Test Pilot

There she is,

Mr. Drake.

You mean to tell me there's not

Even that much more to do to her?

Not a whisper.

All the years and all the

Wrecks and all the schemes,

And out of it grows

This sweet peach.

Yeah, and she's going to

Crack that record by an hour.

You can go and hang it

On your wall right now.

And up high,

Gunner-

Up where the storms

Can't touch her-

Out of their reach.

Something more than

A record, eh, gunner?

She'll spit on

Those mountains.

Yes, she will.

If she wasn't such

A lady, she would.

How's Lane feeling?

He's been asleep

About 3 hours.

Uh-huh. 12:
00. He's got

To take off at 1:00 sharp.

Yeah. I'll wake him

In about a half-hour.

Oh, yeah. Let him

Have all he can.

Yes, sir.

Lane

Still asleep?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

We won't pay him the 750

Without his cross on this.

And you won't pay him if

You don't break the record.

Sure. The ad's no good if

He don't break the record.

We're selling gasoline.

Get out. Give me air,

Will you?

Air? Is that what you're

Asking for, gunner?

Have a little on me.

Everything grounded

West of albuquerque.

Just what you've

Been waiting for.

And look what's waiting

For him over colorado.

It's all right.

He won't be there long.

Let me know the minute

He wakes up, will you?

All right.

He'll be here.

He ain't going

Anywhere else.

I wouldn't

Put it past him.

Yeah, yeah, yeah,

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Hey! Where's Lane?

Yeah, where? I had a

Date with him at 10:00.

You're telling me

Where.

When'd you see him?

I'm telling you,

I haven't seen him!

How long you been here? Since 9:00.

When'd you

Fall asleep?

I don't know. What

Difference does it make?

Don't get so tough about it. I'll

Tell you what difference it makes.

He left for home here 3 hours ago.

I want to know if he's been here.

What time is it?

12:
00.

I was awake at 11:00, I know that.

Then he hasn't

Been here.

Who are you? The guy

Called gunner?

Yeah, and I'm telling you, you

Can't let him out of your sight.

What are you

Telling me for?

I ain't ever seen

So much of him.

You don't think

Anything happened to him?

An accident

Or something?

Quiet!

Yeah, an accident-

Another dame.

Oh, yeah. Hello,

Gunner, old boy.

Look what I rescued.

Dying of thirst, she said.

Hello, pal. Everything

All right with you?

What's your name?

Sarah.

Oh? Her name is mable.

Mable, this is sarah.

And this is the gunner. And this

Is all a very unexpected pleasure,

And I'm very glad

To know all of you.

Do you know

What time it is?

Yeah. Time to go to bed. You

Told me that two hours ago.

What do you want to keep

Repeating yourself for?

Come on, girls. Blow.

Get out of here.

I won't go out

With that.

Girls, girls.

Look, this guy's

Got to get some sleep.

Get out of here

Before I throw you out.

Come on. Remember, you girls

Were with me if anybody asks.

Girls are

Always quarreling.

Girls don't get on good for some reason.

Girls, girls.

The dear old girls.

Jim.

Yeah?

Ok. Where are

My clothes? Oh.

I don't know

How you do it.

How'd she wind?

2,762.

Good. She ought to bust in my face

Before I get her off the ground.

Yeah. Just like

Those dames of yours.

What dames?

Oh, lord.

How's the weather?

You got a 62-mile tailwind

At 20,000 feet.

How's the weather?

You got a 78-mile tailwind

At 25,000 feet.

Yeah? How's that storm over

Colorado? Who you trying to kid?

Ah, what's a little weather

To the Drake bullet?

Oh, Drake's got a new

Name for her now.

Calls her

His sweet peach.

Yeah? Don't tell

Colorado that.

Don't you worry.

She'll hold.

Yeah. I love you guys

That know all about it.

Sure. If you crack up,

You can blame me.

Mm-hmm. I get that

Out of it.

Every time I see a crash

Coming, I know it isn't my fault.

That makes it

All right, too.

Sure, sure.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Well, once

Again, Jim.

Yep.

She's in shape.

Like a peach?

That's right.

That's right.

She may leave a little

Fuzz along the way,

But she'll keep that

Schoolgirl complexion.

This is more than

Just a record, Jim.

It means a whole lot

To aviation.

I never heard of it.

I'm doing it for you, pal.

Well, see you tomorrow. All right.

In you go.

Go on and break

The record!

Take it easy now. Remember, you got

4,200 pounds of gas in this crate.

Yeah. I'd have never

Thought of that.

If I don't see you again,

It'll be too soon.

Yeah, and if I never see

That ugly map of yours again,

It'll be too soon.

Do I look like you?

Huh?

Well, they're both good.

I'll say that for them.

What are you going to do

For the next 5 or 6 hours?

Look like

You're looking.

Well, come on.

Let's look together.

Are you all right?

Are you all right?

I'm licked, see? I'm licked! I

Couldn't move this thing with a derrick.

Oh. That's too bad.

"that's too bad."

Is it really?

All I had was a coast to coast

Record, and it's too bad.

Don't you understand?

I had it licked to death.

Why, I had it right in my

Hand, just like that wrench.

And now you haven't

Even got the wrench.

Say, where are we?

We are in kansas.

That's great.

How near wichita?

About 20 miles.

I'll tell you what you can do

For me. Do you live around here?

Right there.

You got a phone?

Yes.

All right. Go call the union

Air terminal at burbank.

Ask for gunner morris. When you get

Him, just yell down, and I'll come.

Johnny morris?

Gunner! Gunner.

Just ask for gunner. Tell

Him I'm calling. I'm Jim Lane.

That's all

You have to do.

Why don't you

Call him yourself?

Hey, I got to get

These lines out of here.

You don't think I want to be stuck

In this dump all night, do you?

I don't care very much

One way or the other.

All right, all right!

I'll pay for it.

Don't worry about that.

Listen, swellhead, you're

On private property,

And very uninvited.

How'd you like to get

That junk over the fence

Before I sic

A bull on you?

Say, I'm just in the mood

For a bull, sister.

You go get him. I'm liable to pick him

Up and throw him right back in your lap.

I know you.

You're the prince-

A nice,

Charming prince,

Right out of

The sky-

A young girl's

Dream.

And I've been waiting

For you all my life.

That's why no other man ever

Touched the tip of my finger.

I have lived

For a prince.

What's the matter?

Too much for you?

You're a funny-looking gazabo.

Yeah.

Are you a famous

Flier, Mr. Lane?

Why, I'm Jim Lane.

Should I faint

On that one?

Say, where

Do you live?

I still live there. I haven't

Moved since I told you.

Can I use your phone?

It's all right with me if

It's all right with the phone.

What's your name?

Ann barton.

And we're near wichita, are we, ann?

And it's still

20 miles.

That's right. You told me

That before, too, didn't you?

What time is it?

About 6:
00.

Didn't ask you that

Before, did I?

No. Don't

Startle me so.

Do all the girls around

Here look like you

This early

In the morning?

Every girl I've ever seen this ear-

Yeah. Look at

All the hay.

That's wheat.

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