1:15:05
Miss Riley, what's going on here?
1:15:08
They didn't start that fire,
Mr. Turner.
1:15:10
In the first place, you are not
a member of this classroom.
1:15:14
Neither are you, Mr. Turner.
1:15:16
Why don't you let the boy
defend himself?
1:15:18
And in the second place...
1:15:20
this rocket proves nothing.
1:15:22
You've already admitted
having lost a number of your rockets.
1:15:25
You cannot prove conclusively...
1:15:27
that another one of them
didn't start that fire.
1:15:30
- Yes, I can.
- Oh?
1:15:38
Are we to conclude
that since leaving school...
1:15:40
you've not only become an expert
in rocket science but in trigonometry?
1:15:43
- I didn't say I was--
- You learned more in the coal mines...
1:15:46
than you did in high school.
1:15:49
Let the boy talk.
1:15:51
Go ahead, Homer.
1:15:52
Now, that fire was near Welch...
1:15:54
just under three miles
from our launch pad.
1:15:57
At the time of the fire, the best
that we could do was 1.2 miles...
1:16:02
which is exactly where
we found that rocket.
1:16:06
See, that rocket fell
for about 14 seconds, which means...
1:16:09
that it flew to an altitude
of 3,000 feet...
1:16:12
according to the equation...
1:16:13
"S" equals one-half "A-T" squared...
1:16:18
where "S" is the altitude,
"A" is the gravity constant, or 32...
1:16:21
and "T" is the time it took
for that rocket to come back down.
1:16:24
- Velocity equals acceleration...
- Get him, Homer.
1:16:26
times time.
1:16:27
Are you following this, Mr. Turner?
1:16:30
All right.
We're all duly impressed.
1:16:33
Would you mind telling me
if you did not start that fire, who did?
1:16:39
What is it?
1:16:41
Whatever it is, it's ingenious.
The fins are spring-loaded.
1:16:46
That isn't a rocket at all.
It's an aeronautical flare.
1:16:52
There's an airport here in Welch.
1:16:54
It's right above where
the fire started.