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On April 1 0th, 1945...
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...units of the 7 2nd Squadron
of the Royal Air Force...
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...crossed the boundary of Germany...
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...under the command of Canadian
squadron leader Ted Stryker.
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Their mission:
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Penetrate enemy fighter cover
and hold the formation intact...
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...for a vital incendiary raid on
the German supply depots of Wiesbaden.
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At 07:30, 12 miles from the target...
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...enemy fighters
were sighted directly ahead.
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Stryker led his planes to meet them.
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Using the thick fog banks below
as a cover...
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...the Spitfires eluded the remaining
German fighters...
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...and reformed
for the initial run on the target.
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Although Stryker's weather reports
had indicated Wiesbaden would be clear...
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...the fog had closed in
over the entire area.
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There were two possible decisions:
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Pass up the vital target for less important
alternate to the south...
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...or maintain the descent
relying on instruments...
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...and a possible break in the fog
near the ground level.
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Stryker went for the vital target.
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Too late he realized his mistake.
Blinded by the fog...
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...six of Stryker's men crashed
into the German countryside.
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Five weeks later
the war in Europe was over.
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But for squadron leader Stryker, seriously
wounded in the course of the raid...
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...a new kind of war just beginning.
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It's closed in, Ted.
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-What about the alternate target?
-Can't see anything.
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-Think we're off course.
-We're on course.
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We're too low, Ted. We're too low!
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It seems to be heaIing very niceIy...
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...everything considered.
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Pressure on the optic nerve
is aImost compIeteIy gone.
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-Is there any pain Ieft in there?
-No.
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Keep Iooking straight ahead.
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I heard about that meeting
at headquarters this morning.
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Taking aII the bIame for what happened
on that raid was a courageous thing to do.
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Was it?
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Because of my mistake,
six men didn't return from that raid.
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What's the good of condemning yourseIf?
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Nothing you can do about it now.
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There's nothing I can do about it,
but that doesn't mean I can Iive with it.
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You're gonna have to, sooner or Iater.
You might as weII get used to it.
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You don't,
you haven't got much of a Iife ahead.
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That's easy to say.
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But those were my men.
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We'd been through a Iot together.
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They were depending on me.
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They'd be going home now
if I hadn't faiIed them.
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What about faiIing yourseIf?
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You know, I've been watching you
the past few weeks here at the hospitaI...
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...seeing no one, speaking to no one.
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You're on the run, Stryker.
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You gotta face what happened. Forget it.
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Nobody's got a corner on mistakes,
in a war or any other time.
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Good Iuck, Stryker.
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You have the authority
to hire anybody you want, haven't you?
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After they're cIeared for the kind of highIy
cIassified government work we're doing...
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...yes.
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What is it, my war record again?
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No, not reaIIy.
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You're the onIy one keeping that aIive.
For most peopIe it's ancient history.
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-You expect me to beIieve that?
-It's the truth.
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FrankIy, what bothers us
is your record since the war.
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TweIve jobs in 1 0 years.
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And not one of them shows
you can accept any responsibiIity.
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Not one of them was worthy of a man
of your training and experience.
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But I've stayed away from the thing
I was reaIIy trained for.
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You know why.
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But now--
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Look, Frank,
I may be aII the things they say I am...
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...but I think I can handIe that job,
and I need it very badIy.
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My wife and I....
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WeII, we're right at the breaking point.
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I'II do anything you say
if you'II just give me a chance.
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I won't Iet you down, Frank,
I promise you.
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AII right, I'II see what I can do.
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Thanks.
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Hi, Mrs. Purty. Anything for me?
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No. There's one for your wife.
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It Iooks Iike you two
are going to do a IittIe ceIebrating.
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Everything the Iaw aIIows.
This is a pretty speciaI occasion.
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I know,
you got that job you've been wanting.
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It Iooks that way.
I'II teII you aII about it Iater.
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EIIen?
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Oh, EIIen, I think--
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EIIen. EIIen.
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-When do we take off, Mom?
-Oh, any minute now, dear.
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They've aImost finished
Ioading the baggage.
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We'II be taking off in a few minutes.
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Do you want to take the seat
right there?
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Thank you.
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00:11:55,493 -- 00:11:57,154
You feeI aII right, sir?
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Oh, I haven't been up for a Iong time.
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WouId you Iike some Dramamine?
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00:12:15,546 -- 00:12:18,140
There's onIy room for one man in there.
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Ted.
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00:12:20,218 -- 00:12:23,585
-Dad. I thought you weren't coming.
-Hi, Joey.
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00:12:23,755 -- 00:12:25,620
I came home earIy and found your note.
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I guess you meant for me to read it Iater.
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EIIen, I've got to taIk to you.
Joey can sit in my seat back there.
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00:12:31,362 -- 00:12:33,523
I just don't want to go over it anymore.
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I just thought--
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How'd you Iike to go up in the cockpit,
Joey?
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CouId we?
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I'II check and see
if they'II Iet us up there.
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Be reasonabIe, Janet.
I can't heIp breaking our date in Vancouver.
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00:12:45,176 -- 00:12:48,634
I've gotta be in SeattIe by tomorrow night
or I'II Iose the Lake CIub job.
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You know what it means
if I can work into that MC spot?
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We couId be married by summer.
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00:12:53,284 -- 00:12:56,219
That sounds a IittIe famiIiar,
Iike one of your routines.
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00:12:56,387 -- 00:12:58,787
I'm sure whatever your reasons,
they're exceIIent.
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-Thank you.
-Your name, sir?
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Stryker.
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00:13:01,626 -- 00:13:04,322
Oh, I was just speaking
to your wife and IittIe boy.
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-I didn't know you were traveIing together.
-That's aII right.
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I wonder if you couId do me a favor?
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My boy has never been
inside of a cockpit before...
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...and Iike aII kids,
he's crazy about pIanes and piIots.
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00:13:16,341 -- 00:13:18,070
Oh, I'm sure we can arrange that.
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00:13:18,242 -- 00:13:20,506
Temperature's creeping up again
on Number 3, BiII.
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00:13:20,678 -- 00:13:22,908
I'II open the cowI fIaps a IittIe more.
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00:13:24,182 -- 00:13:25,740
It's stiII running a IittIe hot.
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We have visitors.
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-HeIIo.
-Hi.
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This is Captain WiIson
and our first officer, Mr. Stewart.
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And this is Mr. Stryker
and his son, Joey.
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We don't want to be in the way
but I thought the boy might have a Iook.
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-You feeIing any better?
-Yeah, I'm okay now.
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I'II be serving dinner soon.
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We have a choice tonight:
GriIIed haIibut or Iamb.
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-The fish. It was good Iast week.
-Same for me.
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-Okay.
-That's what I'd Iike too, pIease.
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I'II serve it as soon as you come back.
What about you, Mr. Stryker?
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-I'II have the meat.
-AII right.
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Come on, move up here.
You can see better.
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00:13:57,949 -- 00:14:02,010
Joey, here's something we give our speciaI
visitors. WouId you Iike to have it?
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00:14:02,920 -- 00:14:04,820
Thank you. Thanks a Iot.
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00:14:04,989 -- 00:14:06,581
You ever been in a cockpit before?
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00:14:06,758 -- 00:14:09,192
No, sir,
I've never been up in a pIane before.
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00:14:09,360 -- 00:14:10,349
How do you Iike it?
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00:14:10,528 -- 00:14:13,964
SweII. Are those the things
that work the propeIIers?
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00:14:14,132 -- 00:14:15,190
How'd you know that?
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00:14:15,366 -- 00:14:18,563
My dad, he was a fIyer in the war.
He fIew jets.
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00:14:18,736 -- 00:14:22,103
I've toId you before, Joey,
they didn't have jets when I fIew.
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00:14:23,141 -- 00:14:25,837
WeII, he fIew a Iot anyway. Fighters.
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00:14:26,010 -- 00:14:28,308
Shot down a Iot of pIanes, too,
didn't you, Dad?
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00:14:28,479 -- 00:14:30,709
-Joey.
-And you never fIy anymore?
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00:14:30,882 -- 00:14:33,373
I thought you guys
never got it out of your system.
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00:14:33,551 -- 00:14:36,645
-Do you want me to check the weather?
-No, I'II get it. Excuse me.
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00:14:36,821 -- 00:14:38,288
We better get back now.
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00:14:38,456 -- 00:14:40,651
Joey can stay here for a whiIe,
if he'd Iike to.
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00:14:40,825 -- 00:14:41,917
CouId I, Dad?
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00:14:42,093 -- 00:14:45,460
Okay, if you don't get in the way.
Thanks very much.
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00:14:45,997 -- 00:14:47,828
FIight 7 1 4 to Winnipeg Radio.
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00:14:47,999 -- 00:14:49,694
CIimbing, cIimbing to cruise 8000.
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00:14:49,867 -- 00:14:51,926
What's the Iatest on the weather,
pIease?
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00:14:52,103 -- 00:14:55,004
It's not good. Looks like snow
and ice crystals around Regina.
158
00:14:55,173 -- 00:14:57,334
Most likely some fog in an hour or two.
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00:14:57,508 -- 00:15:00,443
But you're not going into Calgary,
so that shouldn't bother you.
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00:15:00,611 -- 00:15:02,135
What's the forecast on Vancouver?
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00:15:02,313 -- 00:15:04,543
Should be all right when the fog clears,
captain.
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00:15:04,715 -- 00:15:07,149
FIight 7 1 4. Thanks a Iot.
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00:15:07,885 -- 00:15:09,785
WeII, Joey,
what do you think of aII this?
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00:15:09,954 -- 00:15:12,650
WouId you Iike to grow up
and be a piIot Iike your dad?
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00:15:12,990 -- 00:15:15,151
Try it again with me, EIIen.
Just try.
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00:15:15,326 -- 00:15:17,089
I have.
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00:15:17,261 -- 00:15:21,095
I've tried to beIieve
that you'd take hoId somewhere.
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00:15:21,265 -- 00:15:23,233
Ted, face it for once.
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00:15:23,401 -- 00:15:25,494
We've been on the run ever since the war.
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00:15:25,670 -- 00:15:27,900
Different cities, different jobs.
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00:15:28,072 -- 00:15:32,566
And aII the time, you've kept growing
further and further away from Joey and me.
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00:15:32,944 -- 00:15:34,138
He's needed you, Ted.
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00:15:36,380 -- 00:15:39,816
I've needed you,
but you were never there.
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00:15:39,984 -- 00:15:43,317
I know things haven't been right
for a Iong time, EIIen.
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00:15:43,754 -- 00:15:47,622
But it'II be different,
Iike it was at the beginning. Remember?
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I remember everything.
It's aII I've ever had to go on.
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MostIy I remember
the nights when we were together.
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00:15:57,969 -- 00:16:00,529
I remember how you used to hoId me...
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00:16:01,172 -- 00:16:06,109
...and then afterwards how we'd watch
untiI the sun finaIIy came up.
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00:16:06,878 -- 00:16:09,142
When it did, it was aImost Iike--
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Like each new day was created
onIy for us.
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00:16:14,185 -- 00:16:17,916
That's the way I've aIways wanted it to be,
no matter what's happened, EIIen.
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00:16:18,089 -- 00:16:20,489
But I remember other things too.
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00:16:20,858 -- 00:16:24,316
How you began to change
right in front of my eyes.
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00:16:24,495 -- 00:16:27,396
Everything that we had together,
Ted, is--
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00:16:27,565 -- 00:16:30,227
It's gotten Iost somewhere.
187
00:16:30,401 -- 00:16:35,896
It isn't what you did,
it's more and more what you didn't do.
188
00:16:36,541 -- 00:16:39,442
Maybe I shouId have been
of more heIp to you...
189
00:16:40,211 -- 00:16:42,645
...but you wouIdn't even Iet me do that.
190
00:16:43,848 -- 00:16:46,715
AII I've ever wanted was to see you
stop running away.
191
00:16:46,884 -- 00:16:50,115
To face the one big mistake you ever made
in your whoIe Iife.
192
00:16:50,288 -- 00:16:53,382
It's the kind of mistake that any man
couId make under fire.
193
00:16:53,925 -- 00:16:59,295
And I've waited. Waited so Iong for you
to make a stand somewhere...
194
00:16:59,463 -- 00:17:00,691
...for the three of us.
195
00:17:00,865 -- 00:17:02,799
I wiII. I promise.
196
00:17:02,967 -- 00:17:06,130
Joey and I can't Iive any Ionger
on your promises. I'm sorry.
197
00:17:06,304 -- 00:17:08,898
Don't you feeI anything for me at aII
anymore?
198
00:17:11,676 -- 00:17:15,043
It takes so many things to make Iove Iast.
199
00:17:15,513 -- 00:17:17,981
Most of aII it takes respect.
200
00:17:19,617 -- 00:17:22,484
I can't Iive with a man I don't respect.
201
00:17:31,929 -- 00:17:34,727
-Here, put it in the cupboard quick.
-Boys.
202
00:17:34,899 -- 00:17:36,389
It's just a drop of water.
203
00:17:36,567 -- 00:17:40,059
-Are you ready for something to eat?
-We're about worked up to it at that.
204
00:17:40,237 -- 00:17:42,671
What wouId you Iike?
GriIIed haIibut or Iamb chops?
205
00:17:42,840 -- 00:17:45,809
Now, isn't that just Iike home?
I'II have a wee bit of haIibut.
206
00:17:45,977 -- 00:17:47,877
-Are there chips come with it?
-Not chips.
207
00:17:48,045 -- 00:17:50,878
But we have the speciaIty of the house,
au gratin potatoes.
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00:17:51,048 -- 00:17:53,642
-What about you gentIemen?
-I beIieve I'II have the meat.
209
00:17:53,818 -- 00:17:54,978
-And so wiII I.
-Okay.
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00:17:55,152 -- 00:17:57,177
Why don't you come to the big game
with us?
211
00:17:57,355 -- 00:18:00,552
-It shouId be a good one.
-Oh, I don't know anything about footbaII.
212
00:18:00,725 -- 00:18:03,091
You'II be right at home
with my two friends here.
213
00:18:03,260 -- 00:18:07,663
-They don't know anything about it, either.
-Oh, I can hardIy beIieve that.
214
00:18:07,832 -- 00:18:11,131
You just don't understand
this new formation the Argos have.
215
00:18:11,302 -- 00:18:15,466
This chap goes way out into the fIat,
where he can take off fast or go Iong.
216
00:18:15,640 -- 00:18:19,098
That's what they caII a fIanker.
And you just cannot defense against it.
217
00:18:26,584 -- 00:18:29,417
-We'II see you Iater, Joey.
-Okay. Thanks a Iot.
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00:18:29,587 -- 00:18:31,555
-Nice boy, huh?
-Sure is.
219
00:18:31,722 -- 00:18:34,520
Hey, we've been waiting for you.
LittIe bit Iate tonight.
220
00:18:34,692 -- 00:18:36,853
-Who wants to be first?
-Go ahead. I got it.
221
00:18:37,028 -- 00:18:38,359
Okay.
222
00:18:39,430 -- 00:18:40,419
How's the weather?
223
00:18:40,598 -- 00:18:42,429
Not good.
We've got heavy stuff ahead.
224
00:18:42,600 -- 00:18:44,591
It might get rough
unIess we cIimb on top.
225
00:18:44,769 -- 00:18:47,795
-Do you think we'II get in on time?
-About a haIf hour Iate.
226
00:18:47,972 -- 00:18:49,030
-Hey, Jan.
-Yeah?
227
00:18:49,206 -- 00:18:52,767
How are you and your boyfriend doing?
Think you'II ever get him to the aItar?
228
00:18:52,943 -- 00:18:55,605
I'II get him if I have to drag him
every inch of the way.
229
00:18:55,780 -- 00:18:59,147
After aII, remember I've been trained
for every kind of emergency.
230
00:18:59,316 -- 00:19:01,876
-How's the fish?
-Not bad, not bad at aII.
231
00:19:02,053 -- 00:19:04,453
Save me some seconds
if you have some Ieft over, huh?
232
00:19:04,622 -- 00:19:06,089
Save you some seconds?
233
00:19:06,257 -- 00:19:10,421
Mr. Stewart, I think with your appetite,
that this airIine can't afford you any Ionger.
234
00:19:10,594 -- 00:19:12,824
WeII, back to the kitchen.
235
00:19:12,997 -- 00:19:15,522
I sure wish you had fIown jets, Dad.
236
00:19:15,700 -- 00:19:17,964
I'm afraid they're a IittIe too fast for me,
Joey.
237
00:19:18,135 -- 00:19:21,002
Why don't you fIy anymore?
I wish you wouId.
238
00:19:21,172 -- 00:19:23,470
Then you couId take me up with you.
239
00:19:23,641 -- 00:19:25,836
Maybe you couId even teach me to fIy.
240
00:19:26,010 -- 00:19:29,969
That'd be great.
We couId have a Iot of fun.
241
00:19:30,815 -- 00:19:33,079
I just don't seem to have the time
anymore, Joey.
242
00:19:33,250 -- 00:19:36,686
-You never have time for anything.
-I know.
243
00:19:36,854 -- 00:19:39,084
-Dad?
-Yes?
244
00:19:39,256 -- 00:19:42,657
Why were Mom and me going away
without you?
245
00:19:43,694 -- 00:19:47,425
WeII, Joey, your mother feIt
that it might be a good idea...
246
00:19:47,598 -- 00:19:50,567
...for you two
to have a IittIe trip together.
247
00:19:50,735 -- 00:19:55,035
And I just didn't know whether
I couId go or not, untiI the Iast minute.
248
00:19:55,206 -- 00:19:59,836
I was afraid we weren't going
to see you again, ever.
249
00:20:00,845 -- 00:20:03,746
Where did you ever get that idea?
250
00:20:12,957 -- 00:20:16,085
-Are you finished?
-Oh, thank you.
251
00:20:16,260 -- 00:20:19,559
I don't Iike this rain, Iove.
Our boys wouId get hurt on a wet fieId.
252
00:20:19,730 -- 00:20:22,824
It's gonna cIear off in Vancouver
by tomorrow. We got that report.
253
00:20:23,000 -- 00:20:25,468
I'm gIad to hear it.
I can rest a bit easier now.
254
00:20:25,636 -- 00:20:27,194
You see, between you and me...
255
00:20:27,371 -- 00:20:29,862
...I have some nice wagers
on the contest tomorrow.
256
00:20:30,040 -- 00:20:33,476
-Oh, weII, I wish you a Iot of Iuck.
-WeII, thank you very much.
257
00:20:38,349 -- 00:20:42,479
-WouId you care of a drop, madam?
-CertainIy not.
258
00:20:56,200 -- 00:20:58,691
I had such a good sIeep.
259
00:20:58,869 -- 00:21:01,804
Wait a minute,
I think there's someone staring at us.
260
00:21:01,972 -- 00:21:04,907
Paddy, we're on an airpIane.
There are other peopIe with us.
261
00:21:05,075 -- 00:21:07,066
He's not joining our act now,
is he, Tony?
262
00:21:07,244 -- 00:21:08,438
You know I work aIone.
263
00:21:08,612 -- 00:21:11,240
-Oh, stop.
-I'II find out for myseIf.
264
00:21:11,415 -- 00:21:12,712
Excuse me, young man.
265
00:21:12,883 -- 00:21:15,147
-Are you in show business?
-Who, me?
266
00:21:15,319 -- 00:21:17,310
He's a nice-Iooking boy.
267
00:21:17,488 -- 00:21:19,149
He might be movie materiaI.
268
00:21:19,323 -- 00:21:22,781
-Say, what's his name?
-Paddy. He works for me.
269
00:21:23,694 -- 00:21:28,654
HeIIo, darIing. Oh, fasten your safety beIts.
It's going to be a rough ride.
270
00:21:28,833 -- 00:21:31,631
It certainIy is. Joey, here's your dinner.
271
00:21:31,802 -- 00:21:33,929
You didn't bring me my dinner, darIing.
272
00:21:34,104 -- 00:21:36,664
-WeII, what wouId you Iike?
-A IittIe kiss.
273
00:21:36,841 -- 00:21:38,138
Not now, Iater.
274
00:21:38,309 -- 00:21:40,402
He's got a one-track mind, just Iike me.
275
00:21:40,578 -- 00:21:43,479
Oh, Paddy, you're impossibIe.
276
00:21:55,392 -- 00:21:58,054
-Yes?
-I can't stand it.
277
00:21:58,229 -- 00:21:59,821
-What is it?
-I can't stand it.
278
00:21:59,997 -- 00:22:01,191
My stomach.
279
00:22:01,365 -- 00:22:04,459
I never feIt anything Iike it before.
280
00:22:04,835 -- 00:22:07,497
HeIp me. PIease, heIp me.
281
00:22:07,705 -- 00:22:10,230
Just a moment,
I'II get you some Dramamine.
282
00:22:12,209 -- 00:22:13,471
HeIp me.
283
00:22:17,982 -- 00:22:18,971
Yes?
284
00:22:19,149 -- 00:22:22,516
Captain, one of the woman passengers
is very sick.
285
00:22:22,686 -- 00:22:25,883
-Airsick?
-I think so, but I've never seen it so acute.
286
00:22:26,056 -- 00:22:29,753
Find out if there's a doctor onboard
as quietIy as you can.
287
00:22:29,927 -- 00:22:32,589
I'II be back as soon as we get over
this weather.
288
00:22:34,431 -- 00:22:38,561
We're running out into icing conditions.
Can you cIear us to get over 1 0,000 feet?
289
00:22:38,736 -- 00:22:44,641
Okay, A TC clears Flight 7 1 4 to 1 0,000.
Go ahead.
290
00:22:44,808 -- 00:22:48,107
7 1 4 to ATC, thank you.
291
00:22:54,051 -- 00:22:57,680
These piIIs shouId heIp you. Try to reIax.
The captain wiII be back to see you.
292
00:22:57,855 -- 00:23:00,255
Thank you. How Iong before we Iand?
293
00:23:00,424 -- 00:23:02,619
AImost five hours.
294
00:23:14,705 -- 00:23:16,866
Sorry I had to wake you.
There's no emergency.
295
00:23:17,041 -- 00:23:20,408
It's a passenger who's in a discomfort.
We thought a doctor couId heIp.
296
00:23:20,577 -- 00:23:22,545
Go back to sIeep.
Fasten your safety beIts.
297
00:23:22,713 -- 00:23:24,510
We'II be out of the storm in a whiIe.
298
00:23:24,682 -- 00:23:25,671
-Stewardess.
-Yes?
299
00:23:25,849 -- 00:23:30,047
-I think the man next to me is a doctor.
-Oh, thank you. Sir? Excuse me, sir.
300
00:23:30,220 -- 00:23:32,085
I'm sorry to wake you.
Are you a doctor?
301
00:23:32,256 -- 00:23:34,417
-That's right.
-We have a passenger who's sick.
302
00:23:34,591 -- 00:23:36,889
-CouId you come Iook at her?
-Yes, yes, of course.
303
00:23:37,061 -- 00:23:38,551
My boy's sick to his stomach.
304
00:23:38,729 -- 00:23:41,892
It's Iike airsickness, onIy worse.
I've never seen anything Iike it.
305
00:23:42,066 -- 00:23:43,260
This gentIeman's a doctor.
306
00:23:43,434 -- 00:23:45,868
I'II be with you in a moment.
Try to keep him quiet.
307
00:23:46,036 -- 00:23:48,436
AII right. But hurry, wiII you, doctor?
308
00:23:50,374 -- 00:23:52,433
This is a doctor. He's going to heIp you.
309
00:23:52,609 -- 00:23:54,577
May I see your tongue, pIease?
310
00:24:00,784 -- 00:24:02,012
Now, is the pain there?
311
00:24:02,186 -- 00:24:04,848
-No, up.
-There?
312
00:24:10,127 -- 00:24:12,095
I'II be back in a minute.
313
00:24:15,299 -- 00:24:17,460
You better teII the captain.
We've got to Iand.
314
00:24:17,634 -- 00:24:19,625
This woman
has to be gotten to a hospitaI.
315
00:24:19,803 -- 00:24:21,794
-What do you think it is?
-I can't be sure.
316
00:24:21,972 -- 00:24:25,408
It's serious enough to Iand
at the nearest city with hospitaI faciIities.
317
00:24:25,576 -- 00:24:28,875
-TeII the captain I want to speak to him.
-CertainIy.
318
00:24:29,246 -- 00:24:31,714
Put this around you, Joey.
Keep you warm.
319
00:24:31,882 -- 00:24:36,046
HeIIo, son. Sorry you're not feeIing weII.
WouId you put your tongue out, pIease?
320
00:24:40,157 -- 00:24:42,125
What's he had to eat in the Iast 24 hours?
321
00:24:42,292 -- 00:24:45,489
Just the usuaI things.
Bacon and poached eggs for breakfast.
322
00:24:45,662 -- 00:24:49,428
A roast-beef sandwich at noon
and dinner on the pIane.
323
00:24:49,600 -- 00:24:51,568
WeII, these shouId heIp him.
324
00:24:52,236 -- 00:24:54,966
-Thank you.
-I'II be back in a minute.
325
00:25:04,982 -- 00:25:06,347
Captain, how soon can we Iand?
326
00:25:06,517 -- 00:25:07,506
-We can't.
-Why?
327
00:25:07,684 -- 00:25:10,380
Fog has cIosed down everything
this side of the mountains.
328
00:25:10,554 -- 00:25:13,455
-We'II have to go to Vancouver.
-That faster than turning back?
329
00:25:13,624 -- 00:25:17,151
-Yes, we've passed the point of no return.
-How soon do you expect to Iand?
330
00:25:17,327 -- 00:25:20,990
About 2:1 5, Pacific Time.
RoughIy four hours from now.
331
00:25:21,165 -- 00:25:23,224
WeII, I'II just have to do what I can.
332
00:25:28,705 -- 00:25:30,468
Get him out of there.
333
00:25:49,059 -- 00:25:50,492
What is it? What's happening?
334
00:25:50,661 -- 00:25:54,062
There's a common denominator
to these attacks. There's got to be.
335
00:25:54,498 -- 00:25:56,898
The most IikeIy thing is food.
336
00:25:57,067 -- 00:25:58,864
What was it we had for dinner tonight?
337
00:25:59,036 -- 00:26:02,665
-WeII, the main course was meat or fish.
-Oh, yes, yes. I remember, I had meat.
338
00:26:02,840 -- 00:26:04,034
What did he have?
339
00:26:04,208 -- 00:26:06,676
-Fish.
-And the two stick passengers?
340
00:26:06,844 -- 00:26:08,402
WeII, the IittIe boy had fish.
341
00:26:08,579 -- 00:26:11,810
-I don't remember about the woman.
-WeII, find out quickIy, pIease.
342
00:26:13,951 -- 00:26:14,940
Yes?
343
00:26:15,119 -- 00:26:17,587
My wife is very sick.
Can you do something, pIease?
344
00:26:17,754 -- 00:26:19,779
The doctor wiII be with you
in just a moment.
345
00:26:19,957 -- 00:26:22,187
One thing.
Do you know what she had for dinner?
346
00:26:22,359 -- 00:26:24,691
Yes, of course. We both had fish. Why?
347
00:26:24,862 -- 00:26:28,354
Oh, it's nothing to be aIarmed about.
We'II get back to you very quickIy.
348
00:26:28,532 -- 00:26:31,126
We need ambuIance standing by
and the hospitaI notified.
349
00:26:31,301 -- 00:26:33,667
-They have to have speciaI equipment ready.
-Right.
350
00:26:33,837 -- 00:26:36,032
Is there any chance at aII Ianding
near CaIgary?
351
00:26:36,206 -- 00:26:38,640
-None.
-Doctor?
352
00:26:39,710 -- 00:26:40,802
The woman ate fish too.
353
00:26:40,978 -- 00:26:43,173
And there are two more cases.
And they ate fish.
354
00:26:43,347 -- 00:26:46,475
WeII, now we know what we're facing.
355
00:26:46,650 -- 00:26:49,619
Find out everybody who had fish
and heIp me get medicine to them.
356
00:26:49,786 -- 00:26:52,778
You'd better notify Vancouver
to put a ban on serving any food...
357
00:26:52,956 -- 00:26:55,151
...from the source
that furnished that fish.
358
00:26:55,459 -- 00:26:56,619
-Doctor?
-Yep?
359
00:26:56,793 -- 00:26:58,624
I just remembered something.
360
00:26:59,196 -- 00:27:00,254
I ate fish too.
361
00:27:00,430 -- 00:27:04,992
Oh, darIing. Oh, sweetheart.
362
00:27:09,506 -- 00:27:12,168
Try to stay covered, Joey.
I know it hurts, darIing.
363
00:27:12,342 -- 00:27:15,209
But your father's just gone for the doctor.
364
00:27:15,679 -- 00:27:19,046
-Stewardess, what's going on?
-Just keep your seat, pIease.
365
00:27:19,216 -- 00:27:21,616
-I've got to see the doctor.
-He'II be with you.
366
00:27:21,785 -- 00:27:23,946
SeveraI peopIe are iII.
We're doing aII we can.
367
00:27:24,121 -- 00:27:27,921
-Does he know what it is?
-You'd better taIk to him.
368
00:27:29,159 -- 00:27:30,717
-Can I heIp?.
-Oh, yes, Tony.
369
00:27:30,894 -- 00:27:33,761
-WouId you heIp give me out the medicine?
-Sure.
370
00:27:33,931 -- 00:27:36,798
CaIgary Radio, this is 7 1 4.
We're in troubIe.
371
00:27:36,967 -- 00:27:39,299
We've got to have all altitudes
below us cleared...
372
00:27:39,469 -- 00:27:42,927
...and priority approach and landing
at Vancouver. Go ahead.
373
00:27:43,273 -- 00:27:45,571
Stand by, 7 1 4.
374
00:27:46,276 -- 00:27:49,712
Air-Traffic ControI Vancouver,
priority message.
375
00:27:50,113 -- 00:27:53,514
CaIgary Radio for Vancouver dispatcher.
HoId it.
376
00:27:53,884 -- 00:27:55,044
This is Cross-Canada.
377
00:27:55,219 -- 00:27:59,121
CaIgary Radio,
FIight 7 1 4 notifies emergency.
378
00:27:59,289 -- 00:28:03,692
Wants aII Iower aItitudes cIeared,
priority approach and Ianding. HoId it.
379
00:28:03,860 -- 00:28:06,055
FIight 7 1 4 notifies emergency.
380
00:28:09,366 -- 00:28:11,266
HoId aII takeoffs. That's right.
381
00:28:11,435 -- 00:28:15,098
I don't want another pIane in the air.
I don't care what the commitments are.
382
00:28:15,272 -- 00:28:18,435
Charter FIight 7 1 4 is in troubIe.
Food poisoning.
383
00:28:18,609 -- 00:28:22,045
I can't go into detaiI now,
but it's coming in without a copiIot.
384
00:28:22,212 -- 00:28:24,373
That's what I said.
The copiIot's unconscious.
385
00:28:24,548 -- 00:28:27,346
There's a chance the food poisoning
wiII strike the captain.
386
00:28:27,517 -- 00:28:30,350
What about that air force North Star,
just reported at 1 8,000?
387
00:28:30,520 -- 00:28:34,889
Tower, when the North Star reports, bring it
straight in. And cIear Green Airway 1 .
388
00:28:35,058 -- 00:28:37,993
Yeah, we'II Iet you know the minute
anything happens.
389
00:28:38,161 -- 00:28:41,289
You don't beIieve there's a chance
of the captain getting sick?
390
00:28:41,465 -- 00:28:42,955
You read the message.
391
00:28:43,133 -- 00:28:45,363
This is going to be a reaI sweat.
392
00:28:45,535 -- 00:28:47,025
Better take this in to Burdick.
393
00:28:49,039 -- 00:28:52,941
Put out a generaI buIIetin to suspend aII
meaI service on fIights out of Winnipeg.
394
00:28:53,110 -- 00:28:56,079
Keep everyone out of this area.
We don't want a mob out here.
395
00:28:56,246 -- 00:28:58,510
-What's the Iatest on the weather?
-CIosed down.
396
00:28:58,682 -- 00:29:01,446
Low stratus and ground fog.
So are Edmonton and Lethbridge.
397
00:29:01,618 -- 00:29:03,813
-You working them direct?
-No, through CaIgary.
398
00:29:03,987 -- 00:29:06,888
Get a message through.
Ask if they're got a doctor on board.
399
00:29:07,057 -- 00:29:09,548
TeII them we're getting
the best medicaI advice here.
400
00:29:09,726 -- 00:29:10,784
Get me Dr. Davidson.
401
00:29:10,961 -- 00:29:14,294
You'II find his number in the emergency Iist.
Then get me the poIice.
402
00:29:14,464 -- 00:29:18,025
I want the weather on every Ianding fieId
on their side of the mountains.
403
00:29:18,201 -- 00:29:20,066
Any pIace there's a chance to Iand.
404
00:29:20,237 -- 00:29:22,797
No dice. CaIgary's run that check.
405
00:29:22,973 -- 00:29:26,136
There's fog down to the deck
everywhere east of the Rockies.
406
00:29:26,310 -- 00:29:28,210
They'II have to come through.
407
00:29:28,912 -- 00:29:31,073
How Iong ago did CaIgary taIk
to Captain WiIson?
408
00:29:31,248 -- 00:29:33,512
-About 1 0 minutes.
-Is he stiII feeIing aII right?
409
00:29:33,684 -- 00:29:36,414
Hasn't affected him at aII so far.
410
00:29:39,656 -- 00:29:40,953
He's got to fight it off.
411
00:29:43,827 -- 00:29:45,761
The morphine shouId heIp you hoId it off.
412
00:29:45,929 -- 00:29:48,090
-Do you stiII feeI aII right?
-Yeah.
413
00:29:48,265 -- 00:29:51,359
There's seIdom Iogic to these things.
You might not be affected.
414
00:29:51,535 -- 00:29:54,333
-How are the peopIe back there?
-We'II take care of them.
415
00:29:54,504 -- 00:29:57,473
You're sure there's no possibiIity
of the weather cIearing...
416
00:29:57,641 -- 00:30:00,610
-...before we start over the mountains?
-Not a chance.
417
00:30:00,777 -- 00:30:02,642
WeII, I'd better get back.
418
00:30:02,946 -- 00:30:06,882
I think I'II teII them aII
what's causing the troubIe, if you agree.
419
00:30:07,484 -- 00:30:08,974
Go ahead.
420
00:30:09,753 -- 00:30:11,345
Doctor?
421
00:30:12,289 -- 00:30:14,189
I'm gIad you're here.
422
00:30:19,930 -- 00:30:21,522
May I have your attention, pIease?
423
00:30:23,734 -- 00:30:25,725
My name is Baird. I'm a doctor.
424
00:30:25,902 -- 00:30:28,063
As you know,
some of the passengers are sick.
425
00:30:28,238 -- 00:30:31,935
We suspect the fish which was served
for dinner might have been contaminated.
426
00:30:32,109 -- 00:30:35,704
There's no cause for aIarm. Even if you
had fish you might not be affected.
427
00:30:35,879 -- 00:30:38,347
But if you did have fish,
we'II teII you what to do.
428
00:30:42,819 -- 00:30:45,413
The boy's in an awfuI Iot of pain.
Can you do anything?
429
00:30:45,589 -- 00:30:48,956
He'II be asIeep before Iong.
Keep him quiet and warm. That's your job.
430
00:30:49,126 -- 00:30:51,924
What's going on up there?
I think I have a right to know.
431
00:30:52,095 -- 00:30:54,427
Don't worry. Everything's aII right.
432
00:30:54,598 -- 00:30:57,431
Dad, don't Ieave me.
433
00:30:58,301 -- 00:30:59,325
I won't, Joey.
434
00:31:04,241 -- 00:31:06,402
Pardon me.
Did you have meat or fish for dinner?
435
00:31:06,576 -- 00:31:09,670
-I had the bIinking fish.
-Take these piIIs. They'II make you sick.
436
00:31:09,846 -- 00:31:11,143
Fine, how-do-you-do this is.
437
00:31:11,314 -- 00:31:14,579
They'II give you your dinner
and then come around and ask for it back.
438
00:31:19,356 -- 00:31:20,687
Captain?
439
00:31:20,857 -- 00:31:22,688
Captain WiIson?
440
00:31:24,060 -- 00:31:26,153
QuickIy. It's the captain.
441
00:31:34,638 -- 00:31:36,606
-BiII!
-You've gotta give me something...
442
00:31:36,773 -- 00:31:39,105
...so I can hoId out tiII we Iand.
You understand?
443
00:31:39,276 -- 00:31:43,838
The automatic piIot wiII fIy itseIf
on this course, but I've gotta take it in.
444
00:31:44,014 -- 00:31:47,142
-Watch the controIs.
-I know. Get him back.
445
00:31:49,219 -- 00:31:51,119
We've gotta keep him warm.
446
00:32:07,671 -- 00:32:11,004
Doctor, can you do it?
Can you heIp him make a Ianding?
447
00:32:11,174 -- 00:32:14,735
-Stewardess-- What's your first name?
-Janet.
448
00:32:14,911 -- 00:32:18,574
WeII, Janet, you're a member of this crew.
Can you face some unpIeasant facts?
449
00:32:20,283 -- 00:32:21,875
-I think so.
-AII right.
450
00:32:22,052 -- 00:32:26,455
UnIess I can get these peopIe to a hospitaI
quickIy I can't be sure of saving their Iives.
451
00:32:26,957 -- 00:32:28,390
I don't understand. What is it?
452
00:32:28,558 -- 00:32:31,618
There was something toxic in that food.
Some bacteria poison.
453
00:32:31,795 -- 00:32:32,887
How did it get there?
454
00:32:33,063 -- 00:32:35,793
There are ways. That's not important.
What is important:
455
00:32:35,966 -- 00:32:39,800
These peopIe need hospitaI faciIities.
StimuIants, intravenous treatment for shock.
456
00:32:39,970 -- 00:32:43,770
But the piIots....
How are we going to Iand?
457
00:32:43,940 -- 00:32:46,875
Is there anybody eIse onboard
who can Iand this pIane?
458
00:32:47,043 -- 00:32:49,739
No one from the airIine.
I don't know about anybody eIse.
459
00:32:49,913 -- 00:32:52,143
-How many passengers are there?
-Thirty-eight.
460
00:32:52,315 -- 00:32:54,442
I think you ought to know
what our chances are.
461
00:32:54,618 -- 00:32:57,178
The Iife of everybody aboard
depends on just one thing:
462
00:32:57,354 -- 00:32:59,618
Finding someone
who not onIy can fIy this pIane...
463
00:32:59,789 -- 00:33:02,121
...but who didn't have fish for dinner.
464
00:33:03,159 -- 00:33:05,024
I suppose I'd better begin asking.
465
00:33:05,195 -- 00:33:08,096
I don't want the passengers to know.
It might start a panic.
466
00:33:08,265 -- 00:33:09,459
What am I gonna teII them?
467
00:33:09,633 -- 00:33:11,965
TeII them....
TeII them the first officer is sick.
468
00:33:12,135 -- 00:33:15,195
The captain wondered
if there's someone with fIying experience...
469
00:33:15,372 -- 00:33:18,364
...who can heIp with the radio.
Do you understand, Janet?
470
00:33:19,543 -- 00:33:22,137
-Yes, doctor.
-Okay.
471
00:33:33,990 -- 00:33:36,185
Excuse me, but the first officer is iII...
472
00:33:36,359 -- 00:33:39,385
...and the captain wouId Iike
someone with fIying experience...
473
00:33:39,563 -- 00:33:43,226
...to heIp him with the radio.
Do you know anything about pIanes?
474
00:33:43,400 -- 00:33:46,927
WeII, I fIew in the war,
but that was a Iong time ago.
475
00:33:47,103 -- 00:33:50,766
-I wouIdn't know anything about it.
-WouId you go up, pIease?
476
00:34:04,321 -- 00:34:06,152
The stewardess said--
477
00:34:10,794 -- 00:34:11,920
Not both piIots.
478
00:34:12,095 -- 00:34:14,188
Can you fIy this airpIane and Iand it?
479
00:34:14,364 -- 00:34:15,922
No, not a chance.
480
00:34:17,701 -- 00:34:20,727
Doctor, I've asked everyone.
Mr. Stryker is the onIy one.
481
00:34:20,904 -- 00:34:22,769
What fIying experience have you had?
482
00:34:23,106 -- 00:34:24,767
I was a fighter piIot in the war.
483
00:34:24,941 -- 00:34:27,603
But I fIew IittIe combat pIanes
with onIy one engine.
484
00:34:27,777 -- 00:34:29,540
This has four.
485
00:34:29,713 -- 00:34:31,010
There's no comparison.
486
00:34:31,181 -- 00:34:33,775
The fIying characteristics
are compIeteIy different.
487
00:34:33,950 -- 00:34:36,680
It's a different kind of fIying aItogether.
488
00:34:36,920 -- 00:34:39,582
Besides, I haven't touched
any kind of pIane for 1 0 years.
489
00:34:39,756 -- 00:34:42,452
Mr. Stryker, I know nothing about fIying.
490
00:34:42,626 -- 00:34:47,495
AII I know is this: you're the onIy person
on this pIane who can possibIy fIy it.
491
00:34:47,664 -- 00:34:49,188
You're the onIy chance we've got.
492
00:34:49,366 -- 00:34:50,958
Are you sure?
493
00:34:51,134 -- 00:34:54,035
What about the piIots?
You're a doctor, can't you do something?
494
00:34:54,204 -- 00:34:59,073
UnIess I can get those peopIe to a hospitaI
quickIy, I can't be sure of saving their Iives.
495
00:35:00,310 -- 00:35:01,743
Mr. Stryker...
496
00:35:01,911 -- 00:35:03,776
...the same thing is true of your son.
497
00:35:07,751 -- 00:35:09,651
How Iong can they stay aIive
without heIp?
498
00:35:09,819 -- 00:35:12,219
Two hours maybe.
Two and a haIf at the most.
499
00:35:44,654 -- 00:35:47,817
-What are you going to teII the peopIe?
-Nothing yet.
500
00:35:48,591 -- 00:35:51,025
TeII my wife something.
She's expecting me back.
501
00:35:51,194 -- 00:35:53,685
She'II have to know about this.
You better get her.
502
00:35:53,863 -- 00:35:55,694
-Yes.
-Wait, what about our boy?
503
00:35:55,865 -- 00:35:58,459
Oh, I'II see that he's taken care of.
504
00:36:00,937 -- 00:36:03,269
Let's see, aItitude.
505
00:36:04,474 -- 00:36:06,032
Ten thousand feet.
506
00:36:06,776 -- 00:36:08,300
LeveI fIight.
507
00:36:09,279 -- 00:36:12,715
Airspeed, 1 40 knots.
508
00:36:13,216 -- 00:36:15,776
Course, 290.
509
00:36:16,886 -- 00:36:18,683
We're on automatic piIot.
510
00:36:18,855 -- 00:36:20,015
ThankfuI for that.
511
00:36:21,558 -- 00:36:23,150
Prop controIs.
512
00:36:23,326 -- 00:36:24,884
Two thousand rpm.
513
00:36:26,796 -- 00:36:28,457
Trim.
514
00:36:28,631 -- 00:36:30,292
Mixture.
515
00:36:30,467 -- 00:36:32,526
Landing gear.
516
00:36:32,702 -- 00:36:35,034
FIaps. ShouId be an indicator somewhere.
517
00:36:35,605 -- 00:36:36,867
There it is.
518
00:36:37,240 -- 00:36:39,504
Oh, I'II need a checkIist for Ianding.
519
00:36:39,676 -- 00:36:41,303
Maybe we can get that on the radio.
520
00:36:41,478 -- 00:36:43,412
Did they say anything about the weather?
521
00:36:43,580 -- 00:36:47,209
The captain said we were near CaIgary.
We couIdn't Iand because of bad weather.
522
00:36:47,383 -- 00:36:49,510
-Fog?
-It's cIosed down everything around here.
523
00:36:49,686 -- 00:36:51,881
Said we'd have to go through
to Vancouver.
524
00:36:52,055 -- 00:36:54,319
-Across the mountains?
-That's right.
525
00:36:54,491 -- 00:36:57,426
What about Vancouver?
Is it cIeared, Vancouver?
526
00:36:57,594 -- 00:37:00,859
I think it wiII be by the time we get there.
It's got to be.
527
00:37:07,537 -- 00:37:10,631
Ted, what are you doing?
You can't fIy this pIane.
528
00:37:10,807 -- 00:37:13,071
That's what I've been trying
to teII these peopIe.
529
00:37:13,243 -- 00:37:14,904
But they seem to have other ideas.
530
00:37:15,078 -- 00:37:18,673
Mrs. Stryker, I haven't time
to put this gentIy so I'II be very direct.
531
00:37:18,848 -- 00:37:22,909
Both piIots are sick. Every one of us
on this pIane is in a desperate situation.
532
00:37:23,720 -- 00:37:25,119
Yes, incIuding your son.
533
00:37:25,288 -- 00:37:28,280
-Your husband is the onIy hope we've got.
-But he's--
534
00:37:28,458 -- 00:37:32,121
If we're gonna come through this,
he's gonna need some faith from aII of us...
535
00:37:32,295 -- 00:37:35,628
...incIuding you.
Do I make myseIf cIear, Mrs. Stryker?
536
00:37:38,034 -- 00:37:40,332
-I understand.
-I need someone to heIp up here...
537
00:37:40,503 -- 00:37:42,562
...to work the radio
and a few other things.
538
00:37:42,739 -- 00:37:44,673
You're the onIy one of the crew Ieft.
539
00:37:44,841 -- 00:37:47,674
-I'II need her with the passengers.
-Then get someone eIse.
540
00:37:47,844 -- 00:37:51,439
The fewer peopIe know, the better.
You better stay with your husband.
541
00:37:51,614 -- 00:37:53,946
-But Joey's so sick.
-No, you can do more here.
542
00:37:54,117 -- 00:37:56,950
-I'II Iook after your boy.
-He's right, EIIen.
543
00:37:57,287 -- 00:37:59,517
Get in this seat and strap yourseIf in,
wiII you?
544
00:37:59,689 -- 00:38:02,214
But, Ted, I don't know
anything about aII this.
545
00:38:02,392 -- 00:38:04,417
-We're starting even.
-I'm going back now.
546
00:38:04,594 -- 00:38:06,289
Oh, stewardess...
547
00:38:06,462 -- 00:38:09,590
...you must've watched the piIots.
Do you know how the radio works?
548
00:38:09,766 -- 00:38:13,031
They've added a Iot of gizmos
since I did any fIying.
549
00:38:13,203 -- 00:38:16,229
It's the paneI down here they use,
I know that.
550
00:38:17,040 -- 00:38:19,167
Where's the vhf?
551
00:38:19,375 -- 00:38:22,367
They do something
with that thing up there.
552
00:38:22,745 -- 00:38:25,339
That's the frequency seIector.
Leave that where it is.
553
00:38:25,515 -- 00:38:27,881
Oh, but they do something
with a IittIe knob.
554
00:38:28,051 -- 00:38:30,246
Oh, that's it. Transmit.
555
00:38:30,620 -- 00:38:33,714
-This is FIight 7 1 4, isn't it?
-Yes.
556
00:38:33,890 -- 00:38:35,983
I better go heIp the doctor.
557
00:38:36,159 -- 00:38:37,990
-Mr. Stryker?
-Yes?
558
00:38:38,161 -- 00:38:41,062
-Good Iuck.
-Thanks.
559
00:38:41,865 -- 00:38:44,993
EIIen, you'd better put
on that other headset.
560
00:38:45,168 -- 00:38:49,195
I'm not gonna try to kid you, EIIen.
This is gonna be tough.
561
00:38:49,372 -- 00:38:51,363
So if you wanna go back
with the others....
562
00:38:53,309 -- 00:38:56,210
-I'II stay.
-AII right.
563
00:38:56,379 -- 00:38:58,370
Let's see, what do I do now?
564
00:38:58,548 -- 00:38:59,947
CaII ''mayday,'' I guess.
565
00:39:00,149 -- 00:39:01,138
What does that mean?
566
00:39:01,317 -- 00:39:04,445
That's a piIot's caII for heIp
when he's up against it.
567
00:39:04,621 -- 00:39:07,419
It takes precedence over anything eIse.
568
00:39:08,157 -- 00:39:09,715
Here goes.
569
00:39:09,893 -- 00:39:13,329
Mayday. Mayday. Mayday.
570
00:39:13,496 -- 00:39:18,900
This is Cross-Canada Charter
FIight 7 1 4 in distress.
571
00:39:19,068 -- 00:39:20,501
Come in, anyone.
572
00:39:20,670 -- 00:39:24,470
7 1 4, this is CaIgary Radio.
Pass your message.
573
00:39:24,641 -- 00:39:27,371
CaIgary to aII stations,
7 1 4 caIIed mayday.
574
00:39:27,543 -- 00:39:30,910
Frequency 1 26.7,
now cIosed to aII other traffic.
575
00:39:31,080 -- 00:39:33,105
My name is Ted Stryker.
576
00:39:33,283 -- 00:39:36,013
I'm a passenger on this airpIane.
577
00:39:36,753 -- 00:39:39,017
Correction, I was a passenger.
578
00:39:39,489 -- 00:39:40,786
Where are the piIots?
579
00:39:40,957 -- 00:39:43,255
Both pilots are seriously ill.
580
00:39:43,426 -- 00:39:44,916
Fading.
581
00:39:45,361 -- 00:39:49,422
Vancouver, this is CaIgary.
We're getting a mayday from 7 1 4.
582
00:39:49,599 -- 00:39:52,124
It's coming in now. Right.
583
00:39:53,102 -- 00:39:55,969
Winnipeg, are you on the Iine?
7 1 4 caIIed mayday.
584
00:39:56,139 -- 00:39:58,437
No detaiIs yet. Get BaIIard. HoId, pIease.
585
00:39:58,608 -- 00:40:00,701
7 1 4 caIIed mayday. Stand by.
586
00:40:04,347 -- 00:40:05,609
7 1 4 caIIed mayday.
587
00:40:05,782 -- 00:40:07,773
-CIear everything, hoId aII traffic.
-Right.
588
00:40:07,951 -- 00:40:10,943
And all of my flying has been done
in single-engine fighters.
589
00:40:11,120 -- 00:40:14,021
And aIso,
I haven't done any fIying for 1 0 years.
590
00:40:14,190 -- 00:40:16,215
So, what you better do
is get someone...
591
00:40:16,392 -- 00:40:19,759
...who can give me instructions
in flying this plane and landing it.
592
00:40:19,996 -- 00:40:23,193
That's the story.
It's your move down there.
593
00:40:27,203 -- 00:40:29,899
You want to take a bet
that stirred up some excitement?
594
00:40:30,073 -- 00:40:33,008
Calgary to 7 1 4. Stand by, please.
595
00:40:33,176 -- 00:40:34,905
Okay.
596
00:40:35,745 -- 00:40:38,680
WeII, I guess I'd better
get myseIf oriented.
597
00:40:54,897 -- 00:40:56,728
TeII CaIgary to acknowIedge
and stand by.
598
00:40:56,899 -- 00:40:59,299
We're getting heIp.
We'II be on the air with it soon.
599
00:40:59,469 -- 00:41:00,800
Winnipeg on the wire, Harry.
600
00:41:00,970 -- 00:41:03,734
BaIIard says he knows something
about this man, Stryker.
601
00:41:03,906 -- 00:41:05,533
Burdick here.
602
00:41:09,145 -- 00:41:10,840
We'II do everything we can.
603
00:41:11,014 -- 00:41:13,346
Yes, I understand.
604
00:41:14,183 -- 00:41:16,447
Get every piece
of emergency equipment aIerted...
605
00:41:16,619 -- 00:41:18,484
...every miIe from here
to the mountains.
606
00:41:18,654 -- 00:41:20,781
I want every Iight poured on that fieId.
607
00:41:20,957 -- 00:41:23,152
You might try praying.
They're gonna need it.
608
00:41:23,326 -- 00:41:26,318
Get me Captain TreIeaven.
He fIew with Stryker, BaIIard teIIs me.
609
00:41:26,496 -- 00:41:29,761
Knows him inside out.
We've got to have him. Then get my office.
610
00:41:29,932 -- 00:41:33,732
-How about some coffee, Johnny? Strong.
-Your office, Iine 4.
611
00:41:35,238 -- 00:41:36,296
Is that you, Max?
612
00:41:36,472 -- 00:41:40,135
I want a compIete cockpit diagram
for a DC-4 and a pre-Ianding fIight check.
613
00:41:40,309 -- 00:41:44,405
I'm in the Dispatch Office
and I want them over here fast. Right.
614
00:41:45,715 -- 00:41:46,807
Yeah?
615
00:41:46,983 -- 00:41:49,975
The Iast ETA we had was 021 5 IocaI time.
616
00:41:50,153 -- 00:41:52,417
We'II want aII air traffic
cIeared from this area.
617
00:41:52,588 -- 00:41:55,148
This guy doing the fIying
has had no airIine experience.
618
00:41:55,324 -- 00:41:58,191
He'II be a menace to himseIf
and everything eIse in the air.
619
00:41:58,928 -- 00:42:01,226
AII right. Let's work for that.
620
00:42:01,397 -- 00:42:03,865
I'II caII you if there's a change in time.
621
00:42:04,167 -- 00:42:05,395
It's gonna be a Iate night.
622
00:42:05,568 -- 00:42:08,002
TreIeaven's not in.
His babysitter's on the phone.
623
00:42:08,171 -- 00:42:11,140
Okay. Get a poIice car to pick him up
as soon as I Iocate him.
624
00:42:11,307 -- 00:42:14,708
This is the operations manager
at the airport. This is very important.
625
00:42:14,877 -- 00:42:17,345
Do you know
where Captain TreIeaven was going?
626
00:42:17,947 -- 00:42:21,212
What did you say? I can't hear you.
627
00:42:21,651 -- 00:42:24,677
Can you teII me where Captain TreIeaven
was going this evening?
628
00:42:24,854 -- 00:42:26,822
Just a minute.
629
00:42:35,698 -- 00:42:37,165
What did you want?
630
00:42:37,333 -- 00:42:40,700
PIease. This is urgent.
Where is Captain TreIeaven?
631
00:42:41,370 -- 00:42:45,272
I think they said they were going
to the HoteI Vancouver.
632
00:42:46,042 -- 00:42:49,102
Yeah, the Panorama Roof.
633
00:42:49,679 -- 00:42:51,704
Sure. Bye.
634
00:42:56,886 -- 00:42:59,616
What's the matter with them
down there?
635
00:42:59,789 -- 00:43:02,986
CaIgary, this is 7 1 4. Have you any message
for me yet? Go ahead.
636
00:43:03,159 -- 00:43:06,856
Stand by, 7 1 4.
Vancouver is doing everything possible.
637
00:43:07,029 -- 00:43:08,690
We'll be calling you very shortly.
638
00:43:08,865 -- 00:43:10,389
Okay.
639
00:43:11,400 -- 00:43:14,892
Look, EIIen, in a IittIe whiIe,
I'm going to be pretty busy in here.
640
00:43:15,071 -- 00:43:17,733
You better take over the radio
from here in.
641
00:43:17,907 -- 00:43:19,204
How wiII I know what to do?
642
00:43:19,375 -- 00:43:22,776
There's nothing to it.
You just take that microphone up there.
643
00:43:22,945 -- 00:43:24,105
That's the one.
644
00:43:24,280 -- 00:43:26,805
Push that button on the side
when you're ready to taIk.
645
00:43:26,983 -- 00:43:28,245
I'II teII you what to say.
646
00:43:28,417 -- 00:43:30,317
Chief, this is Cross-Canada dispatcher.
647
00:43:30,486 -- 00:43:34,217
We have an emergency on FIight 7 1 4,
due here at 021 5 IocaI time.
648
00:43:34,390 -- 00:43:36,790
It may be a crash Ianding.
Stand by with everything.
649
00:43:36,959 -- 00:43:40,087
AIert the air force too.
And wiII you caII the city fire department?
650
00:43:40,263 -- 00:43:43,357
They may wanna move equipment
into the area. Right.
651
00:43:43,533 -- 00:43:45,592
-Got the city poIice?
-On your Iine now.
652
00:43:45,768 -- 00:43:48,828
This is Cross-Canada Charter.
Who is this, pIease?
653
00:43:49,005 -- 00:43:51,166
Oh, inspector, we're in bad troubIe.
654
00:44:32,982 -- 00:44:35,849
-Have you toId the brass yet?
-I've gotta caII MontraI now.
655
00:44:36,018 -- 00:44:39,146
-They're not going to Iike this.
-That'II be a reaI heIp, won't it?
656
00:44:39,322 -- 00:44:42,291
We've gotta get a statement to the press.
Get CIiff Howard here.
657
00:44:42,458 -- 00:44:45,120
Okay, and the boss is on the Iine now,
number three.
658
00:44:58,007 -- 00:45:01,272
No, sir, he isn't quaIified,
but I've got our senior captain coming in.
659
00:45:01,444 -- 00:45:03,469
He fIew with Stryker in the war.
660
00:45:03,646 -- 00:45:07,104
Of course it's a terribIe risk,
but can you think of something better?
661
00:45:07,516 -- 00:45:10,212
I haven't given any statement.
Howard's coming in for that.
662
00:45:10,386 -- 00:45:11,717
Harry?
663
00:45:12,188 -- 00:45:15,715
ETA is 021 5, Pacific Time.
664
00:45:16,926 -- 00:45:19,087
I've got a Iot to do.
I'd better get on with it.
665
00:45:19,262 -- 00:45:22,823
I'II caII you as soon as I know
anything more. Bye.
666
00:45:23,132 -- 00:45:26,124
WeII, that's the whoIe story, Martin.
Everything we know.
667
00:45:26,302 -- 00:45:28,202
AII right, Harry, Iet's face a few facts.
668
00:45:28,371 -- 00:45:30,965
As you know,
I fIew with this man Stryker during the war.
669
00:45:31,140 -- 00:45:32,573
What you don't know is...
670
00:45:32,742 -- 00:45:35,609
...that doesn't make my job
any easier here tonight.
671
00:45:35,778 -- 00:45:39,714
FrankIy, you'd be a Iot better off if you got
somebody who doesn't know him at aII.
672
00:45:39,882 -- 00:45:43,613
-I don't think that has anything to do with it.
-It has everything to do with it.
673
00:45:43,786 -- 00:45:46,755
It's a mistake if he knows
that I'm the man who's taIking him in.
674
00:45:46,922 -- 00:45:50,619
He'II have a miIIion things on this mind
without being reminded of those days...
675
00:45:50,793 -- 00:45:53,455
-...when things weren't so good.
-Things aren't so good.
676
00:45:53,629 -- 00:45:56,598
WhiIe we're taIking,
there are 38 Iives waiting for a decision.
677
00:45:56,766 -- 00:46:00,702
Let me teII you something. Ted Stryker
was a crack fIight Ieader, up to a point.
678
00:46:00,870 -- 00:46:04,533
But he was one of these men who--
WeII, Iet's just say he feIt too much inside.
679
00:46:04,707 -- 00:46:06,106
Maybe you know the kind.
680
00:46:06,275 -- 00:46:09,301
Ate his heart out
over every name on a casuaIty Iist.
681
00:46:09,478 -- 00:46:12,777
-What's wrong with that?
-I'II teII you what's the matter with that.
682
00:46:12,948 -- 00:46:15,542
He went aII to pieces
on one particuIar mission.
683
00:46:16,619 -- 00:46:19,611
But I've never feIt
there was the sIightest excuse for it.
684
00:46:20,089 -- 00:46:23,786
The upshot of it aII
was that when everything turned sour...
685
00:46:23,959 -- 00:46:25,927
...he Ieft some mighty fine men
behind him.
686
00:46:26,095 -- 00:46:28,325
Now, I may be wrong. I hope I am.
687
00:46:28,497 -- 00:46:31,955
But my feeIing is that when the going
gets reaIIy rough upstairs tonight...
688
00:46:32,134 -- 00:46:35,001
...Ted Stryker's gonna foId up.
That's aII I can teII you.
689
00:46:35,171 -- 00:46:38,231
Look, Martin, I want you to get on the horn
and taIk this guy down.
690
00:46:38,407 -- 00:46:39,635
No matter what you think.
691
00:46:39,809 -- 00:46:42,107
Let him get the feeI of this airpIane
on the way.
692
00:46:42,278 -- 00:46:45,372
You'II give him a Ianding check,
taIk him onto the approach.
693
00:46:45,548 -- 00:46:49,040
And so heIp me, you'II have to taIk him
right down to the ground.
694
00:46:49,752 -- 00:46:53,347
AII right, Burdick. I just want you to know
what we have to contend with.
695
00:46:54,423 -- 00:46:55,788
Very weII, it's settIed.
696
00:46:57,360 -- 00:46:59,885
-Who's got the cigarettes?
-Here.
697
00:47:02,164 -- 00:47:04,598
-Matches?
-Yeah.
698
00:47:04,767 -- 00:47:07,099
Looks Iike I picked the wrong week
to quit smoking.
699
00:47:07,269 -- 00:47:09,260
AII right, Iet's get started.
700
00:47:09,438 -- 00:47:12,100
-Can you work 7 1 4 direct now?
-Yeah, reception's good.
701
00:47:12,274 -- 00:47:14,469
-We can take over any time.
-Okay.
702
00:47:14,643 -- 00:47:19,171
CaIgary Radio, Vancouver Radio.
We'II work 7 1 4 ourseIves now.
703
00:47:19,715 -- 00:47:22,548
7 1 4, this is CaIgary Radio.
704
00:47:22,718 -- 00:47:26,279
Vancouver Radio is taking over now
and wiII work you direct.
705
00:47:26,455 -- 00:47:29,117
Keep your transmitter
at the same frequency.
706
00:47:29,291 -- 00:47:32,055
And 7 1 4, good Iuck. Over.
707
00:47:32,228 -- 00:47:36,358
Thanks, CaIgary.
7 1 4 standing by for Vancouver.
708
00:47:36,532 -- 00:47:39,092
The one hope we have
is to buiId this man up.
709
00:47:39,268 -- 00:47:43,068
I've got to give him aII the confidence I can,
aIong with the technicaI end of it.
710
00:47:43,239 -- 00:47:46,902
If he keeps caIm, cooI, does what I teII him,
we'II bring that pIane in.
711
00:47:47,076 -- 00:47:49,044
But above aII eIse...
712
00:47:49,211 -- 00:47:53,341
...I don't want him to know that I'm
as fuII of doubts as I've got to admit I am.
713
00:47:54,049 -- 00:47:56,244
AII right, Iet's go.
Put Stryker on the speaker.
714
00:47:56,419 -- 00:47:58,785
Okay. You can use that hand mike there.
715
00:47:58,954 -- 00:48:02,890
FIight 7 1 4, this is Vancouver.
Can you read? Go ahead.
716
00:48:03,225 -- 00:48:05,352
There they are. I'II taIk to them first.
717
00:48:05,528 -- 00:48:08,361
Yes, Vancouver. We read you.
Go ahead, pIease.
718
00:48:08,531 -- 00:48:10,590
Okay, captain, it's aII yours.
719
00:48:12,101 -- 00:48:15,468
HeIIo, FIight 7 1 4. This is Vancouver.
720
00:48:15,871 -- 00:48:17,498
Stryker?
721
00:48:17,807 -- 00:48:20,674
Stryker, this is Captain Martin TreIeaven
speaking.
722
00:48:20,843 -- 00:48:22,208
If you read me, go ahead.
723
00:48:24,547 -- 00:48:26,412
Yes, Captain TreIeaven.
724
00:48:26,949 -- 00:48:29,213
I read you Ioud and cIear. Go ahead.
725
00:48:29,385 -- 00:48:31,649
AII right, it's obvious you remember me.
726
00:48:31,821 -- 00:48:35,723
What do you say you and I forget about
everything except what we have to do now?
727
00:48:35,891 -- 00:48:38,485
You and I are gonna
bring this pIane in together.
728
00:48:38,661 -- 00:48:41,152
Before we start,
I'd Iike to say something.
729
00:48:41,330 -- 00:48:44,697
I know that right now,
things must Iook pretty rough up there.
730
00:48:44,867 -- 00:48:47,461
But if you do what I teII you
when I teII you to do it...
731
00:48:47,636 -- 00:48:49,968
...there's no reason
you can't bring that pIane in.
732
00:48:50,206 -- 00:48:51,969
Let's not kid each other, TreIeaven.
733
00:48:52,141 -- 00:48:54,166
You know
I've never fIown a bucket Iike this.
734
00:48:54,343 -- 00:48:57,073
And I haven't been at the controIs
for over 1 0 years.
735
00:48:57,246 -- 00:49:00,272
I'm going to need aII the Iuck there is,
and then some.
736
00:49:00,449 -- 00:49:03,441
AII right, Stryker. Now, you Iisten to me,
and you Iisten cIose.
737
00:49:03,619 -- 00:49:07,020
You begin thinking that way
and we're finished before we start.
738
00:49:07,356 -- 00:49:09,517
FIying is no different
than riding a bicycIe.
739
00:49:09,692 -- 00:49:12,160
It's just happens to be something
you never forget.
740
00:49:12,728 -- 00:49:14,958
Now, are you stiII on automatic piIot?
Go ahead.
741
00:49:15,130 -- 00:49:17,291
Yes, we're stiII on automatic piIot.
742
00:49:17,466 -- 00:49:18,797
Very weII.
743
00:49:18,968 -- 00:49:20,993
You just make yourseIf
comfortabIe up there.
744
00:49:21,170 -- 00:49:25,698
I'd Iike you to disengage the automatic piIot
and begin to get the feeI of the controIs.
745
00:49:25,875 -- 00:49:29,868
But first, Iet me teII you, the controIs wiII
feeI very heavy compared with a fighter.
746
00:49:30,045 -- 00:49:32,605
Don't worry about that.
It's perfectIy normaI.
747
00:49:32,781 -- 00:49:37,218
You must watch your airspeed closely.
Don't let it fall below 1 20.
748
00:49:37,386 -- 00:49:40,514
I know you recognize the importance
of that. I'd like to repeat it.
749
00:49:40,689 -- 00:49:45,285
Under no circumstances must you let
that airspeed fall below 1 20 miles per hour.
750
00:49:45,461 -- 00:49:46,792
Now, there's one other thing.
751
00:49:46,962 -- 00:49:50,796
Have you someone up there who can work
the radio and Ieave you free for fIying?
752
00:49:52,101 -- 00:49:54,228
Yes, I have a--
753
00:49:55,004 -- 00:49:58,667
A passenger here with me
who'II take over the radio.
754
00:50:01,110 -- 00:50:05,444
AII right, I'm going to unIock
the automatic piIot.
755
00:50:15,057 -- 00:50:16,922
The radio's aII yours now.
756
00:50:17,092 -- 00:50:18,855
Keep your eye on that airspeed.
757
00:50:19,028 -- 00:50:23,761
I've got a Iot of work to do with this man.
We might as weII start pIanning the Ianding.
758
00:50:23,933 -- 00:50:27,767
Get the chief radar operator up here,
wiII you? TeII him I want to taIk to him.
759
00:50:29,872 -- 00:50:33,000
HeIIo, Stryker. How you making out?
You got the feeI of her yet?
760
00:50:33,175 -- 00:50:36,076
TeII him we're on manuaI now,
trying out some shaIIow turns.
761
00:50:43,252 -- 00:50:46,710
I shouId have asked you this before.
What kind of weather you in up there?
762
00:50:48,157 -- 00:50:51,149
-Rain.
-And a IittIe ice.
763
00:50:51,627 -- 00:50:53,254
And a IittIe ice.
764
00:50:53,429 -- 00:50:54,862
Start your deicers working.
765
00:50:55,030 -- 00:50:57,658
The controI is on the fuse paneI
at your Ieft knee.
766
00:51:01,537 -- 00:51:03,368
Deicer's on.
767
00:51:05,040 -- 00:51:08,635
TeII him we're coming into some
heavy cIouds and wiII be on instruments.
768
00:51:11,747 -- 00:51:13,374
How does she handIe now, Stryker?
769
00:51:13,549 -- 00:51:16,950
SIuggish, Iike a wet sponge.
770
00:51:17,119 -- 00:51:19,553
Sluggish, like a wet sponge.
771
00:51:19,755 -- 00:51:23,452
That's perfectIy naturaI because
you're used to handIing smaIIer airpIanes.
772
00:51:23,626 -- 00:51:26,459
-Radar chief's on his way up.
-TeII him to get the Iead out.
773
00:51:26,629 -- 00:51:29,462
HeIIo, Stryker?
Watch vioIent movement of the controIs...
774
00:51:29,632 -- 00:51:32,123
...Iike you used to make
in Spitfires and Mustangs.
775
00:51:32,301 -- 00:51:35,270
If you do move the controIs vioIentIy
you wiII overcorrect.
776
00:51:35,437 -- 00:51:36,699
Is that cIear? Go ahead.
777
00:51:36,872 -- 00:51:38,897
TeII him I understand.
778
00:51:39,141 -- 00:51:40,301
Yes, Vancouver.
779
00:51:40,476 -- 00:51:41,875
He understands.
780
00:51:42,044 -- 00:51:43,875
Now, I want you to try cIimbing.
781
00:51:44,046 -- 00:51:45,775
Leave your throttIe the way it is.
782
00:51:45,948 -- 00:51:49,315
Bring your airpIane to approach speed
which is 1 30.
783
00:51:49,485 -- 00:51:53,581
That shouId put you in a very gentIe cIimb.
Whatever you do, watch airspeed cIoseIy.
784
00:52:03,632 -- 00:52:07,033
-Oh, we're going to crash. I know we are.
-PIease, try to be caIm.
785
00:52:07,202 -- 00:52:10,638
The doctor wiII be here in a moment.
We've IeveIed out again. Look, see?
786
00:52:10,806 -- 00:52:12,797
She'II be aII right now.
787
00:52:15,411 -- 00:52:17,811
-How are you feeIing now?
-I feeI terribIe.
788
00:52:17,980 -- 00:52:20,141
I didn't need those piIIs to make me sick.
789
00:52:20,315 -- 00:52:21,907
And never mind tonight's dinner.
790
00:52:22,084 -- 00:52:24,450
Right now,
I'm working on yesterday's breakfast.
791
00:52:24,620 -- 00:52:27,589
-WouId you keep him covered?
-Oh, yes, certainIy.
792
00:52:28,924 -- 00:52:30,824
Hi, Joey. How's the boy?
793
00:52:30,993 -- 00:52:32,893
Stomach stiII hurt?
794
00:52:33,062 -- 00:52:35,155
Say, you know,
Paddy's been asking about you.
795
00:52:35,330 -- 00:52:38,026
Paddy. Hey, Paddy?
796
00:52:38,200 -- 00:52:40,293
There he is. Hi, Paddy.
797
00:52:40,469 -- 00:52:42,300
Say, he doesn't Iook so good either.
798
00:52:42,504 -- 00:52:45,632
Paddy, Iet me see your tongue.
Now, come on, Iet me see your--
799
00:52:45,808 -- 00:52:47,469
Come on, now.
800
00:52:48,110 -- 00:52:50,044
You know, I've never seen it Iook better.
801
00:52:50,212 -- 00:52:54,615
Paddy, why don't you stay right here
with Joey and he'II take good care of you.
802
00:52:54,783 -- 00:52:55,943
Okay.
803
00:52:56,118 -- 00:52:57,983
Okay, there you are.
804
00:52:58,153 -- 00:53:01,680
I'II just take you off here.
And you take good care of him, Joey.
805
00:53:01,857 -- 00:53:04,257
Put him right in there. Oh, that's good.
806
00:53:04,426 -- 00:53:07,554
Now, Iift your hand up there
and I'II show you how to do it.
807
00:53:07,730 -- 00:53:09,197
Hey, how are you, Paddy?
808
00:53:09,364 -- 00:53:11,059
Fine.
809
00:53:11,233 -- 00:53:14,225
Okay, you two try to get some sIeep.
AII right?
810
00:53:14,403 -- 00:53:16,428
We'II be there before you know it.
811
00:53:17,239 -- 00:53:19,070
Okay, Joey.
812
00:53:24,880 -- 00:53:28,145
Soon as he shows up on radar,
feed me the information. I'II reIay it.
813
00:53:28,317 -- 00:53:30,911
-How about the finaI approach?
-HandIe that the same way.
814
00:53:31,086 -- 00:53:33,987
As soon as you have him on the scope,
we'II move to the tower.
815
00:53:34,156 -- 00:53:37,284
Report up there. We'II decide on the runway
and pIan the approach.
816
00:53:37,459 -- 00:53:38,687
Yes, sir.
817
00:53:44,433 -- 00:53:48,335
TeII them we're on top of the cIouds
at 1 1 ,000 feet and IeveIed off.
818
00:53:48,504 -- 00:53:53,908
We are now on top of the clouds
at 1 1,000 feet and we're leveled off.
819
00:53:54,076 -- 00:53:56,067
What is your present heading, Stryker?
820
00:53:57,579 -- 00:54:00,571
TeII him the compass
is stiII about 2-9-0.
821
00:54:00,749 -- 00:54:03,843
The compass is stiII at 2-9-0.
822
00:54:04,019 -- 00:54:07,853
AII right. Try to stay on that heading.
You may be a few miIes off course...
823
00:54:08,023 -- 00:54:11,083
....but we can correct that easiIy
when you get in radar range.
824
00:54:11,260 -- 00:54:13,922
I want you to feeI how the ship handIes
at Iower speeds...
825
00:54:14,096 -- 00:54:15,893
..when the fIaps and the gear are down.
826
00:54:16,064 -- 00:54:19,659
But don't do anything untiI I give you
the word. Is that understood? Go ahead.
827
00:54:19,835 -- 00:54:21,928
Yes, we understand, Vancouver.
828
00:54:26,775 -- 00:54:30,108
AII right, Stryker.
The first thing is to throttIe back sIightIy.
829
00:54:30,279 -- 00:54:34,010
Get your airspeed steady at 1 20,
and then teII me when you're ready.
830
00:54:34,483 -- 00:54:36,474
Keep your fingers crossed.
831
00:54:37,553 -- 00:54:38,986
EIIen, watch the airspeed.
832
00:54:39,154 -- 00:54:42,590
You'II have to caII it off when we Iand.
You may as weII start practicing.
833
00:54:42,758 -- 00:54:47,821
One forty, 1 35, 1 30, 1 25, 1 20...
834
00:54:47,996 -- 00:54:51,727
...one fifteen, 1 1 0.
That's too Iow. He said 1 20.
835
00:54:51,900 -- 00:54:53,595
I know, I know. Watch it.
836
00:54:56,905 -- 00:54:58,497
One fifteen, 1 20.
837
00:55:04,479 -- 00:55:06,174
One twenty-five.
838
00:55:06,548 -- 00:55:07,845
One twenty.
839
00:55:08,016 -- 00:55:09,608
Steady at 1 20.
840
00:55:09,785 -- 00:55:11,377
TeII them.
841
00:55:13,021 -- 00:55:14,010
HeIIo.
842
00:55:14,590 -- 00:55:17,081
Our airspeed is now steady at 1 20.
843
00:55:17,259 -- 00:55:20,228
Now, Stryker, I want you to put down
20 degrees of fIap.
844
00:55:20,395 -- 00:55:22,124
Be carefuI not to make it any more.
845
00:55:22,297 -- 00:55:25,755
The fIap handIe is on the Iower
right-hand side of the controI pedestaI.
846
00:55:25,934 -- 00:55:29,131
Twenty degrees wiII mean moving
the handIe down to the second notch.
847
00:55:29,304 -- 00:55:32,796
You'II have to put the fIaps down, EIIen.
There's the handIe there.
848
00:55:32,975 -- 00:55:36,706
Can you see the flap indicator, Stryker?
It's near the center of the main panel.
849
00:55:36,879 -- 00:55:39,279
There's the indicator he's taIking about.
850
00:55:39,448 -- 00:55:42,906
When I teII you, put the handIe down
two notches. Watch that indicator.
851
00:55:43,085 -- 00:55:44,575
AII right.
852
00:55:44,753 -- 00:55:47,984
TeII them we're going to put the fIaps
down now.
853
00:55:48,156 -- 00:55:50,056
We're going to put the flaps down now.
854
00:55:50,225 -- 00:55:53,353
Okay, 7 1 4. Go ahead with your fIaps.
855
00:55:53,528 -- 00:55:54,995
Then, when they're down...
856
00:55:55,163 -- 00:55:58,655
...get your airspeed steady at 1 20,
adjust your trim and caII me once again.
857
00:55:58,834 -- 00:56:01,200
Twenty degrees of fIap, EIIen.
858
00:56:01,370 -- 00:56:02,735
AII right.
859
00:56:10,979 -- 00:56:14,210
The fIaps are down and the airspeed
is steady at 1 20.
860
00:56:14,383 -- 00:56:16,749
AII right.
The next thing is to drop your gear.
861
00:56:16,919 -- 00:56:20,286
Then you'II have the feeI of the ship
as it wiII be when you're Ianding.
862
00:56:20,455 -- 00:56:22,184
Are you stiII in IeveI fIight?
863
00:56:22,357 -- 00:56:23,756
By any remote chance?
864
00:56:23,926 -- 00:56:25,188
More or Iess.
865
00:56:31,066 -- 00:56:35,025
Ask him about prop controIs
and the mixture.
866
00:56:35,370 -- 00:56:36,359
Vancouver?
867
00:56:36,538 -- 00:56:40,304
What about prop controls
and the mixture?
868
00:56:40,475 -- 00:56:42,670
WeII, at Ieast he's thinking, anyway.
869
00:56:42,844 -- 00:56:44,675
Never mind that for the time being.
870
00:56:44,846 -- 00:56:48,509
Just concentrate on hoIding that airspeed
steady with your fIaps and gear down.
871
00:56:48,684 -- 00:56:50,413
Okay, EIIen.
872
00:56:50,585 -- 00:56:54,646
Put the gear down. CaII off that airspeed.
873
00:57:08,537 -- 00:57:11,028
Okay, Stryker.
Your gear shouId be down by now.
874
00:57:11,206 -- 00:57:13,800
Look for three green Iights
to show you that it's Iocked.
875
00:57:13,976 -- 00:57:16,774
There's a hydrauIic pressure gauge
above the three Iights.
876
00:57:16,945 -- 00:57:18,879
That needIe
shouId be in the green range.
877
00:57:19,047 -- 00:57:20,446
Three green Iights.
878
00:57:22,284 -- 00:57:25,549
The pressure's up.
TeII them the gear and fIaps are down...
879
00:57:25,721 -- 00:57:29,157
...but she stiII handIes Iike a wet sponge,
onIy more so.
880
00:57:29,324 -- 00:57:31,349
The gear and flaps are down now...
881
00:57:31,526 -- 00:57:35,792
...but he says that she still handles
like a wet sponge, only more so.
882
00:57:35,964 -- 00:57:37,864
You'II get used to that.
883
00:57:38,333 -- 00:57:41,302
I'm gonna give instructions
for hoIding your aItitude steady...
884
00:57:41,470 -- 00:57:43,631
...whiIe you raise the Ianding gear
and fIaps.
885
00:57:43,805 -- 00:57:46,831
-We'II run through the whoIe thing again.
-Again?
886
00:57:48,176 -- 00:57:50,804
Look, I'm giving you
aII I've got the first time.
887
00:57:50,979 -- 00:57:53,812
Don't expect me to sit here
and go through a Iot of dry runs.
888
00:57:53,982 -- 00:57:56,450
You gonna bring that pIane in
or couId you use heIp?
889
00:57:56,618 -- 00:57:58,108
Ease up, Martin.
890
00:58:01,556 -- 00:58:03,922
AII right, Stryker, get ahoId of yourseIf.
891
00:58:04,092 -- 00:58:06,253
We don't have Iong to go now.
892
00:58:08,630 -- 00:58:10,029
Sorry.
893
00:58:58,980 -- 00:59:00,572
Ted, the speed.
894
00:59:00,749 -- 00:59:03,912
Look at the speed, Ted.
We're faIIing. Ted, we're faIIing.
895
00:59:09,758 -- 00:59:12,090
Get the gear up. Get the gear up.
896
00:59:19,334 -- 00:59:21,063
The mountains. Ted, the mountain.
897
00:59:32,414 -- 00:59:35,850
I gotta get out of here.
I gotta get out of here.
898
00:59:38,420 -- 00:59:39,819
I gotta get out of here.
899
00:59:39,988 -- 00:59:42,752
-I gotta get out of here.
-Quiet.
900
00:59:43,558 -- 00:59:45,549
Look. He isn't a piIot.
901
00:59:50,932 -- 00:59:52,331
Now you know.
902
00:59:52,501 -- 00:59:55,766
Mr. Stryker is the onIy person aboard
who can fIy this pIane.
903
00:59:55,937 -- 00:59:59,464
He was a piIot in the war and we can aII
heIp him by not getting in a panic.
904
00:59:59,641 -- 01:00:01,666
Now, we aII know
there are dangers invoIved.
905
01:00:01,843 -- 01:00:04,607
But is there any one here
who'd Iike to take his pIace?
906
01:00:10,886 -- 01:00:14,219
-They've faded out compIeteIy.
-Aren't you getting anything?
907
01:00:14,389 -- 01:00:16,118
7 1 4.
908
01:00:16,291 -- 01:00:17,724
7 1 4.
909
01:00:26,535 -- 01:00:28,765
HeIIo, Vancouver?
910
01:00:29,638 -- 01:00:31,469
Vancouver?
911
01:00:32,240 -- 01:00:34,800
Ted, I can't get an answer.
I think the radio is dead.
912
01:00:34,976 -- 01:00:36,102
It can't be dead.
913
01:00:36,278 -- 01:00:39,304
HeIIo, Vancouver?
914
01:00:39,481 -- 01:00:43,383
Vancouver, come in, pIease.
This is FIight 7 1 4.
915
01:00:46,354 -- 01:00:48,117
There's nothing.
916
01:00:49,357 -- 01:00:50,881
Wait a minute.
917
01:00:51,059 -- 01:00:53,357
The radio must
have been knocked off frequency.
918
01:00:53,528 -- 01:00:57,430
-Do you remember where it was?
-Oh, no, I didn't see it.
919
01:00:59,201 -- 01:01:02,398
HeIIo, come in, Vancouver, pIease.
920
01:01:02,571 -- 01:01:04,539
This is FIight 7 1 4.
921
01:01:04,706 -- 01:01:06,264
Get Captain WiIson's wife for me.
922
01:01:06,441 -- 01:01:09,433
You'd better caII the first officer's
home and the stewardess's.
923
01:01:09,611 -- 01:01:11,272
Keep trying, wiII you?
924
01:01:11,680 -- 01:01:13,511
7 1 4.
925
01:01:13,682 -- 01:01:15,843
7 1 4.
926
01:01:16,017 -- 01:01:18,008
Are you getting anything yet?
927
01:01:18,186 -- 01:01:20,814
No, what are we going to do?
928
01:01:20,989 -- 01:01:22,081
Just keep trying.
929
01:01:22,257 -- 01:01:25,317
HeIIo, Vancouver. Come in, pIease.
930
01:01:49,618 -- 01:01:52,212
Harry, they won't Ieave
without a statement from you.
931
01:01:52,387 -- 01:01:55,720
You've got a runaway pIane Ioose up there.
That's what it comes down to.
932
01:01:55,890 -- 01:01:57,915
This pIane couId crash
anywhere in the city.
933
01:01:58,093 -- 01:02:00,425
Into homes, factories, anywhere.
Isn't that true?
934
01:02:00,595 -- 01:02:03,723
We can't be sure of anything.
We're doing everything we can.
935
01:02:36,197 -- 01:02:39,928
Repeating: 7 1 4, this is Vancouver.
936
01:02:40,101 -- 01:02:42,592
Vancouver caIIing 7 1 4.
937
01:02:45,940 -- 01:02:49,068
Flight 7 1 4. Come in, please.
938
01:02:56,351 -- 01:02:57,909
Flight 7 1 4.
939
01:02:58,520 -- 01:03:00,818
This is Vancouver. Do you hear me?
940
01:03:00,989 -- 01:03:03,389
-Come in, please.
-Vancouver.
941
01:03:03,591 -- 01:03:05,752
Vancouver, we're reading you again.
Come in.
942
01:03:05,927 -- 01:03:07,121
What happened?
943
01:03:07,295 -- 01:03:11,425
We staIIed. The radio went off,
but we're aII right now. We're cIimbing.
944
01:03:11,599 -- 01:03:14,466
AII right, Stryker,
here's what you must do next.
945
01:03:14,636 -- 01:03:17,867
Take a Iook at the fueI-tank gauges.
Give me their exact reading.
946
01:03:18,039 -- 01:03:19,597
I can't take much more of this.
947
01:03:19,774 -- 01:03:21,867
Johnny, how about some more coffee?
948
01:03:35,223 -- 01:03:37,020
-HeIIo.
-Mrs. Wilson?
949
01:03:37,192 -- 01:03:39,990
-Yes, this is Mrs. WiIson.
-This is John Arnold...
950
01:03:40,161 -- 01:03:43,494
...calling from the airport.
There's trouble on your husband's flight.
951
01:03:43,665 -- 01:03:46,498
We don't know how serious it is
but Harry Ballard thought...
952
01:03:46,668 -- 01:03:50,035
-...you'd want to get here right away.
-Yes, I'II be there right away.
953
01:04:09,124 -- 01:04:11,820
Captain WiIson
hasn't come out of it at aII.
954
01:04:11,993 -- 01:04:13,893
None of them have.
955
01:04:15,530 -- 01:04:16,792
And Joey's worse.
956
01:04:23,071 -- 01:04:24,060
Vancouver.
957
01:04:24,239 -- 01:04:26,434
We've got to start down now.
958
01:04:26,608 -- 01:04:30,169
Not just yet.
We'II have you on radar any second now.
959
01:04:36,117 -- 01:04:39,052
I don't understand. He shouId have
been in range 1 0 minutes ago.
960
01:04:39,220 -- 01:04:42,383
He Iost a Iot of time.
We don't know how far off course he went.
961
01:04:42,557 -- 01:04:44,081
Radar, you getting anything?
962
01:04:44,259 -- 01:04:47,524
HoId it. HoId it a minute.
This may be something coming up.
963
01:04:48,797 -- 01:04:50,992
Yeah, I have him now.
964
01:04:51,166 -- 01:04:53,794
He's 1 0 miIes south of course.
965
01:04:53,968 -- 01:04:57,699
TeII him to turn right
onto a heading of 3-0-5.
966
01:04:57,872 -- 01:05:01,364
Nice work.
Now, Stryker, we have you on radar now.
967
01:05:01,543 -- 01:05:03,738
You're off course 1 0 miIes to the south.
968
01:05:03,912 -- 01:05:06,813
PIease turn right
onto a new heading of 3-0-5.
969
01:05:06,981 -- 01:05:08,881
When you're ready, start Iosing aItitude.
970
01:05:21,830 -- 01:05:24,890
TeII him we're going on the new course.
Ready to Iose aItitude.
971
01:05:25,066 -- 01:05:29,400
HeIIo, Vancouver, we're now on
the new course and ready to Iose aItitude.
972
01:05:29,571 -- 01:05:32,472
ThrottIe back sIightIy
but hoId your airspeed steady...
973
01:05:32,640 -- 01:05:35,131
...untiI you're Iosing aItitude
at 1 00 feet a minute.
974
01:05:35,310 -- 01:05:38,973
Watch your instruments closely.
You'll have to trust them all the way.
975
01:05:39,147 -- 01:05:41,081
How Iong do you figure
before the Ianding?
976
01:05:41,249 -- 01:05:42,341
I don't know.
977
01:05:42,517 -- 01:05:44,883
With Iuck about-- I'II say 30 minutes.
978
01:05:45,053 -- 01:05:47,851
CaII the tower. We need
a doubIe emergency crew on this one.
979
01:05:48,022 -- 01:05:50,149
Make sure those hospitaI units
are standing by.
980
01:05:50,325 -- 01:05:52,452
Get me the fire department
and city poIice.
981
01:06:02,770 -- 01:06:05,466
AIso, I want aII traffic
bIocked off from this airport.
982
01:06:05,640 -- 01:06:07,938
Now, here are the runways.
983
01:06:08,109 -- 01:06:11,442
We have apartment buiIdings here,
there and there.
984
01:06:11,613 -- 01:06:14,207
ActuaIIy, what we'II have to do is aIert
the entire area.
985
01:06:14,382 -- 01:06:17,943
So contact aII fire departments,
emergency equipment, the works.
986
01:06:18,119 -- 01:06:20,519
There's no teIIing
where this pIane might come down.
987
01:06:32,600 -- 01:06:34,591
Here are the banner sheets.
988
01:06:34,769 -- 01:06:36,327
We're ready to roII either way.
989
01:06:42,477 -- 01:06:44,968
I'd Iike to go back and see Joey again
for a minute.
990
01:06:45,146 -- 01:06:49,105
AII right. This wouId be a good time.
She's hoIding fairIy steady right now.
991
01:07:03,398 -- 01:07:04,888
Doctor?
992
01:07:05,700 -- 01:07:08,225
-How is he?
-I won't deceive you, Mrs. Stryker.
993
01:07:08,403 -- 01:07:09,802
We're running out of time.
994
01:07:09,971 -- 01:07:11,768
How soon do you think
we'II be Ianding?
995
01:07:11,940 -- 01:07:14,272
WeII, I reaIIy don't know,
but we're getting cIose.
996
01:07:14,442 -- 01:07:16,603
WeII, I'd better go
and taIk to your husband.
997
01:07:22,517 -- 01:07:23,745
PIease, God.
998
01:07:26,854 -- 01:07:29,652
-WiII hospitaI equipment be at the airport?
-Yes, everything.
999
01:07:29,824 -- 01:07:31,883
The captain wants to talk
to the stewardess.
1000
01:07:32,060 -- 01:07:34,756
-They want to taIk to the stewardess.
-I'II get her.
1001
01:07:35,463 -- 01:07:37,328
Excuse me, doctor.
1002
01:07:37,865 -- 01:07:40,231
7 1 4, stand by.
1003
01:07:41,369 -- 01:07:42,461
How is he?
1004
01:07:42,670 -- 01:07:44,900
StiII unconscious.
1005
01:07:45,373 -- 01:07:46,704
Doctor says everybody--
1006
01:07:46,874 -- 01:07:49,502
I know, he toId me.
1007
01:07:50,111 -- 01:07:54,172
EIIen, we're going to make it.
You've got to beIieve that.
1008
01:07:57,352 -- 01:08:00,185
They want to taIk to you, stewardess.
There's a headset there.
1009
01:08:00,355 -- 01:08:02,585
-I've got it.
-They've got the stewardess.
1010
01:08:02,757 -- 01:08:05,658
-AII right. What's the girI's name?
-Janet Turner.
1011
01:08:05,827 -- 01:08:06,953
How are you, Janet?
1012
01:08:07,128 -- 01:08:08,993
This is Captain TreIeaven here.
1013
01:08:09,163 -- 01:08:12,394
Janet, when we make this Ianding,
use emergency crash procedures...
1014
01:08:12,567 -- 01:08:14,558
...for protection of passengers.
Understand?
1015
01:08:14,736 -- 01:08:18,035
-TeII him I understand.
-Yes, she understands.
1016
01:08:18,206 -- 01:08:19,400
That's fine.
1017
01:08:19,574 -- 01:08:22,839
Just before the Ianding,
I'II ask the piIot to ring the emergency beII.
1018
01:08:23,011 -- 01:08:25,479
The button for that is right over
the copiIot's seat.
1019
01:08:25,647 -- 01:08:27,911
-There it is.
-You see it, EIIen? Remember it.
1020
01:08:28,116 -- 01:08:30,243
That'II be your warning
for finaI precautions.
1021
01:08:30,818 -- 01:08:31,876
-Stewardess.
-Yes?
1022
01:08:32,053 -- 01:08:34,248
-Are the piIots strapped to seats?
-Yes.
1023
01:08:34,422 -- 01:08:36,390
Good Iuck back there.
1024
01:08:36,824 -- 01:08:38,485
We'II be ready.
1025
01:08:46,100 -- 01:08:48,625
Twenty-nine miIes from the fieId.
1026
01:08:48,803 -- 01:08:51,704
Turn Ieft onto 3-0-0.
1027
01:08:52,707 -- 01:08:55,005
AII right, Stryker,
change your heading sIightIy.
1028
01:08:55,176 -- 01:08:58,236
Turn Ieft onto 3-0-0.
What is your aItitude?
1029
01:08:58,413 -- 01:09:00,574
Altitude is 2500.
1030
01:09:00,748 -- 01:09:05,082
-Bad news, the fog's getting thicker.
-There's nothing we can do about that.
1031
01:09:05,253 -- 01:09:07,915
TeII the tower to Iight up.
Put on everything they've got.
1032
01:09:08,089 -- 01:09:11,081
We'II be coming up.
I want their radio on the same frequency.
1033
01:09:11,259 -- 01:09:14,023
-Stryker won't have time to fooI around.
-Right.
1034
01:09:19,867 -- 01:09:21,198
-Listen, you!
-Let go of me.
1035
01:09:21,369 -- 01:09:23,428
-I'm trying to heIp you.
-I won't. Let me go.
1036
01:09:23,604 -- 01:09:25,572
AII right, Ieave her to me.
1037
01:09:25,807 -- 01:09:29,971
AII right. Now, Iisten to me. Listen to me.
CaIm down, reIax.
1038
01:09:31,646 -- 01:09:32,635
Come on, now.
1039
01:09:32,814 -- 01:09:36,511
Oh, Tony, I'm aII right,
it's just everything at once.
1040
01:09:40,555 -- 01:09:43,524
Here, drink this. Come on, drink it.
1041
01:09:45,593 -- 01:09:48,926
Remind me never to traveI this airIine again.
They have terribIe coffee.
1042
01:09:49,097 -- 01:09:51,998
I'II get you the best coffee in Vancouver
as soon as we Iand.
1043
01:09:52,166 -- 01:09:55,329
-I'm sorry about what I said to you before.
-Forget it.
1044
01:09:55,503 -- 01:09:57,767
HonestIy, I couIdn't have done it
without you.
1045
01:09:57,939 -- 01:10:00,840
I'd Iike it to go on that way
for at Ieast the next 1 00 years.
1046
01:10:01,008 -- 01:10:02,236
Oh, me too.
1047
01:10:06,514 -- 01:10:10,814
You are now nine minutes from the airport.
Are you ready to begin your finaI descent?
1048
01:10:10,985 -- 01:10:13,920
TeII him we're on top of the overcast.
Nothing but fog beIow.
1049
01:10:14,088 -- 01:10:16,113
-Not a break in it anywhere.
-Vancouver...
1050
01:10:16,324 -- 01:10:18,224
...we're on top of the overcast.
1051
01:10:18,392 -- 01:10:20,883
There's not a break in at anywhere.
1052
01:10:21,629 -- 01:10:23,893
This wouId be a tough Ianding
for anybody to make.
1053
01:10:24,065 -- 01:10:27,262
Maybe if we hoId him off for a bit,
we'II get a break in the weather.
1054
01:10:27,668 -- 01:10:30,796
AII right, you'd better stay up there
for a bit. Keep circIing.
1055
01:10:30,972 -- 01:10:33,634
We got everything out of the air.
You won't have troubIe.
1056
01:10:33,808 -- 01:10:35,901
As soon as the fog Iifts,
we'II bring you in.
1057
01:10:36,944 -- 01:10:38,639
I'II take it, EIIen.
1058
01:10:38,813 -- 01:10:41,680
No dice, Vancouver.
I'm coming straight in now.
1059
01:10:41,849 -- 01:10:45,580
Dr. Baird says the sick peopIe are in
criticaI condition and every minute counts.
1060
01:10:45,753 -- 01:10:46,913
Don't be a fooI, Stryker.
1061
01:10:47,088 -- 01:10:50,057
You know what a Ianding Iike this means,
you more than anybody.
1062
01:10:51,893 -- 01:10:54,293
That's right, but we've got to come in.
1063
01:10:54,462 -- 01:10:57,295
But he can't.
TeII him he's gotta stay up there.
1064
01:10:57,465 -- 01:11:00,457
Let's face it, Harry.
There's nothing we can do about it.
1065
01:11:00,735 -- 01:11:03,602
AII right, IeveI off at 2000 feet
and wait for instructions.
1066
01:11:03,771 -- 01:11:06,433
I'm going to the tower.
You won't hear from me for a bit.
1067
01:11:06,607 -- 01:11:09,599
We'II decide on the runway to use
so you can Iand into the wind.
1068
01:11:09,777 -- 01:11:12,575
He can't bring it down in this soup.
It's 1 00-to-1 anyway.
1069
01:11:12,747 -- 01:11:15,807
I know, I know.
But it's his ship now, his command.
1070
01:11:15,983 -- 01:11:19,146
Stand by, Stryker.
I'm going to the tower and good Iuck.
1071
01:11:20,421 -- 01:11:22,321
We're on our way up now.
1072
01:11:38,172 -- 01:11:40,197
-Decide on the runway yet?
-Runway 9.
1073
01:11:40,374 -- 01:11:42,842
It's the Iongest and pretty weII
into the wind.
1074
01:11:43,010 -- 01:11:44,477
-Radar.
-Yes, captain?
1075
01:11:44,645 -- 01:11:46,135
This is the way we'II handIe it.
1076
01:11:46,314 -- 01:11:49,943
Now, he's here. I'II turn him so he
begins to make a wide right-hand circIe...
1077
01:11:50,117 -- 01:11:52,677
...at the same time,
bring him down to 1 000 feet.
1078
01:11:52,854 -- 01:11:55,948
I'II start the pre-Ianding check
then make him turn onto finaI.
1079
01:11:56,123 -- 01:11:57,522
-Is that cIear?
-Yep.
1080
01:11:57,692 -- 01:12:00,252
-Is the phone hooked up to Radar?
-Right there, sir.
1081
01:12:00,428 -- 01:12:01,656
How do I taIk to the fieId?
1082
01:12:01,829 -- 01:12:04,423
Just fIip that speaker on, sir.
1083
01:12:05,933 -- 01:12:08,060
Tower to aII emergency vehicIes.
1084
01:12:08,236 -- 01:12:09,703
Runway is nine.
1085
01:12:09,871 -- 01:12:12,499
Airport tenders,
take positions number one and two.
1086
01:12:12,707 -- 01:12:14,675
CiviIian equipment, number three.
1087
01:12:14,842 -- 01:12:17,276
Air force, positions number four and five.
1088
01:12:17,445 -- 01:12:19,436
All ambulances to position three.
1089
01:12:19,614 -- 01:12:21,809
7 1 4, this is TreIeaven
in Vancouver Tower.
1090
01:12:21,983 -- 01:12:24,144
Are you ready to Iine up for the Ianding?
1091
01:12:24,318 -- 01:12:27,253
-Okay, Vancouver. We're ready.
-Harry.
1092
01:12:27,922 -- 01:12:29,219
Got a cigarette, NeIs?
1093
01:12:29,390 -- 01:12:33,156
Joan,
I thought you'd Iike to know the Iatest.
1094
01:12:33,327 -- 01:12:36,694
Now, your husband and the others
are aIive but unconscious.
1095
01:12:36,864 -- 01:12:40,766
There's a good chance we can save them
if Stryker can get this pIane down in time.
1096
01:12:40,935 -- 01:12:43,460
That isn't reaIIy much of a chance, is it?
1097
01:12:43,638 -- 01:12:45,003
It's the onIy one we've got.
1098
01:12:45,206 -- 01:12:46,537
Eight miIes.
1099
01:12:46,707 -- 01:12:49,369
Turn right to heading 0-8-0.
1100
01:12:49,543 -- 01:12:52,535
After this message,
do not acknowIedge further transmissions...
1101
01:12:52,713 -- 01:12:56,376
...unIess you wanna ask a question.
You are now eight miIes from the airport.
1102
01:12:56,550 -- 01:12:59,280
Turn right to a heading of 0-8-0,
throttIe back sIightIy...
1103
01:12:59,453 -- 01:13:01,648
...and begin to Iose aItitude to 1 000 feet.
1104
01:13:02,423 -- 01:13:04,288
I just want to teII you both, good Iuck.
1105
01:13:04,458 -- 01:13:06,289
-I'II keep your son with me.
-Thank you.
1106
01:13:06,460 -- 01:13:08,155
-Thanks, doctor.
-Right.
1107
01:13:08,362 -- 01:13:10,489
HoId your airspeed steady at 1 20.
1108
01:13:10,665 -- 01:13:14,066
TeII him we're at 1 000 feet
and IeveIing off.
1109
01:13:14,235 -- 01:13:17,170
We're now at 1 000 feet
and leveling off.
1110
01:13:17,338 -- 01:13:20,796
Now set your mixture controIs in autorich.
That is, in the top position.
1111
01:13:21,008 -- 01:13:23,875
Those four Ievers, EIIen.
PuII them aII the way up.
1112
01:13:27,682 -- 01:13:30,014
AII right, Stryker,
put down 20 degrees of fIap.
1113
01:13:30,184 -- 01:13:32,379
Twenty degrees of fIap, EIIen.
1114
01:13:36,057 -- 01:13:38,389
When your flaps are down,
re-trim for level flight.
1115
01:13:46,600 -- 01:13:49,967
He's aII over the pIace.
Nine hundred feet up to 1 300 feet.
1116
01:13:50,137 -- 01:13:52,264
Watch your aItitude, Stryker.
It's too erratic.
1117
01:13:52,440 -- 01:13:54,305
Try to hoId steady at 1 000 feet.
1118
01:13:58,112 -- 01:13:59,579
Any break in the fog up there?
1119
01:13:59,747 -- 01:14:01,874
No, nothing yet. I can't see a thing.
1120
01:14:06,320 -- 01:14:07,947
Keep checking those instruments.
1121
01:14:08,122 -- 01:14:10,613
You'll have to trust them all the way.
1122
01:14:23,971 -- 01:14:27,202
Close up. Stay in formation.
Target's just ahead.
1123
01:14:27,375 -- 01:14:31,436
Target should be clear if you go in
low enough. You'll have to decide.
1124
01:14:39,720 -- 01:14:42,120
Too Iow, Ted. We're too Iow.
1125
01:14:42,289 -- 01:14:46,623
Stryker? Stryker, can you hear me?
You've got to keep her up. Keep her up.
1126
01:14:46,794 -- 01:14:49,524
Stryker, get your altitude back.
You need 1 000 feet.
1127
01:14:51,699 -- 01:14:53,929
He's dropping off fast. AImost 700.
1128
01:14:54,101 -- 01:14:56,035
Stryker, get back to 1 000 feet.
1129
01:14:59,673 -- 01:15:02,335
Captain, he's beIow 700 now,
and he's stiII going down.
1130
01:15:02,676 -- 01:15:04,075
You can't come straight in.
1131
01:15:04,245 -- 01:15:06,475
You've got enough fueI Ieft
for two hours' fIying.
1132
01:15:06,647 -- 01:15:08,945
Stay up there
untiI we get a break in the weather.
1133
01:15:09,116 -- 01:15:11,209
I'II take it, EIIen.
1134
01:15:11,385 -- 01:15:14,786
Listen, TreIeaven, I'm coming in.
Do you hear me? I'm coming in right now.
1135
01:15:14,955 -- 01:15:16,855
We have peopIe up here
incIuding my son...
1136
01:15:17,024 -- 01:15:19,458
...who'II die in Iess than one hour,
never mind two.
1137
01:15:19,627 -- 01:15:22,289
I may bend your precious airpIane,
but I'II bring it down.
1138
01:15:22,463 -- 01:15:24,363
Now get on with the Ianding check.
1139
01:15:24,598 -- 01:15:26,964
I'm putting the gear down now.
1140
01:15:35,609 -- 01:15:38,009
-Ted?
-Yes?
1141
01:15:38,179 -- 01:15:41,114
I just wanted you to know now...
1142
01:15:41,282 -- 01:15:43,011
...I'm very proud.
1143
01:15:45,619 -- 01:15:48,315
TeII them the gear is down
and we're ready to Iand.
1144
01:15:48,489 -- 01:15:49,979
The gear is now down.
1145
01:15:50,157 -- 01:15:51,624
And we're ready to land.
1146
01:15:51,792 -- 01:15:55,421
He may not be abIe to fIy,
but he's sure got guts.
1147
01:15:57,965 -- 01:16:00,399
Keep your heading steady
on 0-9-0.
1148
01:16:00,568 -- 01:16:02,968
Increase you throttIe setting
to hoId your airspeed.
1149
01:16:03,137 -- 01:16:04,434
Advance your prop controI...
1150
01:16:04,605 -- 01:16:07,403
...so you're getting a reading
of 2250 rpm on each engine.
1151
01:16:09,443 -- 01:16:11,570
Twenty-two fifty rpm.
1152
01:16:11,745 -- 01:16:14,680
He's still dropping. Just under 600.
1153
01:16:18,919 -- 01:16:20,784
Five fifty.
1154
01:16:20,955 -- 01:16:22,149
Five hundred.
1155
01:16:22,356 -- 01:16:23,846
Stryker, you're too Iow.
1156
01:16:24,058 -- 01:16:25,685
StiII on 1 40.
1157
01:16:25,860 -- 01:16:27,794
Altitude steady at 500.
1158
01:16:27,962 -- 01:16:29,589
He's right on the heading.
1159
01:16:29,763 -- 01:16:31,162
AII right, he's on finaI now.
1160
01:16:31,332 -- 01:16:34,028
Put out aII the runway Iights
except Number 9.
1161
01:16:50,284 -- 01:16:52,149
Turn on your Ianding Iights, Stryker.
1162
01:16:52,319 -- 01:16:54,310
Can you find the switch?
1163
01:17:03,063 -- 01:17:04,530
AII right, Iisten carefuIIy.
1164
01:17:04,698 -- 01:17:07,064
You shouId be abIe to see the runway
at 300 feet.
1165
01:17:07,234 -- 01:17:09,202
Aim to touch down a third
of the way aIong.
1166
01:17:09,370 -- 01:17:11,497
There's a crosswind from the right.
Be ready.
1167
01:17:11,672 -- 01:17:15,733
If you land too fast, use emergency brakes.
The red handle is right in front of you.
1168
01:17:15,910 -- 01:17:19,846
If that doesn't stop you, cut the four
ignition switches over the copilot's head.
1169
01:17:20,581 -- 01:17:21,843
You see them, EIIen?
1170
01:17:22,483 -- 01:17:24,280
If I want them off it'II be in a hurry.
1171
01:17:24,451 -- 01:17:26,419
-Don't waste any time about it.
-AII right.
1172
01:17:26,620 -- 01:17:28,679
Now, Stryker, hoId your present heading.
1173
01:17:28,856 -- 01:17:31,689
Put down fuII fIap,
bring your airspeed back to 1 1 0...
1174
01:17:31,859 -- 01:17:34,259
...adjust your trim,
and start easing her down.
1175
01:17:34,428 -- 01:17:36,760
-Everything ready on the fieId?
-As we'II ever be.
1176
01:17:36,931 -- 01:17:38,558
Give me aItitude and speed.
1177
01:17:38,732 -- 01:17:40,427
Four hundred feet. Speed, 1 1 5.
1178
01:17:40,601 -- 01:17:42,569
Three fifty. Speed, 1 1 0.
1179
01:17:42,770 -- 01:17:45,466
Do you see us now?
You shouId be abIe to see the fieId.
1180
01:18:18,372 -- 01:18:19,930
There he is.
1181
01:18:26,981 -- 01:18:28,642
Stryker, you're coming in too fast.
1182
01:18:28,816 -- 01:18:30,579
I know, I know. Keep watching.
1183
01:18:30,751 -- 01:18:34,915
Three hundred. Speed, 1 25.
Three hundred. Speed, 1 30.
1184
01:18:35,089 -- 01:18:37,683
Stryker, now Iisten to me.
You're coming down too fast.
1185
01:18:43,564 -- 01:18:44,997
Sound your aIarm beII now.
1186
01:18:48,569 -- 01:18:51,129
AII right,
everybody get in the crash position.
1187
01:18:53,440 -- 01:18:56,568
Put your heads down.
Everybody, put your heads down.
1188
01:18:58,078 -- 01:18:59,875
Now, Iet down, easy.
1189
01:19:05,586 -- 01:19:08,453
Watch your nose, it's too Iow.
You're coming in too hot.
1190
01:19:08,622 -- 01:19:12,080
Remember you're brakes and switches.
Get ready to fIare it out.
1191
01:19:13,227 -- 01:19:14,854
You're coming in too fast.
1192
01:19:17,765 -- 01:19:19,426
Now ease her down. Down.
1193
01:19:22,536 -- 01:19:24,299
Lift the nose. ThrottIe back.
1194
01:19:29,109 -- 01:19:30,804
The brakes. PuII that red handIe.
1195
01:19:41,388 -- 01:19:42,650
Cut the switches.
1196
01:19:44,591 -- 01:19:45,580
HoId her steady.
1197
01:20:10,250 -- 01:20:12,912
Everything's aII right back here.
Thanks to you.
1198
01:20:13,087 -- 01:20:14,076
And we're in time.
1199
01:20:14,254 -- 01:20:16,552
-Oh, thank God.
-Thanks.
1200
01:20:18,258 -- 01:20:20,886
Stryker. Stryker, you all right?
1201
01:20:22,896 -- 01:20:25,387
-Okay.
-Ted?
1202
01:20:25,899 -- 01:20:29,995
Ted, that was probabIy the Iousiest Ianding
in the history of this airport.
1203
01:20:30,871 -- 01:20:34,398
But there are some of us here,
particuIarIy me...
1204
01:20:34,908 -- 01:20:37,638
...that wouId Iike to buy you a drink
and shake your hand.
1205
01:20:40,013 -- 01:20:41,605
We're coming over.
1206
01:21:05,572 -- 01:21:07,563