Light Wines and Bearded Ladies

Gene, a freshly minted graduate of a barbering academy, finds himself thrust into a professional debut that would make even the most seasoned veteran shudder: operating a salon within the cramped, vibrating confines of a biplane. His inaugural client is none other than J. Buckley Russell, a prosperous fruit merchant and Gene’s primary competitor for the affections of the charming Sally Phipps. As the aircraft ascends, the professional veneer of the barber shop dissolves into a theater of airborne vengeance. Gene’s ineptitude, fueled by romantic jealousy and exacerbated by a pilot fond of aggressive aerial maneuvers, turns a routine shave into a life-threatening ordeal. When the plane enters a series of violent tailspins and nose dives, the boundary between service and assault vanishes, leading to a high-stakes pursuit across the wings of the plane that culminates in a literal and metaphorical fall from grace.