Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines Page #8

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Pardon, monsieur?

- Uh, you are not Franoise?

- No, Yvette. Why?

Hey.

Um, where can I get

some gasoline?

At Amiens. It is

five kilometers from here.

Uh-huh.

Be a good fellow and bring

me as much as possible.

The honor of France

is at stake.

- But, Yvette!

- You must go. Go, go, go!

All right! All right, but

I will be a good 30 minutes.

We have 30 minutes.

Excuse me.

Can you see anyone yet?

Yes! Ponticelli is first

round the Eiffel Tower.

There are two more on his tail!

This is going to be a close

finish, very close indeed.

Count Ponticelli's still ahead,

followed by...

Orvil Newton, Richard Mays.

Jump!

And here they come now!

Here's the winner!

It's Richard Mays!

Richard Mays of England!

You get ready to jump now!

- Ponticelli. Ponticelli! You all right?

- Eh?

- Are you all right?

- I'm all right.

Emilio! Emilio!

Emilio! Ohh!

Patricia?

Oh, Richard! Oh, Richard!

You won!

Oh, Richard! You won! You

won! You won! I'm so pleased.

- What happened to Ponticelli?

- Well, his machine caught fire.

Orvil was marvelous!

He had to stop to pick him up.

H could have won though.

Hey, Richard!

Richard.

Richard, congratulations.

Well done, Richard!

Congratulations!

Well, you deserve it more than I

do. It was a wonderful thing you did.

You'd have done the same thing

if you'd have seen him.

Well, you did it.

Let's call it a tie.

We'll share the prize.

The city of Paris salutes

the gallant victor!

Pierre Dubois is coming!

Pierre!

You remember me,

don't you?

- Yes, of course. You-You are- You are-

- Betty.

Betty! Of course. Oh.

How could I ever forget?

Every time I look at you,

my heart sings.

Oh!

Will you pardon me?

I better have a look at my undercarriage.

It's been taking an awful beating.

I think we ought to go

and find somewhere to put-

We must have your photograph

by your machine, monsieur.

Over here. This way.

And now you stop flying, huh?

- Do I have to?

- You have to.

Not for me,

but for bambinos.

By now they're

used to it.

- Another one?

- Uh-huh.

In that-a case,

I give up.

- Emilio.

- Sophia.

Turn around.

- Whoops!

- Oh!

So ended the 1910 air race.

The winner's time:

25 hours, 11 minutes.

Today the same distance can be covered

by supersonic jets in seven minutes,

but it can take longer.

May I have your attention,

please?

We regret to announce that the departure

of all planes from London to Paris...

have been delayed again,

owing to bad weather.

Buses are waiting outside

to take you back to your hotels.

Will you all come

this way, please?

Will you all follow me?

Those magnificent men

In their flying machines

They go up tiddly up up

They go down tiddly um down

They enchant all the ladies

and steal all the scenes

With their up tiddly up up

And their down

tiddly um down

Up, down

Flying around

Looping the loop

and defying the ground

They're all

frightfully keen

Those magnificent men

in their flying machines

They can fly upside down

with their feet in the air

They don't think of danger

They really don't care

Newton would think

he had made a mistake

To see those young men

and the chances they take

Those magnificent men

in their flying machines

They go up tiddly up up

They go down tiddly um down

They enchant all the ladies

and steal all the scenes

With their up tiddly up up

And their down

tiddly um down

Up, down

Flying around

Looping the loop

and defying the ground

They're all

Frightfully keen

Those magnificent men

in their flying machines

Those magnificent men

In their flying machines

They go up tiddly up up

They go down

tiddly um down

Those magnificent men

In their flying machines

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