The Flight of the Phoenix Page #4
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- 1965
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You think I couldn't handle
a crummy job like that?
All I had to do was hold onto
this lousy job for another six months.
I could have gone back
to the States as a chief.
But, no. Oh, no.
You had to spoil it for me.
- Well, you still could go back.
- Yeah, to what?
They ain't gonna let no headcase
run a drilling operation.
Nobody's describing you
as a headcase, Mr. Cobb.
That's what I came to tell you.
Now, you really must try
to understand that fatigue mentale...
...I mean, mental exhaustion...
...can happen to anyone.
But it doesn't last.
Well, I don't understand
all those fancy words.
I don't think those guys
that do the hiring do either.
Possibly not, but it will pass.
It will pass, I assure you.
CROW:
I tell you now, mate,we're better off right here...
...than traipsing
off on that bloody desert.
Do you think you can look
after Chucho?
I'm gonna go along
with Captain Harris.
- Well, well, yeah. But...
CROW:
What's the matter with you?for some snotty-nosed Mexican kid.
Sure, but don't be jealous, Ratbags.
Maybe one day I find
a present for you too.
What's this "jaloose"?
Can't you learn to speak English?
Hey, why would you want
to go walking off into that?
- Didn't you see enough of that in Jebel?
- Who knows, Mike?
Maybe after a few days walking
we'll be better off than you are.
[MONKEY CHATTERS]
It's all right, Chucho.
It's all right, Chucho.
- I will be back. It's all right, Chucho.
- Easy, easy, easy.
[SPEAKS IN SPANISH]
You must be bloody daft, mate.
Anyway, maybe Capitn Harris
can teach me to speak...
...real good English
like you, my little Ratbags.
Stupid sod.
WATSON:
Thank you.
- Good, you all set?
- Yes, sir.
Welcome aboard.
I'm not as confident
that we won't make it as you...
...but I'd be grateful if you'd send up
some smoke at midday...
...for three days.
To help keep our bearings.
- Three days?
- Yes, we won't need it after that.
Ah.
Well, captain, we all wish you every...
Well, you know how all of us feel so...
Yes, well, come along.
It will be getting dark soon.
We might get lost.
Hey, Babozo, slow down.
- Remember you got flat feet.
- Adis, little Ratbags.
WATSON:
He's gone! He's gone!
He's gone.
Cobb's gone.
I don't understand. Can they see
him from up there or can't they?
Of course not, he's just
looking at the view.
Haven't you been up there? Lovely.
There's a big lake on the other side.
They got speedboats, everything.
Frank, he's got six hours' start on you.
How far could he get without water?
He didn't even stop to take
a canteen. And it's my fault.
- I should have watched him.
- Even if you find him, what can you do?
What can we do? You'll be just
as badly off as Harris would be.
I'm gonna bring him back, Lew.
DORFMANN:
You will see we have all we need:
Welding torches, steel cable,
all the tools we need.
For example, this here,
it all looks quite adequate.
- Why were they being returned?
- You know what engineers are like.
They just love shiny new tools, especially
if someone else is paying for them.
The prototype I have in mind would
have to fly at the first attempt.
To achieve that, Mr. Moran, requires
a pilot of quite outstanding capabilities.
Granted, this may not be the best
possible advertisement...
...but Frank Towns is one of the few
really great pilots left in this world.
- Oh, really?
- Yes, oh, really!
He flew in planes that were n-nothing
more than bits and pieces...
...before you went to school.
That's what is wrong. He's remembered
everything and learned nothing.
However, since he apparently finds it
necessary to run off into the desert...
...in pursuit of a lunatic who could be
of no practical value to this project...
...the question is entirely academic.
Don't you think so, Mr. Moran?
I agree. Entirely academic.
Get away! Get out of here!
Get out of here!
Get out! Get out!
- What's the matter?
- It's three minutes after 12.
Don't you want to start
the signals for Captain Harris?
And your Captain Towns?
[MONKEY CHATTERING]
Get out if it, you stinker!
It's Frank!
BELLAMY:
Hey, skipper!MORAN:
Someone get some water.I'll get it.
MORAN:
Frank!
CROW:
What happened to Cobb?
You all right?
We're stuck here, Lew.
You know that, don't you?
Frank, I talked to Dorfmann again.
L... l...
I realize that he... That he,
you know, irritates you.
than we give him credit for.
Well, what's he dreamed up now?
Well, maybe he hasn't a leg to stand on,
I don't kn-kn-know.
But you're the only person
who's qualified to tell him so...
...and all I'm asking you
to do is to... Is to talk to him.
Well, just talk to him.
All right, I'll talk to him, Lew.
If it makes you happy, I'll talk to him.
DORFMANN:
There's no component problem.
The port boom is undamaged and
so are all the portside components.
If we remove the starboard wing
and attach it to the port boom...
...and perform a similar operation
on the tail plane...
...you'll see that we'll have
the basis of an entirely new...
...and aerodynamically sound structure.
- Is that understood?
- Oh, absolutely.
We need only to clear the port engine
of the sand that choked it in flight.
The Coffman starter is serviceable...
...and we should have no difficulty
starting up the engine.
If we don't waste too much fuel
on signals to Captain Harris...
...who's unlikely to be in any condition
to benefit from them...
...we shall have enough of that as well.
Most of the hydraulic fluid
has leaked away...
...but I worked out direct rod and
cable controls, so that is no problem.
All right, now, what are you going
to use for an undercarriage?
Our last landing rendered
the undercarriage unserviceable.
There is enough H-section
in the cargo monorail...
...and hull longerons to make up
the skid cradle for takeoff.
Skid cradle?
Well, skis, Mr. Moran. Skis.
To take off, we shall have
to move the final structure...
...to the valley beyond that far dune.
The surface there should be adequate.
Now, as to whether it will fly...
...as far as the general design factors
are concerned, there are no problems.
The center of gravity will allow us
to distribute the payload...
...that means ourselves, on both wings.
Now, wait a minute.
Are you suggesting we string people
on top of that wing...
...like sacks of potatoes?
They'll be behind fairings.
Never mind fairings!
We got an injured man in there.
The doctor says
he can't even be moved.
You're suggesting we tack
him onto this thing...
...and bounce him around
like a wrangler in a rodeo?
That is not what I had in mind,
Mr. Towns.
With the material
and personnel available...
...this project would require
at least 12 days.
How long did you say Mr. Scarnati
might be expected to live? Six days?
Perhaps less.
See, the problem does not even arise.
Mr. Scarnati will remain here.
Why, you really are a miserable...
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