Wings in the Dark

It looked swell, Sheila.

Thanks. It was a perfect

day for it.

Yeah, but holy smokes,

what a way to dot an "I."

Well, it got dotted,

didn"t it?

L"ll say it did.

Take Bonzo in

and give her a drink.

L"ll be using her tomorrow.

All right.

Hi, boys.

Hi.

Hi, Sheila.

Did you make it?

And how.

Hello, Top.

Hello, Sheila.

Cup of coffee

and chocolate parfait.

What was it this time, Sheila,

a parachute jump into

Sheepshead Bay for dear old

Dooley"s Little Liver Pills?

Nope, just a simple little

spelling lesson

for the morons.

Not skywriting?

Miraculous.

Oh, dear, oh, dear, l"d love

to be a flyer, wouldn"t you?

Way up there in the air.

It must give one a sense

of freedom, like, like...

Like a bird?

Yeah, a bird.

That"s it. Just like a bird.

All right, you monkeys,

kid if you like,

but $50 is $50.

Did they pay you $50

for doing that?

Sure. Me they did.

Go out and get yourself

a reputation.

What do you mean, reputation?

I only got 7,000 hours

in the air.

And 10,000 hours

in the seat of your pants

on that chair.

MAN:
I guess that grounds you,

my friend.

What"d you use, Sheila,

that crate of yours?

Sure, why not?

Better watch it.

L"ll have to ground you.

What do you mean, Top?

Bonzo"s still good

for 200 hours.

It"s not me,

it"s the government.

I only work for them.

NICK:
Quit worrying, Top.

The kid"s got luck.

Sure, just like me.

MAN:
I remember one time I was

flying an old girl who had a

son in Omaha with a toothache.

Hi, boys. Hi, Sheila. Hi, Top.

How"d you make out?

Well, l"m here.

Good. Here"s your money,

minus my fin.

Now about tomorrow,

I got something swell.

How swell?

Well, 25 bucks.

But you don"t have to do

practically nothing.

And just what is nothing?

You don"t think l"d ask you

to do anything dangerous,

do you? L"m your manager.

I got everything

to lose.

Go on.

Now, look, there"s a little

joint out in New Jersey, see?

And they got a bridge.

And they want somebody

to fly under it?

Yes.

What"d they build

a bridge for, anyway?

Civic pride.

Now look, you can do it

with your eyes closed.

It"s about 20 feet high

and 40 feet wide and a nice

little river underneath.

That"s in case

I miss.

You can"t miss.

After that, all you gotta do

is a parachute jump.

Oh, that"s all?

Sure.

Is that before the bridge

or after the bridge

or under the bridge?

Now, Sheila, it"s a cinch.

Okay. What time does

this cinch take place?

4:
00. The sun"s right

at your back.

You think of everything,

don"t you?

Why don"t you hire this guy

to shoot you, Sheila?

Save a lot of trouble.

Now quiet, Top, quiet!

NICK:
Hey, Top, ain"t that

Ken Gordon coming in?

Ken Gordon?

Where?

Over the south runway.

Don"t you see him?

That"s Ken, all right,

flying that blind

goose of his.

We"ve just passed

over the field.

Right.

L"m going to turn and go down.

Now, take it easy, Chief!

What"s he doing here?

Flying blind in a hop

from his own field.

Flying blind, now?

Yes, l"ve been expecting him.

I think l"ll take a peek

at that jalopy.

Me, too.

Here we go.

GORDON:
L"m leveling off.

Well, I hope Top saw

that landing. It"ll save

an awful lot of conversation.

Right.

What a flyer.

Did you ever meet him, Sheila?

Once, but he wouldn"t

remember me.

Hey, what"s he got

that we haven"t?

He"s a flyer, son.

Well, we fly, too, you know.

I know, but when you go out

and pick a couple of people

off ice floes

and fly serum through

a blizzard to a lot

of sick Eskimos,

then l"ll buy your violets.

See that landing?

Anything wrong

with it?

Nope.

Was it blind?

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