Overloaded once again, Baloo has to fight to keep the Sea Duck level. Wild Cat goes back to check it out; it turns out that one of the six winged crates was not level. As soon as the crate was level, Air London, the most subborn wolf in the air, does a crazy stunt and causes the Sea Duck to roll several times too many. Once again, Baloo has to play catch-up.
At Sally's Alley, Ace London, playing billards, has to be the center of everyones attention. Blabbing about his exploites as a test pilot, London releases about how this new engine would make aviation history.
Rage: I think he needs a bigger plane. One that can fit him and that ego.
Back to the loading docks, Ace's men accidently tell him to load the "left crate". Unfortunently, it was their left, not Ace's. Instead of loading the jet engine, Ace loads the crate of pickles.
Baloo: Sound like he got himself into a bit of a pickle.
Rage: Don't give up your day job.
Baloo: [unenthusiastically] Ha ha!
At the Air Force Base, the engine's designer discovers that Ace was transporting pickles. Embrassed by this, he informs the General that another pilot switched crates with him. He vows to go back and get the jet engine back. On route to intercept Baloo, Ace London spills the information over the airways, unknowing that Don Karnage was listening in. Don Karnage plans to steal the enigine so that he'll become the fastest pludering wonder.
Ace London was the first to spot Baloo. Quickly ordering him to surrender his cargo, Ace's efforts were ignored. He responded by flying past Baloo and charged. Baloo was not in the mood to "play air chicken with that airhead". Weaving though the formation, London and his wingmen to the ocean. Baloo looked up in time to see Air Pirates with guns ablaze. Pulling up, the Air Pirates' fighters could not follow for very long. After climbing for so many hundreds of feet their engines stall and plummet to the ocean below. Baloo changes routes and completes his delivery to Barts.
Instead of a crate full of pickles, Bart is presented with the jet engine that Ace was to test. Baloo now knows why ace wanted the cargo; he goes back to give the engine back to Ace. This time instead of telking, Ace opens fire on the Sea Duck. This worries both wingmen, they knew better than to shoot at civilians. Once again, the Air Pirates try to get the engine first. The only one whom doesn't want the engine was Baloo.
Baloo: Good riddence.
Rage: You forget, in the future, those engines are very common.
Grounded and unable to outrun the six planes, Wild Cat gets a brillant idea - use the engine. Tying the engine to the Sea Duck with rope, Baloo and Wild Cat prepare to go. At the same time, Ace's wingmen tells him that this was mostly his fault. Like a spoiled child, Ace denies this and spots the Sea Duck leaving.
Wild cat starts the engine, but it's sputtering. A kink in the hose was not allowing proper fuel flow. Once Wild Cat untangled the hose, the engie went full throtle, forcing the two against the bulkhead. Trying the second toggle switch, the engine went into reverse, pressing them into the windshield. Wild Cat flipped the second switch once more time, putting the engine in forward gear.
Under the extreme pressure of the engine, one of the ropes snapped, causing Baloo to lose control over the Sea Duck. He crawls out on the plane to fix the problem.
Don Karnage sees the Sea Duck out of control and tries to retreat. However, the Sea Duck is flying along side the Iron Vulture and before the Air Pirates were able to get inside the Vulture, the Sea Duck flies past them. This causes the three CT-37's to spin like a top, but were able to fly inside the Vulture. Too bad that a moment later, the Sea Duck follow after them, leaving three hugh plane-shaped dents inside before the engine is shut off.
Karnage: My crew is still fixing those blasted dents.
Baloo, still on top of the Sea Duck, spots the appoaching pirates. He yells down to Wild Cat to turn the engine back on. The pirates are rewarded by having the power engine swing the Iron Vulture from side to side. The other rope finally gives way, Baloo and Wild Cat are sent flying around the Iron Vulture. Without the aid of rudders or ailerons, Baloo fights the engine to go where he wants it to. First stop, the depths of the ocean. After the quick dip, they continue into the sand dune. In and out in a second or two, Baloo notices the base and prepares to land.
How do you land an engine that has no landing gear? By giving it some drag.
Baloo: Not to mention all the road rash I got from being dragged.
Rage: I thought you were hanging on the engine and you used your head to stop the engine.
Baloo: [peeved] Why did you say that?
Rage: [laughing] I spent too much time listening to Rebecca.
Unfortunently, Baloo was unable to get the engine to stop and missed the base. Pulling up on the mounting brace, he manages to double back. He yells again to Wild Cat to slow down the engine. Curious than even, Wild Cat notices that he hasn't flipped one of the switches. Onced flipped, the control panel sparks and the engine blasts through the sound barrier. The flight through mach one was short, for all the fuel was used up. Wild Cat zips past Baloo and the engine only to be yo-yoed right back.
Even though the engine was returned, the two joy riders fun was not over yet. Their voices had finally caught up with them, leaving everone that heard it in awe. Everyone except the engine's designer; he knew that going faster than sound had that affect. The engine was tested! Baloo and Wild Cat had made aviation history. This made Ace London very jealous; he protested that Baloo stole the engine. His wingmen informed him that he might have loaded the wrong crate.
Hearing that Ace London misplaced the top secret engine, the General had put London in his place, flat on his back. However, the General had one more thing to do. "Since you tested our engine for us, what can we do for you?" Thinking for a moment, then he realized that he still needed to deliver Bart's pickles. The General knew the perfect man for the job "if his name isn't Ace London." Sobing, London is seen flying into the sunset, on route to deliver pickles to Bart. A fitting end for Mr. Aviation History. *snaps finger* "You got that right!"
Rage: Got to love those sunsets.
London: Well, I don't, especially since I was busy transporting pickles.
Rage: I thought you were busy crying.
London: [angered] Shut up!