Jack Drummond has always flown by his own radar. After getting drummed out of the British Navy, he's made a living flying wherever the money takes him. But after one last weapons drop to Tibetan guerillas fighting the Communist Chinese, he;s ready to hang up his wings. Unfortunately, a short stop in the tiny country of Balpur ends with his plane in flames & Drummond out of luck until he's approached with a very strange offer. He must help deliver a sick child over land to the Indian border..