward to reveal her status as an elite aviator, stripping her unfaithful spouse of his flight wings and self-respect.
