The end of the 1940s. Test pilot Aleksei Kolchin was commissioned for the first time to fly the first Soviet jet fighter. The tests are successful, but it is necessary to improve the aircraft. When performing a test flight, Kolchin dies, his last words are recorded on tape. Having studied them, Kolchin's friend Sergei Sharov makes a new attempt and completes the test of the aircraft.
| Directing | Tatyana Lioznova | Director |
| Writing | Leonid Agranovich | Writer |
| Writing | Anatoliy Agranovskiy | Writer |
| Camera | Valeri Ginzburg | Director of Photography |
| Art | Boris Dulenkov | Production Design |
| Sound | Valentin Khlobynin | Sound |
| Sound | Andrei Eshpai | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Kseniya Blinova | Editor |
| Editing | Lidiya Rodionova | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Liliya Dushina | Costume Design |
| Writing | Anatoliy Agranovskiy | Novel |
| Costume & Make-Up | Aleksei Smirnov | Makeup Artist |
