The movie is about a Navy pilot called "Spig" Wead who after flying for years had to retire after a heart attack and became a screenwriter and did war movies. Maybe it was a different movie. I don't think that's the movie your talking about though. I think your talking about a movie with Jimmy Stewart and June Allyson called Strategic Air Command. He plays Col. Dutch Holland and on a training mission he wires back to his wife after he hears she gives birth and the telegram was sent wrong and they named their child Hope. It is one of my favorite Stewart movies but I'd have to check the movie to be sure.
