Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines Page #3

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who can fly.

It cannot be difficult,

otherwise Winkler

couldn't have done it.

- Not that he was any good at it.

- Of course, Herr Colonel.

- So, Rumpelstrosse.

- Herr Colonel?

You will fly the new machine.

Jawohl, Herr Colonel.

But how will I learn to fly?

Same way as we learn everything

else in the German army-

from the book of instructions.

Come on!

I don't mind your being interested

in the ladies. That's natural.

But it ain't natural to stand up and

wave to 'em when you fly past them.

I lost my head, George.

Yeah. You lost most

of my investment too.

I told you I could fix it.

Maybe we better just

call it a day, Orvil.

Go back to work

like ordinary people.

George, you just don't

have the flying bug.

You don't fly, so you don't

know what it's like up there.

It ain't the going up

that discourages me.

It's the different ways you

keep finding of coming down.

Boy, when you're up there, you get

a sense of freedom and power that-

well, that you just don't

get from anything else.

No, sirree. I'm never

gonna give up flying.

Hey, Orvil,

look at this.

"London to Paris air race.

First prize- $50,000."

- Whoo-ee!

- "For further details, turn to page six."

Whoa!

Somewhere out there

is page six.

Where is the great Ponticelli?

Ah! There he is!

There he is over there.

Emilio!

Emilio, have you heard the news?

Papa.

Emilio, now you

give up flying, huh?

I promise, cara.

No more flying.

Finito Ohh!

Emilio, are you all right?

Every bone in my body is broken.

Emilio, have you seen this?

- Sophia?

- Eh?

Look.

I shall enter.

I shall win...

for Italia.

- But you promised.

- Is postponed.

Come, we go and

make-a the plans.

I'll buy the best-a flying

machine in the world.

Like-a Caesar,

we go to England!

Bella, Bambini, andiamo!

Bravo!

Bravo! Emilio! Emilio! Italia!

Yamamoto!

10,000.

Just imagine, do you know we've

had 83 entries?

Forty from the continent alone.

Ha! Interest in the race

is worldwide.

I really think it's one of

the best ideas I ever had.

Shh!

Your go, Patricia.

Another entry,

from Phoenix-

- Arizona, milord.

- Arizona.

Arizona?

Oh.

Well, for someone to come all that way,

must be either very rich or very confident.

Well, as he's American,

he's probably both.

I say, there you are!

You didn't invite that

bounder Sir Percy, did you?

No, of course not. Then, what

the devil's he doing here?

I don't know.

- Hello, Miss Rawnsley.

- Hello.

Rawnsley, Mays. Just popped

in for an entrance form.. .

for that little junket

of yours to Gay Paree.

If you are referring to

an official entry form.. .

for my London to Paris air race,

my office will send you one.

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