 The pilot episode of the series "Quantum Leap". Dr. Sam Beckett, working on a top secret military project, has just leaped into the body of a test pilot about to attempt a dangerous flight. According to Sam s friend and partner Al, who appears to him as a hologram nobody else can see, in order to leap out of the pilot s body, Sam must successfully complete the flight, which according to historical records, ended in a fatal crash.