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00:00We'll never fear, never care whene'er we leave the field, never fear, we never spare the fear we never yield, ready for flight in the dead of the night over land or sea or small, eager to fight as we're dead in the light, we give of the gun and go, on silver wings we take the air,
00:28though we never like to boast, on we dash from coast to coast, on silver wings without a care, winging our way across the sky, ready to dare and do or die, hear the flying men on silver wings, singing out with a voice that rings,
00:50in the dark or anywhere, we'll be there on silver wings.
01:20My husband gets here to referee it. He's the only one around here that knows real flying.
01:29Things fly kind of good, huh, Whitey? Why don't you chisel in with them kids and have some fun?
01:33Who, me? Say, wouldn't I look just too sweet playing with them baby toys?
01:39Think you're all grown up and tough, huh?
01:42What do you think?
01:43I think you're all right, kid, you know that. Nobody's going to push you around any more than they're going to push me.
01:54Nothing to be alarmed over, Mr. Browns.
01:56Gee, that's what you call flying, huh? Gosh, I wonder what Tailspin will say.
02:02Hey, you kids, watch out what you're doing out there.
02:05They haven't started bombing Americans yet, but if they wait until Tompkins' scouts of the air go up, they're going to have to get a mighty warm reception.
02:13Air scouts? Oh, you mean those kids with the model planes, eh?
02:17Yeah, it's a flying club Tompkins got up, and they are using our field.
02:20And it's a good idea too, Mr. Brown. Tommy says it's as natural for kids today to want to fly as to swim or play football.
02:28He's teaching them the rudimentary ideas of flying, and he says it may save time and maybe lives too someday.
02:34Excuse me, Betty Lou, but I think you're overselling Mr. Brown, and he may not think it necessary to pay his taxes for the support of the Army and the Navy.
02:41Well, Tompkins will be in with your payroll money in a few minutes. Never have to worry when he's on the job.
02:47Is that why he's flying transports today?
02:49No, not exactly. The regular pilot wasn't feeling well. But a trip now and then helps Tompkins keep his hand in.
02:55I suppose so, and with that much money on board and cold, hard cash, it's wise to have a good man at the control.
03:03Here comes Tailspin!
03:12Yeah, we'd better scram. You know what Tommy said about keeping the field clear, for planes to land.
03:17Where do I get my ship?
03:26That's my plane!
03:28Get away! Watch me look around that big transport!
03:31Don't you do it, you bastard!
03:33Take it away from him, Johnny!
03:34Bust him in the nose!
03:35He can't sit around with Tompkins!
03:41Okay, shrimp, go chase him!
03:55Come on!
04:26What did I tell you kids about keeping the field clear?
04:29Johnny didn't do it, Tommy! On the level!
04:32We were obeying your orders. That whitey Lewis picked up Johnny's plane and threw it right out in front of you.
04:38Johnny couldn't help it, honestly, Tommy.
04:40That's right, Tommy. It was that Lewis kid. I saw him.
04:42Where is he?
04:43Right over there.
04:46Beat it, kid. I got a special reason for not wanting no trouble around here right now.
04:50He ought to have a good punch in the nose.
04:52Here's a buck. I'll be back tomorrow or the next day. Now get going.
04:55Okay, Mike. But I just don't want that stuffed eagle to think he can make me go.
05:00Go on, get out of here.
05:08Here you are, Mr. Brown.
05:10Sign right here and the money's all yours.
05:12Thank you, Tompkins.
05:13Don't thank me. This is one time it's a pleasure to get rid of money.
05:16Yes, and I'll feel the same when I deliver it to Mr. Brown.
05:19It's a pleasure to get rid of money.
05:20Yes, and I'll feel the same when I deliver it to my construction crew up at the dam.
05:24I don't like to think about that five-hour drive.
05:27Mighty rough country between here and there.
05:29That's right.
05:38Well, good luck.
05:39Thanks, Paul.
05:40You know, Ash, if you had a landing field up at your camp,
05:43I'd talk to you about a deal for Tompkins to fly the payroll all the way.
05:46Then you wouldn't have any worry.
05:47Maybe not, but Tompkins would.
05:49A forced landing up in that country would mean a nasty crack-up.
05:52Well, you let us worry about that.
05:54We could transfer the money to a small plane here and have it up there in a little more than an hour.
05:58Well, maybe a few tractors could clear a landing field.
06:01Worth thinking about.
06:02All right, think it over.
06:03Good luck again.
06:04Good luck, Paul.
06:05So long again, Tompkins.
06:06So long.
06:18Keep it low, Stephen.
06:19Be ready to move fast.
06:24I'm stuck.
06:25I guess my battery's dead.
06:26Will you see if you can get me started?
06:28Up with him.
06:29Get out of the car.
06:30Step on it.
06:48They plugged our tire.
06:51So you had this job all figured out so it couldn't mess, eh?
06:54Yeah, yeah.
06:55How was I to know...
06:56Never mind.
06:57Get that tire changed.
06:58We've got to get out of here.
06:59Yeah.
07:00This country will be plenty hot as soon as that guy gets to a phone.
07:03You're right, Mike.
07:07Do you know, Paul?
07:08That one attempt to hold me up sold me on flying.
07:11I've had every spare tractor up at the camp for a week.
07:14Then Tompkins can make the first trip tomorrow.
07:16And be welcome to the job, Paul.
07:18Believe me.
07:19Say, you didn't get a good description of those thugs, did you?
07:22No.
07:23Everything worked too fast.
07:24For all I know, one of them ought to look like little Annie Rooney.
07:27They'll have to chase Tompkins pretty high to hijack him.
07:31How much do you get for this cab?
07:33This is $2, sonny.
07:34It's one of the best kits I've got in the shop.
07:37I ain't got that much.
07:39I only have a dollar.
07:41Well, I have lots of kits for a dollar.
07:43Well, you've got to be kidding me.
07:45A dollar?
07:46I'll bet you I'll bet you I've got a ton.
07:49I've got a ton.
07:50A ton?
07:51Yeah.
07:52How much do you want?
07:53Two dollars.
07:54Two dollars?
07:55I've got a ton.
07:56I've got a ton.
07:57I've got a ton.
07:58I'll bet you a ton.
07:59a lot of kids for an hour I like this pursuit ship here. Now I don't want them.
08:09I can't tell me to get that package of parts for my air scouts I sure I have I'm
08:14going to right away it just came in and I haven't had time to unpack only take me
08:18a minute OK no hurry.
08:29I said hi don't you speak to people when they say hello to you know not the fat
08:34head I don't like. You're not bigger than me you're big stiff but if you try to
08:40beat me up what made you think I was going to beat you up none of your business.
08:45Pretty tough. I'm just trying to feel your muscle well I didn't know.
08:52It's. Pretty good you know I thought I was pretty tough to when I was about your
09:00age. I had to hustle for myself I thought the tougher I was the more I'd get. I
09:07got to hating all the things the other kids had just because I couldn't have them.
09:12Well I got into a lot of trouble before I started getting smart. And then I started
09:17flying and how'd you get the job flying Oh I did a lot of things work around the
09:21field studied. But it was more to see why do you got to work hard I had a job but
09:27old man Jenkins fired me I mean Jenkins down the grocery store yeah he found out
09:32about my pop he's in stir and stir. You know the big house
09:39what was
09:40a fighter see in the rain a champ no he was never a champ I guess he wouldn't keep
09:47in condition but he had
09:49a left hook that was a honey like this pretty good pretty good say you want to be
09:55a fighter maybe I don't know maybe if I can't be
09:59a flyer or you want to be
10:01a flyer maybe I guess it'll be OK Why don't you come out to the field with the kids
10:07now I ain't got no share. Hey you're not going to bust it oh I didn't see that
10:16see that's all right I don't make
10:17a pretty swell ship yeah I was looking at it but it's two dollars and I only got
10:21one. It is tough well there it is Tommy I checked it and there's everything you
10:27want to thanks get. So long get along OK.
10:34What did you decide about giving my air scouts a half discount remember I asked
10:37you well I reckon I can and some of the things you mean I was like this this will
10:43be only a dollar yes I guess so I've had it to stop quite some time on the box is
10:49kind of torn here you are guess it was kind of lucky you came in yes I guess it
10:54was I'll be out on the field as soon as I get it together thanks a lot Tommy so
10:59long so long.
11:07Nice work Tommy so long.
11:15Hey you kids you ought to be home we've got to finish our share we're just about
11:19through once you let us test it tonight not a chance this is a swell night for
11:24good players to keep their ships on the ground. OK Tommy.
11:29I've seen some storms in my time but this one has the earmarks of being the
11:32granddaddy of them all. Yes it's going to be a swell night for players to sit by
11:37the fire. You said it.
11:40Once it is on flight 14. Well they haven't reported it when rivers yet. So they're
11:44going to be groundable.
11:47Well that's a first rate. You mean because you're not flying flight 14 and I know
11:51that this is our first trip with the payroll for Brown we're going to be many
11:54hours late.
11:55But. What are you raving about you haven't got any silly ideas about but not
12:01a good night have you know I wasn't thinking about rowing a boat in the park you
12:06didn't have an accident or anything all the way over here did you know why you
12:10talk like a man who'd been dropped on his head when you stop it the arguments
12:14are drawn anyway you're both crazy I resent that I may be crazy but I'm not
12:18stupid listen wonder boy if you have the luck to get off the ground and get up to
12:22the camp against this head when how are you going to land it'll be black as night
12:26it'll be dark and there's no light at that field I'll drop a couple players drop
12:31a couple of players listen they'll point to a hole in the ground tomorrow morning
12:34and say there's where he hit fellas start digging. Anyway flight 14 is going to be
12:39grounded tonight and you two aviators can go fly a kite. Come up to my house for
12:46sandwich OK that's a date just the same the flight 14 should get through I'm not
12:51going to have that payroll money kicking around here all night yes well chance for
12:56somebody to grab it. You don't think he's serious I mean he won't try don't worry
13:05baby he won't get off the ground tonight unless he licked me first yes I know
13:10skier we all clown around a lot together but I know that in a pinch you give your
13:15life the time. All night and. I'm going to
13:23put a bad slide up at the damn bunch of the men are all smashed up the hospital shack
13:27is under tons of rock I've got to get these medical supplies up to the doctors.
13:38Yes you came to the right place we packed them so they wouldn't break that was
13:42awful I hate to ask you to do this but there's no other way this storm has washed
13:47the roads completely out my car was the last one to get through Tommy I don't
13:52recommend this but I'll leave it to your judgment if you think you can't make it
13:56don't take a chance.
14:02OK. I'm going with you not a chance I want to fly like
14:10a way to make it. I'm going with you. Say what does everybody think this is
14:15an excursion Tommy will be careful won't you we've got
14:19a date tonight haven't we of course I'll be careful.
14:40.
14:49Three point two Q X four seven eight three point two Q X four seven eight come in
14:53Tommy come in Tommy can't you get him to answer.
15:00To tell him
15:00a thing or two what does he mean running off without me who does he think he is
15:03anyway.
15:14Three point two Q X four seven eight. It's about time you started to think of
15:19the old folks at all how's it going how's the weather.
15:22.
15:27Nerve of that mug well what's your position where are you.
15:35There is I can make.
15:51.
16:21My. Drop a couple of players.
16:30Well what are you going to do now.
16:51.
17:06But Tommy only had one shoe and he's wearing it yes we know what I think it's
17:12in trouble if it's not a cause.
17:21.
17:51Three point two Q X four seven eight three point two Q X four seven eight come
18:05in Tommy come in.
18:17There there isn't any Tommy it's right on the ground.
18:21.
18:27The center of the storm has hit us I was in hopes we'd miss the worst of it.
18:35I can hardly see the lights from here.
18:39Yes it's it's pretty low low it's right on the ground how can any plane land.
18:45.
18:50Can't see a thing but I'm coming down.
18:58You. Got to do something. I know I know I'm talking down I'll get him down open
19:04that door.
19:15I mean I mean I can hear you you're east of the field.
19:29Yeah I mean. You're going out you're almost directly over the field.
19:46Yeah I can't hear you.
19:53All the juice is off we'll try it on the batteries.
20:06The power tubes are gone.
20:15.
20:28I don't have a phone when rivers and use their transmitter.
20:30.
20:48When rivers to Q X four seven eight when rivers to Q X four seven eight go ahead
20:53Tompkins.
20:58No Tompkins lost contact with three point at the same time as you did their
21:02transmitter went haywire.
21:07Zero all planes grounded.
21:16What's your position Tompkins.
21:23You're.
21:38Going over the side.
21:40.
21:50I must say. I seem to have mislaid my shoe.
22:01Every hour on the hour if I'm able to signal anything.
22:04I mean. OK Tompkins thanks we'll take off to locate you the minute the ceiling
22:09lifts. When you contact three point.
22:18They'll understand OK Tompkins good luck and happy landings.
22:33.
22:57Right well these are calling three point point twelve eastbound calling three
23:01point three point to flight twelve three point to flight twelve go ahead flight
23:05twelve. Zigzag course from three point to twin rivers no trace of Tompkins plane
23:11OK flight twelve thank you just the same but I tell you they're looking in the
23:15right place when rivers to three point when rivers to three point come in twin
23:20rivers three of searching planes just landed covered territory north and east of
23:24three point report no trace of Tompkins planes will resume search as soon as
23:29service thank you twin rivers but listen to me please.
23:39Like commander of attack squadron seven to three point flight commander of attack
23:42squadron seven to three point the army ships come in squadron seven no report on
23:47Tompkins wreckage of his plane must be so badly scattered it is hard to identify
23:52from there. Thank you commander will you please please continue search.
23:59My orders are to continue search until necessary to return to base field for
24:04refueling.
24:09Late this afternoon all hope of finding the lost payroll and mercy flyer Tommy
24:13Tompkins alive and virtually abandoned. Now it's just too bad try to cross us up
24:19having that eagle fly the payroll and look what happens maybe it would pay us to
24:23conduct a search for the plane or what it was carrying let's hear the rest of this.
24:29A few ships are still continue the vain hunt for a glimpse of the shattered
24:33wreckage of the mercy pilots plane or the charred remnants of it if it burned in
24:38the crash but it was learned today that pilot Tommy Tompkins did not have the
24:42payroll of the brown construction company on board his plane when he crashed last
24:45night what do you think of that there wasn't carrying the dough what are they
24:49worried about.
24:50A.
24:55News they've all reported even the Army squad listen skeeter the last time I
25:00heard Tommy's plan it was going west it was I tell you they look in the right
25:05direction he's been saying that all morning when you're all wrong kid Tommy's
25:09last report the twin rivers said he was east and north the three point he could
25:12have been wrong couldn't he anybody could have gotten mixed up in that storm then
25:16the fellow fly east to Europe when he thought he was going west yeah yeah I know
25:20but his name wasn't Tompkins I'm going up again soon as I take on some gas now
25:24I'm going with
25:24a skater OK you go ahead I'll take over the radio. Please fly west skater it
25:30won't hurt the look and not take it easy kid we've got no time to waste it's been
25:34twelve hours since Tommy crashed and. We got to find quick.
25:37A.
25:45Like
25:46a little kid that says I'm
25:47a liar. What are you going to do if nobody will believe you.
25:55Listen I'll tell you what we're going to do we're going to go out on a hunt for
25:58Tommy I can't say she has
26:01a small idea we'll spread out and cover every foot of them hills I know that
26:04he'll take me fishing out there and it plays along with some of the signals when
26:09we find Tommy come on let's go.
26:28Leave me I'm tired come on why he finds
26:31a slope and you'll be plenty mad. To make you like.
27:01Me.
27:31Sure OK we'll try and.
28:01This is a wild goose chase!
28:31There's a plane down there!
28:38No, no, that's a miniature!
28:41What's it doing out here?
28:43Search me, we'll take a look!
28:52It's waiting!
28:56It's Tommy's plane!
28:57Hang on, I'm going to shut her down!
29:22You better stay here, it looks bad!
29:25No, I'm going with you!
29:27I'm going with you!
29:32Is it badly hurt?
29:34I don't know, I just found it!
29:36Come on!
29:44We have to move this tree!
29:53Tommy!
29:57Tommy!
30:10It's a little bad, isn't it, Tommy?
30:13It's not a bad picture, either!
30:15No, it's okay, kid!
30:17Yes, I like it!
30:19It's the first time I've ever had my picture in a paper!
30:21And I bet it's in all the papers!
30:23All over the country, huh?
30:25Yes, it probably is!
30:27You heard it, Whitey!
30:29If it hadn't been for you,
30:31if those other guys hadn't been so stupid and listened to me,
30:33we could have found it sooner!
30:35I knew it was mixed up in that storm!
30:37Well, it's easy to do in a storm like that!
30:39Oh, sure!
30:41I wouldn't feel bad about it!
30:43It could happen to anybody!
30:48How are you, Tommy?
30:50Well, after two weeks of this,
30:52I'll be glad to get out of here tonight!
30:54You were mighty lucky, Tompkins!
30:55Well, I don't know, maybe it was lucky!
30:57Maybe it wasn't!
30:59Here it is, Tommy!
31:01It just came in on the transport!
31:03Well, it's for Whitey!
31:05For me?
31:07Sure, open it up!
31:09Oh, boy!
31:11Oh, boy!
31:13I'm on a plane!
31:17And an Austin-Guinness gas engine!
31:21Like it?
31:23I'll say!
31:25I'll tell the girls when they see this!
31:42Look at my plane fly!
31:44You see, fellas,
31:46what I've been trying to get through your thick skulls?
31:48You gotta get the center of gravity just right!
31:50Not too far forward and not too far back!
31:56Whitey certainly has taken charge of those boys!
31:58Oh, Whitey's all right!
32:00He'll settle down in a few days!
32:02I hope so, for your sake!
32:04He was such a swell fellow before the accident!
32:08Well, that's why we've got to be patient with him!
32:10He's been through enough to turn any kid's head!
32:13Pictures in the paper and reporters out here every day!
32:17That sort of thing has ruined many a grown man!
32:20Whitey's just a kid!
32:26So that's the kid, brother,
32:28who's been acquiring all this fame!
32:30Yeah, that's what I've been telling you, see?
32:32That kid's chest's out of foot
32:34with all this hero bunk
32:36and his being in soft with Tompkins!
32:38Now all we've got to do is shuffle our cards right
32:40and we deal ourselves right in on that payroll, though!
32:43Yes, and if my memory serves me correctly,
32:45you had another perfect plan for acquiring this money!
32:48Yeah, yeah, I know!
32:50Perhaps!
32:52You leave the kid to me!
32:53I know how to work on him!
33:01Okay, fellas, that'll be all for today!
33:06Hello, kid!
33:08Hi, Mike! Say, did you see the papers?
33:10You bet I did!
33:12Pictures of you and everything!
33:14Say, I was so proud I nearly busted!
33:16How you been doing otherwise?
33:18Eating, sleeping okay?
33:20Yeah, I'll say!
33:21Hey, Lou, you know, tell Spence's girlfriend!
33:24Well, smart kid!
33:26Come on, I want you to meet a friend of mine.
33:28Oh, no, it's a reporter, I don't want to see him!
33:30I'm sick of news rounds bothering me
33:32and asking me questions!
33:34This is no reporter, this is a big shot!
33:36Come on!
33:43Mr. Dawson, this is my kid brother!
33:45Oh, how do you do, young man?
33:47I've read a great deal about you!
33:49Yes, I guess a lot of people heard about me!
33:51Good, young man!
33:53That was a most noteworthy accomplishment!
33:55Most noteworthy!
33:57And is this the sturdy plane
33:59with which you signaled for help?
34:01Well, the other one didn't have a motor!
34:03Oh, most interesting, young man!
34:05Tell me, can you learn very much
34:07about the art of flying from these little planes?
34:09You bet!
34:11You see, me and Tell Spence,
34:13we figure that the kids can learn a lot of ground work!
34:15Then when they get old enough to go off,
34:17they'll know what it's all about!
34:19Very good! Very good!
34:21Your brother's idea may prove quite profitable!
34:23Yeah, I was telling him
34:25there's a fortune in making these things!
34:27Quite right, quite right!
34:29You see, I'm a manufacturer of toys,
34:31and your brother has been trying to persuade me
34:33to make quite a number of these planes,
34:35thousands, in fact!
34:37Of course, I would call them
34:39the Whitey Lewis Scout Ships,
34:41and we would pay you for the use of your name!
34:43Yeah, but you couldn't sell them,
34:45unless the kids that bought them
34:47had some kind of a secret club!
34:49You know, some sort of signal!
34:51You could use it, see?
34:53And the others would know
34:55that it was a pal in trouble!
34:57You mean a secret code,
34:59like the G-men or the Army, huh?
35:01Possibly, yes, but it would have to be
35:03absolutely secret to be used
35:05only in case of life or death!
35:07Oh, that'll be easy, Mr. Dawson!
35:09Me and Tell Spence will figure out something!
35:11Tell Spence?
35:13Yeah, Tell Spence Tommy,
35:15the pilot I rescued!
35:17Listen, kid, I wouldn't say nothing to nobody
35:19about your deal with Mr. Dawson.
35:21Don't worry about it!
35:23I'll just tell Tell Spence
35:25about the idea for the signal, see?
35:27Okay, kid!
35:35Just like a sky-rider, huh, Tommy?
35:37Seems to be working fine!
35:39It's a pretty good idea!
35:41How'd you come to think of it?
35:43I was thinking how close
35:45Betty Lou and Skeeter
35:47nearly missed seeing my plane!
35:49You know, when you crash,
35:51you never know what's gonna happen!
35:53Well, no pilot will ever miss a signal like that!
35:55And the scout on the ground
35:57will give the three-point call letters!
35:59That's the idea!
36:01And the pilot will know it's one of our boys!
36:03Yeah!
36:05Twin Rivers to Three-Point!
36:07Twin Rivers to Three-Point!
36:09Three-Point to Twin Rivers!
36:11Three-Point to Twin Rivers!
36:13Go ahead, Twin Rivers!
36:15Flight 14 clearing Twin Rivers!
36:17Due 3.357!
36:19Advise Tompkins!
36:21Brown's payroll is on Flight 14!
36:23I'm gonna tell Tommy!
36:30I'll put the smoke signal
36:32on the other fellows' planes
36:34and teach them the call signal!
36:36All right, but remember to warn them
36:38it's only to be used for an emergency,
36:40a matter of life or death!
36:42Sure, I'll put them on their honor!
36:44Hey, Tommy!
36:46Flight 14 just left Twin Rivers,
36:48you better get that flying tank ready!
36:49It's a bad day, boy,
36:51if you get lost with that payroll,
36:53they'll have the G-man on you!
36:55So long, Whitey!
37:02Mind if I use the phone?
37:04Of course not!
37:06Who is she?
37:08I'm jealous!
37:10It's my brother Mike!
37:12He told me to call him up at Pete's place!
37:14I didn't know he was back in town!
37:16Yeah, he's been back a couple of days!
37:17Hello?
37:19Pete's pool par...
37:21Is this Pete's?
37:23Oh, yeah, I'd like to speak to Mike!
37:25Yeah, Mike Lewis,
37:27but I bet you I could never go, see!
37:29I got a couple of letters
37:31from them pictures in the papers!
37:33Hi, Mike?
37:35Yeah, tell her big shot
37:37I'm all set to talk business!
37:39Okay, I'll meet you there!
37:41So long!
37:43My, that sounded important!
37:45Oh, that's nothing,
37:47I'd better get on!
37:59Very interesting young man!
38:01And of course you've worked out the emergency signals
38:03with the three-point call letters!
38:05That's right,
38:07but they're only to be used in case of life and death!
38:09Quite right, quite right!
38:11A very wise provision, eh, Mike?
38:13Yeah, I told you the kid was smart!
38:15The more I see of this sturdy little plane,
38:17the more I'm convinced it'll bring us
38:19quite a sum of money!
38:21Sure, it's in the bag!
38:23That's swell, Mr. Dawson,
38:25and you think it'll make me rich, huh?
38:27No doubt, no doubt, rich and famous!
38:29Especially famous!
38:33Say, this looks like a good spot
38:35to test the kid's crate!
38:37Perfect, perfect!
38:39And that mountain meadow,
38:41that'll provide a nice landing field
38:42if we can get out of this trouble!
38:44Sure, that's big enough for a regular plane
38:46to make a forced landing!
38:48This is it!
38:58Well,
39:00here we are, young man,
39:02at the great crossroads of your life, perhaps!
39:04Say, we'd better get going!
39:06Quite right!
39:08Williams, I want you to take the car down there
39:10and wait for Whitey's plane to come to you.
39:12That's right!
39:14Hold it, I'll go with you!
39:16All right!
39:35You'd better stall a few minutes,
39:37that transport should be landing at three point about now!
39:42All right!
40:01Ah, nice autograph, Tompkins,
40:03for a lot of money!
40:05Yeah, too much for my autograph!
40:13Hello!
40:15Happy landing!
40:17Good luck!
40:19They hop on a ship flying a minute
40:21at a hundred and twenty miles an hour!
40:23I don't know, let's see!
40:25Ah, skip it, I guess it's time!
40:27Let's go!
40:29Let's go!
40:31Let's go!
40:33Let's go!
40:35Let's go!
40:37Let's go!
40:39Let's go!
40:41Let's go!
40:43Let's go!
40:45Let's go!
40:46Ah, skip it, I guess it's time!
41:00All right, give me the blood!
41:02Okay, I got it right here!
41:05Don't you think them fellows are ready by now?
41:07Why, yes!
41:09I didn't realize it's been so long!
41:11Hey, look!
41:13What, what's happened?
41:21What happened here?
41:23What, what happened here?
41:25The brakes didn't hold!
41:27We went off the road into the canyon!
41:29I think Mike's hurt bad!
41:31Here, help me put him in the shade of this tree!
41:35We gotta get a doctor, Mr. Dawson!
41:38Do you think he's gonna die?
41:40I hope not, here!
41:42Let me have a look at you!
41:44Oh, don't worry about me, get help for Mike!
41:46I'll go!
41:48But it's 30 miles, my boy, that means hours!
41:51And your brother may be dying!
41:53But, but there's nothing else we can do!
41:55It's a plane!
41:58It's a plane, maybe from Three Point!
42:05Too bad he isn't low enough to see us!
42:07We could get your brother to town, perhaps in, in time?
42:10Wait, wait until it gets closer and maybe I can tell who it is!
42:19It's Tailspin, I'll get him, I'll get him down!
42:40He's falling!
43:08He's coming lower!
43:10the signal. I told you he'd lay that money right in our laps.
43:29Tompkins to three-point. Tompkins to three-point. Three-point to Tompkins.
43:34Three-point to Tompkins. Go ahead, Tommy. Over Long Meadow. Spotted plane with smoke
43:39attack. There's a kid signaling for help. Looks like one of our gang's in trouble.
43:46Well, Whitey's the only kid with a smoke gag. Yeah, I know, but I'm going to land and check up.
43:52Stand by, will ya? Okay, but set her down easy. You know that's not hay you're flying.
44:09Come on, Tommy, hurry up! Hey, Whitey, what are you doing up here? My brother, he's all busted up.
44:36Car crack up. It went off the road. Well, are you all right? Sure, yeah. I wasn't in it, but Mike...
44:41Where is he? Up on the road. He's hurt bad, Tommy. Come on, we got to get him to a doctor.
44:46Wait till I check with Skeeter. Tompkins to three-point. Tompkins to three-point. Okay,
44:54Tommy, go ahead. Hello, Skeeter. Landed okay. There seems to be a... What is this, a hold-up?
45:02Tommy, Tommy! Tommy's been held up. Call the sheriff. Get busy on that phone. I'll get a ship ready.
45:13Well, Skeeter, Skeeter, that miniature plane, well, Tommy said it had a smoke attachment. Yeah? Well, it was Whitey's.
45:19Well, sure, sure. Quit stalling and get the sheriff on the phone. But listen, Skeeter, Whitey called his brother about four hours ago right from this phone.
45:24Well, all right, so what? Well, I'm trying to tell you. He said, tell the big shot I'm all set to talk business.
45:29What? Tell that to the sheriff. Take it easy and you won't get hurt. Easy, easy. Don't be a sap. You'd be a lot less trouble to us cold.
45:43You lied to me. You framed me, and I'm your brother. Hey, get wise to yourself. Yes, kid, you've done a fine job. You'd better forget the act.
45:53But I didn't have anything to do with this. You've got to believe me, Tommy. You've got to. You've got to. Pipe down, kid. You're it, and Squawkin' ain't changing it. I'll handle him. Come here.
46:07So you'd plug me, huh? Yeah, I don't care if you are my brother. And that's the best description I can give you of the Lewis brothers. All right, that's all we need. I want all the rules reading on a long metal block.
46:29Yeah, but if they can force Tommy to fly them, they'll try to get out of there. I got a ship all ready to take off. That's good. Jim, you fly with Skeeter. Keep in touch with me with your radio. Right.
46:39You'd better contact all airports and all planes that you can reach in the air. Give them the description of Tompkins' plane. Three-point to Twin Rivers.
47:03You dumb fool, why'd you hit him so hard? We could have been miles away from here and flying fast. Okay, forget it. We can't stall around here all day. Now we'll have to use the car. What'll we do with him? Bring him along and we'll dump him somewhere tonight. If we leave him here, he'll give our descriptions to the first sheriff's posse that gets here. And get rid of the plane. You've probably smeared your fingerprints all over it. Hurry up.
47:25Car 65. Car 65. Cover Hill Junction on Road 105. Car 70. Go to Andrews Cut-Off.
47:49That's the description of Lewis Brothers. But another man, possibly two, believed implicated in robbery. No description of them as a bedwell, as yet.
48:08That's the last open road out of here. We'll have to pick a spot and crash through. That's just what those cops have been waiting for. Well, where to? Back to the cabin. By the time they search these hills, we'll have found a way to slip through.
48:18Calling 3-Point. Calling 3-Point. Just spotted Tommy's plane in Lone Meadow. It's burned.
48:47I'm landing to investigate. Here, here, now. Keep your chin up. Those crooks wouldn't go that far. We'll find Tommy. But I wish the officers had a description of the men with Mike and Whitey. It would certainly help.
49:15Skeeter. Hello. Oh, it's you. What time is it? It's almost 6 o'clock. Any news? No, no, not a word all night. The sheriff thinks the gang must have slipped through the net last night. Yeah, maybe so. Well, I'm going up again. I can see now. Oh, Skeeter, you're all in. Well, you were flying most of the day yesterday. You've been awake all night. I'm all right. But if they did slip through the blockade... Well, don't worry. They didn't take Tommy with them.
49:41Oh, you don't think they... Listen, Tommy's the only one who can put a finger on those crooks, and until we get them or find Tommy, anything can happen. Well, by tonight, those coppers ought to be sick enough of their jobs to ease off and we can slip through. How about that eagle and the kid? Are they going with us? No, we leave them down on a cellar. Yeah, and they'll sing to the first copper that...
50:09They won't sing, not after we leave them.
50:16You think it'll fly? I don't know, kid. Pretty badly busted up and we haven't got much to work with here. It's good you know a lot about fixing them things. Yeah. When I started fooling around with the kids at the field, I didn't think one of these little ships might be getting us out of a tough spot.
50:31Well, it got you into it. That mind-dumb, swell-headed... Oh, forget it, Whitey. We all make mistakes. Then you do believe me, don't you? You know I wasn't trying to help them to frame you. Sure. How many times have I got to tell you? Well, somehow, I just can't believe you think so. Not on the level, Tommy. Things look too bad again, me and... Oh, forget it. I'll tell you why I don't believe you. That's great. Now I don't care what them thugs do to me.
50:58They're not going to do anything to either one of us if we can get this wing to hold together in the air for a couple of minutes. It's kind of wobbly. Yeah. But it'll hold, kid. Don't you worry for one minute. Now all we've got to do is to figure some way to get this thing in the air when we hear one of those patrol planes overhead. But how are we going to do it? I don't know yet, but I've got an idea.
51:29It's a plane!
51:38All right, Whitey. Hand me your ship.
51:40Wait a minute, Tommy. I'll fix it.
52:10All set, Whitey?
52:28Sure.
52:29All right, then I'll make enough noise so they won't hear the motor start.
52:41Cut that out down there!
52:58It's climbing. Look, Galespin. That busted wing's holding fine.
53:03Yeah. Now if the pilot only sees it, everything will be okay.
53:11He's going further away.
53:25Yeah. Yeah, I guess he didn't see it.
53:41Calling three-point. Calling three-point. Calling sheriff's office. Calling sheriff's office.
53:52Just spotted kid's plane with smoke attachment. Must be Whitey Lewis's. It looks like signal for help.
54:11It landed on east side of Pine Mountain. I'll circle spot to guide sheriff's cars.
54:31Good work, Skeeter.
54:32Be careful.
54:33Car forty-four. Car four-four. Move to Pine Mountain. Search for child's model airplane. Ship circling over exact location.
55:04There it is. Hold it.
55:13There's a message on it.
55:19They're all bandits are in cabin.
55:21Hey, this is a description of the whole gang and their car. Better radio that in right now, Steve.
55:28Car forty-four to headquarters. Car forty-four to headquarters.
55:32All cars converge on cabin near Crest Road, one mile beyond Pine Flats.
55:46Well, kid, there's one more thing we might try.
55:49I'm game for anything.
55:51I know you are, Whitey. And I don't think they'd hurt you. Or I wouldn't take the chance.
55:56Oh, don't worry about me. But what about you?
55:59That's a chance we gotta take. We gotta get one of them down here.
56:05Hand me that glove.
56:13Didn't I tell you to cut that out?
56:15Ask for some water.
56:16Give us some water!
56:19Pipe down!
56:21Williams, take that kid some water.
56:25And Dawson, remember, no matter what happens, that kid goes with us.
56:29All right, Mike. I guess it would be better if we took him along.
56:32Yeah, much better.
56:42Remember now, the minute he gets down here, you duck up the stairs.
56:55Hey!
57:18Get that gun!
57:20Didn't I tell you to keep your hands off of that kid?
57:22have you to keep your hands off of that kid.
57:24What's up?
57:51Never mind what's up.
57:53That plane is cycling closer.
57:54We're getting out of here.
57:58Get the car out.
57:59I'll get the money.
58:22Heidi, kid, are you hurt much?
58:48No, I guess I'm kind of tough.
58:52Tommy.
59:08Say, you look like a million.
59:10It's Mr. Brown's reward for what Whitey did to help catch those crooks and save all that money.
59:14Isn't it slow?
59:15You bet.
59:16But it's no more than you deserve.
59:18You know, I understand the head of Whitey's school is going to organize a branch unit here, Scott.
59:22He says it'll spread to lots of other kids' schools all over the country.
59:26And they're going to make you national commander.
59:28General tailspin Tommy Tompkins.
59:31He'll be famous.
59:32Hey, cut the kidding.
59:33Say, now, after all, wait a minute.
59:35I did help catch those crooks, you know.
59:36What do I get out of it?
59:38Here's your reward, Skeeter.
59:40Hey, wait a minute, Skeeter.
59:42Hey, come on, you kids.
59:43Time to get flight 14 out of here.
59:45OK, come on.