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1 | 0mn 37s 337ms | 3s 03ms | # Daddy wouldn't buy
me a bow-wow, bow-wow |
2 | 0mn 40s 340ms | 2s 02ms | # I've got a little cat,
and I'm very fond of that |
3 | 0mn 43s 343ms | 3s 03ms | # But I'd rather have a
bow-wow-wow-wow-wow... # |
4 | 0mn 46s 346ms | 2s 02ms | Well, do you like it? |
5 | 0mn 50s 350ms | 3s 03ms | - What?
- Well, the parting, you clot. |
6 | 0mn 53s 353ms | 3s 03ms | - What's the matter with it?
- Well, it's on the other side. |
7 | 0mn 57s 357ms | 1s 01ms | Why? |
8 | 0mn 58s 358ms | 3s 03ms | I don't know, I... thought it gave
me a sort of intellectual look. |
9 | 0mn 2s 42ms | 2s 02ms | It conceals the incipient baldness. |
10 | 0mn 4s 44ms | 3s 03ms | - I thought Sue was on leave.
- No, she's due back this evening. |
11 | 0mn 11s 411ms | 3s 03ms | Hello. It looks like you've been
jumped on by a 20-plus flock of wolves. |
12 | 0mn 14s 414ms | 3s 03ms | - I tried to pull out of a flat-out
dive just now. - Oh, good show. |
13 | 0mn 17s 417ms | 2s 02ms | The damn stick needed Carnera to move it. |
14 | 0mn 20s 420ms | 3s 03ms | The harder I pulled, the
more the nose went down. |
15 | 0mn 24s 424ms | 2s 02ms | It felt for a moment as if
the controls were reversed. |
16 | 0mn 26s 426ms | 3s 03ms | - And were they?
- Of course not, you clot, or I wouldn't be here. |
17 | 0mn 30s 430ms | 5s 05ms | There was a lot of buffeting too. It was
almost as if I'd suddenly run into a... |
18 | 0mn 36s 436ms | 3s 03ms | a solid sheet of... water, or something. |
19 | 0mn 39s 439ms | 1s 01ms | Really? |
20 | 0mn 42s 442ms | 2s 02ms | Why don't you marry her? |
21 | 0mn 44s 444ms | 3s 03ms | You know, all prospective
father-in-laws are a bit frightening. |
22 | 0mn 48s 448ms | 3s 03ms | - After all, mine was.
- Yours wasn't the great John Ridgefield. |
23 | 0mn 51s 451ms | 3s 03ms | - What, because he makes a few aeroplanes?
- A few aeroplanes? |
24 | 0mn 54s 454ms | 2s 02ms | He owns a hundred ruddy acres of
factory, he's a millionaire twice over |
25 | 0mn 57s 457ms | 2s 02ms | and Sue's his only daughter. |
26 | 0mn 59s 459ms | 3s 03ms | Anyway, heiress of not, I'm meeting her train,
I shall take her for a quiet little drive |
27 | 0mn 4s 54ms | 3s 03ms | and ask her to marry me
simply, firmly and directly. |
28 | 0mn 16s 516ms | 2s 02ms | What's the matter? |
29 | 0mn 19s 519ms | 3s 03ms | Oh, I don't know, I just thought it
was a good place to stop for a breather. |
30 | 0mn 22s 522ms | 2s 02ms | Oh, how nice. |
31 | 0mn 33s 533ms | 1s 01ms | Sue, what do you think of me? |
32 | 0mn 37s 537ms | 2s 02ms | - As a driver?
- Er, no. |
33 | 0mn 40s 540ms | 1s 01ms | As a man. |
34 | 0mn 42s 542ms | 1s 01ms | Oh. Well, I... |
35 | 0mn 43s 543ms | 1s 01ms | I told you, I... |
36 | 0mn 45s 545ms | 4s 04ms | I think I prefer you with your
hair parted on the other side. |
37 | 0mn 49s 549ms | 2s 02ms | - Sue, I...
- Yes? |
38 | 0mn 53s 553ms | 1s 01ms | - Sue...
- Yes, Tony? |
39 | 0mn 25s 625ms | 4s 04ms | Tony, I've got my answer ready. In fact,
I've had it ready for an awful long time. |
40 | 0mn 31s 631ms | 1s 01ms | Oh, gosh. |
41 | 0mn 32s 632ms | 2s 02ms | Is that all you can say,
Tony? Just, "Oh, gosh"? |
42 | 0mn 42s 642ms | 3s 03ms | - You have looked at this from every angle?
- I haven't left an angle out, I promise you. |
43 | 0mn 46s 646ms | 4s 04ms | - I mean, you know the sort of chap I am.
- I know the sort of chap you are. |
44 | 0mn 50s 650ms | 3s 03ms | - Not on your level at all.
- Miles above. |
45 | 0mn 54s 654ms | 1s 01ms | Oh, gosh. |
46 | 0mn 56s 656ms | 3s 03ms | Please, Tony, stop saying "Oh, gosh".
Can't you think of anything else to say? |
47 | 0mn 59s 659ms | 2s 02ms | I love you so very much. |
48 | 0mn 12s 712ms | 2s 02ms | I shan't be a tick. |
49 | 0mn 16s 716ms | 1s 01ms | It's time this came off. |
50 | 0mn 17s 717ms | 2s 02ms | Give it to me, I'll keep it as a souvenir. |
51 | 0mn 20s 720ms | 1s 01ms | Mrs Garthwaite. |
52 | 0mn 24s 724ms | 1s 01ms | Mrs Garthwaite. |
53 | 0mn 25s 725ms | 4s 04ms | Mrs Garthwaite? Mrs Garthwaite. I suppose if
I say it often enough, I shall get used to it. |
54 | 0mn 32s 732ms | 2s 02ms | - Hello, Eddie.
- ? Tony, you old basket. |
55 | 0mn 35s 735ms | 3s 03ms | - Got anything going to Ridgefields?
- Sure, we're bound to have. |
56 | 0mn 38s 738ms | 3s 03ms | Why Ridgefields, though?
- Because I went and married a Ridgefield. |
57 | 0mn 41s 741ms | 3s 03ms | - You don't say? - I'm off to get
the once- over from her old man. |
58 | 0mn 45s 745ms | 2s 02ms | Well, I'll have to treat
you with respect from now on. |
59 | 0mn 47s 747ms | 1s 01ms | - Oh, congratulations.
- Thanks. |
60 | 0mn 49s 749ms | 1s 01ms | You're welcome. |
61 | 0mn 51s 751ms | 2s 02ms | An Anson here, takeoff 14:30. |
62 | 0mn 53s 753ms | 1s 01ms | - Fine.
- Sign here. |
63 | 0mn 14s 814ms | 2s 02ms | There you are, darling. Ridgefields. |
64 | 0mn 19s 819ms | 2s 02ms | - And it's all your
father's? - Mm-hm. |
65 | 0mn 22s 822ms | 1s 01ms | We're landing. |
66 | 0mn 39s 839ms | 1s 01ms | Hi. Susie! |
67 | 0mn 41s 841ms | 1s 01ms | Hi! |
68 | 0mn 43s 843ms | 2s 02ms | - Your father?
- No, Will Sparks, our chief designer. |
69 | 0mn 46s 846ms | 2s 02ms | - Oh, Will!
- I saw you from the office windows. |
70 | 0mn 49s 849ms | 2s 02ms | Susie, darling! |
71 | 0mn 51s 851ms | 3s 03ms | - How are you?
- Very well, thank you, Will. |
72 | 0mn 55s 855ms | 3s 03ms | - What have you done? You're thinner.
- Oh, I've gone on the wagon. |
73 | 0mn 58s 858ms | 4s 04ms | - Will, why?
- With all these Americans about, you can't get it. |
74 | 0mn 2s 92ms | 3s 03ms | I hate beer! Though I'll be
off it tonight in your honour. |
75 | 0mn 6s 96ms | 2s 02ms | - So this is the gent.
- This is the gent. |
76 | 0mn 8s 98ms | 1s 01ms | I've heard a lot about you. |
77 | 0mn 10s 910ms | 2s 02ms | I've heard a lot about you. I'm glad
you had the sense to pick a flyer. |
78 | 0mn 13s 913ms | 3s 03ms | For a moment, I thought
you were my father- in-law. |
79 | 0mn 16s 916ms | 3s 03ms | - Glad to meet you and welcome to Ridgefields.
- Thank you. |
80 | 0mn 21s 921ms | 4s 04ms | Oh, your dad's at a board meeting. I was asked
to tell you he won't see you before dinner. |
81 | 0mn 26s 926ms | 2s 02ms | - Are you coming to dinner?
- I haven't been asked. |
82 | 0mn 28s 928ms | 2s 02ms | - Oh.
- Well, I suppose he wants to keep it family. |
83 | 0mn 31s 931ms | 2s 02ms | But you are family, Will. |
84 | 0mn 33s 933ms | 2s 02ms | - Of course, I am coming to the do tonight.
- Oh dear, is there a do? |
85 | 0mn 36s 936ms | 2s 02ms | Slap-up. Champagne, the
whole board of directors. |
86 | 0mn 40s 940ms | 2s 02ms | - How are you, Mason?
- Very well, thank you, Miss Susan. |
87 | 0mn 43s 943ms | 1s 01ms | I'll come as far as the office block. |
88 | 0mn 48s 948ms | 3s 03ms | I wish I worked union hours. |
89 | 0mn 51s 951ms | 2s 02ms | - How many people work here?
- Twelve thousand. |
90 | 0mn 54s 954ms | 3s 03ms | - Twelve thousand?
- Yes, we've got another 8,000 over at Hillbank. |
91 | 0mn 21s 1021ms | 2s 02ms | - What's that? -
Top-secret, sir. |
92 | 0mn 38s 1038ms | 2s 02ms | Those are test-beds, aren't they? |
93 | 0mn 41s 1041ms | 5s 05ms | - Is this top-secret going to win the war, Will?
- A good deal more than that, if you ask me. |
94 | 0mn 3s 113ms | 2s 02ms | - Hello, Factor, how are you?
- Very well, thank you, madam. |
95 | 0mn 5s 115ms | 2s 02ms | - This is my husband.
- Welcome, sir. |
96 | 0mn 10s 1110ms | 4s 04ms | He called me madam. I realise now
I've been "Miss" for far too long. |
97 | 0mn 14s 1114ms | 1s 01ms | I simply love being madam. |
98 | 0mn 18s 1118ms | 2s 02ms | However hideous your threshold,
do you know what my duty is? |
99 | 0mn 20s 1120ms | 2s 02ms | - No, what?
- I'll show you. |
100 | 0mn 23s 1123ms | 2s 02ms | - Tony, no!
- Hang on to your hat. |
101 | 0mn 25s 1125ms | 2s 02ms | - This could be quite a drop.
- Tony! |
102 | 0mn 30s 1130ms | 1s 01ms | Tony, drop me. You're not strong enough. |
103 | 0mn 32s 1132ms | 1s 01ms | - Not strong enough?
- No, you're not. |
104 | 0mn 34s 1134ms | 1s 01ms | - Which way?
- This way, sir. |
105 | 0mn 36s 1136ms | 1s 01ms | - Right, here we go.
- This way. |
106 | 0mn 39s 1139ms | 2s 02ms | Take my cap off. |
107 | 0mn 41s 1141ms | 1s 01ms | This way, sir. |
108 | 0mn 47s 1147ms | 1s 01ms | Blimey. |
109 | 0mn 50s 1150ms | 1s 01ms | Tony. |
110 | 0mn 53s 1153ms | 2s 02ms | Oh! |
111 | 0mn 55s 1155ms | 1s 01ms | Oh. |
112 | 0mn 3s 123ms | 2s 02ms | Oi. |
113 | 0mn 5s 125ms | 0s 00ms | Chris! |
114 | 0mn 8s 128ms | 3s 03ms | - How are you, darling?
- Hello, Sue. |
115 | 0mn 12s 1212ms | 3s 03ms | - Meet your new brother-in-law. - How
do you do? I've heard a lot about you. |
116 | 0mn 15s 1215ms | 2s 02ms | - I suppose it's too late to say congratulations.
- Not at all. |
117 | 0mn 17s 1217ms | 1s 01ms | Congratulations. |
118 | 0mn 19s 1219ms | 2s 02ms | - Oh, Chris, what is that?
- It's the RAF badge. |
119 | 0mn 22s 1222ms | 1s 01ms | You get it when you pass the interview. |
120 | 0mn 24s 1224ms | 3s 03ms | - Oh, I thought you were going into the navy.
- I've changed my mind. |
121 | 0mn 28s 1228ms | 2s 02ms | - Did you get my present?
- Oh, darling, thank you so much. |
122 | 0mn 31s 1231ms | 3s 03ms | - It was lovely. We adored it, didn't we?
- Oh, yes, rather. We adored it. |
123 | 0mn 34s 1234ms | 2s 02ms | Good. Er, let's have a drink. |
124 | 0mn 37s 1237ms | 2s 02ms | - What was it?
- Paperweight. |
125 | 0mn 39s 1239ms | 2s 02ms | - When are you going in?
- About six months, I think. |
126 | 0mn 41s 1241ms | 4s 04ms | In the meanwhile, I'm learning to fly. Dad's
got one of his ex-pilots teaching me at Hillbank. |
127 | 0mn 45s 1245ms | 0s 00ms | Tiger Moth. |
128 | 0mn 46s 1246ms | 4s 04ms | - Darling, how exciting. Have you gone solo yet?
- Not yet. I think I may tomorrow. |
129 | 0mn 51s 1251ms | 1s 01ms | - Whisky?
- No, thank you, darling. |
130 | 0mn 52s 1252ms | 1s 01ms | Not for me, thanks. No, it's too early. |
131 | 0mn 54s 1254ms | 3s 03ms | - Since when have you been swigging whisky?
- I'm not at school now, Sue, I'm in the RAF. |
132 | 0mn 58s 1258ms | 1s 01ms | Well, practically, anyway. |
133 | 0mn 2s 132ms | 1s 01ms | - Cheers.
- Cheers. |
134 | 0mn 3s 133ms | 1s 01ms | - Good luck tomorrow.
- Thank you. |
135 | 0mn 5s 135ms | 2s 02ms | - How many hours dual have you done?
- Rather a lot. |
136 | 0mn 7s 137ms | 2s 02ms | - Fourteen.
- Oh, that's not too bad. |
137 | 0mn 9s 139ms | 1s 01ms | I knew a fellow who did 20 before he passed. |
138 | 0mn 11s 1311ms | 2s 02ms | I don't suppose his name
was Ridgefield, though. |
139 | 0mn 14s 1314ms | 3s 03ms | How many hours dual did
you do before you went solo? |
140 | 0mn 17s 1317ms | 3s 03ms | Tony's an exceptional case. One
of the great geniuses of the air. |
141 | 0mn 21s 1321ms | 1s 01ms | Like Dad. |
142 | 0mn 23s 1323ms | 2s 02ms | He went solo after only
two-and-a-half hours dual. |
143 | 0mn 26s 1326ms | 2s 02ms | Really? |
144 | 0mn 29s 1329ms | 3s 03ms | Would you like to know something
rather shocking? I get airsick. |
145 | 0mn 32s 1332ms | 2s 02ms | - You shouldn't worry, you'll soon get over that.
- Yes? |
146 | 0mn 35s 1335ms | 2s 02ms | Yes. |
147 | 0mn 39s 1339ms | 2s 02ms | - What the heck is that?
- Dressing gong. |
148 | 0mn 43s 1343ms | 3s 03ms | Chris, give me a quarter of an hour for
my bath and then come up and talk to me. |
149 | 0mn 48s 1348ms | 1s 01ms | - I won't be a
second. - Mm-hm. |
150 | 0mn 53s 1353ms | 3s 03ms | - Approve?
- Terrific. |
151 | 0mn 56s 1356ms | 2s 02ms | He's just been telling me about
that do on the Gestapo prison. |
152 | 0mn 59s 1359ms | 1s 01ms | You must have used a thumbscrew
to get that out of him. |
153 | 0mn 1s 141ms | 1s 01ms | I had to, practically. |
154 | 0mn 2s 142ms | 4s 04ms | It was a wonderful thing, Sue. They came in
at 50 feet and flew slap down the main street. |
155 | 0mn 6s 146ms | 1s 01ms | But of course you'll know it all. |
156 | 0mn 9s 149ms | 3s 03ms | I'll be able to shoot a line
about my new brother-in-law now. |
157 | 0mn 13s 1413ms | 2s 02ms | Looks as if I'll need one. |
158 | 0mn 16s 1416ms | 3s 03ms | You're a bit unhappy about
it all, aren't you, darling? |
159 | 0mn 20s 1420ms | 2s 02ms | Oh, no. Not really. |
160 | 0mn 26s 1426ms | 3s 03ms | Why don't you reapply for a ground job? |
161 | 0mn 30s 1430ms | 3s 03ms | - What do you think Dad would say if I did that?
- Well, does it matter? |
162 | 0mn 33s 1433ms | 1s 01ms | You know it does. |
163 | 0mn 36s 1436ms | 3s 03ms | Anyway, I don't want to let him
down, Sue. Heaven knows I don't. |
164 | 0mn 40s 1440ms | 2s 02ms | - Chris.
- Hm? |
165 | 0mn 44s 1444ms | 2s 02ms | Would you let me talk to him? |
166 | 0mn 46s 1446ms | 4s 04ms | No, thanks awfully, Sue. If anyone's
got to talk to him, I've got to. |
167 | 0mn 51s 1451ms | 2s 02ms | As a matter of fact, I half thought
I might tackle him about it tonight. |
168 | 0mn 54s 1454ms | 4s 04ms | Not about a ground job, I mean RAF ground
job, but, well, commandos or something. |
169 | 0mn 59s 1459ms | 3s 03ms | - Commandos?
- I've got to show him it isn't a matter of guts. |
170 | 0mn 4s 154ms | 4s 04ms | Look, you're either born to fly or
you're not. I'm not. I'm really not. |
171 | 0mn 11s 1511ms | 3s 03ms | Darling, you go downstairs and
give yourself another whisky, |
172 | 0mn 15s 1515ms | 2s 02ms | then take him aside and
tell him how you feel. |
173 | 0mn 17s 1517ms | 3s 03ms | - It's going to be jolly difficult.
- Well, I'll be there behind you. |
174 | 0mn 32s 1532ms | 2s 02ms | Darling. I'd almost forgotten. |
175 | 0mn 35s 1535ms | 1s 01ms | Come on, you two. |
176 | 0mn 38s 1538ms | 1s 01ms | Here's to you both. |
177 | 0mn 40s 1540ms | 1s 01ms | - To us.
- To us. |
178 | 0mn 41s 1541ms | 1s 01ms | - Tell them that from me.
- Father. |
179 | 0mn 43s 1543ms | 3s 03ms | I don't like it, JR. We may find the
Ministry will never agree to it at all. |
180 | 0mn 47s 1547ms | 3s 03ms | If they want, we stop
production on the 696 altogether. |
181 | 0mn 51s 1551ms | 3s 03ms | - Nervous?
- Nervous? I'm scared stiff. |
182 | 0mn 54s 1554ms | 2s 02ms | - That'll be the second. Good night.
- Good night, JR. |
183 | 0mn 57s 1557ms | 1s 01ms | Hello, Father. |
184 | 0mn 59s 1559ms | 1s 01ms | Hello, Susan. |
185 | 0mn 3s 163ms | 1s 01ms | This is Tony. |
186 | 0mn 4s 164ms | 3s 03ms | So, this is Tony. |
187 | 0mn 7s 167ms | 3s 03ms | The DFC and Bar I know
about. What's the AFC for? |
188 | 0mn 11s 1611ms | 1s 01ms | Oh, just for bumbling around. |
189 | 0mn 13s 1613ms | 4s 04ms | They don't usually give that for bumbling around.
Well, I'm very glad to meet you at last, Tony. |
190 | 0mn 18s 1618ms | 2s 02ms | I must say, I'm surprised
at Susan falling for a flyer. |
191 | 0mn 21s 1621ms | 4s 04ms | Christopher, I've just had Fletcher on the
phone. He says he hopes you may go solo tomorrow. |
192 | 0mn 25s 1625ms | 1s 01ms | - Yes, Dad, I know.
- Well done. |
193 | 0mn 27s 1627ms | 1s 01ms | Who knows, we may make a pilot of you yet. |
194 | 0mn 29s 1629ms | 1s 01ms | - What time is it to be?
- At 10:30. |
195 | 0mn 31s 1631ms | 2s 02ms | Hm. Well, let's go in. |
196 | 0mn 40s 1640ms | 2s 02ms | You sit here, will you,
Tony? Place of honour. |
197 | 0mn 44s 1644ms | 2s 02ms | - Quite a room, eh?
- Yes, quite a room. |
198 | 0mn 46s 1646ms | 2s 02ms | I hope you like the pictures.
There's some of them quite well known. |
199 | 0mn 49s 1649ms | 2s 02ms | Of course, Susan hates them all, I know that. |
200 | 0mn 51s 1651ms | 2s 02ms | Yes, I sent her to Oxford to get an education |
201 | 0mn 54s 1654ms | 3s 03ms | and all she comes back with is a passion for
donkey-tailed doves and modernistic music. |
202 | 0mn 57s 1657ms | 3s 03ms | Where she gets her tastes from, I don't
know. Certainly not from me or her mother. |
203 | 0mn 1s 171ms | 1s 01ms | Mother liked modern music very much. |
204 | 0mn 3s 173ms | 2s 02ms | First I've heard of it. If she
did, she didn't let on to me. |
205 | 0mn 5s 175ms | 2s 02ms | - No.
- This is lobster Dominique, |
206 | 0mn 8s 178ms | 2s 02ms | a sort of speciality de la maison. |
207 | 0mn 10s 1710ms | 2s 02ms | No, not for Mr Christopher.
He's flying tomorrow. |
208 | 0mn 13s 1713ms | 3s 03ms | Fletcher says young Jackson's
gone solo after six hours. |
209 | 0mn 16s 1716ms | 1s 01ms | Yes, he's rather good. |
210 | 0mn 18s 1718ms | 3s 03ms | Is this fellow running a sort of
flying kindergarten over there, sir? |
211 | 0mn 22s 1722ms | 0s 00ms | Just the two boys. |
212 | 0mn 23s 1723ms | 3s 03ms | Jackson, that's my head of airframes,
his son's waiting to go into the RAF too, |
213 | 0mn 27s 1727ms | 2s 02ms | so I've let Fletcher take him on as well. |
214 | 0mn 29s 1729ms | 2s 02ms | Won't do them any harm
to get a start, eh, Tony? |
215 | 0mn 31s 1731ms | 3s 03ms | No, you'll probably shatter your RAF
instructor by going solo in about 20 minutes. |
216 | 0mn 35s 1735ms | 2s 02ms | That's right, something like that
won't look so bad on the record. |
217 | 0mn 38s 1738ms | 3s 03ms | 14 hours wouldn't have been so good. |
218 | 0mn 48s 1748ms | 3s 03ms | That's the noise we heard this afternoon.
It comes from the test-beds, doesn't it? |
219 | 0mn 52s 1752ms | 2s 02ms | Yes, I heard you were asking questions. |
220 | 0mn 54s 1754ms | 2s 02ms | Well, I tell you what. I'm giving
this party down at the works, |
221 | 0mn 57s 1757ms | 2s 02ms | and on our way, well, you're
a member of the family now. |
222 | 0mn 0s 180ms | 3s 03ms | I don't suppose it'll do any harm for
you to have a look at our little secret. |
223 | 0mn 5s 185ms | 2s 02ms | I think it's the most
exciting sound I've ever heard. |
224 | 0mn 7s 187ms | 3s 03ms | It isn't only the sound
that's exciting, Tony boy. |
225 | 0mn 20s 1820ms | 1s 01ms | - Evening, Joe.
- Good evening, JR. |
226 | 0mn 22s 1822ms | 2s 02ms | - How's the missus?
- That stuffs done her good. |
227 | 0mn 24s 1824ms | 2s 02ms | - Told you it would. Good evening, Mike.
- Good evening, JR. |
228 | 0mn 27s 1827ms | 2s 02ms | Hm. Put up the lights. |
229 | 0mn 33s 1833ms | 3s 03ms | - What the heck is it, sir?
- It's the aircraft engine of the future. |
230 | 0mn 37s 1837ms | 2s 02ms | - Where's the propeller?
- There is no propeller. |
231 | 0mn 39s 1839ms | 2s 02ms | - How does it keep the aircraft in the air, then?
- By propulsion. |
232 | 0mn 42s 1842ms | 2s 02ms | - Propulsion?
- Yes. Jet propulsion. |
233 | 0mn 44s 1844ms | 1s 01ms | Come on, I'll show you. |
234 | 0mn 46s 1846ms | 1s 01ms | You two had better stay there. |
235 | 0mn 51s 1851ms | 2s 02ms | - By the way, don't call me sir.
- What do I call you? |
236 | 0mn 54s 1854ms | 3s 03ms | Susan calls me father, Chris calls
me Dad. You can take your choice. |
237 | 0mn 0s 190ms | 3s 03ms | Now, this is something quite extraordinary. |
238 | 0mn 4s 194ms | 3s 03ms | Like all great inventions, from the
wheel to radar, perfectly simple. |
239 | 0mn 8s 198ms | 2s 02ms | Yes, I know it looks complicated, |
240 | 0mn 10s 1910ms | 4s 04ms | but the beauty is how little there is
to it and how much power comes out of it. |
241 | 0mn 15s 1915ms | 3s 03ms | Now, there's a fan here in
the front which draws in air. |
242 | 0mn 18s 1918ms | 2s 02ms | - The air's heated here with paraffin.
- Paraffin? |
243 | 0mn 21s 1921ms | 1s 01ms | Ordinary paraffin. |
244 | 0mn 22s 1922ms | 2s 02ms | Hot air blows out here at the end. |
245 | 0mn 25s 1925ms | 4s 04ms | It comes out at such terrific force
that that alone drives the aircraft. |
246 | 0mn 29s 1929ms | 2s 02ms | - Who invented it? One of your men?
- No, a chap called Whittle. |
247 | 0mn 32s 1932ms | 1s 01ms | - Whittle? Englishman?
- Yes. |
248 | 0mn 34s 1934ms | 4s 04ms | We aren't the only firm working on them.
De Havilland and Rolls are ahead of us. |
249 | 0mn 58s 2058ms | 1s 01ms | Excuse me. |
250 | 0mn 59s 2059ms | 3s 03ms | Well, Susie, how do you like our new toy? |
251 | 0mn 4s 214ms | 3s 03ms | - What did you think of that, Chris lad?
- Wizard, wasn't it? |
252 | 0mn 7s 217ms | 2s 02ms | - Wizard, Dad.
- Come on, we'll be late for the party. |
253 | 0mn 16s 2116ms | 2s 02ms | - Good night, Joe.
- Good night, JR. |
254 | 0mn 31s 2131ms | 4s 04ms | - I'll get out now. Are you ready for the joyride?
- Yes. |
255 | 0mn 36s 2136ms | 3s 03ms | - Sure you wouldn't like another circuit with me?
- No, thanks. |
256 | 0mn 39s 2139ms | 4s 04ms | You'd rather not have me bawling
in your ear, eh, I suppose? |
257 | 0mn 44s 2144ms | 3s 03ms | - Are we in time, Chris?
- Bang on. |
258 | 0mn 47s 2147ms | 1s 01ms | Thanks for coming. |
259 | 0mn 49s 2149ms | 1s 01ms | Is that your rival? |
260 | 0mn 51s 2151ms | 1s 01ms | Yes. |
261 | 0mn 53s 2153ms | 1s 01ms | Good approach. |
262 | 0mn 55s 2155ms | 1s 01ms | - Good morning, Fletcher.
- Morning. |
263 | 0mn 56s 2156ms | 2s 02ms | - Come and have some food with us afterwards.
- I'd love to. |
264 | 0mn 59s 2159ms | 3s 03ms | - All set?
- There's nothing to it. |
265 | 0mn 4s 224ms | 1s 01ms | All the best, darling. |
266 | 0mn 5s 225ms | 4s 04ms | By the way, Ridgefield, just for once
you can make any sort of landing you like. |
267 | 0mn 10s 2210ms | 4s 04ms | I'm going to have a drink. Only try to get
her down in one piece, there's a good chap. |
268 | 0mn 49s 2349ms | 1s 01ms | A very bad turn. |
269 | 0mn 15s 2415ms | 1s 01ms | Hm, better. |
270 | 0mn 39s 2439ms | 2s 02ms | Hasn't he learned anything at all? |
271 | 0mn 2s 252ms | 2s 02ms | He'll be all right. You
can't get hurt from those. |
272 | 0mn 17s 2517ms | 1s 01ms | Sue! |
273 | 0mn 24s 2524ms | 2s 02ms | - Chris!
- Sue! Sue, stay here! |
274 | 0mn 14s 2714ms | 1s 01ms | What about that? |
275 | 0mn 20s 2720ms | 1s 01ms | Oh, that's fantastic. |
276 | 0mn 23s 2723ms | 2s 02ms | - This the future 901?
- That's it. |
277 | 0mn 26s 2726ms | 3s 03ms | - What's her landing speed?
- It's high at the moment, but we're working on it. |
278 | 0mn 29s 2729ms | 3s 03ms | Well, I have to go to the works at 1:00
so I shan't be back before your train goes, |
279 | 0mn 32s 2732ms | 1s 01ms | so I'll say goodbye now. |
280 | 0mn 34s 2734ms | 3s 03ms | Goodbye, Tony, it's nice to have
you in the family. Especially now. |
281 | 0mn 37s 2737ms | 1s 01ms | Well, it's nice being in the family. |
282 | 0mn 39s 2739ms | 1s 01ms | - Come and see me again soon.
- I will. |
283 | 0mn 41s 2741ms | 3s 03ms | You... You know how I feel
about this awful business. |
284 | 0mn 44s 2744ms | 1s 01ms | Mm. |
285 | 0mn 45s 2745ms | 5s 05ms | Fletcher on the phone today said he'd not have
caught fire if he hadn't forgotten to switch off. |
286 | 0mn 50s 2750ms | 4s 04ms | - Heaven knows he had plenty of time.
- Here, I'm awfully sorry. |
287 | 0mn 55s 2755ms | 2s 02ms | - What are your plans for after the war?
- Plans? |
288 | 0mn 58s 2758ms | 4s 04ms | I only ask because if you've nothing definite in
mind, there's always a job at Ridgefields for you. |
289 | 0mn 3s 283ms | 2s 02ms | Well, what sort of a job? |
290 | 0mn 6s 286ms | 3s 03ms | - You mean... test pilot?
- Well, that's the thing I had in mind. |
291 | 0mn 15s 2815ms | 2s 02ms | Well, don't say anything now. Think it over. |
292 | 0mn 17s 2817ms | 1s 01ms | You've plenty of time. |
293 | 0mn 20s 2820ms | 2s 02ms | - Well, goodbye, Sue.
- Goodbye, Father. |
294 | 0mn 27s 2827ms | 2s 02ms | Write to me and let me know. |
295 | 0mn 32s 2832ms | 2s 02ms | - Would you like a drink, darling?
- No, thank you. |
296 | 0mn 19s 2919ms | 3s 03ms | <i>Ridgefield Tower, this is Glass Jar 1
- 0.</i> |
297 | 0mn 22s 2922ms | 3s 03ms | <i>I've just crossed the coast at
Seaford Head, descending through cloud.</i> |
298 | 0mn 26s 2926ms | 1s 01ms | <i>Approaching the airfield.</i> |
299 | 0mn 28s 2928ms | 1s 01ms | Roger, 1-0. |
300 | 0mn 1s 301ms | 4s 04ms | <i>Climbing through clouds,
full throttle, ASl 320.</i> |
301 | 0mn 15s 3015ms | 3s 03ms | <i>- Will, she's a
beauty. - Roger, 1-0.</i> |
302 | 0mn 19s 3019ms | 1s 01ms | 30,000, I'm levelling out. |
303 | 0mn 24s 3024ms | 1s 01ms | Auto-observer on. |
304 | 0mn 25s 3025ms | 3s 03ms | <i>I'm starting dive now. If I get
any buffeting, I'll throttle back.</i> |
305 | 0mn 31s 3031ms | 1s 01ms | <i>Here we go. This is it.</i> |
306 | 0mn 34s 3034ms | 2s 02ms | <i>Thirty thousand.</i> |
307 | 0mn 36s 3036ms | 2s 02ms | <i>Twenty-nine.</i> |
308 | 0mn 38s 3038ms | 2s 02ms | <i>Twenty-eight.</i> |
309 | 0mn 40s 3040ms | 1s 01ms | <i>Twenty-seven.</i> |
310 | 0mn 42s 3042ms | 1s 01ms | <i>Twenty-six.</i> |
311 | 0mn 46s 3046ms | 1s 01ms | Twenty-five thousand. |
312 | 0mn 48s 3048ms | 1s 01ms | Mach 0.7. |
313 | 0mn 54s 3054ms | 1s 01ms | <i>I'm getting buffeting now.</i> |
314 | 0mn 57s 3057ms | 1s 01ms | <i>Air brakes open, throttling back.</i> |
315 | 0mn 8s 318ms | 4s 04ms | <i>OK. Coming down to land now.</i> |
316 | 0mn 22s 3122ms | 4s 04ms | Ridgefield Tower to 1-0.
Clear to join circuit and land. |
317 | 0mn 26s 3126ms | 1s 01ms | Runway 3-0. |
318 | 0mn 28s 3128ms | 2s 02ms | <i>- Call downwind.
- Roger.</i> |
319 | 0mn 49s 3149ms | 4s 04ms | <i>- I said use 3-0, not the control tower.
- Your message received and understood.</i> |
320 | 0mn 54s 3154ms | 1s 01ms | Hm! |
321 | 0mn 26s 3226ms | 1s 01ms | - What-ho.
- What-ho. |
322 | 0mn 28s 3228ms | 2s 02ms | - How was the wonder kite?
- What do you think? |
323 | 0mn 30s 3230ms | 3s 03ms | - Can I take her out tomorrow?
- No, Windy. She's my baby. |
324 | 0mn 33s 3233ms | 4s 04ms | - I've nothing on AM.
- Oh, yes, you have. I've got a job for you. |
325 | 0mn 39s 3239ms | 1s 01ms | I promised to deliver a
Vampire for De Havilland. |
326 | 0mn 41s 3241ms | 1s 01ms | - Where to?
- Cairo. |
327 | 0mn 43s 3243ms | 2s 02ms | Cai... Cairo! Ooh, whizzo! |
328 | 0mn 46s 3246ms | 2s 02ms | Er, don't tell the wife. |
329 | 0mn 48s 3248ms | 1s 01ms | Hello? |
330 | 0mn 50s 3250ms | 1s 01ms | Hello, darling. |
331 | 0mn 51s 3251ms | 2s 02ms | Yes, just a few minutes
ago. Hey, what's for dinner? |
332 | 0mn 56s 3256ms | 2s 02ms | No. Piece of cake. |
333 | 0mn 58s 3258ms | 1s 01ms | No, really. |
334 | 0mn 0s 330ms | 1s 01ms | I shan't be long. |
335 | 0mn 2s 332ms | 1s 01ms | Goodbye. |
336 | 0mn 6s 336ms | 2s 02ms | - Here, Windy, let's have that back.
- Here, I say... |
337 | 0mn 9s 339ms | 3s 03ms | I remembered there's a type I know in
Cairo and I could do with a little sun. |
338 | 0mn 12s 3312ms | 3s 03ms | - But...
- You have a nice quiet weekend at Shoreham. |
339 | 0mn 17s 3317ms | 1s 01ms | - Well, how was it?
- All right. |
340 | 0mn 18s 3318ms | 2s 02ms | - Did you take her flat out?
- No, nothing like. |
341 | 0mn 20s 3320ms | 1s 01ms | - Pity.
- Why pity? |
342 | 0mn 22s 3322ms | 3s 03ms | I thought our intrepid air ace might be
the first man through the sound barrier. |
343 | 0mn 26s 3326ms | 1s 01ms | There ain't no such thing. |
344 | 0mn 27s 3327ms | 3s 03ms | You ought to check up on your supersonics,
not to mention the popular press. |
345 | 0mn 30s 3330ms | 2s 02ms | What's so ruddy peculiar
about the speed of sound? |
346 | 0mn 33s 3333ms | 4s 04ms | We all know exactly what it is, don't
we? 750 miles per hour at ground level. |
347 | 0mn 38s 3338ms | 2s 02ms | If we go slower than that,
we can hear ourselves going, |
348 | 0mn 41s 3341ms | 2s 02ms | and if we go faster, we
can hear ourselves coming. |
349 | 0mn 43s 3343ms | 1s 01ms | It's a mere matter of acoustics. |
350 | 0mn 1s 341ms | 2s 02ms | - Hello, Miss Mitchell.
- Good afternoon. |
351 | 0mn 4s 344ms | 3s 03ms | <i>19,000, Mach 0. 7.</i> |
352 | 0mn 7s 347ms | 2s 02ms | <i>Slight buffeting commencing on wings.</i> |
353 | 0mn 10s 3410ms | 3s 03ms | <i>18,500. Buffeting increasing.</i> |
354 | 0mn 15s 3415ms | 4s 04ms | <i>17,500. Mach 0.8. Buffeting's rather bad.</i> |
355 | 0mn 20s 3420ms | 6s 06ms | - She's shaking to pieces. She's disintegrating.
- Don't do that. You'll give me heart failure. |
356 | 0mn 26s 3426ms | 4s 04ms | <i>- I'm throttling back and pulling out.
- What an exquisite voice I do have, to be sure.</i> |
357 | 0mn 31s 3431ms | 2s 02ms | - Coming for a drink?
- No, got too much work to do. |
358 | 0mn 34s 3434ms | 1s 01ms | How's the 902 coming along? |
359 | 0mn 41s 3441ms | 5s 05ms | I want JR to find a name for her. Something
that would suggest the highest speed yet flown. |
360 | 0mn 46s 3446ms | 3s 03ms | - How about the line shoot?
- There won't be any line shoot about her. |
361 | 0mn 53s 3453ms | 3s 03ms | - She'll do it, all right.
- Do what? |
362 | 0mn 57s 3457ms | 1s 01ms | The speed of sound. |
363 | 0mn 1s 351ms | 2s 02ms | What would happen if you put
the wings on back to front? |
364 | 0mn 3s 353ms | 2s 02ms | Oh, go away. Go away. |
365 | 0mn 9s 359ms | 2s 02ms | - Well...
- What? |
366 | 0mn 11s 3511ms | 2s 02ms | - Seriously?
- Uh-huh. |
367 | 0mn 14s 3514ms | 2s 02ms | Apart from the buffeting and heavy controls |
368 | 0mn 16s 3516ms | 3s 03ms | and general wanging about and
other little things we know about... |
369 | 0mn 21s 3521ms | 3s 03ms | what exactly does happen to an
aeroplane at the speed of sound? |
370 | 0mn 27s 3527ms | 4s 04ms | I don't know. And shall I
tell you something, Tony? |
371 | 0mn 31s 3531ms | 3s 03ms | - What?
- No one else in the world does either. |
372 | 0mn 53s 3553ms | 2s 02ms | - Darling?
- Hoo! |
373 | 0mn 0s 360ms | 2s 02ms | - How was it?
- Piece of cake. |
374 | 0mn 2s 362ms | 2s 02ms | It's always a piece of cake. |
375 | 0mn 4s 364ms | 1s 01ms | - Sherry?
- A little one. |
376 | 0mn 8s 368ms | 2s 02ms | - What was your day like?
- Pretty good. |
377 | 0mn 12s 3612ms | 2s 02ms | - I've got the most wonderful news.
- Have you? |
378 | 0mn 17s 3617ms | 1s 01ms | Two bits of wonderful news, in fact. |
379 | 0mn 19s 3619ms | 4s 04ms | Only one's not quite so wonderful as the other,
so I'll start with the less wonderful, shall I? |
380 | 0mn 24s 3624ms | 1s 01ms | Uh-huh. |
381 | 0mn 25s 3625ms | 2s 02ms | You know that little house at
Andrew's Corner, Broom Cottage? |
382 | 0mn 28s 3628ms | 2s 02ms | - Mm-hm? - I think
we can have it. |
383 | 0mn 31s 3631ms | 3s 03ms | - But that belongs to that fellow Franklin.
- Mm, but he's leaving. |
384 | 0mn 35s 3635ms | 4s 04ms | - Oh. But this place isn't so bad, is it?
- No, of course not. |
385 | 0mn 40s 3640ms | 4s 04ms | But don't you see what a difference it would
make if we had a place that belonged to us? |
386 | 0mn 44s 3644ms | 3s 03ms | Oh, I see all that. But the old
man will hate us leaving him. |
387 | 0mn 48s 3648ms | 2s 02ms | - He'll hate you leaving him.
- Hate you leaving him too. |
388 | 0mn 50s 3650ms | 3s 03ms | Oh, darling, don't you yet know after two years
what Father and I really feel about each other? |
389 | 0mn 54s 3654ms | 3s 03ms | - Well, I know you don't exactly see eye to eye...
- Eye to eye? |
390 | 0mn 58s 3658ms | 2s 02ms | He's always despised me
for not being born a son. |
391 | 0mn 0s 370ms | 1s 01ms | - Darling...
- It's true. |
392 | 0mn 2s 372ms | 5s 05ms | Just as later he despised Chris for not
turning out the sort of sort of son he wanted. |
393 | 0mn 8s 378ms | 3s 03ms | Well, I can't despise him in
return, because I admire him. |
394 | 0mn 12s 3712ms | 3s 03ms | I admire him tremendously for what he's done. |
395 | 0mn 15s 3715ms | 4s 04ms | As for what he is... Well, all I can say,
it's best I should live out of his house. |
396 | 0mn 25s 3725ms | 2s 02ms | What was the other wonderful piece of news? |
397 | 0mn 29s 3729ms | 1s 01ms | It'll keep. |
398 | 0mn 33s 3733ms | 1s 01ms | Dinner. |
399 | 0mn 36s 3736ms | 2s 02ms | Were there any other symptoms
besides this buffeting? |
400 | 0mn 39s 3739ms | 6s 06ms | Well, I noticed that the controls got...
hard at Mach 0.85, in rather a funny way. |
401 | 0mn 46s 3746ms | 2s 02ms | - What height was that?
- 18,000. |
402 | 0mn 48s 3748ms | 4s 04ms | Hm. There's no doubt about it, we're
just on the fringe of the problem. |
403 | 0mn 54s 3754ms | 1s 01ms | - Father?
- Mm? |
404 | 0mn 56s 3756ms | 2s 02ms | - What problem?
- Supersonics. |
405 | 0mn 58s 3758ms | 1s 01ms | - The sound barrier?
- Yes. |
406 | 0mn 0s 380ms | 3s 03ms | - That's a newspaper phrase.
- And like most of them, pretty misleading. |
407 | 0mn 4s 384ms | 3s 03ms | - You mean there isn't a barrier?
- Oh, there's a barrier all right. |
408 | 0mn 7s 387ms | 4s 04ms | But it's... spread out, on
either side of the speed of sound, |
409 | 0mn 11s 3811ms | 2s 02ms | from roughly between Mach 0.85... |
410 | 0mn 14s 3814ms | 2s 02ms | Mark? What mark? |
411 | 0mn 16s 3816ms | 4s 04ms | You see, it's a way we have of
measuring the speeds at which we fly. |
412 | 0mn 20s 3820ms | 3s 03ms | We no longer fly at miles per
hour, we fly at Mach numbers. |
413 | 0mn 23s 3823ms | 2s 02ms | Now, Mach One is the speed of sound. |
414 | 0mn 28s 3828ms | 2s 02ms | But why sound? |
415 | 0mn 30s 3830ms | 1s 01ms | What makes a barrier? Is it sound? |
416 | 0mn 31s 3831ms | 3s 03ms | - It's a combination...
- It's air. |
417 | 0mn 35s 3835ms | 3s 03ms | You see, Sue, there's a limit to the
speed at which air itself can move. |
418 | 0mn 40s 3840ms | 5s 05ms | Now, this rule's travelling
at... 30 mile an hour, let's say. |
419 | 0mn 47s 3847ms | 4s 04ms | You can hear the air whistle
as it moves out of its way. |
420 | 0mn 51s 3851ms | 5s 05ms | But if it were travelling at 750 mile
an hour - the speed of sound, Mach One - |
421 | 0mn 56s 3856ms | 4s 04ms | the air could no longer move out of its
way, because it just can't move that fast. |
422 | 0mn 0s 390ms | 5s 05ms | It'd pile up in front of the rule, or the
aircraft, making, if you like, a barrier. |
423 | 0mn 7s 397ms | 5s 05ms | Now, we don't exactly know what happens to an
aircraft when it gets into these conditions. |
424 | 0mn 12s 3912ms | 3s 03ms | Tony knows it buffets
as he gets near to them. |
425 | 0mn 16s 3916ms | 4s 04ms | Some say the craft would go right out of
control, others that it'll break up altogether. |
426 | 0mn 21s 3921ms | 1s 01ms | Now, I don't believe that, Sue. |
427 | 0mn 22s 3922ms | 6s 06ms | I believe with the right aircraft and the right
man, we can force our way through this barrier, |
428 | 0mn 29s 3929ms | 4s 04ms | and once through, there is a world. |
429 | 0mn 33s 3933ms | 5s 05ms | A whole new world, with speeds
of 1,500 to 2,000 mile an hour, |
430 | 0mn 39s 3939ms | 1s 01ms | within the grasp of man. |
431 | 0mn 42s 3942ms | 3s 03ms | And Tony here may be the first
man to see that new world. |
432 | 0mn 47s 3947ms | 2s 02ms | Well, let's go, shall we. |
433 | 0mn 50s 3950ms | 2s 02ms | - Do you think the Americans will beat us to it?
- They may, |
434 | 0mn 52s 3952ms | 2s 02ms | but we're two years ahead
in jet-engine development. |
435 | 0mn 55s 3955ms | 3s 03ms | I think it's between ourselves,
Vickers and De Havillands at the moment. |
436 | 0mn 58s 3958ms | 3s 03ms | It's a pity De Havillands will
have their 108 up before our 902. |
437 | 0mn 2s 402ms | 3s 03ms | Oh, by the way, Will wants a
name for her. Got any ideas, Dad? |
438 | 0mn 5s 405ms | 4s 04ms | - Yes. Prometheus.
- Prometheus? Who was he? |
439 | 0mn 10s 4010ms | 3s 03ms | - He was a Greek god.
- Who stole fire from heaven. |
440 | 0mn 13s 4013ms | 3s 03ms | Oh, yes, I remember. Came
to a sticky end, didn't he? |
441 | 0mn 16s 4016ms | 2s 02ms | He did. But the world got fire. |
442 | 0mn 20s 4020ms | 1s 01ms | How long before I can have a crack at it? |
443 | 0mn 21s 4021ms | 4s 04ms | Not long, but you've got quite a bit of homework
to do first. You'd better get started right away. |
444 | 0mn 28s 4028ms | 3s 03ms | "A theory of supersonic shockwaves.
" I shan't understand a word of this. |
445 | 0mn 32s 4032ms | 1s 01ms | There's nothing to understand. |
446 | 0mn 33s 4033ms | 3s 03ms | That fellow spends 50 pages
telling us he doesn't know a thing. |
447 | 0mn 37s 4037ms | 3s 03ms | - But you'd better read it, all the same.
- I shall need you to do some explaining. |
448 | 0mn 40s 4040ms | 3s 03ms | You go up to the observatory,
I'll be with you in a minute. |
449 | 0mn 44s 4044ms | 3s 03ms | - How's the new telescope working?
- It's good, but it might be better. |
450 | 0mn 47s 4047ms | 4s 04ms | I think one day I'll build myself a
proper observatory out in the park. |
451 | 0mn 52s 4052ms | 3s 03ms | - Father, answer me a question, will you?
- Yes? |
452 | 0mn 57s 4057ms | 5s 05ms | Is the ability to travel at 2,000 miles an
hour going to be a blessing to the human race? |
453 | 0mn 3s 413ms | 2s 02ms | Well, I'd say that's up to the human race. |
454 | 0mn 6s 416ms | 3s 03ms | Well, as a member of it, I
can't feel unduly optimistic. |
455 | 0mn 9s 419ms | 4s 04ms | In fact, if that's all that
lies beyond this barrier, |
456 | 0mn 14s 4114ms | 2s 02ms | what purpose is there in
risking lives to pierce it? |
457 | 0mn 19s 4119ms | 4s 04ms | Well, I could talk about national security,
beating the potential enemy bomber; |
458 | 0mn 24s 4124ms | 3s 03ms | flying to New York in two hours,
but that's not the real point. |
459 | 0mn 27s 4127ms | 2s 02ms | The real point is, it's just got to be done. |
460 | 0mn 31s 4131ms | 3s 03ms | What purpose did Scott have
in going to the South Pole? |
461 | 0mn 36s 4136ms | 2s 02ms | I wish I knew. |
462 | 0mn 38s 4138ms | 1s 01ms | I really wish I knew. |
463 | 0mn 42s 4142ms | 1s 01ms | Hm. |
464 | 0mn 44s 4144ms | 2s 02ms | This coffee's bitter. |
465 | 0mn 50s 4150ms | 2s 02ms | Yes, I got it at Weymouth's
in the high street. |
466 | 0mn 53s 4153ms | 3s 03ms | Franklin tells me you've
been looking at his house. |
467 | 0mn 57s 4157ms | 1s 01ms | Yes, Father, I made him an offer. |
468 | 0mn 58s 4158ms | 4s 04ms | That house is not suitable either for
my daughter or my chief test pilot. |
469 | 0mn 3s 423ms | 2s 02ms | Franklin won't accept your offer. |
470 | 0mn 6s 426ms | 1s 01ms | - How do you know?
- For, my dear Susan, |
471 | 0mn 8s 428ms | 3s 03ms | Mr Franklin likes his present job very much. |
472 | 0mn 11s 4211ms | 4s 04ms | And I have no doubt, no doubt at
all, he'll be anxious to keep it. |
473 | 0mn 28s 4228ms | 1s 01ms | Good night, darling. |
474 | 0mn 32s 4232ms | 1s 01ms | - Tony?
- Mm? |
475 | 0mn 34s 4234ms | 2s 02ms | Will you try not to use piece
of cake talk for a moment? |
476 | 0mn 36s 4236ms | 1s 01ms | I'll try not to. |
477 | 0mn 39s 4239ms | 1s 01ms | How dangerous is it going to be? |
478 | 0mn 43s 4243ms | 3s 03ms | Well, exploring the unknown must
always be a little... chancy. |
479 | 0mn 48s 4248ms | 1s 01ms | Yes, I see. |
480 | 0mn 52s 4252ms | 1s 01ms | Darling? |
481 | 0mn 55s 4255ms | 2s 02ms | I did go and see the doctor this morning. |
482 | 0mn 3s 433ms | 2s 02ms | When? |
483 | 0mn 5s 435ms | 2s 02ms | - End of December.
- Oh, how clever of you. |
484 | 0mn 8s 438ms | 1s 01ms | We'll save money on birthday presents. |
485 | 0mn 10s 4310ms | 3s 03ms | Certainly not. Even if arrives on
Christmas Day, he will still get two lots. |
486 | 0mn 14s 4314ms | 3s 03ms | - We might give him a false birthday in June.
- That's right, darling. Say "him". |
487 | 0mn 17s 4317ms | 1s 01ms | Say "him" whenever you think about it. |
488 | 0mn 19s 4319ms | 2s 02ms | A psychologist I know says
there is something in that. |
489 | 0mn 22s 4322ms | 2s 02ms | - Tony?
- What? |
490 | 0mn 24s 4324ms | 3s 03ms | Must it be you? This sound barrier? |
491 | 0mn 27s 4327ms | 2s 02ms | - Must it be you?
- Yes, darling, I'm afraid it must. |
492 | 0mn 31s 4331ms | 3s 03ms | - Couldn't someone else?
- No, Sue, it's my pigeon. |
493 | 0mn 37s 4337ms | 5s 05ms | I promised myself when you took this job
that I'd never nag you about it, Tony, |
494 | 0mn 43s 4343ms | 4s 04ms | and I really wouldn't have done if
you'd just gone on testing aeroplanes, |
495 | 0mn 47s 4347ms | 6s 06ms | but I find now I'm married not only to a
test pilot but married to an explorer as well. |
496 | 0mn 54s 4354ms | 2s 02ms | It's a bit unfair, Tony, really it is. |
497 | 0mn 57s 4357ms | 2s 02ms | Darling, I hate it. |
498 | 0mn 59s 4359ms | 2s 02ms | I'll think about it, darling, I promise you. |
499 | 0mn 1s 441ms | 2s 02ms | I'll think most awfully hard about it. |
500 | 0mn 6s 446ms | 3s 03ms | - Hey. Do you remember Philip Peel?
- Of course. |
501 | 0mn 10s 4410ms | 2s 02ms | Like to fly with me tomorrow
and have lunch with him? |
502 | 0mn 12s 4412ms | 5s 05ms | - Fly... Hey, will he be all right?
- According to modern theory, yes. |
503 | 0mn 18s 4418ms | 1s 01ms | - He'd like to very much.
- Good. |
504 | 0mn 21s 4421ms | 5s 05ms | Now, it's strictly unofficial, so
not a word to anyone. Not even Dad. |
505 | 0mn 26s 4426ms | 2s 02ms | And we should be back by dinner. |
506 | 0mn 30s 4430ms | 1s 01ms | - All right?
- Yes. |
507 | 0mn 35s 4435ms | 1s 01ms | - Where are we going, Tony?
- Cairo. |
508 | 0mn 38s 4438ms | 3s 03ms | - Funny, I thought you said Cairo.
- Oh, I did say Cairo. |
509 | 0mn 42s 4442ms | 1s 01ms | Oh, silly. |
510 | 0mn 1s 451ms | 1s 01ms | You all right? |
511 | 0mn 4s 454ms | 1s 01ms | Fine. |
512 | 0mn 6s 456ms | 2s 02ms | Ridgefield Tower from Glass
Jar 1-0, clear for takeoff? |
513 | 0mn 8s 458ms | 2s 02ms | 1-0 clear for takeoff. Have a good time. |
514 | 0mn 3s 463ms | 3s 03ms | We're starting to climb now.
We use too much fuel down here. |
515 | 0mn 7s 467ms | 3s 03ms | - How high are we going?
- About 40,000. |
516 | 0mn 10s 4610ms | 1s 01ms | Eight miles. |
517 | 0mn 16s 4616ms | 4s 04ms | - Is our engine all right?
- I think so. Why? |
518 | 0mn 21s 4621ms | 2s 02ms | I can hardly hear it. |
519 | 0mn 25s 4625ms | 3s 03ms | Glass Jar 1-0, this is Ridgefield
Tower. Transmit for a fix. |
520 | 0mn 31s 4631ms | 3s 03ms | <i>Ridgefield Tower, this is Glass
Jar 1-0 transmitting for a fix.</i> |
521 | 0mn 35s 4635ms | 4s 04ms | <i>On course, 156, altitude 25,000 feet. Over.</i> |
522 | 0mn 40s 4640ms | 1s 01ms | Your position is Dover. |
523 | 0mn 48s 4648ms | 2s 02ms | Darling. France. |
524 | 0mn 52s 4652ms | 1s 01ms | Cap Gris-Nez. |
525 | 0mn 58s 4658ms | 2s 02ms | Belgium, and Holland on the horizon. |
526 | 0mn 8s 478ms | 2s 02ms | Paris. |
527 | 0mn 10s 4710ms | 3s 03ms | There you are. See the Arc de Triomphe
and all the avenues branching off it? |
528 | 0mn 14s 4714ms | 5s 05ms | - I can't see the Eiffel Tower.
- Well, look ahead, you can see the Alps. |
529 | 0mn 23s 4723ms | 3s 03ms | We'll go over the top if the weather's OK. |
530 | 0mn 26s 4726ms | 2s 02ms | Geneva Tower, this is Glass Jar 1-0. |
531 | 0mn 3s 483ms | 1s 01ms | Mediterranean. |
532 | 0mn 12s 4812ms | 2s 02ms | You'll be able to see Athens in a moment. |
533 | 0mn 18s 4818ms | 3s 03ms | The Earth is beginning to look
awfully small and insignificant. |
534 | 0mn 22s 4822ms | 3s 03ms | - I don't know that I like it. -
You're being old-fashioned, darling. |
535 | 0mn 25s 4825ms | 3s 03ms | Why worry about the poor
old Earth? Look up there. |
536 | 0mn 29s 4829ms | 3s 03ms | There's our future. Space. You
can't make that insignificant. |
537 | 0mn 33s 4833ms | 1s 01ms | Down there's had it. |
538 | 0mn 18s 4918ms | 1s 01ms | Hey. There's the Comet. |
539 | 0mn 26s 4926ms | 2s 02ms | - One ladder!
- You're lucky to have one. |
540 | 0mn 31s 4931ms | 2s 02ms | Tony! |
541 | 0mn 33s 4933ms | 1s 01ms | Phil! |
542 | 0mn 34s 4934ms | 2s 02ms | - It's good to see you.
- How are you? |
543 | 0mn 37s 4937ms | 3s 03ms | - And Sue, how are you?
- Wonderfully well, Phil. |
544 | 0mn 40s 4940ms | 0s 00ms | Isn't this exciting? |
545 | 0mn 41s 4941ms | 1s 01ms | - Good trip?
- Piece of cake. |
546 | 0mn 43s 4943ms | 2s 02ms | I see you haven't widened
his vocabulary much. |
547 | 0mn 46s 4946ms | 3s 03ms | - I say, this is the Vampire,
isn't it? - Uh-huh. Night fighter. |
548 | 0mn 50s 4950ms | 2s 02ms | I suppose I couldn't take her
on a quick circuit, could I? |
549 | 0mn 53s 4953ms | 1s 01ms | No, you certainly couldn't. |
550 | 0mn 55s 4955ms | 2s 02ms | I always said you'd get
bored being an oil magnate. |
551 | 0mn 57s 4957ms | 4s 04ms | I'm not bored with it. It's just that I haven't
flown anything for 18 months, that's all. |
552 | 0mn 2s 502ms | 5s 05ms | If you want to fly, you'd better take that
job at Ridgefields. The offer's still open. |
553 | 0mn 7s 507ms | 2s 02ms | I'd better go and check
in at the flight office. |
554 | 0mn 10s 5010ms | 2s 02ms | - Look, meet us over there by the Jeep, will you?
- OK. |
555 | 0mn 14s 5014ms | 3s 03ms | - What job at Ridgefields, Philip?
- Test pilot. |
556 | 0mn 17s 5017ms | 2s 02ms | He mentioned it in his last letter,
but I didn't take him seriously. |
557 | 0mn 20s 5020ms | 2s 02ms | I didn't think he was high
enough to give out jobs. |
558 | 0mn 22s 5022ms | 2s 02ms | - He is, you know.
- Does he get on with the great man? |
559 | 0mn 25s 5025ms | 2s 02ms | - He calls him Dad.
- Oh. |
560 | 0mn 29s 5029ms | 1s 01ms | Whew, it's hot. |
561 | 0mn 31s 5031ms | 3s 03ms | Oh, Tony, why did you bring that
awful thing? You know how I hate it. |
562 | 0mn 35s 5035ms | 1s 01ms | When I got your wire, I
thought you must be tight. |
563 | 0mn 37s 5037ms | 1s 01ms | I probably was. |
564 | 0mn 39s 5039ms | 2s 02ms | I say, how are you going to get back? |
565 | 0mn 41s 5041ms | 1s 01ms | Get back? Oh, I hadn't thought of that. |
566 | 0mn 43s 5043ms | 4s 04ms | Why don't you try going by sea? It's
a nice restful trip. Only 15 days. |
567 | 0mn 47s 5047ms | 3s 03ms | - Fifteen...? Tony, do you mean to say...
- Don't worry, darling, we'll think of something. |
568 | 0mn 51s 5051ms | 3s 03ms | Why not ask Cunningham? He tests the
Comet between here and London most days. |
569 | 0mn 54s 5054ms | 3s 03ms | No, rival firm. No, we'll
catch a lift somewhere. |
570 | 0mn 58s 5058ms | 2s 02ms | Hey, where are you taking us for lunch? |
571 | 0mn 0s 510ms | 2s 02ms | - An open-air place. Jessie's
meeting us there. - Oh, good. |
572 | 0mn 3s 513ms | 2s 02ms | - It's the best food in Cairo.
- Hooray! |
573 | 0mn 6s 516ms | 3s 03ms | To think you were in England only
this morning. It seems like a miracle. |
574 | 0mn 9s 519ms | 2s 02ms | I can't quite believe it myself. |
575 | 0mn 11s 5111ms | 4s 04ms | - I'm so glad, Jess, to meet you at last.
- I can never realise you don't know each other. |
576 | 0mn 16s 5116ms | 2s 02ms | - Here's to us.
- To us. |
577 | 0mn 19s 5119ms | 1s 01ms | - How are the children?
- Fine, thank you. |
578 | 0mn 21s 5121ms | 2s 02ms | Isn't that Cunningham? |
579 | 0mn 23s 5123ms | 1s 01ms | Yes, I think it is. |
580 | 0mn 25s 5125ms | 2s 02ms | Darling, do you think I ought to swallow
my pride and cadge that lift home? |
581 | 0mn 28s 5128ms | 5s 05ms | I certainly do. If we have to go back by boat, I
shall be wearing these trousers for a fortnight. |
582 | 0mn 36s 5236ms | 2s 02ms | How much would they pay you as a test pilot? |
583 | 0mn 39s 5239ms | 5s 05ms | What? Oh, about 200 a year less
than I'm getting at the moment. |
584 | 0mn 44s 5244ms | 2s 02ms | Oh well, I expect we'll manage somehow. |
585 | 0mn 50s 5250ms | 1s 01ms | They're off! |
586 | 0mn 9s 539ms | 2s 02ms | Home. In five hours. |
587 | 0mn 19s 5319ms | 2s 02ms | Thanks, John, she's a nice steady old crate. |
588 | 0mn 23s 5323ms | 3s 03ms | - Who was it said, "Oh, to be in England"?
- Browning. But he wasn't! |
589 | 0mn 32s 5332ms | 2s 02ms | - Oh, Tony, it was a wonderful trip.
- I knew you'd love it. |
590 | 0mn 35s 5335ms | 3s 03ms | Love it? I shall treasure it
all my life. Every single moment. |
591 | 0mn 39s 5339ms | 2s 02ms | Darling, stop a minute, will you? |
592 | 0mn 41s 5341ms | 1s 01ms | Paper. |
593 | 0mn 44s 5344ms | 1s 01ms | Thank you. |
594 | 0mn 46s 5346ms | 3s 03ms | I remember you telling me once that one
of the reasons you love flying so much |
595 | 0mn 50s 5350ms | 4s 04ms | was that you found a sort of peace up there
that you couldn't find anywhere on Earth. |
596 | 0mn 54s 5354ms | 2s 02ms | When we seemed to be hanging up
there between heaven and Earth, |
597 | 0mn 57s 5357ms | 3s 03ms | I found a strange, secure sort of peace too. |
598 | 0mn 0s 540ms | 3s 03ms | Almost like the feeling one gets in
one of those especially comfy dreams. |
599 | 0mn 4s 544ms | 2s 02ms | I never thought it would be like that. |