:54:02
Well, it's a small world, isn't it?
:54:04
Yes, sir.
:54:06
- Getting plenty of exercise lately?
- Yes, sir. Too much, sir.
:54:09
That's good.
:54:10
If one eye sees higher,
which would you land with?
:54:12
The good one, sir.
:54:14
Better keep your left up,
or you won't have a good one.
:54:16
I won't forget that, sir.
:54:18
- What's your middle name?
- Thomas. John Thomas Anthony III, sir.
:54:21
Born Hempstead, New York,
June the 12th, anno Domini 1919.
:54:24
This is 1941, San Diego, California,
9:30 a.m., sir.
:54:28
Very good.
:54:30
Make a note. Mentally alert...
:54:32
...fresh as a new-laid egg.
Well, an egg anyway.
:54:35
Favorite sports: automobile racing
and boxing. Ready?
:54:37
- Yes, sir.
- Here you go.
:54:41
Head down! Hold them, Yale!
:54:47
He says he's practically got the stick
between his teeth now.
:54:50
All right. Cut the motor.
:54:53
Why don't you be practical.
:54:55
You can't use your bending-over routine
without changing the cockpit.
:54:58
How can a pilot aim with his head
bent down?
:55:00
Well, he might try a periscope
or a Ouija board.
:55:03
Can you design a bomber so the pilot
can lie down and aim the bomb...
:55:06
...through the nose of the ship?
- Who's it for? Buck Rogers?
:55:09
- Seriously. Can it be done?
- I suppose a pilot could lie down...
:55:12
...and use auxiliary controls during
the dive, but it sounds silly to me.
:55:15
Things are tough when a pilot
has to fly on his stomach.
:55:18
I'll ask the design section,
but I'm sure they'll send...
:55:20
...an order transferring me
to a nut house.
:55:23
When you two figure out
your next move, let me know.
:55:26
I'll be down in Squadron 2.
:55:27
Gentlemen, I have a solution
to your problem.
:55:29
Provide each dive-bombing pilot
with an old-fashioned stiff collar.
:55:32
That will choke him and keep the blood
from rushing from his brain. So long.
:55:37
Very funny.
Very funny.
:55:40
"High, tight, old-fashioned stiff collar."
:55:43
What that guy needs is a high, tight,
old-fashioned whack over the head.
:55:47
Stiff collar.
:55:49
- Hey.
- What?
:55:51
What that half-wit just said
about a collar...
:55:54
...except it's not a collar,
it's a belt, understand?
:55:56
- Frankly, no.
- Look, Lance...
:55:58
...you make a belt that fits around here.
It's rubber. Pneumatic.