:26:00
All we've been able to find out is that
pilots need oxygen above 12,000 feet.
:26:04
We don't know what high-altitude
sickness is, but we know how to stop it.
:26:07
Keep the pilots at sea-level pressure,
no matter how high they go.
:26:10
- When is that pressure-cabin job ready?
- Four, five days.
:26:13
Your pressure cabin might be fine
for big ships. Weight doesn't matter.
:26:16
For the small fighter, the extra weight
will knock 5000 feet off your ceiling.
:26:20
- We'll find out. Let's see blood counts.
- You need a close-fitting pressure suit.
:26:24
You can't put a pilot in armor.
He'd be too stiff to move.
:26:27
- He could move if it had flexible joints.
- Ventilation would be a problem.
:26:30
The pilot would snuff out like that.
:26:32
- I don't believe you can do it.
- Why does it have to be armor?
:26:35
Wait a minute.
I think Blake's got something there.
:26:37
Look, If we design it like this,
on the principle of a diving suit...
:26:41
...with flexible joints here,
yet capable of holding oxygen inside...
:26:44
...I think we'll have something. Look.
:26:48
I'd like to work on it with you
if you're willing.
:26:50
- It's okay with me.
- While you're knitting your union suit...
:26:53
...I'll go right ahead
with the pressure-cabin job.
:26:59
You're wanted in the office
right away.
:27:01
Fifty new cadets are
assigned to your squadron.
:27:03
- Who assigned them?
- I don't know, sir. I didn't.
:27:06
Fifty? Why do they keep
shoving them at me?
:27:08
What do they think I do? Wave a magic
wand and make fliers out of them?
:27:13
Joe's pretty irritable lately.
:27:15
You may have noticed it. Joe's
Schneider chart's been missing.
:27:19
Yeah, I did.
:27:21
I didn't want it known that he's been
on the pilot fatigue curve lately.
:27:25
Dropped to two this morning.
He's almost reached the chronic line.
:27:30
That means we've got to get another
man for our high-altitude work.
:27:34
That might be the worst possible move.
He still has a fair chance for recovery.
:27:38
It will be tough on him
after all the work he's done.
:27:40
Is he worried about something else?
:27:42
No, but I think Griffin's death
hit him pretty hard.
:27:45
Besides, he's tense, nervous as a cat,
works all the time.
:27:47
- Doesn't know how to play.
- You could help him with that.
:27:50
Me? I doubt that.
:27:53
Wait a minute.
:27:55
I've got a clue.
:27:57
- Maybe I can, at that.
- Good.
:27:59
Hey, Lucky.