Airplane! Page #5

INT. COCKPIT - FLIGHT 209 - NIGHT

Clarence Oveur is in the pilot's seat. VICTOR BASTA is

seated at engineer's console. There is a St. Christopher's

statue on the dashboard.

BASTA:

Any word on that storm lifting over Salt

Lake, Clarence?

TEXACO SERVICE MAN is cleaning windshield.

OVEUR:

Unlikely, Victor. I just reviewed the Area

Report for 1609 hours through 2400 hours.

That's an occluded front stalled over the

Dakotas -- backed up all the way to Utah.

Texaco Service Man opens hood and checks dipstick.

BASTA:

If it decides to push over into the Great

Lakes it could get plenty soupy. How about

the southern route, around Tulsa?

OVEUR:

I double checked the terminal forecast and

winds aloft. IFR ceilings all the way.

Oveur gives charge card to Texaco Man.

BASTA:

Where do they top out?

OVEUR:

Well, there's some light scattered cover

at twenty thousand with icing around

eighteen.

BASTA:

Looks like the original flight plan over

Denver is still the best bet.

Oveur signs charge form and gives it to Texaco Man.

OVEUR:

Denver it is.

ROGER MURDOCK enters. He is played by a famous athlete.

MURDOCK:

Sorry, Clarence. Latest weather report

shows everything socked in from Salt Lake

to Lincoln.

OVEUR:

(to Murdock)

Hi, Roger. Good to have you aboard.

Victor, this is Roger Murdock.

BASTA:

How do you do, Roger?

Texaco Man hands receipt to Oveur.

INT. PASSENGER CABIN - BOARDING AREA - NIGHT

Stewardesses Elaine and RANDY are greeting boarding

passengers including the Hammens and SISTER ANGELINA who is

carrying a guitar.

INT. PASSENGER CABIN - ANOTHER AREA - NIGHT

HARI KRISHNA #1

Do you believe those goddamn Steelers? Can

you imagine blitzing on third and long

with two minutes in the game?

HARI KRISHNA #2

Well, hell, they couldn't stay in zone

coverage with Dallas running swing

patterns!

INT. PASSENGER CABIN - ANOTHER AREA - NIGHT

JACK:

What did you think of 'Great

Expectations?'

SHIRLEY:

Well, it wasn't all that I had hoped.

EXT. RUNWAY - NIGHT

A SOLDIER and GIRL are tearfully embracing at the base of

the stairs leading into the plane.

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