: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.
:19:03
Who doyou depend on?
:19:06
All right, gentlemen.
The sky awaits.
:19:12
You know something, Billy?
:19:15
I like the personal factor.
:19:49
Those are Vindicator bombers
ofthe Strategic Air Command...
:19:51
on routine patrol.
:19:53
Each one ofthose planes carries
four Bloodhound air-to-air missiles...
:19:56
armed with nuclearwarheads.
:19:58
Those are for use
against attacking enemy planes.