Reception
Despite the obvious similarities to other successful films including Ernst Lubitsch's Ninotchka (1939), starring Greta Garbo and Melvyn Douglas, Comrade X (1940), starring Clark Gable and Hedy Lamarr, as well as the more recent dud, The Iron Petticoat (1956), starring Bob Hope and Katharine Hepburn, by the time Jet Pilot hit the screens, it looked dated and received universally poor reviews. Bosley Crowther of The New York Times, referred to it as "silly and sorry", doomed by a "weak script, poor direction and indifferent performances by all" and concluding, that it was far from being Hughes's next Hell's Angels. For aviation fans, even the aerial scenes were greatly reduced as much of the principal photography had taken place early in 1950, relegating Jet Pilot to more of a historical curiosity.
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