The Right Stuff Page #2

Must be something wrong

with the Mach meter.

Jumped plumb off the scale.

Gone screwy on me.

You bust it, we'll fix it.

Personally, I think you're seeing things.

Could be. I'm still going upstairs

like a bat out of hell.

We did it!

We finally broke the sound barrier.

We did it!

I want to place a long-distance call

to Los Angeles.

Who are you calling?

The press!

This is big news.

The sound barrier's been broken.

No, sir. No press.

No word of this is to go

beyond the flight line.

What's going on? This is big news.

We need coverage of this.

No, sir. Sorry, no press.

Those are orders. National security.

But the war's over!

Look, pal, maybe they don't want

someone to know.

Who?

The Russians, maybe.

But they're our allies!

Well, anyway, someone figured it out

that way, and that's the way it is.

Chuck, you're our man!

You're the fastest man alive!

We want you to fly more planes for us.

We want you to fly all our planes!

What you been doing, hedgehopping?

Word will get out, Major.

Maybe not to the press

or the general public.

But soon, every fighter jock, rocket ace,

and rat-racer in the country...

will be headed this way, wanting

to push the outside of the envelope...

and get to the top of the pyramid.

Edwards Air Force Base.

This is the place to be, hon.

They're going faster, farther

and higher here than anywhere else.

I'll tell you something else, too.

We'll climb right up that ladder,

just like we did at Langley.

We?

You mean you.

Hon, we're a team!

I move up, you move up.

Right to the top of the old pyramid.

Slow down, Gordo.

Come on now, you're scaring the girls.

You're scaring the girls. You are!

Come on, Trudy.

Who's the best pilot you ever saw?

Who's the best pilot you ever saw?

You're looking at him, baby.

Come on, cheer up.

Hey, have I ever let you down?

Hi there, pops.

Pancho's, eh? Damn, look who's here.

Deke, that's 62 men...

in the last 36 weeks.

You know what that averages?

Is that Gus Grissom from Langley Field?

What is an ace like you

doing in a place like this?

Well, if it ain't Hot Dog.

Gordo...

- Cooper, right?

- Yeah.

Gordo thinks he's one of those

hot-dog pilots you hear so much about.

You got a short memory.

I am not one of them hot-dog pilots.

I am the Hot Dog Man himself.

I guess you're too shy to tell this guy

how I used to wax your tail.

Wax my tail?

Hot Dog, you were just in my shadow.

That's where you'll always be.

What are you two rookies going to have?

Rookies?

Now hold on, sis.

You are looking

at a whole new ballgame here now.

In a few years I bet you're even

going to immortalize us...

by putting our pictures up there

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