All language subtitles for China Clipper (Ray Enright, 1936)

Skippy...

Hello Johnny...

Never in my life was I so
happy to see someone.

- How are you Skip?.
- Now I am fine.

- How are you?
- Great, just let me look at you.

I thought that bathtub
would never make it here.

- Are you glad to see me?
- What if I'm glad to see you?

You'd been gone for so
long I was starting to believe

that she would never have a husband.

Oh. I'm sorry honey, you have
that hard expression on your face.

What can I do, I was five
days late to reach Shanghai.

I know. I suppose Mr. Horn
will be quite disappointed.

Well, he doesn't send people to
Shanghai to see the scenery.

Lindbergh.

It is entering the bay
now in the Memphis.

You know, I saw that guy when
he landed in Paris.

He was like a happy child.

Oh, I'm glad you thought
of me at that time.

Come on, let's take a good look at it.
Let's hurry up to get a place.

Here it comes.

you're coming

That's because he's done something.

That has won you over,
hasn't it, honey?

Like nothing has caught me before.

From New York to Paris
in 36 hours.

One day we will all travel
that way.

You should have blown Shanghai up,
you wouldn't have been late.

You said it.

I could do it in four days to
San Francisco instead of 40.

- Hi Jim.
- Hi Dave.

- Did you have a good trip?
- Well, I saw a lot of water.

On the other side, nothing.

I know, we should have started earlier.

Well, we went down and pushed but
the boat wouldn't help us.

Well, don't yell about the expense report.

This is the file
on Barros in Rio.

Check it out, maybe we'll have
better luck next time.

There will never be a next time.

That?

Jim maybe I'm nuts.

But I just saw a
guy from St. Louis...

He flew from here to Paris, alone,
non-stop.

I was on the street this afternoon.

Did you see it?

He's got a rabbit's foot
or he never would have made it.

What does it have to do with you?

It has a lot to do with me.

If he can do it, other planes
can. In regular service, too.

You better not talk
like that in public.

People will laugh at you.

It's okay, let them laugh.
That won't stop him.

You're crazy?

In nothing but good weather...

the mail planes have
a hard time from here to Cleveland.

No, it will be difficult, but that
won't stop him either.

NO, you like that, huh?

Dave Logan wants to leave a stable job

and hook himself to a chimera.

Get hooked on the flight.

Listen Dave, you have a
great future here.

You just have to get the flying out of your
system and concentrate on business.

You flew during the war,
that's great...

patriotic and all that.

But the war ended
nine years ago.

Flying will never get you anywhere.

- It's no use, it's too dangerous.
- You're crazy.

Listen Dave...

I was thinking of promoting you
to Wilson's place.

That means a salary increase.

No Jim. Thank you.

There is no way.

I took the job because
I had to earn a living.

And it's great that
you gave it to me, too.

But my heart
is not in this office.

It never has been.

It's out there.

Know...

You still have Jean to take care of.

I realize that, Jim, but...

You don't realize that
Lindbergh's flight will set the ball rolling.

- The commercial flight will have its chance.
- It sounds like you think so.

Now, I won't try to convince you.

It's your life not mine.

You solve the problems.

Since you are decided,
what else can I do?

And.

When a man believes in something...

knows what to do.

I think aviation
is going somewhere.

When it comes, I want to be there.

- I hope you make it in one piece.
- I myself hope so.

- I hate to let you go.
- I appreciate that, Jim.

If you change your mind and want
someone to tell you: I told you so...

- Meet me.
- I'll do that too.

See you soon friend.

Goodbye Dave.

And good luck to you.

Gracias.

Go ahead, Skip, let's go.

- Goodbye, Ivy.
- Goodbye, Dave.

I was upset?

No, it was great.

Oh! I'm glad. I was worried
you'd lose your job.

- Were you worried?
- Yeah.

- Well, I lost it
- What?

Honey, I quit.

But honey, why?

I return to fly

oh dave you said you were
done with that stuff

dangerous and uncertain.

Look at Al Gregg and his wife,

looking for what to do, never
sure of a job.

Skippy, you want to stop
worrying. Everything will be fine.

Everything will be fine?

The rent is due on the
first of the month, will you pay it?

We'll start
worrying on day 2.

Terminal de Filadelfia
Filadelfia Washington

Passenger Airline
140 miles by air,

Two daily flights, 10AM and 2PM
One Way $12. Roundtrip $20.

Logan...

You convinced me to
start this airline,

to publicize the
sesquicentennial exhibition.

That's over.

He also had the idea that he could
make money after the fair.

On a regular route.

Bueno...

there is no need to discuss it.

We have lost $98,000.

How many passengers did you just
bring in from Washington?

None?

But give us a few
more months.

Things are supposed to get better.

I've been hearing that
for a long time.

We have been suffering from a
series of bad weather.

They have cut our income.

I'm working on a new plane.

It won't cost more than those we have
, but it will take twice as many passengers.

So, you could build one
that half and it still wouldn't make up.

I'm sorry, but I'm determined.

We work like dogs to
push this line forward.

We have not had a single
accident. We have a future.

Instead of giving up,
we should expand.

The Western Post.
fast service

And lose more money?

You can't deny these numbers.

Don't decide too quickly, Mr. Hill.

Give us a chance, will you?

We will accept a
salary reduction. We will do anything.

You pilots are
excellent people. But they are too...

visionary, too friendly,
too simplistic.

they are idealists,
rather than achievers.

In a way, they are
kind of crazy.

They are not satisfied with living to fly.
No, they have to be in love with it.

Well, this airline
is a business.

In business you have to be
tough, ruthless and up front.

That is what we try
to do. Go to the front.

We can't stop now.

We have already stopped.

I sold those planes this morning.

We will close this line this afternoon.

Look for your final checks
in my office.

Bye bye.

A lovely guy.

And.

Jean, what's wrong with everyone?

We are still breathing.

Yeah...

just.

Well, I'm glad Cam
lost his job.

Now, maybe we will have a
chance to get married.

Is it that you only think about it?

Well, why shouldn't I?

What's wrong with it?

Marriage is a
great institution.

Nobody wants to live in
an institution.

What are you going to do, Dave?

Oh, I don't know, Skippy.

We will invent something.

Do not worry dear.
They will find the way.

I should have known that from
Philly to Washington

it is too short distance
to make money.

Dave...

I think I have something.

It won't be as big a ship
as we've talked about.

But it is a start.

Either way, it's as
big as it needs to be.

Passengers like
to be accompanied.

This must be a floating boat.

Navigable.

Something like this.

The tail high above the water.

Must have two engines

but able to fly
with only one.

And about the landing gear?
It will be for track or for water.

Even better.

That is the most absurd idea
I have ever heard.

What makes you think it will fly?

will fly

Someday you will try it.

If I do, I'll have to have
my head examined.

You have to start.

And the question is, when, how and where?

You'll have to leave me out of it.

Shut you out?

Won't you be with us?

Of course of course.

I'll get some engineers and
we'll start working on this.

and maybe...

we can set up a small
factory under my supervision.

But you guys have to
start a new airline.

That's his problem.

We cannot run a factory
and an airline as well.

Maybe those people in
Bridgeport will.

What do you think Tom?

I say it's okay.

Okay, waiter.
bring me that bill please

Let's go.

Gracias.

- Hey, Tom, are we partners?
- Sure.

Toma.

- Hey?...
- Come on, Skippy.

You know, honey...

Dad has the answer.

A flying boat.

Are you really going to start
another airline?

Safe.

Because?

Since you failed once,

I thought maybe you'd
work with Jim Horn again.

My dear, do you want to stick a
square stick in a round hole?

Safe.

You're not the only one who feels like you don't
belong in certain places.

Oh damn, Skippy, I don't blame you
for being sick of these hotels.

But it will not always be so.

We will go to many places.

You don't blame me for wanting
a house of my own either, do you?

I would like to see my husband

like other wives do,
instead of just seeing him outside.

No, I guess I don't.

But we have all those things.

Just stop worrying.

You don't realize I can't
stand places like this.

If only I could make myself believe
in what you're trying to do..

nothing would matter.

Anything.

- But, honey...
- No, let me finish.

I don't mean to be selfish

but I have to be honest.

I can't keep
pretending to care

in things that I can not believe.

If I can't believe them, well...

I don't see what it will do to continue.

It's not fair to
any of us.

Now Dave, you're headed for something, that I...

I just can't see.

Change.

I'm scared.

Oh Skippy, there's nothing
to be afraid of.

I think I'll go back to New York.

New York, why?

Get a job.

You can not do that.

Why not?

Bueno...

because...

for I love you, Jeanie.

I need you.

Darling, I have to move on.

You may not understand it,
but that should not change us.

We are still the same two people.

Skippy, try not to feel hurt...

If I forget to be affectionate sometimes.

Oh, Jeanie, it's been hard on you.

But...

If you just wait, it will all be worth it.

And forget that nonsense about
going back to New York.

Because you didn't mean it
, did you?

You were just kidding, right?

Tell me you were just joking.

Safe.

I was just kidding.

Key West to Havana
Airline.

US Mail
Maiden Flight.

Open it all up now, Tom.

You'll get more mileage than
anyone ever did.

Logan, come here.

It takes a lot of
courage to try to start

to start an airline over
water with a land ship.

Well, but it's probably
safer to fly.

And the Post Office gave us
the opportunity to carry the mail.

We told Curry we could take him.

Well, the Post Office
can deliver mail contracts,

but the Department of Commerce
licenses the ships.

As far as I am concerned, this
ship will remain on land.

Hey, listen...

- You are a pilot, right?
- Yeah.

Look, mate...

We will kneel before you for a
chance to fly this plane.

If we don't get out on time we could
lose this contract.

And if we can't carry the
mail, we're finished.

From Key West to Havana
it is only 90 miles.

An easy flight. And it's just the beginning.

Well, they must have seaplanes
for this kind of work.

I thought they said
they were going to have one.

The first one is under
construction now, but...

- it takes time.
- Look, you can't stop that plane.

You have to give us a license.

The Air Commerce Act should
help us, not sink us.

We have the opportunity
to get somewhere.

- And you...
- Honey, try to calm down,

You haven't slept in almost a week,
it's already past midnight.

Why don't you leave this for tomorrow.

No, for God's sake,
don't interrupt.

This is none of your business,
because you interrupt.

Now go home.
I will see you later.

Now listen, be
reasonable, will you?

We've borrowed from
everyone we know.

We have invested our
shirts and our souls.

This means everything to us.

Now, if you are a pilot at heart,
you will not ground that ship.

Bueno...

You make very good speeches.

It appealed to my better nature.

I do not wish to stop the rails of progress.

I'll give it a try this time.

Forward.

- You'll have your license in the morning.
- Thanks my friend.

Jeff, you have to finish
those ships quickly.

He goes to Socomore to look for the second plane.

- Okay boss.
- Get out as soon as Lay takes off.

- Ah, Sr. Logan.
- ¿Si?.

I don't think I want to fly
that plane to Havana.

Are you kidding?

You flew it five hours
yesterday testing it.

Sure, sure, but that
was around the bay.

But if something happens over
strait I'll be dead.

What's going on?
Re scared?

No, I'm not scared. But I am not

dumb enough to
take foolish risks.

It's okay, Tom didn't
like the way you fly,

I don't like your fears, goodbye.

- I can do it.
- I know, you're going to New York.

I will go to Havana.
Let's get this over with.

You know Dave...

Was that routine over the
pilot's heart

which really convinced the inspector.

Sure, I'll have to have
music put on it.

hey sir...

What do you do when a wing collapses?

Take a train, fool.

Really, what do you do when
the wings crash, Dave?

Boy, how nice to see you.

I've been looking for you all over the country.
Where have you been?

Oh, the usual, stunts,

free as the wind,
adrift, you know.

I knew you're going to do some
history here tomorrow.

So I came here to have a
little part in it.

Yes, and I have big plans for you.

You're practically hired
as a pilot right now.

Great, when
do I start working?

Are you qualified for this ship?

Come on, tell me about yourself.

You know, I hadn't seen you
from the veterans' ball.

Damn, has it been so long?
- Sure, they told me you were married.

Where is your wife?

Oh she died Dave.

Four years ago.

Oh I'm sorry.

I wish
you had met her, friend.

He was a wonderful person.

Safe.

What about you?

- Are you still alone?
- No.

No, I finally got married.

The sweetest girl in the world.
Wait till you meet her.

Guys, come on for a minute.

Our new pilot, Hap Stuart.

- Dad Brunn, Tom Collins.
- Hello boys.

- Hap, this is...
- But it's Bill Andrews.

Tell me, what is this?
The old week at home.

How many more from the
wartime do you have around here?

Oh, you'll see a lot of the
guys from those times.

- How many do we have now?
- Not now.

I mean, check those sides, will you?

- Then go home.
- It's okay, Dave.

Go ahead, let's go home, to
introduce you to Skippy.

Dave,
you don't need me.

I'm just teasing.

I return to New York.
Bye bye. Jean.

Is something wrong Dave?

Don't take it so hard, Dave.

She will come back.

Everyone goes through
difficulties and fights.

Es...

I wish he hadn't left.

Who has great pleasure...

in addressing you

in this, the most...

glorious moment...

in the history...

the Key West.

the beginning of this airline...

Hello darling...

- Where did you come from?
- From Philadelphia.

Do you like my dress?

Yes that's fine.

- It's part of my trousseau.
- Huh?

Aren't you glad to see me?

I'm certainly glad, but I...

I thought from your letters that
you had abandoned me for the rest of my life.

Oh I did.

but I realized that
it wasn't so funny like that.

It's great that you're here, but I...

- I...
- But what?

I'm leaving right now for New
York in Dad's car.

NY?

The ship is ready to take off.
They wait for you.

GOOD.

- Oh, Dad...
- ¿Si?

This is what we're after.

A seven thousand mile circuit
around the Caribbean.

Yes of course.

The first ninety miles
are the hardest.

Let's put that ship in the air

before you start thinking
about the rest of it.

Oh okay, come on.

So won't you receive me?

- Darling, I can't have you.
- Then I'll go back to Philadelphia...

to find me a boyfriend who
pays me some attention.

And it won't be an aviator either.

I don't want to see you again
as long as I live.

And i mean it.

- Good luck, Dave.
- Quickly bring that plane from New York.

You keep those men on the job.

Key West - Havana
United by air.

Successful flight is only first

I pass on a 7000
mile circuit in the Caribbean.

Gentlemen, you must realize, that...

foreign airlines...

are actively planning
to operate in South America for...

extend their lines north
into this country.

We have taken our regular service
to Panama and Colombia.

But, if we don't act immediately.

These foreign lines
using fast boats

to cross the South Atlantic
to Africa...

They will take the business from South America
and hand it over to the Europeans.

Simply because
they save time and

they place orders and achieve
fast deliveries.

But, the Department of Commerce
can't supply the airlines...

weather and
radio facilities outside the United States.

We can provide
our own facilities.

Do you realize that the necessary

detailed maps of the countries
where you propose to fly do not exist?

We can do our
own explorations

and get our own maps.

We have solved more difficult problems
than that before.

Mr. Logan, you have done well
establishing an air service

through the West Indies...

and Panama.

But this plan of yours needs
contractual relations...

with 27 different governments.

And the State Department
doesn't have that many

relations with all
those American nations.

I know, but it's at least worth
a try.

Gentlemen, don't you see that a
delay now would mean...

that an American airline
would never have a

opportunity in South America.

Listen Logan, I suggest you
think this through.

Work it out in more detail.

I see.

GOOD...

I guess there's nothing more to say.
- I'm afraid not at this time.

Come back in a year and
we'll discuss it further.

Thank you gentlemen.

- What did they say, Dave?
- What did you decide?

- It wasn't very motivating, Dad.
- What will you do now?

- I'm going to Philly to see Hill.
- Hill?

It was very bad last time.
She will not invest again.

Things are different now,
you see, we're making money

and he is in the business of lending
money. He will listen to the plan.

I think you're exposing
your chin, Dave.

Flying is poison for bankers.

Can't get help
from someone else?

No, aviation, railways, they have
supported us to the best of their ability.

BC Hill is the answer.

Air
The Trans-Ocean Attempt

to interest capital in a service
uniting South America with this country

was crowned with success this
week when BC Hill,

business magnate signed a
deal with Dave Logan,

director of Trans-Ocean to
finance the operation.

Undaunted by constant failure,
Logan refused to take the advice.

of some of the leading
aeronautical engineers that

such a line would not be practical.

The time is already in the seasons
to maintain a constant takeoff.

Don't do nonsense.

A hurricane warning is in effect
from South America to Florida.

The only thing we can do
is cease all operations.

Order all aircraft
to leave the southern area.

The ships are going to be needed
for rescue and help.

You won't have any ships. This
storm will destroy them.

You are jeopardizing
our investment.

Ending our future.

The ships will be safe
in our hangars

Until the
eye of the hurricane passes.

Once it happens, they will need them.
They will need them urgently.

You guys are letting your
feelings get the better of you.

Don't forget we're in business.

We are going to give service like those
of the time service.

They are all alive and working.

We'd better do all
we can to help.

Jack...

Instruct all pilots
and aircraft to put on

available to local authorities.

As long as I put the Red Cross on hold

to transport personnel and supplies
to affected areas.

Yes sir.

Why don't you get an
umbrella and go home.

Don't forget your cape.

Caribbean Area in
Hurricane Route.

Rescue Begins After
Hurricane Passage.

The Pan American Union
and the Red Cross

Request your presence at the
Banquet

in honor of
Mr. Dave Logan

of Trans-Ocean Líneas Aéreas.

Sr. Logan...

The American Red Cross

and the Pan American Union

they introduce you

this recognition

to your air system.

It has been awarded for
the splendid work...

done in relief of
human suffering...

during the
recent hurricanes.

You were instrumental in
saving the lives of 28,000 people.

As a result of that...

and his daily work of
international service...

Each and every one of his men...

has become...

in our countries...

a true and welcome representative...

of the American government.

On behalf of the men
of our organization...

and my own...

gracias.

Our conception of things

in the administration
of our airline...

it might seem unusual to all of you.

At the time of hurricanes...

we thought we were...

just doing our
job.

We still think the same way.

This scroll is signed by everyone
except Buffalo Bill.

Hap...

This looks like an invitation
to a lot of hard work.

Yeah, I think he's buying the whip right now
.

Well, I'm on my way.

Listen dad.

As chief engineer you have

to start developing a
new long-distance ship.

Get to work
immediately.

Hap...

You and Tom are going to start a school.
To train pilots.

I'll send you full instructions
from New York.

I'll handle business from there.

Do you think that donkey could
say something ambiguous?

America Linked in
Flight 32,000 Miles!

Trans-Ocean does it again.
It's raining congratulations

to the pioneers of the
World Airline Trade.

Hundreds of throats and
shrill whistles offered

tribute to the Trans-Ocean plane
taking off from

from Miami on its first cargo and
passenger flight between North and South America.

Attention...

Plane leaving for Nuevitas,
Port-Au-France, Santo Domingo,

the West Indies
and Trinidad.

Have your tickets ready.

All aboard.

They will need to know their engines and aircraft well .

Now...

The flight from Kingston to Barracas

is 1600 miles.

When you finish this course,

they will use that flight to test
methods and materials.

Flying in good or bad weather,

flying By Instruments,

it is exactly the way
they will fly in the Pacific.

Those of you who
pass this course...

They will have a great future in
this organization.

Those who don't approve...

Well, we don't want them.

That plane is useless for what
we have in mind.

That?

Has flown over a million miles
without an accident

It's not big enough.

It doesn't fly far enough
or fast enough.

You are supposed to design
a long-range aircraft.

I'm doing.

Where is?.
I haven't seen it.

We still have many problems to solve.

They will not resolve themselves.

You've had plenty of time to
do what you came here to do.

You better get back
to New York, quick.

How about you and Tom?

Do you have the courses developed?

Practically.

They were supposed to be ready today.

Wait a minute Dave.

We both came to check the
work every week.

We do our
regular work.

I don't mind working nights...

nor in any other way but
I must be kicked for it.

Why don't you drop that
school idea for a while?

Because?

Well, many of the pilots feel

that there is no point in learning
things that they will never need.

Who said they won't
need them? You?

Not quite.

But they think that flying over
the Pacific is somewhat idealistic.

No, it's not less great.

If you are not up to it,
men will not believe in you.

They're supposed to keep
those pilots in line.

If they can't do it I'll get
someone who can.

Smile and get
sweeter every day.

Hey, Bill...

come here.

Did you run the tests on the engines?

No sir. We were busy
last week and we didn't get to that.

They were supposed to run them
a month ago.

I know that, but...

I just didn't have time.

Alright.

I'll fire Lander and put
Landing on the job.

Wait a minute, Dave,
you can't do that.

Bill is of the old guard.

The work is too much for him.
I will keep it as a mechanic.

Everyone listen to this.

When assigning a man to a job,
I want results, not excuses.

Incidentally, what about you?

With me?.

Absolutely nothing.

You're supposed to be with
the rest of the pilots.

Sorry, but I'm not
interested in this...

Well, you'd better be
interested if you want to stay here.

Well, that marks the time.

See you around.

Hey...

where are you going?

- Do you leave the shell?.
- Sure, I cleaned my shell.

Ten years ago, I'm not going to
start that again.

Well that's funny.

You were the person I wanted
with me on this. what about you?

I'd like to wander around a bit, I guess
I've been here quite a while.

Leave the rodeos, if you have
something inside, spit it out.

It's okay Dave. Here it is...

You used to be a normal guy but
now you're not even human.

When you start gunning for
guys like Bill Andrews

whose skill has been recognized
for years, proves it.

You have allowed work to turn you
into a scoundrel with an iron heart.

You don't have to be rude just to
show everyone that you matter.

Someone has to be tough to
get things done here.

- Yes, I recognize what you say.
- And you know it's true

Alright.

Even if it is, you don't want
any part of it.

You have a great group here.

They make this airline, not you.

But you won't have it if you continue
as you are doing now.

You won't get any men
by stomping on them and standing on them.

It's okay, Hap.

At least I expected
understanding and loyalty from you.

But don't give me
that about being a bum,

that's just a good excuse
to avoid dirty work.

I didn't imagine you were
someone who quits.

When did you come to that?

You can't quit this job, you see...

you are fired. get out.

How about living in New York?

It was pretty lonely at first.

Miami was a lovely place
, don't you think?

How could I know?
I haven't been there in ages.

How is Dave?

¿Dave?

Oh, it's fine.

Did you send me a message?

I must say no. She didn't even
know that she was going to see you.

He himself has been
living in New York for a long time.

It has offices in the
Darth Building.

Do you have them?
Since when?

Oh, she moved here
a couple of months ago.

Did you come to see me just
to tell me?

Oh not exactly.

Well, I was just wondering
how you were managing.

Quit beating around the bush, Tom...

Alright.

- Do you still love Dave?
- Sure. because?

Has nothing happened to him?

Oh no. Nothing like that.

I just don't know exactly
how to tell you, but...

Bueno...

I have an idea that...

you have an idea...

that you could
get together again.

Are you sure Dave didn't
tell you to come see me?

Oh no, honestly, he'd cut
my throat if he found out about this.

It's something like this...

ever since you left Dave has been
crazy about the work stuff.

Not only with himself but
with all of us.

Day and night.

Expanding the system.

Flying us to places in
South America that no one knew about...

Through jungles, over mountains...

He's not the same guy he used to be.

It became as hot
as a stove.

We were talking about it last night
.

And we thought if maybe
you go back to him...

could be
the same again.

So you wouldn't have to
work so hard, huh?

Oh no. We weren't just
thinking about ourselves.

But...

feels so miserable...

If you feel the same way, I...

they both look so stupid...

Tom, do you really think
it could help?

I think he needs you, Jean.

You can take any man's mind out
of those planes.

OH, I wouldn't be so sure about that.

At least...

It's worth a try.

Because you don't think so.

It's just what I've been
doing for quite some time.

- Anything else, Mr. Logan?
- Yeah.

Tell Alan I want those to see the
airbase plans this afternoon.

Ask Wilson about
that list of materials...

and get those specs
for high speed motors.

- Yeah?
- Mrs. Logan is here.

¿La Sra. Logan?

Sure, let her in.

And tell Dad to notify me

as soon as the wind test is ready at the factory.

Hi Jean.

- Hi Dave.
- How are you? What brings you here?

I heard you'd moved to New
York, so I thought I'd come visit you.

Well, that's great.

- Is that all, Mr. Logan?
- Yes, that's all, thank you.

Sit down, will you?

Bueno...

It seems like centuries have passed
since we saw each other.

- Would you like a cigarette?
- No, thanks.

Okay, Skip, tell me about yourself.

What have you been doing?

Oh, I'm one of the best
secretaries at Gordeon & White.

Is that why you always
return my checks?

No.

No, it's because I prefer to stay
at my job and not yours.

I understand.

You have missed me?

What do you think?

Have you missed me?

You will never know how much.

- Yeah?
- Mr. Collins is here.

Oh good. Show him in.

You don't care, do you Jean?

Tom has been having
problems in Miami.

Of course not.
I have to leave?

Certainly not. She will be glad to see you.

Hi Dave.

Hello Tom. what is happening there?

Well hello stranger, how are you?

Good how are you?

- Great.
- Come on, spit it out, what's up?

Two other pilots have left the school.

- Did you let them go?
- I couldn't stop them.

Alright.

They dropped out of school...

they can quit their jobs too.

That's fine for them.

They prefer to take the risk of
working somewhere else

instead of spending all his free time
with his nose in books.

What causes this output?

Many of them still believe that the
Transpacific flight is still uncertain.

Even if they finish school
they are not sure if they have a job.

So that's what they feel, huh?

- Will the technicians continue?
- No, and I don't blame them.

In addition to an irrational boss...

unfair dismissals...

And doubts about if

their licenses will be renewed
no pilot is sure of the future.

So, live for the present.

You should know that.

We can't afford
to lose those pilots, Tom.

We can't afford it.

We have the best pilots in the world.

It costs us a hundred thousand dollars
to train each one of them.

We have to get them back.

That's easy to say.

No, I do not know.

Maybe they are right.

Maybe we should give him a better deal.

They are spending years learning the things
they should know. Getting experience.

I think I have an idea.

Tom, suppose
we guarantee every man

that qualifies for large ships...

a professional rank, a career.

No pilot in the country
has ever had that.

That is exactly the idea.
We will set a precedent.

We will have our own
rank promotion program...

we will help them with their insurance,
we will keep them in the company.

So, when they're too old
to pass the physical...

we will place them on
land jobs.

If we can assure them of all that,
will they return to school?

I don't know, but it's worth
a try.

That's your job.
Go ahead and go there and sell them the idea.

Pick up training where
we left off and keep the ball in play.

- Oh, Tom...
- Are you?

listen mate...

If it seems that I am too
demanding and aggressive...

try to understand it, will you?

Some of the things that
are happening here...

Half the time I have to
drive them with my foot on the footboard.

Don't worry about it
bothering me, Dave.

- I know what you're up against.
- Thank you.

Tom, do you remember those famous ships

who used to sail the
Pacific on the China route?

¿Los China Clippers?

And...

China Clippers.

That's what we'll call our ships.

And you get ready to pilot
the first one to China.

It's okay Dave.

- Good luck.
- Thank you.

Goodbye Jean, good luck.

Gracias.

Yeah?.

Oh, it's alright, Dad.

I'll be right away, we'll see together.

Sorry Jean, I have to go to the factory.
They are going to test the wing of the big ship.

Can't you spare a few minutes
to talk to me?

- Sure.
Dave...

Can't we try
to get back together?

What makes you think it will work
better now than before?

Maybe irrational before.

We still love each other, don't we?

Do you think you can be happy with me now?

I have been horribly unhappy without you.

You still feel the same way about
flying, about my job, don't you?

- Oh, no, Dave. Not the same, not exactly.
- I know.

No, Jean...

You and many other people...

They believe that just because
we've been successful...

we have reached our goal.

But I'll tell you what,
we haven't even started yet.

And I feel about this, the same
as I have always felt.

- But Dave, I'm sure...
- Jean...

when you abandoned me in
key west it was your doing, not mine.

No man believes that
his wife is planning to leave him.

Consequently I had to cancel
everything in my life and go it alone.

Somehow your leaving me
was the best thing that could have happened to me.

He left me free to get
things done.

I didn't want to leave you, Dave, but...

- But I had to do it because...
- Because you didn't believe in me then.

And I can't bring myself to accept
the idea that you believe in me now.

No.

I'm going to get on with this...

until you make it or fail.

Well, if that's how you feel, I guess
there's not much more to say.

Dave, you know how we lived.

You were happy then, weren't you?

I never thought we would come to this.

And here we are.

Can you kiss me goodbye?

Yeah?

Oh, it's alright, Dad.

I'm leaving right away.

- Goodbye, Dave.
- Goodbye, Jean.

- Dulles Airport.
- Guess who?

Mabel.

Tom Collins...

Calle 125 con East River.

Hey, what's the idea? It has increased
the load test by 8%.

- Correct.
- 43 pounds per square inch?

There's no way I'd ever have
to withstand a force like that.

Even in a typhoon.

No aircraft of this size has ever been built .

Our engineers in Washington
prefer to be very careful.

If your engineers in Washington
knew anything...

they would be designing airplanes...

instead of pestering other people
with silly suspicions.

Don't you want us to build this plane?

Sure, but when we give
your design the go-ahead.

That means, that we guarantee to the
people who board it that it is safe.

That's all guys.

Checker full load.
78 tons.

That's more than three times
the weight of the plane.

Dad...

The inspector from the Office
of Air Commerce is right.

These issues need to be resolved
when the plane is still on paper.

Now we have to start all over again.
We have to start right now.

But you don't understand, Dave...

the designer has to dream
on his drawing board.

Solving things...

I can do it.

But you have to give me more time.

He's very tired, he works all day...

every day and night after night.

Trying to give you what you want.

And yet you insist on more.

I know that, Mother.

I realize you are tired.

But we are all tired.

We won't get anywhere.

We have to be ahead.

We can't wait any longer, the
foreign lines will beat us.

Dad, we need that plane.

There must be other
expert aircraft designers in this country.

As a justification to ourselves
I must listen to what they have to say.

It's fine, if that's what you want.

We need an airship
with four engines.

With an average speed of
120 to 150 knots per hour.

Using 60 percent
of the horsepower.

With a range of 4,500 miles
on a full charge.

36 passengers on daytime flights and
24 passengers on night flights.

2,000 pounds of regular or express mail
and a crew of six.

That plane will have a fully
loaded weight of 26 tons.

We hope that our plane can
take off with three of its four engines.

And to maintain
altitude by flying with two.

Now, can one of you
gentlemen design such a plane?

Hey, Mr. Brunn, do you have any
ideas about a gigantic plane?

I can answer yes,
but it didn't work.

Sorry, sorry Logan, but
I don't think any engineer

has even conceived the kind
of airplane that you believe

it would be very easy to build.

First, the discussion
is absolutely useless...

Wait a minute,
gentlemen, listen to me...

The only reason aviation
has come this far is...

because from the very beginning...

a few insisted on doing what
others said was impossible.

The Wright brothers, for example.

Curtis, Lindbergh.

There have always been skeptics
who say it can't be done.

We have those today.

But you are part of aviation.

They owe it to themselves, to the
industry, to keep going.

- Hi Dave.
- Hello, Dad.

I can enter?

Dad...

I have come to apologize.

It was unfair of me to go
outside our organization

to promote an idea
that was originally yours.

I should have known that not just any
designer could do the job, but...

well i was desperate.

It's okay Dave.

Dad, I know this idea means
as much to you as it does to me.

I would like to know if
you would go through with it?

I have not stopped working.

- I should have known that.
- I've already redesigned the wing.

You did it?

Why did you not tell me?
I haven't slept in a week.

You've been pretty ruthless
to all of us, Dave.

I understand why.

The others don't.

And I thought if you had to come over here
and ask me to go ahead...

maybe you remember to ask the other
people who work for you...

do things instead of forcing them.

If necessary I will get on my knees and
apologize to each one of them.

When will you finish?

Control and stability is
what has me concerned.

You know, we can't execute our
rights to the terminal for the Oriente

unless we are there
by November 30th.

How long will it take you to solve it?

Don't know.

But when this ship takes off
I want to be reasonably sure...

it will get where it is going.

I won't take any steps until
I believe I'm right.

Oh, I know you'll make it, Dad.

I'm sure.

I have to go back to the office.

- Bye bye.
- Bye bye.

Gracias.

I mean, don't forget to get your batteries on.

Okay, doc?

My exam shows a very
serious heart condition.

I was afraid of that.

What do you advise me?

There isn't much you can do.

Live quietly, gently.

Avoid work and emotions.

Avoid work?

All at the same time.

But I have something very
important to finish.

- You can't stop now.
- You have to do it.

- Time, doctor?
- That's hard to say.

I want you to promise me that you won't
tell anyone about this.

- Naturally.
- Thank you.

- Yeah?
- - A Mr. Stuart wants to see you.

¿Hap Stuart?

All right, let him in.

- Hi Dave.
- How are you?

- Well, what's on your mind?
- I know you're surprised to see me here.

But I found out about the matter of the
race that you offered to your pilots.

I think it's the best thing that
has ever happened in aviation.

Yes, that makes two of us.
You don't have to send flowers, Hap.

You haven't changed anything, have you?

And what I told you in Miami
is still true.

But what you've done with
this got inside me.

The pilots make the game of aviation.

Until you started that, when one
was finished and too old to fly...

ended up lying on the street. You have
started something too good.

Sure, and I intend to stick to it.
That's all?

No, it's not all.

I want to be with the first team
that gives the drivers a fair deal.

You know my experience.
You know I can help.

Well, what do you say?

I will say this:

Would you start at the bottom
and stick to it all?

And.

GOOD.

After you finish the course
I have a dangerous flight

and I need a man
of your experience.

You don't have to make
a speech about it.

I'll do the job.

Go to Dad Brunn's
and head back to Miami.

I will send a telegram
to Tom Collins.

Does that mean I'm
back in the books?

You were never out of
the books Hap.

Boy, this is a beauty.

You may never get
to Miami through this, Hap.

What's the idea of going out?

Well, it is this way. Have you ever
heard of the Chinese Monsoon?

Safe.

They are bigger than
these hurricanes.

We have to meet them by
the time we fly across the Pacific.

Logan wants the
new controls tested in this wind.

It's the job you
sent me here to do...

and it is the work that I will do.

And thank you very much.

Inform Miami that
I'm dating.

- See you around.
- See you around.

Miami calling Hap Stuart
on plane 7.

What have you known?

I haven't heard anything for seven hours.

- Seven hours?
- Miami calling Hap Stuart on plane 7.

It'll be fine, I'm not worried.

I'm glad to hear that.

It doesn't make sense for
both of us to be worried.

Miami calling Hap Stuart on plane 7.

You wanted those controls
to be tested in bad weather.

He certainly picked a cursed one.

Where was he when you
last heard from him?

About Kingston.

Number 7 is here, he just
flew over the hangar.

It's coming down to land.

- We wanted to see you.
- Where have you been?

There were a couple of times when
I was wondering that myself.

- Difficult?
- No, not much.

- How did he behave?
-Oh, Baby, if she could only cook.

I guess you were scared
up there without seeing anything.

Listen, I haven't been this
scared since I was 4 years old and

For the first time I saw the bogeyman.

How were the controls?

When it goes up it behaves
like a wild bronco.

A couple of times last night I thought
it was getting out of hand.

Those auxiliary balances are
half of what they should be.

They have to be relocated.

Give me a full report on paper.

Well, since that's pretty much done

maybe we can get
a couple of weeks fishing.

In a couple of weeks, Tom.
you will be in the middle of an island.

Establishing air bases
in the middle of the Pacific.

Air bases?

We haven't finished
our first plane.

I'll take care of the planes,
you take care of the bases.

Listen to the instructions.

Honolulu, Manila and Guam all
with standard facilities.

You have to start from scratch.
you must take everything with you.

Radio and stations for the weather,
power plants.

machines, hotel for passengers
and all the rest.

A freighter will leave San Francisco
in three weeks.

You go out right now.
I am going to New York.

What happened to us?

We used to be a couple
of good pilots.

Now we go to school...

we fly through hurricanes...

we take a lot of equipment
to the middle of the Pacific Ocean...

He has gone completely crazy.

What are you roaming?

Nothing. She was thinking how great
it would be if she had said thank you.

Secure those lug nuts before
we get those planes airborne.

Hey...

Do booby birds have teeth?

Because?

I was just wondering, that's all.

I want to talk to you. Logan.

- Go ahead, talk.
-She has been spending money like water.

- Dad Brunn has spent $750,000.
- 800,000.00

And he hasn't even figured out where
to put the gasoline on those planes.

Finishing the Pacific bases
will cost twice as much.

It seems to me an impossible and crazy
fight against time.

You may not be ready for November.

That's what you think.

Applications for an extension
of our landing permits

in the East it has been rejected.

Four airlines have it all tied up.

I want to show you something.

With the English operating from London,

the French from Paris and the
Germans from Amsterdam...

With the British already in Singapore...

the French in Saigon and the
Germans in Batavia...

and now the Russians a line through
Siberia and from Hong Kong to Nanking.

Don't you realize it's impossible?

Why don't you stop now so
we can salvage some of this?

Oh, I've heard that so many times,
why don't you learn a new tune?

Now don't ride that horse.

We cannot establish a
service across the Pacific

without a terminal in the far east.

And we will lose that on November 30th.

And so, where will your planes go at
those bases in the middle of the Pacific?

Why do not you answer me?

Oh excuse me sir.

- Well Charlie, what is it about?
- Well, I'm celebrating.

Have a cigarette, have two cigarettes.

We've had...
My wife has had twins.

Congratulations.

Twins huh?

Well Charlie...

- that's something to be proud of.
- Thank my Lord.

You know, we
're going to have a baby too.

Only ours is a great plane.

Oh, congratulations to you sir.

Thank my Lord.

Why don't you use your head, Dave?

Now, I hope that the pilot within
you will surface from time to time...

but your attitude is being
more irrational every day.

Now you don't even listen to me.

Yeah?

That's fine thanks.

- Now, listen to this...
- Wait a minute.

I will listen to you whenever you have
something important to say.

In the meantime, get this...

The Board of Directors approved this project.

And I'll see that it's completed despite
you, your opinions, or whatever.

You've had every
opportunity to be sensible...

but no, you keep going like crazy.

I only ask that you stay away from me.

Until this line
succeeds or fails.

Then I'll gladly
get out of the way.

- I take the word.
- I do not doubt it.

Dad...

I have been told...

that our biggest problem is where
to get the fuel, right?

And.

The steamers carry their fuel
in a false bottom.

Why can't you do the same?

It's never been done on a plane...

But it's an idea.

No tanks...

no loss of space, less weight.

How did you come up with that...

a double bottom?

- Well, you know Charlie, the janitor.
- Yeah.

Your wife just had twins.

Oh I see...

Take a cigarette.

- Congratulations.
- Thank you.

World observes
US flight preparation to the East.

Transpacific plane undergoes first
secret flight test in Baltimore.

Gigantic plane arrives in California.

When will it be ready to take off?

Not later than tomorrow
afternoon if nothing happens.

Nothing will happen. Dad, you
better get some sleep.

- But, listen...
- I want you to rest a bit.

- How was the flight west?
- Great, she's a beauty.

I can't wait to
take it to China.

Tom, I've changed my plans.

Hap will make the first flight.

You will be in charge of
operations here.

We need someone on the ground who
knows more

to fly with the
weather conditions than the pilot of the plane.

To guide the pilot and
keep us informed.

But that's not fair, Dave.
I can run the office.

Tom deserves the first flight.

This is not a matter of who knows
or who stays or who goes.

The issue is who is best
prepared for the job.

If this line is successful...

Tom will have many opportunities
to fly in the Pacific.

- Oh, but Dave, he...
- They must realize something.

The boss of a job like this
has to make many decisions.

It doesn't matter if they are good or bad.

If you get it right half the
time, you're lucky.

Hap will make the flight.

And that's it.

Don't do it Hap...

Good luck.

Thanks guy.

Bring me the full
weather report for the entire flight.

Here it is, Dave.

¿Jean?

- What are you doing here.
- I want to work with you.

- Do you want to work with me?
- Yeah.

Oh, Dave, for the past few months
I haven't thought of anything else.

I've been miserable without you.

And I thought that I could
work with you.

Help you with the things
that interest you.

Maybe we could
get closer again.

No.

No, I can't mix
personal matters with business

Besides, my job never
meant anything to you.

You learn many
things when you are alone.

It can't be done.

You would be obstructing here.

Half the time I wouldn't know
if you're with me or against me.

That's cruel.

It might seem that way to you, Jean,
but that's how I feel.

Alright.

Well, that's the way
I feel...

I applied for a job with your
personnel manager and he gave it to me.

I'm not asking favors
from you or anyone else.

I can do this job.

I need it and what's more,
I'm going to keep it.

The success of this line depends on
completing this flight according to schedule.

That means we can't
waste a day, not even an hour.

Sleep and rest
while you can.

At each stop they refuel
as soon as they land

and take off as soon as
the plane is checked.

Tom, are all bases
reported ready?

Yes sir.

Time data and position of all
ships at sea, correct.

Flight plan on the aircraft
verified against it.

Is the plane full of
fuel and ready to take off?

He's prepared.

GOOD.

Another thing I have to remind you...

every ditching in the
bay current is dangerous.

If they hit anything
floating in the water...

the flight ends right there.

And this flight is scheduled...

and controlled in Alameda.

There's your flight plan.

All men know
what they must do.

The flight is planned at economical engine speed .

Deviating from air currents
to avoid local storms

and take advantage of favorable winds.

Reporting on the radio every half hour.

Alameda will send us the weather and changes in
the position of the ships every 30 minutes.

In case of problems...

We will go to the nearest ship or island
for a forced landing.

Correct. Forward...

Good luck, Hap.

- Don't get your feet wet.
- It's okay, kid.

We'll give you your ticket back, boy.

- Dave, Dave, they're ready for takeoff.
- Thank you.

What has you so nervous? Get
that spoon out of that coffee.

We should have the 1 o'clock report by now.
Why don't you call?

It's only a minute past
1. Give it a try.

China Clipper calling Alameda...

China Clipper calling Alameda...

Go ahead, China Clipper.

One o'clock, latitude 28.10 north...

longitude 144.30 west.

Wind 14 knots from the northeast.

landspeed 151,

Yeah?

Madre Brunn...

What was that?

This is Dave, mother what's up?

Dad, how bad is it?

Oh I'm sorry.

Oh, don't cry, dear.

It'll be fine, you have to.

We will do everything we can.

is it serious

They just took him to the hospital.

Hey, Spot...

Ask Alameda for the position.

China Clipper calling Alameda.

Go ahead China Clipper.

- Give me the position.
- Wait...

261 Hap.

This is child's play,
we are right on the course.

Honolulu time, 9:00 AM

Barometer: 29.9

Temperature: 71.

Dew point: 68.

Visibility: unlimited.

Ceiling: unlimited.

Wind: northeast 7 miles.

It's been fifteen hours,
why hasn't he arrived?

Why weren't you born a twin?, so
you'd be twice stupid.

China Clipper calling Alameda.

Go ahead China Clipper.

Arriving in Honolulu,
preparing to land.

Full steam ahead.
We are going to land.

Call the hospital and tell Dad
the ship just landed.

And tell the reporters the same.

Check the time and
position of the ships.

Keep the map up to the minute.

Send Hap full information.

Tell him to take off for Midway
as soon as possible.

What's up, don't you think they
should eat in Honolulu?

That doesn't matter, go buy your
things and come eat them here.

I'll bring you something.

Silence silence...

The China Clipper just
landed in Honolulu.

Taking off from Honolulu, 10:28. Stuart.

To every machine.
Browsing.

Activate the autopilot.

China Clipper speeding
towards Midway Island.

There is. Midway
right in front of the nose.

China Clipper calling Alameda.

turn it off

China Clipper calling Alameda.

Go ahead China Clipper.

In sight Midway Island. Stuart.

Well, it's great.

It will have landed in 20 minutes.
How's the weather?

Call the hospital and tell Dad
the ship has reached Midway.

That will cheer you up.

Tell Hap to report
the condition of the ship...

and how soon can it take off?

Hello Hap. Welcome to Midways.

- How is the ship?
- Perfect.

- We need 1,300 gallons of gasoline
- Correct.

- And our personal things?
- Wait, wait...

Sure, sure, we brought them all.

- But we have our orders.
- No, we don't have anything for you.

But they said
they would allow us £45 each.

45 pounds of what? what did they put there?

Well, we ordered a
120-pound blonde.

Where is?

China Clipper leaves Midway
bound for Wake Island.

This is the KLW station
in Sydney, Australia.

Continuing his race against
time across the Pacific...

China Clipper has taken off
from Wake Island for Guam

proposing to complete his
flight by November 30...

when their
Far East landing concessions expire.

Good luck China Clipper.

Finalize Transpacific Flight in doubt.
storm off the coast of china

Plane takes off from Guam.

China Clipper Roars
towards the Philippines.

Entering a low cloud
down to the water.

Yes, and it goes up to the sky too.

We will never go above that.

That Manila give us the
radio position every three minutes.

Manila Airport calling Alameda.

Manila Airport calling Alameda.

Go ahead Manila.

Special weather report
from Manila to Macao.

Center area of low static pressure.

Typhoon winds all along the route.

That's all.

Well, that will end this.

Alameda reports that
we have sighted the islands.

China Clipper calling Alameda.

- China Clipper calling Alameda.
- Go ahead China Clipper.

We have come out of the fog.

Approaching Manila.

Stuart.

They've already gone as far as Manila.
And that's as far as they'll go.

- What are you talking about?.
- That weather hasn't improved.

Finally he met the storm.

There was nothing that bad when he left Guam.

Ten minutes outside of Manila and you'll be

Facing the worst headwinds I
have ever flown against.

We can't let
that stop us now.

Order Manila to refuel Hap

as soon as it lands and
takes off for Macao.

You can't order it to
take off in weather like that.

Let's not waste time arguing.

The ship is in perfect condition.
It has passed all existing tests.

When that plane
arrives in Manila we will have...

tried absolutely everything
that Dad Brunn decided to try.

Your plane has flown
across an ocean.

It's too much at stake.

If we continue we will destroy
everything we have made.

Everything will be destroyed if Hap
doesn't make it through.

We have shown that an airline
can fly across the Pacific.

What do you think will happen to
Hap and his men?

Why don't you think about Dad Brunn?

You sent him to the hospital.

You broke his heart, but you won't
destroy everything because he enslaved himself.

Don't tell me what I did to Dad Brunn.

That's what I'm
thinking right now.

If Dad were here he would say go ahead,
but he's not. So I'll say it for him.

Forward.

I'm ordering
that plane to take off...

right now.

Manila Airport calling Alameda.

- Go ahead, Manila.
- I'm passing on Stuart's report.

China Clipper insured.
11:40 Alameda time.

I ordered full engine service .

We will keep operations
informed of progress.

That's all.

That's all?

It will take them several hours to do that.

Those engines do not need
full service.

They have been checked at every stage.
We have to get that ship out of there.

Dave, are you going crazy?

You can not do that.

So I have to be here hour after hour

Hearing you say I can't
do this, I can't do that.

Oh Tom, can't you get it through
your head what I'm trying to do?

It is no longer a matter of days.

It's every minute, every second that counts
for them to finish us off.

Get me the hospital.

Tell Dad his China Clipper
has arrived in Manila.

Tell him I'll make it to China inside

that deadline even if
it's the last thing you do.

It's too late, Dave.

Typhoon hits between Manila
and the coast of China.

Manila Airport calling Alameda.

Manila Airport calling Alameda.

Ahead Manila Airport.

Service completed to China Clipper.

Navigation suspended.

All ships held in the bay

until
storm warnings are reduced.

That's all.

Alright.

You have just enough time to
do it if you get out right now.

Get it started, Tom.

Go ahead and get it started.

You put me in charge of operations.

And to Hap in charge of the flight.

It's my job to give Hap all
the information I can get.

And it's their job to make the decisions, not you.

That's the way you
organized the show.

And we both know that's
the way it should be done.

- Listen, you...
- What's wrong with you, Dave?

What happened to you?.

We all started this together, out of nowhere.

You and...

Dad...

Hap and myself.

We aspired to the moon and almost made it.

What happens if the Clipper
doesn't make it to China?

Oh, but you don't realize

Tom, the only reason I keep
pushing this flight is because of Dad.

That way you will leave something behind you.

So that your most important important work
does not disappear.

He will be remembered as long as
his ship flies.

- Mother, don't you think he would want it?
- No, Dave, please.

Look, will you stop that
plane from flying to China?

Yes, I'm going to stop it.

You're the boss of the show,
do you know what that means?

Yes, I know what it means.

He was the boss of the show.

I have discovered that it is
big enough to carry on without me.

I have no right to
risk the lives of men.

It's okay Tom.

Tell Hap to stay in Manila
until he feels it's safe to take off.

It's okay Dave.

China Clipper calling Alameda.

China Clipper calling Alameda.

Go ahead China Clipper.

We took off from Manila en route to Macao.

2:00 PM Alameda time.

That's all, Stuart.

If it is yes now, what
will it be like when we get to the typhoon?

You'll find out.

Leave them full throttle.

We will need it.

- Yes sir?.
- What is our walking speed?

Fifty, sir.

We'll try for another 15 minutes.
We can still return to Manila.

Yes sir.

I have seen many typhoons but
this is the biggest of all.

I hope it's the worst
you'll ever see.

Dad Brunn died last night.
Please go back to Manila.

I can't risk the
lives of our men.

Take care of the temperature.
I am opening them.

Let's go through it.

They have been battling that
time for seven hours.

250 miles and
three hours remain to achieve it.

You should be out of that
low pressure area by now.

China Clipper calling Alameda.

China Clipper calling Alameda.

Go ahead China Clipper.

Altitude: 6,000.

Fighting headwinds.

walking speed: 70

Visibility: limited.

Sudden air, rain...

rays, flying by instruments.

That's all, Stuart.

Alameda calling the China Clipper.

Alameda calling the China Clipper.

Alameda calling the China Clipper.

Alameda calling the China Clipper.

Since you can't get through,
try Manila instead.

I am not able
to get them either.

Alameda calling the China Clipper.

China Clipper calling Alameda.

China Clipper calling Alameda.

Go ahead China Clipper.

China Clipper calling Alameda.

China Clipper calling Alameda.

Go ahead China Clipper.

China Clipper calling Alameda.

China Clipper calling Alameda.

Go ahead, China Clipper.

Go ahead China Clipper.

11:55 Alameda time.

- Landing in Macao Bay.
- He did it.

They wait, they wait...

Inter-office communication.
Hap Stuart to Dave Logan.

Having a great time.
She wishes you were here.

Postscript: How do you say
"tuts" in dumb boy?

Dave...

you were right.

My apologies.

Because of your vision and determination...

we have achieved the greatest success

in transportation that the
world has never known.

My congratulations.

Book that for the flight from
New York to London.

- New York to London?
- I'm not going to stay in the east.

Tom, as soon as Hap gets here let
him take that Clipper across the Atlantic.

Wait a minute, wait a minute.

How about we take
some passengers?

How about we make some
money first with this line?

That is your concern dear,
take it with you.

Is that from the flight from New York to London

something serious or is it another of
your ambiguities?

- Hi Johnson.
- You're late, Mr. Tom.

I know. Alright.

You remember me?

How could I forget you?
What are you doing here?

Well, I wanted to see you.

I feel terribly right now.
How do you feel?

I feel good.

Oh, you'd better leave
with both of us feeling fine.

I have to fly that ship to China.

Oh, what do you want to go there for?

I have to bring some dirty clothes.

China Clipper now leaving
for Honolulu...

Isla Midway, Isla Wake,

Guam, Manila, Macao and all
eastern connections.

All aboard.

- Any special order?
- I don't fly regularly, just routine.

This is the way to travel.

Sure, I think I told you something about that once in your office.

Safe.

Oh, by the way, Mr. Logan, if you need
any additional financing ?

I would be delighted to
discuss it with you.

Thanks, I'll remember that.

Are you sure you don't need
a rabbit's foot?

I have one.

You won't need it on
our airline.

- All aboard.
- Goodbye, Dave.

Bye bye.

- Goodbye, Mr. Logan.
- Bye bye.

Guess who?

I don't have to guess.

How did you get here?

Well, Hap let me up.

And he said that the captain
of the ship can marry you.

I am the captain.

Ready to take off.

It's OK, go ahead.

Wait I don't live in Honolulu.

Put chains on it

You know Dave...

You don't have to help telling me
I was wrong.

And that you were right.

But you really do.

Forget it Skippy, it's all over.

No it's not.

It will never end.

Not while there are men like you and...

Dad Brunn to
show us the way.

Don't get me started on that.

I'm a bit of a nut on the subject,
didn't you know?

I've heard rumours.

How I wish Dad
was here to see that.

Don't you think it is?