Test Pilot Page #9

I don't see why that's

Funnier than any other.

See? Gunner thinks

You're funny, too.

You're a big clown,

Baby.

No other face ever made me

Laugh so much before.

And she calls me crazy. I ask you.

Listen, nuts, I'm going to

Do more than look at you.

I'm going to

Settle down.

Yeah. I'm going to surprise

You. I'm going to settle down.

How, dear?

Settle how?

Just the way you want it. Jim.

I'm going to get

That dough back

So fast you won't know

What hit you.

Drake's got jobs that

No one wants any part of,

All the way from pursuit

Jobs to seaplanes.

That-a boy. That's a cute

Little place to settle down.

What do you

Mean, pal?

I mean, right in the middle

Of the atlantic ocean.

Oh. Say, who do you love, kansas?

You, so help me, the whole ocean full.

I'm so crazy

About you.

Yes. I'm nuts.

I must be.

Ha ha ha!

I wish you could have

Seen Drake's face

When I told him I was settling

Down. He thought I was drunk.

You're not fooling

Anybody.

Wrap it tight, pal. I'm going to

Give it the works up there today,

And I don't want it

To pop open.

I'll wrap them.

You fly them.

What's eating on you? You think

I'm going to get drunk tonight, too?

You think so?

I didn't say that.

No. You didn't say

Anything.

Listen, I meant every word

I told her last night.

From now on, I'm going to

Attend to business.

I used to take jobs

When I felt like it,

But from now on, I'm going to

Take anything that comes along,

And all the dough

- I'm going to put it right in her lap.

Will that

Please her! Baby!

Do you really want

To please her?

Just watch me.

Quit flying and go

Into a shoe store.

Did she tell you that?

I'm just

Saying that.

Yeah, and you're just

Saying nothing, as usual.

That just shows you

What you know about women.

A shoe store! I should give up

The trade I love for a woman.

She'd hate me.

You heard what she said-

She'd be the loudest

Applause of all.

Why don't you go

Drown yourself?

Is that

Tight enough?

Yeah, but I'm not

Going to be tonight.

I'm going to take her

To a show instead.

And who do you love,

Honey?

I love you.

Yeah,

And I love you, too.

Come on.

Cut it out!

Sweetheart,

You didn't kiss me.

Come on. Let's go

And kiss the army.

Yeah. All right.

Well! He's

Getting even

To look like

A gentleman,

Isn't he,

Gunner?

He's got that settled-down look.

Do you play

Bridge, Jim?

It's an idea.

I'll learn.

Ah, come to the house any evening.

Glad to.

Will you come

To dinner?

Fine.

White tie?

Right.

White tie!

Ah, general!

Well, you knew I'd make it somehow, huh?

Well, I had the idea.

Well, well, well,

Well, well!

Hello, general.

I haven't seen you

Since you left the army.

How are they doing?

I might forget

A lot of things

If you want

To come back.

I've still got

Insomnia.

Ha ha ha!

Oh, Lane.

Yeah?

Drake has probably told

You everything but this-

This test is more important to

The army than it is to Drake.

Drake will sell a lot of ships

If you win. That lets him out.

But the army needs a new pursuit

Speed. We've got to have it.

Who are you chasing,

General?

Wait'll you see

What we've got.

It's a shame to bust up

A pretty bird like this,

But you've got to

Do it for us.

We must find out

What that speed is.

She'll move,

General.

I hope so. I saw billy hogan

Bringing the other one down.

She wasn't loafing,

Either,

But hogan wasn't alive

To tell us.

I shouldn't be telling

You this, I suppose.

Why general, you're giving me

The jitters.

What do you expect of

Those army aviators?

Anyway, I'll kiss the

Wings good-bye at 3,000

And have all the dough

For you, ok, general?

Come out alive, boy.

Yeah. Sure.

You should see her.

Thank you.

Thought you were

Going to stay home.

That's worse.

I'd rather see it, even.

Do they go that high

Always?

That's the idea of it.

They got to get a start.

How bad is it?

As bad as I gathered?

Remember,

We don't act.

I don't know, ann.

That's right.

Don't kid me.

Here he comes!

I wish he were home. No, I

Don't, either. Come on, Jim!

Wouldn't it be funny

If it rained?

If it rained now,

We'd all get wet,

And he's got

An umbrella.

Thanks.

You ok?

Yes, yes.

Go on home.

You all right, Jim?

Yeah, sure.

Ok, read it

Yourself.

9.6.

Yeah. Wait till you see the

Whites of their eyes, gentlemen.

Ha ha ha!

Come on. Take

A little more.

Good. That's fine.

He's all right.

You mean it?

Yeah, yeah.

Don't tell him.

I won't, pal.

Thanks.

I'll go find him.

All right, pal.

Well, well! What are you doing here?

I was a little

Thirsty, wasn't I?

You should have

Seen her, Mr. Lane.

He's seen me before. How

About joining me, Mr. Lane?

Don't tell me you're buying

A drink, Mrs. Lane. Scotch.

What do you do

For dough?

Twice. My credit

Is far-reaching.

Yeah? Then how about

Reaching for that, pal?

Ooh. $4,000.

How's that?

Oh, well.

Well, look again.

It isn't mine.

It's made out to me.

Yeah, and there's a lot more

Coming in that same parade.

Didn't I tell you things

Were going to be different?

And you know what I'm

Going to do tonight?

I'm going to take

You to a show,

And then I'm going

Home like a gentleman-

I mean, like a husband. What do I mean?

The whole idea's

Got me groggy.

Me, too, but I'm not going to

Be any more groggier about you.

I don't care

How sweet you are.huh?

I'm stuck on you enough,

And that's enough, see?

Stuck on me, huh?

Yes, I'm stuck on you. And

Now I'm going to drink to you.

Here's to your mother,

Here's to your father,

And here's to the best aviator

In the entire cockeyed world.

Ha ha ha!

Still living...

Still living... Still living...

Still living...

Still living.

I hope you all know

Who you're riding with!

Woo! Ha ha!

I'm not kidding!

I want you to meet

The greatest test pilot

In the history

Of the world!

Trouble, brother?

You look mournful.

Afraid your friends

Will fall out?

It's another road

At that.

No, they won't be

That lucky.

Oh, look

At this one!

Ah!

Oh, boy!

Yes, ma'am?

Please don't go so fast. Mr. Lane

Has a little trouble with his heart,

And any speed... Well,

You know what I mean.

Yes, ma'am. I'll take it nice and slow.

Ha ha ha!

Oh, it's wonderful

To be silly, I guess.

Oh, I want

Some peanuts.

Peanuts? Yeah.

Oh, be careful,

Darling.

You can't keep

This up.

What's the matter?

I've never felt

Such pain.

It's like the sharp edge of a knife.

I'll get used

To it, really.

You'll be dead

Before he is.

That's

All right, too.

All right.

I'm sorry. I'll get used

To it in time. Give me time.

I don't mean that either. I'm grabbing

What I can. What do you want me to do?

I don't know.

Gunner, don't

Ever fall in love.

Don't ever

Fall in love.

You know what goes

Good with peanuts?

What, outside

Of you?

Champagne.

Yeah? Try

And get it.

That's easy. There's a good

Hotel right up here-the neptune.

The neptune?

The neptune.

Yes, sir.

Having a good

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