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- The onIy thing I can do--

I'm gonna go in there. I'm gonna look

him in the eye and tell him the truth.

Well, my girlfriend's brother was

a fighter jock in Vietnam

and he got shot down

over Hai Phong.

Anyway, ever since then,

she's had this horrible fear of flying.

And I thought that the best way

to get her over it

was to take her up and bring her

back down again safe and sound.

In other words,

you did it to get laid.

I suppose

that's not entirely untrue.

Are you any relation

to Jake Garrett?

He was my father, sir.

So why didn't you go

to the Air Force Academy?

Well, I did.

I was asked to Ieave

during my second year.

My instructors felt

that I was spending too much time

concentrating on football.

Football?

Well, I wasn't actually

on the team.

I was more of a statistician--

you know, player evaluation,

team comparisons--

that kind of thing.

I ran a betting pool.

I am relieving you of your duty

with the civil air patrol,

and I am reassigning you

until you can learn

to obey orders.

"Experimental Pilot

Performance Project."

Don't screw it up.

No, sir.

( dog barking )

( knocks on door )

Airman Garrett

reporting for duty, sir.

How do you do?

I'm Dr. Carroll.

Get Krieger for me,

would you?

Woman:
Yes, sir.

Civil air patrol.

So you've got some flying experience.

That's terrific.

That should be very useful.

Sergeant, this is Airman Garrett.

He'll be joining

the flight engineer staff.

Take him down to the vivarium

and get him started.

Oh, the F-20 flight simulations

finally came through.

Drop them off at

the PEP room, would you?

- I'll look at them this afternoon.

- Yes, sir.

I would just like to thank you

for this opportunity.

And I hope that I can be of some

real benefit to the program.

Good.

Woman over P.A.:
Airman Lucas,

report to the microbiology lab.

Just call me Krieg.

We're all on the same team here.

Those are

fighter simulations?

Yeah, a strafing run

over a South Pacific atoll.

- Wow.

- Yeah.

Well, the pilots have to be

trained to handle

all sorts of different terrain

and weather conditions.

This is gonna be

a whole new experience.

- I just hope I'm up to it.

- Don't worry about it.

Yeah, but you're talking about

jets and bombers.

I've only flown bug smashers.

I've got a lot to learn.

Not you-- them.

Man over P.A.:

Indicated air speed-- 330.

Mach .98,

minus two degrees.

We've got number two

rolling 520 degrees per second.

He's out of the envelope.

Neutralize your trim, man.

Redepart your pilot

on a standard landing.

- Okay.

- He's back in.

Man over P.A.:
Number five,

restabilize your approach

into its landing pattern.

Okay, this is where

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