:17:11
It's that Congressman Raskob,
who's been nosing around the bases.
:17:15
Washington wants us
to put his mind at ease.
:17:17
- He's on one ofthose committees.
- Yes, sir.
:17:22
Gordon Knapp will also be there to look
at that equipment his company makes.
:17:27
He'll be on our side.
:17:29
Anyone looks cross-eyed at his stuff,
he goes up like a rocket.
:17:32
Yes, sir.
:17:37
Time was when I'd say,
''goes up like a balloon.''
:17:42
- Times change.
- Yes, sir.
:17:51
Ploesti wasarough one.
:17:53
We lost halfour group.
:17:57
Regensburg was the worst one for us.
:18:00
I never flew the B-1 7, only B-24s.
:18:05
The 24 was a good airplane.
:18:07
You knewyou were flying it, not the
otherway around, like today's things.
:18:11
You still have to fly
the Vindicator, Grady.
:18:14
We're the last ofthe lot, Flynn.
Don't kid yourselfabout that.
:18:16
- The next airplanes won't need men.
- You'll be too old, anyway.
:18:21
After us, the machines.
We're halfway there already.
:18:25
Look at those kids.
:18:29
Remember the crews
you had on the 24s?
:18:32
Jews, Italians, all kinds.
:18:34
You could tell them apart.
Theywere people.
:18:36
These kids-- You open them up,
you'll find they run on transistors.
:18:40
- They're good kids.
- Sure.
:18:43
You know they're good at theirjobs,
butyou don't know them. How can you?
:18:47
We get a different crew
every time we go up.
:18:50
That's policy, Grady.
:18:52
It eliminates the personal factor.
:18:54
Everything is more complicated now.
:18:57
Reaction time is faster.
:18:59
You can't depend on people
the same way.