"The pairing of Dick Haymes (who had made his name as a popular singer) and George Fenneman (one of radio's smoothest announcers) as actors in an adventure series was unusual. As Crane, Haymes played a pilot whose seat-of-the-pants operation included one old DC-4, appropriately named "the Flying Eight-Ball." The opening signature gave ample evidence of content: Flight 743 calling La Guardia Field ... Is that you, Crane? What're you bringing in, tea, teak, or teepee poles? I got a tradewind tan, a tall tale about a tribal treasure, a tropical tramp, and a torrid Tahitian tomato. You know me--I fly anything!"