Flying Tigers Page #7

Do a closed-chute fall.

Drop as far as possible outside the

combat area before pulling the cord.

That's to prevent our little brown

friends from following you down...

And machine-gunning you while

you're hanging helplessly in the air.

It's a quaint little habit

of theirs.

And watch for the man

who's hit the silk.

Protect him

whenever possible.

You know what I'm not

gonna do, pappy?

I'm not gonna ask you what to

do if that chute doesn't open...

Because you'll say-

take it back to the factory.

oh, yeah.

No hits, no runs,

no errors.

There must be something

I'm doing wrong.

Yesterday I unloaded

a whole case of shells...

Before I seen I was firing

at my own shadow on a cloud.

You keep shooting at those clouds,

the angels are gonna get sore at you.

Thirteen for our team and

nobody benched. Nice work, boys.

Thirteen? You ain't superstitious, are you?

If you are, the next time

I go up, I'll make it 14.

Yeah, I'll bet.

I could take that scoreboard down

to the bank and cash it in right now.

Two thousand smackers,

and today's only Thursday.

Any of you hangar pilots

top that?

I knew a fellow who tied it once,

only he didn't live to spend it.

It's too bad he waited. If I hit my

stride, you guys can take a vacation.

At my expense, of course. How

does it feel to be a one-man team?

I don't get it. You're not

the first ball carrier...

That didn't appreciate

his interference.

Give me that

in straight english.

Twice I've been on the tail

of a nakajima...

When you've cut in

for the kill and the credit.

- Hold it, blackie.

- Wait a minute.

Let him talk.

There's only one guy

Woody jason.

Listen, sorehead,

Every time I ever cut in on

you I probably saved your life.

If I were you, I'd be the last

guy to talk about cutting in.

I saw the tunnel that my pal lefty

matson dug in the cleveland air races.

Probably figured his turn wrong.

Everybody saw what happened.

Oh, sure. It was all cleared

up in the investigation.

But they forgot

to smell your breath.

Quit it! Save it!

attention, "a" flight,

Elements "a," "b" and "c."

Enemy aircraft in force

over mekong bridge. Tails up!

Get moving, you two guys!

I'm not through with you yet.

Okay, tom.

You know where I live.

Hear about jason?

He got another nippo today.

Yeah. It's too bad they

don't pay off on dead pilots.

Hey, wait a minute, fellas.

You can't pin this on me.

If blackie hadn't opened his parachute

so soon, it wouldn't have happened.

Maybe if you'd have followed blackie

down, it wouldn't have happened either.

You were nearest to him. What

happened? A mitsi got in my way.

I guess it's easier to see 500

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