Flight Command

CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY TURNER ENTERTAINMENT GROUP

FINAL CRASH REPORT FROM FIGHTING 8, SIR.

THEY'VE SEARCHED THE WHOLE AREA.

THERE'S NO TRACE OF WILSON'S BODY.

TELL THEM TO ABANDON SEARCH AND RETURN TO NORTH ISLAND.

INFORM MRS. WILSON.

CURLY WILSON WAS HER WHOLE LIFE, SIR.

YES.

YES, HE WAS A FINE FLIER. GOOD SHIPMATE.

THERE'S A REQUEST FROM COMMANDER GARY

OF THE FIGHTING 8, SIR.

HIS HELLCATS WOULD LIKE TO FLY

DIRECTLY AFTER SERVICE IN CHAPEL.

PAY TRIBUTE TO WILSON?

YES, SIR.

PERMISSION GRANTED.

AYE, AYE, SIR.

HELLO, BILL.

HELLO, LORNA.

JANET WILSON GET AWAY ALL RIGHT?

WELL, IF PUTTING HER ON THE TRAIN

MEANS GETTING AWAY ALL RIGHT.

HOW ABOUT COMING HOME TO DINNER?

SORRY, DARLING. I CAN'T.

OH, I DIDN'T COOK IT.

WELL, THAT DOES MAKE IT MORE ATTRACTIVE.

SAY, I LIKE THAT.

HA HA HA!

I GUESS JANET IS HIT PRETTY HARD,

BUT SHE'LL COME OUT OF IT OK.

SHE'LL FIND SOMEBODY TO TAKE CURLY'S PLACE

ONE OF THESE DAYS.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.

SHE LOVED HIM VERY MUCH.

SURE SHE DID--

NO MORE THAN CURLY LOVED HER.

IF SHE'D GONE FIRST, CURLY WOULD HAVE TAKEN IT STANDING UP,

AND IF MY NUMBER HAD BEEN CURLY'S,

YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TAKEN IT THE WAY SHE DID-- NOT YOU!

HOW RIGHT YOU ARE, MR. GARY.

I'D GO SKIRTING AROUND CORNERS

LOOKING FOR ANOTHER COMMANDER TO SAY "I DO."

FAR BE IT FROM ME TO DEVOTE MY LIFE TO ONE SELFISH MAN.

HA HA! COME ON, GIVE ME A KISS

AND GET YOURSELF OUT OF HERE. I GOT WORK TO DO.

OH, NO, NONE OF YOUR BLARNEY.

COME ON, NOW. YOU'VE DONE ENOUGH WORK

FOR YOUR COUNTRY FOR ONE DAY, AND HOME YOU COME.

DARLING, I HAVE GOT TO SEE THE ADMIRAL ABOUT FILLING CURLY'S PLACE.

HE'S SENDING US A RESERVE FROM PENSACOLA. NOW, OUT YOU GO!

ALL RIGHT, I GO, BUT UNDER PROTEST.

DON'T BE TOO LATE, DARLING.

I WON'T.

I'LL DROP BY AND SEE THAT BROTHER OF MINE.

TOODLE-OO.

BYE.

* OLD SAILORS NEVER DIE *

* THEY JUST SAIL AWAY-- *

WHO'S THERE?

FRIEND. JUST YOUR LITTLE SISTER.

HELLO, YIPPY.

HELLO, JERRY. WORKING?

JUST A FEW MINUTES TILL DINNERTIME.

OH, GOOD EVENING, MRS. GARY.

HELLO, SPIKE.

OH, I'M GOING OVER TO THE SHOP, SIR,

TO GET ANOTHER RESISTOR, BUT, UH...

I DON'T THINK IT WILL DO ANY GOOD.

YOU'RE SUCH AN OPTIMIST, SPIKE.

THANK YOU, SIR.

CAN I WATCH?

NOPE. SECRET. BESIDES, THAT GUY YOU MARRIED

DOESN'T LIKE WOMEN HANGING AROUND THE STATION

ANY MORE THAN HE LIKED GIVING ME PERMISSION

TO USE THE HANGAR FOR MY EXPERIMENTS.

SEEMS A GOOD PLACE TO ME.

I KNOW, BUT THE SKIPPER DOESN'T THINK SO.

THERE ARE GOVERNMENT LABORATORIES FOR EXPERIMENTS

AND BOOBY HATCHES FOR INVENTORS.

H-HOW IS IT COMING?

WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND?

JANET WILSON?

YES.

WHY DON'T YOU GO ON HOME?

OH, THAT WON'T HELP. BILL'S BUSY,

AND THEY'RE WAITING FOR ME AT HOME

ALL OVER THE FRONT DOORSTEP--THE WILLIES.

HMM. NICE PEOPLE, THE WILLIES.

UH, HOW'S THE FOG LANDING DEVICE COMING ALONG?

PRETTY GOOD...

AS SOON AS I CAN GET THIS RIGHT-HAND ARROW

TO HOLD WITHOUT DEVIATION.

SEE, THESE ARROWS ARE TUNED

TO A GROUND TRANSMITTER

WHICH SENDS OUT RADIO IMPULSES.

IT'S JUST LIKE HAVING A TRACK.

ONE BRINGS YOU STRAIGHT DOWN THE RUNWAY,

AND THE OTHER IS SLOPING AND SETS YOU DOWN ON THE GROUND.

LANDING IN FOG IS SIMPLE... IF IT WORKS.

YOU JUST RIDE THESE TRACKS DOWN BLIND

BY KEEPING THE ARROWS

ALWAYS ON THE REFERENCE POINTS.

IT TURNS FOG INTO SUNSHI--

HEY.

COME ON, YIPPY. CURLY'S DOING ALL RIGHT.

THEY'VE ISSUED HIM WINGS THAT WON'T TEAR OFF.

YES, BUT WHAT ABOUT JANET?

THEY WERE MARRIED JUST 3 MONTHS AGO, JERRY.

THEY WERE YOUNG, TERRIBLY IN LOVE.

SHE'LL NEVER LOVE ANYONE AGAIN. SHE TOLD ME SO.

SHE GAVE IT ALL TO HIM-- ALL THE LOVE IN HER SOUL.

NOW LIFE'S OVER FOR HER.

SHE'LL HAVE TO GO ON HALF LIVING, WAITING.

ALL RIGHT, YIPPY, LET IT GO.

SHE'S GOT HIM TO REMEMBER, YIPPY.

I GUESS THERE ARE PLENTY OF GIRLS THAT WOULD GIVE A LOT

TO HAVE THE MEMORY OF A FELLA LIKE CURLY WILSON.

YIPPY, WHY DON'T YOU TAKE THIS TO BILL

AND LET HIM KNOW HOW YOU REALLY FEEL?

DON'T YOU THINK THIS BUSINESS

OF TRYING TO BE A COURAGEOUS WIFE

IS HEADING YOU FOR TROUBLE?

I'LL CALL BILL. HE'LL TAKE YOU HOME.

NO, NO, DON'T, DON'T.

HE MUSTN'T SEE ME LIKE THIS.

HE WOULDN'T THINK MUCH OF ME.

I WOULDN'T BLAME HIM.

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF ME?

I THINK YOU OUGHT TO BE PUT IN A BOTTLE.

YOU'RE RIGHT. HAVE YOU GOT A BOTTLE?

HA HA!

IT SOUNDS LIKE SOME OF YOUR SHIPMATES. I'LL GO.

ALL RIGHT NOW?

ALL RIGHT, JERRY. MY NOSE RED?

RED AS A RUNNING LIGHT.

WELL, SERVES ME RIGHT.

NIGHT, YIPPY. NIGHT.

HEY, JERRY, YOU MISSED IT.

JUST HAD A SESSION WITH THE SKIPPER.

YEAH? WHY DIDN'T YOU GIVE ME A YELL?

COME ON IN. GET THE BAD NEWS.

I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU WEREN'T IN ON THIS.

WHAT'S WRONG? THE SKIPPER TELL YOU

TO STOP MAKING FACES, MUGGER?

NO. PLENTY'S WRONG.

THEY'RE TRYING TO HAND US A NEW AVIATION CADET.

YEAH, JUST SPROUTING HIS FIRST WINGS.

GRADUATES FROM PENSACOLA TOMORROW.

AN AVIATION CADET?! WHAT ARE WE, A NURSERY SCHOOL?

THAT'S WHAT WE TOLD THE SKIPPER.

DO THEY CALL THAT A FAIR DEAL?

FAIR ON WHO-- US OR THE CADET?

US AND THE CADET!

NOW, WAIT A MINUTE.

WHILE THE MEETING GETS ITS WIND BACK,

LET'S HAVE A SHORT INTERLUDE FOR COMMON SENSE.

WITH THIS NEW NATIONAL DEFENSE PROGRAM,

THE NAVY NEEDS LOTS OF FLIERS.

PENSACOLA'S TURNING OUT GOOD STUFF.

NOW, ONCE IT GETS AROUND THAT THE BEST CADETS

WILL GO STRAIGHT TO THE TOP FIGHTING SQUADRONS,

THEN WE'LL HAVE THE PICK OF THE COLLEGES

CLIMBING OVER ONE ANOTHER TO ENLIST.

YEAH, AND CLIMBING OVER EVERYBODY ELSE AT 400 MILES AN HOUR.

YOU'RE COCKEYED. THESE YOUNG RESERVES ARE GOOD.

IT ISN'T BECAUSE HE'S A RESERVE, DUSTY.

WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GOOD RESERVES IN THE SQUADRON NOW.

SURE-- STITCHY FOR ONE. HE ADMITS HE'S GOOD.

DON'T YOU, MR. PAYNE?

RIGHT.

RESERVE OR NOT, THE GOING'S TOO HARD ON A CADET IN THIS OUTFIT.

WE'RE GETTING TOUGH ASSIGNMENTS--

THE CLOSEST THEY CAN GIVE US TO ACTUAL WAR CONDITIONS ABROAD--

AND WE'RE EXPECTED TO GET TOP RESULTS.

BESIDES, THEY'VE ALWAYS LET US PICK OUR OWN MEN.

WHAT BECOMES OF THAT-- THE DEEP-SIX?

SKIPPER SAYS WE'LL STILL BE ABLE TO ASK FOR OUR MEN.

THIS IS A SPECIAL CASE.

SUPPOSE THIS GREEN APPLE DOESN'T MAKE THE GRADE.

DID WE EVER KEEP ANYONE WHO DIDN'T MAKE THE GRADE?

I STILL SAY WE SHOULDN'T TAKE HIM!

I KNOW A LIEUTENANT WHO SAID NO TO AN ADMIRAL ONCE.

YEAH? WHAT HAPPENED?

HE'S STILL A LIEUTENANT.

HE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE A LIEUTENANT!

WELL, THERE'S YOUR ANSWER. YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO PUT

THE SKIPPER IN A SPOT LIKE THAT, WOULD YOU?

Men: NO! WE CAN'T DO THAT!

WELL, I SHOULD SAY NOT!

WELL, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?

WHAT? DO ABOUT IT?

YEAH!

OH, THAT WAS DECIDED

AN HOUR AGO WITH THE SKIPPER.

IT'S ALL DONE. WE GOT HIM.

HE ARRIVES TOMORROW.

"IT'S ALL DONE. WE GOT HIM."

THEN WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?

WE GOT TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING.

AW, IF ANYBODY EVER TELLS ANY OF YOU GUYS YOU MAKE SENSE, SLUG HIM!