1 00:00:15,592 --> 00:00:17,087 Oh, yeah! 2 00:00:30,110 --> 00:00:31,770 Hawk-Eye has two inbound bogies. 3 00:00:31,862 --> 00:00:33,938 We nail them, we'll have bagged the whole squadron. 4 00:00:34,031 --> 00:00:36,606 That'll teach the squids not to mess with Marines. 5 00:00:39,038 --> 00:00:43,617 Miramar Control, Red Dog 15, this is Point Alpha with a flight of two. 6 00:00:44,044 --> 00:00:46,369 15, Miramar Control. You are cleared to the range. 7 00:00:46,463 --> 00:00:47,662 15, Roger. 8 00:00:47,757 --> 00:00:50,711 Wild Cat. Red Dog. You ready to save the squadron's honour? 9 00:00:50,802 --> 00:00:53,923 Ready and able, Red Dog. How low you gonna go? 10 00:00:54,015 --> 00:00:57,052 Hey, burrowing animals better not stick their heads up. 11 00:00:58,229 --> 00:00:59,936 See you on deck, Wild Cat. 12 00:01:00,022 --> 00:01:01,600 Copy that, Red Dog. 13 00:01:10,952 --> 00:01:13,740 Point Bravo in 10 seconds. Better pick your feet up. 14 00:01:13,831 --> 00:01:15,954 Already sitting on them, sir. 15 00:01:18,128 --> 00:01:19,670 APTERN engaged. 16 00:01:19,755 --> 00:01:21,380 I'm hands off. 17 00:01:26,806 --> 00:01:28,845 Red Dog at Point Bravo. 18 00:01:29,392 --> 00:01:30,591 39. Coming down. 19 00:01:35,858 --> 00:01:38,646 APTERN's got us too high. They're gonna nail us. 20 00:01:38,737 --> 00:01:41,489 We need to teach this computer some moves, sir. 21 00:01:42,617 --> 00:01:44,111 Contact, I think. 22 00:01:44,452 --> 00:01:45,733 There! 23 00:01:53,171 --> 00:01:57,300 Hawk-Eye! Fly Catcher! Aircraft down! Aircraft down! 24 00:01:58,595 --> 00:02:01,382 39, Miramar Control. Abort. Abort. 25 00:02:01,473 --> 00:02:05,222 Climb to angels 15. Establish left hand orbit. Over. 26 00:02:07,064 --> 00:02:10,516 39 climbing to angels 15. Why the abort, Miramar? 27 00:02:10,610 --> 00:02:14,608 We have an aircraft down. 39, do you see a parachute? Over. 28 00:02:16,408 --> 00:02:19,944 Negative, Miramar. 39 does not see a parachute. 29 00:03:32,711 --> 00:03:33,791 Sir! 30 00:03:37,634 --> 00:03:40,090 Lieutenant Pendry's mission 31 00:03:40,179 --> 00:03:42,717 was to simulate taking out an avenger missile unit 32 00:03:42,807 --> 00:03:44,136 manned by Marines. 33 00:03:44,225 --> 00:03:47,512 It was the toughest mission profile in our intra-squadron competition. 34 00:03:47,604 --> 00:03:50,061 None of the Howlers, that's Lieutenant Pendry's squadron, 35 00:03:50,150 --> 00:03:52,558 - took it out. He... - What was the mission profile? 36 00:03:52,653 --> 00:03:55,191 Basically it was coming in low in one direction 37 00:03:55,280 --> 00:03:57,440 while his wingman made her approach from another. 38 00:03:57,534 --> 00:04:00,619 - His wingman's a female? - Lieutenant Tess McKee. 39 00:04:00,704 --> 00:04:02,496 One of the best from what I hear. 40 00:04:02,582 --> 00:04:04,325 Did the Marines get a lock on Lieutenant Pendry 41 00:04:04,417 --> 00:04:05,828 before he augured in? 42 00:04:05,919 --> 00:04:08,078 Nope. They didn't see him till he came over that hill. 43 00:04:08,172 --> 00:04:09,666 Inverted. 44 00:04:09,757 --> 00:04:13,043 His profile call for a low-level inverted flight? 45 00:04:13,136 --> 00:04:15,972 No, sir. And he was flying APTERN. 46 00:04:16,056 --> 00:04:18,133 It's difficult to understand why he was inverted. 47 00:04:18,226 --> 00:04:21,560 - APTERN? - Auto precision terrain radar navigation. 48 00:04:21,647 --> 00:04:23,556 I know what it is. But it's an Air Force system. 49 00:04:23,649 --> 00:04:26,817 - What's it doing in a Navy Tomcat? - Defence cutbacks, sir. 50 00:04:26,945 --> 00:04:30,149 DOD is pushing hard for inter-service systems commonality. 51 00:04:30,241 --> 00:04:31,521 It saves RandD. 52 00:04:31,617 --> 00:04:34,952 Unfortunately sometimes you save money, you lose lives. 53 00:04:35,039 --> 00:04:37,993 The truth is, we've never had any problem with the APTERN system. 54 00:04:38,084 --> 00:04:39,247 Until now. 55 00:04:39,336 --> 00:04:42,041 This crash wasn't caused by APTERN, Lieutenant. 56 00:04:42,464 --> 00:04:46,249 James Reid, Macroplex. Lieutenants Rabb and Austin, JAG. 57 00:04:46,344 --> 00:04:48,633 I take it Macroplex manufactures APTERN. 58 00:04:48,722 --> 00:04:49,801 That's right, Lieutenant. 59 00:04:49,890 --> 00:04:51,848 We check every incident involving one of our systems. 60 00:04:51,935 --> 00:04:53,643 In fact, the Pentagon requires it. 61 00:04:53,728 --> 00:04:56,480 Not all of our products are perfect but APTERN's close to it. 62 00:04:56,898 --> 00:04:58,939 Even if it caused this crash? 63 00:04:59,027 --> 00:05:00,900 Tell you what, Lieutenant Rabb. 64 00:05:00,987 --> 00:05:02,980 If you don't jump to conclusions about APTERN, 65 00:05:03,073 --> 00:05:05,825 I won't jump to conclusions about Lieutenant Pendry. 66 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:08,698 - Fair enough? - Fair enough. 67 00:05:12,210 --> 00:05:15,128 Obviously, Lieutenants Pendry and Marcus were killed instantly. 68 00:05:15,213 --> 00:05:16,956 We have removed their bodies. 69 00:05:17,048 --> 00:05:20,134 But there may still be body parts in the area. 70 00:05:36,949 --> 00:05:39,321 Luke was one of the best. A natural. 71 00:05:39,410 --> 00:05:42,577 Maybe that's why he could push the envelope a little further than most. 72 00:05:42,664 --> 00:05:44,408 He took chances, sir? 73 00:05:44,833 --> 00:05:48,037 In this business, you take a chance every time you go up, Lieutenant. 74 00:05:48,129 --> 00:05:50,454 Yes, sir. But you implied that he took more than most. 75 00:05:50,548 --> 00:05:53,419 Or do I not understand what "pushing the envelope" means, sir? 76 00:05:53,510 --> 00:05:55,420 - Perhaps you don't. - As I understand it, sir, 77 00:05:55,513 --> 00:05:58,930 it means going to the known limit of an aircraft and then a little beyond. 78 00:05:59,017 --> 00:06:02,683 Close enough. And we all do it, at one time or another. 79 00:06:02,855 --> 00:06:04,765 Yes, sir. But you said Lieutenant Pendry 80 00:06:04,858 --> 00:06:06,898 pushed the envelope a little further than most. 81 00:06:06,985 --> 00:06:09,442 Because he had the talent to get away with it. 82 00:06:09,531 --> 00:06:11,073 Lieutenant Austin, 83 00:06:11,157 --> 00:06:13,649 wasn't Lieutenant McKee scheduled to join us by now? 84 00:06:13,744 --> 00:06:16,236 Would you mind stepping outside, see what's keeping her? 85 00:06:17,082 --> 00:06:18,540 Certainly, sir. 86 00:06:22,421 --> 00:06:24,878 I can see trying it in combat, but in an exercise? 87 00:06:24,966 --> 00:06:27,588 Luke didn't give a damn if the mission was real or simulated. 88 00:06:27,678 --> 00:06:28,793 He wanted to win. 89 00:06:28,888 --> 00:06:30,714 Yeah, but to go inverted to avoid negative Gs? 90 00:06:30,806 --> 00:06:33,180 Man, you've got to be crazy to try something like that on the deck. 91 00:06:33,268 --> 00:06:34,348 That's a good shot. 92 00:06:34,436 --> 00:06:37,058 Lieutenant McKee. Lieutenant Austin, JAG. 93 00:06:37,148 --> 00:06:40,352 I'm sorry about Lieutenant Pendry. I heard he was a good man. 94 00:06:40,652 --> 00:06:42,562 You have no idea, Lieutenant. 95 00:06:47,577 --> 00:06:50,152 I heard about what you did on the Seahawk. 96 00:06:50,415 --> 00:06:51,577 Hell of a feat. 97 00:06:51,666 --> 00:06:54,205 Considering you hadn't flown a Tomcat in four years. 98 00:06:54,294 --> 00:06:57,165 - I got lucky, sir. - It takes that sometimes. 99 00:06:57,381 --> 00:06:59,623 Especially when you're highly competitive. 100 00:06:59,717 --> 00:07:03,004 - Aren't most good pilots, sir? - Of course. 101 00:07:03,096 --> 00:07:06,383 But Luke would have loved being the only one to nail that SAM. 102 00:07:06,476 --> 00:07:07,756 Commander, 103 00:07:10,815 --> 00:07:12,973 could he have pushed it too far? 104 00:07:13,192 --> 00:07:15,434 No. He just ran out of luck. 105 00:07:15,987 --> 00:07:17,482 Nothing more than that. 106 00:07:17,740 --> 00:07:19,697 Conditions were ideal. 107 00:07:20,243 --> 00:07:23,577 Clear visibility, no turbulence. It was by the numbers. 108 00:07:24,957 --> 00:07:27,366 Then just as I began my run Miramar told me to abort 109 00:07:27,461 --> 00:07:29,702 and asked me to look for chutes. 110 00:07:31,048 --> 00:07:32,590 There weren't any. 111 00:07:33,676 --> 00:07:35,551 Did Lieutenant Pendry communicate with you 112 00:07:35,637 --> 00:07:37,131 during his run at the target? 113 00:07:37,222 --> 00:07:39,893 Just to break. To start my attack. 114 00:07:39,975 --> 00:07:42,183 How long have you been flying with APTERN? 115 00:07:42,270 --> 00:07:43,682 About three months. 116 00:07:43,772 --> 00:07:45,599 - Any problems? - No. 117 00:07:45,691 --> 00:07:47,898 The terrain-seeking radar is accurate. 118 00:07:47,986 --> 00:07:51,438 And it performs specific manoeuvres as programmed by the mission profile. 119 00:07:51,532 --> 00:07:53,109 But you don't like it. 120 00:07:53,659 --> 00:07:56,660 No pilot likes to turn control over to a black box. 121 00:07:57,122 --> 00:07:59,910 Did Lieutenant Pendry dislike APTERN, too? 122 00:08:00,209 --> 00:08:02,001 He felt the same as the rest of us. 123 00:08:02,086 --> 00:08:05,171 Would he have shut down APTERN to fly the Tomcat himself? 124 00:08:05,298 --> 00:08:06,414 No. 125 00:08:06,967 --> 00:08:09,256 The mission profile called for the use of APTERN. 126 00:08:09,345 --> 00:08:12,513 He would not have turned it off unless it were malfunctioning. 127 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:14,260 Was it malfunctioning? 128 00:08:14,477 --> 00:08:16,803 I don't know. I wasn't in his cockpit, Lieutenant. 129 00:08:16,896 --> 00:08:19,982 But Lieutenant Pendry liked to fly on the edge. 130 00:08:20,443 --> 00:08:22,186 On the edge of what? 131 00:08:22,904 --> 00:08:24,778 I think you know what I mean, Lieutenant. 132 00:08:24,865 --> 00:08:26,656 No, I don't think I do, Lieutenant. 133 00:08:26,742 --> 00:08:29,779 If none of the howlers flew a successful mission using APTERN, 134 00:08:29,870 --> 00:08:32,707 maybe Lieutenant Pendry thought he could do better without it. 135 00:08:32,791 --> 00:08:34,285 He probably could. 136 00:08:35,002 --> 00:08:37,374 But the competition called for the use of APTERN 137 00:08:37,463 --> 00:08:39,291 and Luke was a professional. 138 00:08:39,382 --> 00:08:40,961 Thank you, Lieutenant. 139 00:08:41,385 --> 00:08:43,093 I have more questions, sir. 140 00:08:43,179 --> 00:08:47,012 So do I, Lieutenant. But we can ask them as the investigation proceeds. 141 00:08:51,022 --> 00:08:52,647 What was that about? 142 00:08:53,775 --> 00:08:56,397 She just lost her wingman, go a little easy. 143 00:08:56,487 --> 00:08:59,323 We have an investigation to run, sir. 144 00:09:00,117 --> 00:09:01,493 I'm aware of that, Lieutenant. 145 00:09:01,577 --> 00:09:04,151 Which is why I want you to pull all the gripe sheets on APTERN 146 00:09:04,247 --> 00:09:05,623 for Navy and Air Force. 147 00:09:05,707 --> 00:09:08,079 I want to know about every problem they've ever had 148 00:09:08,168 --> 00:09:10,327 or thought they've had, no matter how trivial. 149 00:09:10,420 --> 00:09:11,584 Yes, sir. 150 00:09:13,967 --> 00:09:15,960 I'm going to visit Lieutenant Pendry's wife. 151 00:09:16,053 --> 00:09:17,298 I'll meet you later, sir. 152 00:10:39,448 --> 00:10:40,610 Harm? 153 00:10:41,993 --> 00:10:43,487 Hi, Annie. 154 00:10:47,333 --> 00:10:50,038 God, I feel like calling out, 155 00:10:50,336 --> 00:10:52,496 telling him you're here. 156 00:10:55,176 --> 00:10:57,749 He would've liked to have seen you. 157 00:11:17,620 --> 00:11:19,910 Hey, Josh, you remember Harm? 158 00:11:23,669 --> 00:11:25,164 Hi, Josh. 159 00:11:29,509 --> 00:11:32,084 I don't think he really understands yet. 160 00:11:33,890 --> 00:11:35,433 I think he does. 161 00:11:43,527 --> 00:11:44,808 Harm. 162 00:11:47,115 --> 00:11:48,491 Sit down. 163 00:11:55,083 --> 00:11:59,295 - I'm sorry. I'll fix it. - Don't bother. I want to get rid of them. 164 00:12:01,007 --> 00:12:04,175 - You miss flying? - I go up every now and then. 165 00:12:04,261 --> 00:12:06,931 When I can find a CO who'll let me play. 166 00:12:08,224 --> 00:12:10,929 That's what it is, isn't it? Playing. 167 00:12:11,478 --> 00:12:14,231 You're all just boys playing with bigger toys. 168 00:12:14,483 --> 00:12:17,437 Well, I like to think it's a little more than that, Annie. 169 00:12:17,987 --> 00:12:19,267 It's not. 170 00:12:20,490 --> 00:12:21,901 Listen, Annie. 171 00:12:22,784 --> 00:12:24,908 I'm heading up the investigation. 172 00:12:26,414 --> 00:12:28,205 I'm surprised they're letting you. 173 00:12:28,291 --> 00:12:31,209 I mean, you and Lucas being such good friends and all. 174 00:12:31,294 --> 00:12:33,003 I don't think they know. 175 00:12:33,297 --> 00:12:34,412 Oh. 176 00:12:35,633 --> 00:12:37,009 Well, you know, Lucas wouldn't want you 177 00:12:37,093 --> 00:12:39,715 to get yourself in any trouble on his account. 178 00:12:40,681 --> 00:12:42,093 Yes, he would. 179 00:12:45,729 --> 00:12:47,058 Hey, Mom. 180 00:12:49,067 --> 00:12:50,312 Hey. 181 00:12:50,402 --> 00:12:52,276 You're supposed to be cleaning your room. 182 00:12:52,362 --> 00:12:53,822 It's clean. 183 00:12:54,866 --> 00:12:56,775 Did you fly with my daddy? 184 00:12:57,744 --> 00:12:59,156 A long time ago. 185 00:12:59,246 --> 00:13:02,117 - He was the best though, wasn't he? - Yes, he was. 186 00:13:02,458 --> 00:13:04,000 Why did he crash? 187 00:13:04,878 --> 00:13:08,045 I don't know, Josh. But I'm going to find out. 188 00:13:25,278 --> 00:13:28,897 This is the last time I take directions from an O' Club waitress. 189 00:13:28,991 --> 00:13:30,022 The way she looked at you 190 00:13:30,117 --> 00:13:31,945 they were probably directions to her house. 191 00:13:33,705 --> 00:13:36,909 Very funny, Lieutenant. Do you have anything there? 192 00:13:37,001 --> 00:13:39,671 No APTERN-related accidents have ever been reported. 193 00:13:39,755 --> 00:13:42,376 How frequently do they have to be recalibrated? 194 00:13:42,466 --> 00:13:45,384 About once every 16.5 hours of flight time. 195 00:13:45,469 --> 00:13:48,425 That's actually pretty good for a chip-driven avionics system. 196 00:13:48,516 --> 00:13:49,630 Here it is. 197 00:13:49,725 --> 00:13:51,386 Are those figures for Navy or Air Force? 198 00:13:51,477 --> 00:13:52,806 They didn't separate them. 199 00:13:52,895 --> 00:13:54,094 - Do it. - Yes, sir. 200 00:13:58,152 --> 00:14:00,525 Sorry we're late, sir. We were misdirected. 201 00:14:00,614 --> 00:14:02,903 Is that a pilot's way of saying "lost," Lieutenant? 202 00:14:02,991 --> 00:14:07,073 Pilots don't get lost, Mr Reid, just momentarily disoriented. 203 00:14:07,163 --> 00:14:10,414 - Let's get started, Lieutenant Stans. - Aye, sir. 204 00:14:12,963 --> 00:14:14,754 We have two visuals for you today. 205 00:14:14,839 --> 00:14:16,749 First, based upon the mission profile 206 00:14:16,842 --> 00:14:18,918 we have a computer-animated cockpit view 207 00:14:19,011 --> 00:14:22,796 of Lieutenant Pendry's attack as it was intended to be executed. 208 00:14:22,891 --> 00:14:24,267 Ready, sir. 209 00:14:25,395 --> 00:14:28,266 Here Lieutenant Pendry is making his descent to initiate his attack. 210 00:14:28,356 --> 00:14:29,637 Point Bravo. 211 00:14:29,732 --> 00:14:31,441 This is where he engaged APTERN 212 00:14:31,527 --> 00:14:34,481 and radioed Lieutenant McKee to initiate her attack. 213 00:14:34,572 --> 00:14:37,574 As you can see, APTERN, with its pre-programmed flight path, 214 00:14:37,660 --> 00:14:39,902 is taking maximum advantage of the terrain 215 00:14:39,996 --> 00:14:41,621 as it approaches the target. 216 00:14:42,457 --> 00:14:45,293 Point Charlie. This is where he fires his Mavericks 217 00:14:45,378 --> 00:14:48,794 and breaks away to escape on a pre-programmed route. 218 00:14:49,883 --> 00:14:52,006 That's what was supposed to happen. 219 00:14:52,428 --> 00:14:53,971 Here's what did. 220 00:14:54,513 --> 00:14:57,469 Lieutenant Pendry made his descent on profile. 221 00:14:58,852 --> 00:15:01,605 And he crossed Point Bravo on profile. 222 00:15:04,276 --> 00:15:07,859 But at 1.5 seconds before Point Charlie 223 00:15:10,617 --> 00:15:12,693 he goes inverted and impacts the ground 224 00:15:12,786 --> 00:15:14,412 seven-tenths of a second later. 225 00:15:14,497 --> 00:15:17,249 Looked to me like Lieutenant Pendry shifted to shut off the APTERN 226 00:15:17,334 --> 00:15:19,041 and take control before going inverted. 227 00:15:19,127 --> 00:15:21,999 - I didn't see that. - It appears that he did, Lieutenant. 228 00:15:22,507 --> 00:15:24,713 The APTERN system uses an indented switch 229 00:15:24,801 --> 00:15:26,925 designed to lock into place when it is engaged 230 00:15:27,013 --> 00:15:29,420 but it was in the "off" position. 231 00:15:29,515 --> 00:15:31,888 Can't blame APTERN if it wasn't even on. 232 00:15:31,976 --> 00:15:34,219 Unless he shut it off because it was malfunctioning. 233 00:15:34,313 --> 00:15:36,935 APTERN doesn't malfunction, Lieutenant Rabb. 234 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:40,604 Those gripe sheets Lieutenant Austin has will bear me out. 235 00:15:40,696 --> 00:15:43,780 Even if it did, APTERN's designed to automatically roll the wings level 236 00:15:43,866 --> 00:15:45,444 and initiate a 4G pitch up. 237 00:15:45,535 --> 00:15:47,943 - What if that was malfunctioning? - Face it, Lieutenant. 238 00:15:48,038 --> 00:15:49,616 He thought he could do better on his own. 239 00:15:49,707 --> 00:15:52,163 So he shut APTERN down and went over the hill inverted. 240 00:15:52,251 --> 00:15:54,578 - To avoid negative Gs. - Exactly. 241 00:15:54,797 --> 00:15:56,077 To stay low over the hill 242 00:15:56,173 --> 00:15:58,582 would have subjected him to too many negative Gs. 243 00:15:58,718 --> 00:16:02,088 Inverted, he could have stayed on the deck and got off his shot. 244 00:16:02,222 --> 00:16:04,796 From all I hear, Lieutenant Pendry was a man who liked to win. 245 00:16:04,892 --> 00:16:06,767 Maybe he thought this was the only way. 246 00:16:07,104 --> 00:16:09,393 He wasn't reckless, Mr Reid. 247 00:16:11,735 --> 00:16:14,356 I appreciate your position, Lieutenant Rabb. 248 00:16:14,780 --> 00:16:15,978 I really do. 249 00:16:16,657 --> 00:16:19,742 You room with a man in flight school, it forms a bond. 250 00:16:21,538 --> 00:16:23,864 I didn't mean to drop a bombshell, Lieutenant. 251 00:16:23,958 --> 00:16:26,449 I assumed you disclosed your relationship with Lieutenant Pendry 252 00:16:26,544 --> 00:16:28,288 before accepting this assignment. 253 00:16:28,797 --> 00:16:32,001 It will in no way undermine my objectivity, Mr Reid. 254 00:16:32,093 --> 00:16:34,631 It already has, Lieutenant. 255 00:16:57,958 --> 00:17:01,209 - Mind if I join you, Lieutenant? - Not at all. 256 00:17:05,759 --> 00:17:07,966 I heard that you stuck up for Luke. 257 00:17:08,555 --> 00:17:11,260 I just want to tell you how much the Howlers appreciate that. 258 00:17:11,350 --> 00:17:15,645 I'm standing up for the truth, Lieutenant, which I hope is on Luke's side. 259 00:17:20,653 --> 00:17:22,562 What's that going up there for? 260 00:17:22,655 --> 00:17:25,326 I thought these guys were all supposed to be legends? 261 00:17:25,409 --> 00:17:26,868 They are. 262 00:17:26,952 --> 00:17:29,325 Some legend. He almost took two of my men with him. 263 00:17:29,414 --> 00:17:31,620 All a flyboy's got to do to get up on that wall 264 00:17:31,708 --> 00:17:33,666 is screw the pooch. 265 00:17:37,507 --> 00:17:39,132 Come on, Moore. 266 00:17:39,843 --> 00:17:41,837 Sorry, she was his wingman. 267 00:17:41,930 --> 00:17:45,216 Well, she's acting like she was more than just his wingman. 268 00:17:51,608 --> 00:17:53,019 What the hell was that for? 269 00:17:53,110 --> 00:17:55,648 - I don't hit women. - Neither do I. 270 00:17:59,033 --> 00:18:00,778 Let's go, come on. 271 00:18:02,288 --> 00:18:04,162 I'm all for equality, honey. 272 00:18:04,248 --> 00:18:07,499 But you don't want to be treated equal in a Marine brawl. 273 00:18:07,586 --> 00:18:10,921 - Would you... - Lieutenant, let's get out of here! 274 00:18:11,632 --> 00:18:13,922 Come on back here! Come on! 275 00:18:19,726 --> 00:18:21,803 Thank you, sir. Have a good evening. 276 00:18:27,485 --> 00:18:29,229 Sorry, Lieutenant. 277 00:18:30,615 --> 00:18:34,198 Thanks for jumping in there. That gyrene ticked me off. 278 00:18:34,620 --> 00:18:35,900 Really? 279 00:18:37,289 --> 00:18:38,950 It's this next left. 280 00:18:42,087 --> 00:18:44,044 How long did you fly with Luke? 281 00:18:44,465 --> 00:18:45,876 Six months. 282 00:18:47,636 --> 00:18:49,545 Hang out together much? 283 00:18:52,308 --> 00:18:54,432 You know, other pilots hang out with each other. 284 00:18:54,519 --> 00:18:58,600 People don't automatically assume they're sleeping together. 285 00:19:00,818 --> 00:19:02,230 This is it. 286 00:19:05,533 --> 00:19:08,487 Thanks for the ride. You saved me cab fare. 287 00:19:08,619 --> 00:19:10,364 Anytime, Lieutenant. 288 00:19:17,339 --> 00:19:20,590 You know, I'm not gonna say I didn't have feelings for Luke. 289 00:19:21,135 --> 00:19:23,259 I want him back more than anything. 290 00:19:24,806 --> 00:19:26,135 So do I. 291 00:20:14,618 --> 00:20:16,825 Take aim, and 292 00:20:17,455 --> 00:20:18,618 fire! 293 00:20:19,124 --> 00:20:20,203 Aim. 294 00:20:20,626 --> 00:20:21,741 Fire! 295 00:20:21,878 --> 00:20:23,075 Aim. 296 00:20:23,170 --> 00:20:24,333 Fire! 297 00:21:10,938 --> 00:21:13,014 Mrs Pendry, James Reid. 298 00:21:13,733 --> 00:21:15,690 I represent a military contractor. 299 00:21:15,777 --> 00:21:18,352 I wanted to tell you how much we respected your husband. 300 00:21:18,447 --> 00:21:20,405 He's a great loss for all of us. 301 00:21:20,992 --> 00:21:22,487 Thank you, Mr Reid. 302 00:21:24,580 --> 00:21:28,448 Young man, your father was a fine man and a fine pilot. 303 00:21:28,543 --> 00:21:30,370 You should be very proud of him. 304 00:21:32,005 --> 00:21:33,465 Come on, honey. 305 00:21:35,051 --> 00:21:37,044 - I'll be in touch. - Okay. 306 00:21:41,184 --> 00:21:44,351 - I wish you meant that, Mr Reid. - Lieutenant, none of this is personal. 307 00:21:44,437 --> 00:21:45,718 Just because I have a job to do, 308 00:21:45,814 --> 00:21:47,393 doesn't mean I'm not sorry the man's dead. 309 00:21:47,484 --> 00:21:49,143 Gee, you're a real sensitive guy. 310 00:21:49,235 --> 00:21:51,727 So long as it doesn't interfere with the bottom line. 311 00:21:51,822 --> 00:21:53,862 Everybody's got a family to feed, Lieutenant. 312 00:21:53,949 --> 00:21:56,157 Even people who work for corporations. 313 00:21:57,328 --> 00:21:59,571 Mrs Pendry seems like a fine woman. 314 00:21:59,665 --> 00:22:01,705 Little boy's nice, too. 315 00:22:02,001 --> 00:22:04,244 It would be a shame if Lieutenant Pendry's memory 316 00:22:04,338 --> 00:22:06,627 was marred by something ugly. 317 00:22:07,091 --> 00:22:08,882 What are you talking about? 318 00:22:08,968 --> 00:22:12,172 Sometimes it's better just to let things go, Lieutenant Rabb. 319 00:22:19,106 --> 00:22:21,644 - What did he mean? - I'm not sure. 320 00:22:22,652 --> 00:22:24,978 I owe you an apology, Lieutenant. 321 00:22:25,822 --> 00:22:26,985 You're my partner. 322 00:22:27,074 --> 00:22:29,696 I should have told you about my friendship with Lieutenant Pendry. 323 00:22:29,785 --> 00:22:31,909 No apology necessary, sir. 324 00:22:35,668 --> 00:22:39,168 Sir, is it possible you might be a little too personally involved? 325 00:22:40,174 --> 00:22:42,581 I don't question your integrity for a second, Harm. 326 00:22:42,676 --> 00:22:44,052 But you are human. 327 00:22:44,429 --> 00:22:47,430 You care about Lieutenant Pendry, you care about his family. 328 00:22:47,933 --> 00:22:50,389 I just don't believe he screwed the pooch. 329 00:22:50,478 --> 00:22:53,100 How can you be so sure with all the evidence against him? 330 00:22:53,190 --> 00:22:54,898 I can't explain it, Meg. 331 00:22:54,983 --> 00:22:58,982 You fly with a guy, you get to know him. Maybe better than you know yourself. 332 00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:01,025 That was years ago. 333 00:23:01,283 --> 00:23:02,825 People change. 334 00:23:03,369 --> 00:23:04,912 In some ways, maybe. 335 00:23:05,413 --> 00:23:07,287 But if anything, most pilots I've known 336 00:23:07,374 --> 00:23:09,913 become more careful once they have kids. 337 00:23:10,794 --> 00:23:13,832 Luke may have been competitive, but he wasn't crazy. 338 00:23:15,676 --> 00:23:18,962 The only problem is, how are you gonna prove it, Harm? 339 00:23:25,396 --> 00:23:27,188 Sending malfunction now. 340 00:23:30,944 --> 00:23:32,059 Haven't we seen enough? 341 00:23:32,154 --> 00:23:34,278 That's the eighth malfunction we created for APTERN. 342 00:23:34,366 --> 00:23:37,320 And every time it's put him into a wing level, nose-up recovery. 343 00:23:37,411 --> 00:23:38,905 Call it a day, Lieutenant Rabb. 344 00:23:38,996 --> 00:23:40,954 I'd like to try another, sir. 345 00:23:42,459 --> 00:23:43,573 Lieutenant, 346 00:23:43,668 --> 00:23:46,125 we've fed every malfunction we've created for APTERN 347 00:23:46,214 --> 00:23:47,589 and it hasn't crashed you yet. 348 00:23:47,673 --> 00:23:48,789 If you want to try something, 349 00:23:48,883 --> 00:23:51,920 try flying the mission inverted like Lieutenant Pendry did. 350 00:23:52,012 --> 00:23:53,388 Roger that. 351 00:23:55,266 --> 00:23:57,639 Are you sure you want to try this without APTERN? 352 00:23:57,728 --> 00:23:58,927 Only way to know. 353 00:23:59,063 --> 00:24:01,056 Coming up on Point Bravo. 354 00:24:05,362 --> 00:24:06,738 Here we go. 355 00:24:12,287 --> 00:24:13,699 Pull out! Pull out! 356 00:24:13,789 --> 00:24:15,201 I'm too low! 357 00:24:30,894 --> 00:24:33,183 Afterburn sim, standing by. 358 00:24:33,939 --> 00:24:35,980 - You're dead, Lieutenant. ...baseline grid zero. 359 00:24:36,067 --> 00:24:38,143 Once you inverted that low, you didn't have a chance. 360 00:24:38,236 --> 00:24:39,612 Now will you write up your report? 361 00:24:39,697 --> 00:24:41,689 We still don't know why Lieutenant Pendry was inverted. 362 00:24:41,782 --> 00:24:43,194 Because he wanted to win. 363 00:24:43,284 --> 00:24:46,239 Could there be an interface problem between APTERN and the autopilot? 364 00:24:46,330 --> 00:24:48,323 It would've shown up on the printout. 365 00:24:49,124 --> 00:24:51,913 Lieutenant Rabb, I'd like to believe it was APTERN and not Luke 366 00:24:52,004 --> 00:24:54,162 but you've exhausted all possibilities. 367 00:24:54,506 --> 00:24:56,583 I think it's time we faced reality. 368 00:24:56,675 --> 00:24:58,004 Perhaps not, sir. 369 00:24:58,094 --> 00:25:00,467 Do you know how often APTERN has to be recalibrated? 370 00:25:00,556 --> 00:25:03,047 An average of once every 16.5 flight hours. 371 00:25:03,142 --> 00:25:05,514 That's a combined figure for the Air Force and the Navy. 372 00:25:05,603 --> 00:25:07,811 The Air Force figure is 22.3. 373 00:25:07,898 --> 00:25:11,019 And in the Navy, it has to be recalibrated every 8.1 hours. 374 00:25:11,110 --> 00:25:13,067 That's nearly three times as often. 375 00:25:13,446 --> 00:25:14,727 It's relatively new to the Navy. 376 00:25:14,823 --> 00:25:17,397 Your technicians aren't as proficient as the Air Force yet. 377 00:25:17,493 --> 00:25:20,863 I wonder when Lieutenant Pendry's APTERN was recalibrated? 378 00:25:20,956 --> 00:25:23,115 - I'll check it out. - No, Mr Reid. We will. 379 00:25:23,417 --> 00:25:25,991 - You don't quit, do you, Lieutenant? - No, sir. 380 00:25:26,087 --> 00:25:28,127 Well, neither do I, Lieutenant Rabb. 381 00:25:32,679 --> 00:25:33,924 What's wrong, Lieutenant? 382 00:25:34,013 --> 00:25:36,090 We may finally be on to something significant. 383 00:25:36,183 --> 00:25:37,346 I don't think so, sir. 384 00:25:37,435 --> 00:25:40,721 I looked up the maintenance report on Lieutenant Pendry's Tomcat. 385 00:25:40,814 --> 00:25:44,065 APTERN was recalibrated the morning of his final flight. 386 00:25:44,151 --> 00:25:46,191 Well, why didn't you say so in the room? 387 00:25:46,278 --> 00:25:48,853 I didn't want to give Mr Reid the satisfaction. 388 00:25:49,575 --> 00:25:52,066 We have to promptly disclose facts, Lieutenant. 389 00:25:52,161 --> 00:25:53,989 - Pro or con. - Yes, sir. 390 00:25:54,497 --> 00:25:56,870 There has to be a reason for the interval difference 391 00:25:56,959 --> 00:25:59,201 beyond technicians getting up to speed. 392 00:25:59,295 --> 00:26:01,917 - Lf you say so, sir. - You don't believe me? 393 00:26:02,007 --> 00:26:04,545 I believe Lieutenant Pendry was a close personal friend 394 00:26:04,635 --> 00:26:06,960 and you're grasping at straws and you have me doing it. 395 00:26:07,054 --> 00:26:08,514 Sounds like something Reid would say. 396 00:26:08,598 --> 00:26:10,177 I don't like him any more than you do, Harm. 397 00:26:10,267 --> 00:26:12,841 But that doesn't mean everything that comes out of his mouth is wrong. 398 00:26:12,937 --> 00:26:14,136 Anything else? 399 00:26:14,231 --> 00:26:16,686 I've been hearing rumours about Lieutenant Pendry and McKee. 400 00:26:16,775 --> 00:26:18,056 So have I. I don't believe them. 401 00:26:18,152 --> 00:26:20,145 If true, it could explain why he would try something 402 00:26:20,237 --> 00:26:21,353 as risky as going in inverted. 403 00:26:21,448 --> 00:26:23,654 What, you want to write this up as showing off for a girlfriend? 404 00:26:23,742 --> 00:26:26,412 If he was having personal problems, it could have affected his flying. 405 00:26:26,496 --> 00:26:27,824 Not Luke. 406 00:26:27,913 --> 00:26:30,702 - Reid's probably heard the rumours. - I'm sure he has. 407 00:26:30,793 --> 00:26:32,335 - He'll use them. - Yes, he will. 408 00:26:32,419 --> 00:26:35,171 Have you thought about how that could affect his family? 409 00:26:35,256 --> 00:26:38,709 Meg, this isn't just about salvaging Luke's reputation 410 00:26:38,803 --> 00:26:40,546 or protecting his family. 411 00:26:40,638 --> 00:26:44,470 If APTERN's flawed, finding the flaw will save lives. 412 00:26:44,559 --> 00:26:47,134 And that is our ultimate responsibility. 413 00:26:50,233 --> 00:26:51,941 You sound like my dad. 414 00:26:54,322 --> 00:26:57,442 I'm in trouble when you start comparing me to your father. 415 00:26:58,368 --> 00:26:59,648 My brother? 416 00:27:00,412 --> 00:27:01,823 Even worse. 417 00:27:29,573 --> 00:27:30,949 Hello? 418 00:27:38,126 --> 00:27:39,324 Annie? 419 00:28:48,421 --> 00:28:49,536 Mom? 420 00:28:51,675 --> 00:28:54,250 Harm. I'm sorry. I didn't hear you come in. 421 00:28:54,345 --> 00:28:56,053 That's okay. I'm early. 422 00:28:56,514 --> 00:28:58,009 You fixed it. 423 00:29:01,312 --> 00:29:02,557 Good as new. 424 00:29:03,064 --> 00:29:04,974 Will you help me fly it, sir? 425 00:29:05,067 --> 00:29:06,265 Well... 426 00:29:07,444 --> 00:29:09,521 Go on. Join you outside. 427 00:29:11,157 --> 00:29:12,320 Cool. 428 00:29:18,876 --> 00:29:21,996 Let me see. I'm not checked out in this model. 429 00:29:30,014 --> 00:29:33,431 - How'd you do that? - Tweaked in a little up elevator. 430 00:29:34,770 --> 00:29:36,098 What's that do? 431 00:29:36,564 --> 00:29:39,731 It puts down pressure on the tail which causes the nose to rise. 432 00:29:39,818 --> 00:29:41,277 The air travels at different speeds 433 00:29:41,362 --> 00:29:42,904 over the top and bottom control surfaces 434 00:29:42,989 --> 00:29:44,816 breaking the lift on the... 435 00:29:46,451 --> 00:29:49,536 Next time you're in a car, stick your hand out the window. 436 00:29:49,622 --> 00:29:53,917 Tilt it like this and your arm will fly up just like your Tomcat. 437 00:29:54,503 --> 00:29:57,173 - Go wash up, young man. - I'm clean. 438 00:29:57,632 --> 00:29:59,091 Yeah. You're filthy! 439 00:29:59,176 --> 00:30:00,919 I should make you take a bath before dinner. 440 00:30:01,011 --> 00:30:02,969 - I'm gonna fly first. - Josh! 441 00:30:05,349 --> 00:30:06,844 Listen to your mom. 442 00:30:07,728 --> 00:30:09,056 Yes, sir. 443 00:30:10,147 --> 00:30:11,690 A man's voice. 444 00:30:11,775 --> 00:30:14,895 Women like to think it doesn't make a difference, but it does. 445 00:30:14,987 --> 00:30:16,611 Oh, I don't know. 446 00:30:16,697 --> 00:30:20,281 After my dad went down, my mom kept a pretty tight rein on me. 447 00:30:20,368 --> 00:30:22,527 Harm, I forgot all about that. 448 00:30:23,581 --> 00:30:26,072 - How old were you? - Josh's age. 449 00:30:28,086 --> 00:30:31,456 And you became a naval aviator because your dad was one. 450 00:30:31,632 --> 00:30:34,468 Well, I suppose that had a lot to do with it. 451 00:30:36,639 --> 00:30:38,715 I don't want Josh flying. 452 00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:41,392 He's only six, Annie. 453 00:30:41,477 --> 00:30:43,685 Yeah, that's when it starts. 454 00:30:48,737 --> 00:30:51,608 I suppose Luke wasn't around any more than my dad. 455 00:30:53,367 --> 00:30:56,987 Two years and six months out of nearly eight years of marriage. 456 00:30:58,039 --> 00:30:59,700 But when he was home 457 00:31:03,129 --> 00:31:04,957 it was perfect. 458 00:31:08,303 --> 00:31:11,221 Maybe because of all the time he was away, I don't know. 459 00:31:17,772 --> 00:31:21,439 How do the wives feel now that women are being deployed at sea? 460 00:31:23,571 --> 00:31:25,731 Most of them don't like it. 461 00:31:26,575 --> 00:31:28,284 It never bothered me. 462 00:31:28,828 --> 00:31:31,783 Even with a wingman as pretty as Lieutenant McKee? 463 00:31:36,838 --> 00:31:38,581 He wasn't sleeping with Tess. 464 00:31:38,673 --> 00:31:40,334 - Annie... - No, listen! 465 00:31:40,426 --> 00:31:43,546 I've heard the rumours. And that's what they are. Rumours. 466 00:31:44,639 --> 00:31:46,300 Annie, I'm sorry. I... 467 00:31:46,392 --> 00:31:48,550 It's just been suggested that personal problems 468 00:31:48,644 --> 00:31:50,803 might have played a part in the accident. 469 00:31:51,522 --> 00:31:54,726 With what Luke and I had, he didn't have to look anywhere else. 470 00:31:58,739 --> 00:32:00,282 Luke was mine. 471 00:32:03,370 --> 00:32:04,913 And I was his. 472 00:32:08,961 --> 00:32:11,417 And that's just the way it was, okay? 473 00:32:28,360 --> 00:32:29,985 Don't show them to me. 474 00:32:30,071 --> 00:32:33,025 Lieutenant Rabb's the inspecting officer this evening. 475 00:32:52,890 --> 00:32:55,299 Lieutenant Pendry sounds like a lot of fun. 476 00:32:55,394 --> 00:32:57,220 Yeah, he was that. 477 00:32:57,312 --> 00:32:59,520 You spend much time with him and Annie? 478 00:32:59,691 --> 00:33:00,888 Some. 479 00:33:01,651 --> 00:33:02,850 Lieutenants. 480 00:33:02,945 --> 00:33:05,816 Can I buy you a drink as a way of apologising? 481 00:33:05,906 --> 00:33:07,983 - Some other night. - Name it. 482 00:33:08,451 --> 00:33:10,741 - I'll let you know. - I'll be waiting. 483 00:33:12,497 --> 00:33:15,535 - You aren't playing with a full deck. - Marines. 484 00:33:15,794 --> 00:33:17,917 You know, they're the only species on the planet 485 00:33:18,005 --> 00:33:20,840 that would develop a crush on you if you punch them out? 486 00:33:25,472 --> 00:33:27,015 So where were we? 487 00:33:27,099 --> 00:33:29,507 Oh, I think you know where we were, Lieutenant. 488 00:33:29,602 --> 00:33:31,679 Or at least, where we were headed. 489 00:33:32,565 --> 00:33:35,270 You know what, let me ask the questions for a second. 490 00:33:35,693 --> 00:33:38,066 Do you find Lieutenant Rabb attractive? 491 00:33:39,448 --> 00:33:40,528 Yeah. 492 00:33:40,616 --> 00:33:42,775 You work together, see him off duty occasionally? 493 00:33:42,869 --> 00:33:44,067 Yeah. 494 00:33:44,162 --> 00:33:45,787 Do you sleep with him? 495 00:33:47,374 --> 00:33:49,000 Fair's fair, Lieutenant. 496 00:33:49,085 --> 00:33:51,374 I'm the one conducting the investigation. 497 00:33:51,463 --> 00:33:53,621 Well, let me put it this way. 498 00:33:53,715 --> 00:33:57,086 Do you think it's possible you might sleep with him someday? 499 00:33:57,678 --> 00:34:01,014 I don't know. I guess anything's possible. 500 00:34:01,100 --> 00:34:03,591 - Lf he were married? - No. 501 00:34:04,020 --> 00:34:06,392 - That's not a possibility. - Why not? 502 00:34:06,481 --> 00:34:09,768 Because that's not who I am. And that's not who he is. 503 00:34:11,446 --> 00:34:13,819 That's not who we were, either. 504 00:34:21,500 --> 00:34:24,205 If I had to bet, I'd bet against it. 505 00:34:24,295 --> 00:34:26,123 - But you're not sure. - No. 506 00:34:26,422 --> 00:34:27,834 But he is. 507 00:34:28,550 --> 00:34:30,259 Going to wrap this up today, Lieutenants? 508 00:34:30,344 --> 00:34:33,014 - I doubt it, sir. - Then I think you should read this. 509 00:34:34,266 --> 00:34:36,722 "A source close to the investigation of the crash 510 00:34:36,811 --> 00:34:38,768 "which claimed the lives of Navy Lieutenants 511 00:34:38,854 --> 00:34:40,599 "Lucas Pendry and Stuart Marcus 512 00:34:40,690 --> 00:34:44,060 "revealed that Lieutenant Pendry had an affair with his female wingman 513 00:34:44,153 --> 00:34:46,940 "resulting in her pregnancy and subsequent abortion." 514 00:34:47,031 --> 00:34:48,657 - You bastard! - Harm, no! 515 00:34:48,909 --> 00:34:50,320 Check the date. 516 00:34:50,745 --> 00:34:52,488 The paper. Check the date. 517 00:34:52,580 --> 00:34:54,870 It's the fifth. That's tomorrow. 518 00:34:54,958 --> 00:34:57,711 That's a mock-up of what the world will see tomorrow 519 00:34:57,795 --> 00:34:59,871 if you don't conclude your investigation today. 520 00:34:59,964 --> 00:35:03,915 - You can't blackmail us with an ugly lie. - It's not a lie, Lieutenant. 521 00:35:05,012 --> 00:35:06,293 Affidavits. 522 00:35:06,389 --> 00:35:08,596 From people who saw Lieutenants Pendry and McKee 523 00:35:08,683 --> 00:35:10,059 together in bars. 524 00:35:10,519 --> 00:35:12,559 A doctor's bill for a D and C 525 00:35:12,647 --> 00:35:14,973 which, as we all know, is a euphemism for abortion. 526 00:35:15,067 --> 00:35:17,902 And affidavits from two nurses who saw Lieutenant Pendry 527 00:35:17,987 --> 00:35:20,276 pick Lieutenant McKee up at the hospital. 528 00:35:20,948 --> 00:35:23,985 - All circumstantial. - We're not in a court of law, Lieutenant. 529 00:35:24,077 --> 00:35:26,118 Even if it's true, it doesn't prove pilot error. 530 00:35:26,205 --> 00:35:28,245 Somehow I don't think the Navy would agree with you. 531 00:35:28,332 --> 00:35:30,243 And the public certainly won't. 532 00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:34,835 I don't want to tarnish the memory of a brave man or embarrass his family. 533 00:35:34,925 --> 00:35:37,297 But I do intend to protect Macroplex 534 00:35:37,386 --> 00:35:39,960 from investigating officers wearing blinders. 535 00:35:40,055 --> 00:35:43,426 How far I have to go to do that is up to you. 536 00:36:21,398 --> 00:36:23,475 Permission to come aboard, sir. 537 00:36:25,069 --> 00:36:26,813 Permission granted. 538 00:36:36,209 --> 00:36:37,833 Not much room in here. 539 00:36:38,294 --> 00:36:42,340 - You wear a fighter cockpit. - Like a pair of pantyhose. 540 00:36:44,886 --> 00:36:46,428 Did she deny it? 541 00:36:47,764 --> 00:36:48,928 Nope. 542 00:36:51,352 --> 00:36:53,227 And it wasn't an abortion. 543 00:36:53,313 --> 00:36:54,938 She miscarried. 544 00:36:55,023 --> 00:36:56,767 I thought better of Luke. 545 00:36:57,736 --> 00:37:01,568 No need to change your opinion. He wasn't the father. 546 00:37:02,908 --> 00:37:04,189 Who was? 547 00:37:05,704 --> 00:37:07,530 Privileged information. 548 00:37:07,873 --> 00:37:09,831 We're on the same team, Meg. 549 00:37:09,917 --> 00:37:13,833 My telling you is not going to change the outcome of our investigation, Harm. 550 00:37:15,382 --> 00:37:16,711 Where's APTERN? 551 00:37:17,719 --> 00:37:19,592 Here. Next to the autopilot. 552 00:37:20,305 --> 00:37:22,132 You still think it's at fault? 553 00:37:22,224 --> 00:37:25,594 There is no way Luke would have intentionally inverted that low. 554 00:37:26,104 --> 00:37:27,562 Did Lieutenant Stans feed 555 00:37:27,647 --> 00:37:29,937 every possible APTERN malfunction into the simulator? 556 00:37:30,025 --> 00:37:32,398 Everything anyone could think of. 557 00:37:33,071 --> 00:37:36,654 Maybe it's some seemingly insignificant thing Luke did 558 00:37:36,742 --> 00:37:38,569 that had never been done before. 559 00:37:39,829 --> 00:37:41,787 Fate Is The Hunter. 560 00:37:41,873 --> 00:37:43,617 - What? - It's a film. 561 00:37:43,708 --> 00:37:47,493 Everyone wants to blame a fatal crash on the dead pilot, Rod Taylor. 562 00:37:47,588 --> 00:37:50,377 - Who's Rod Taylor? - An actor. 563 00:37:50,593 --> 00:37:53,084 They said it was pilot error but Glenn Ford didn't believe them. 564 00:37:53,179 --> 00:37:54,294 Another actor? 565 00:37:54,389 --> 00:37:57,141 So he recreates the flight down to the smallest detail. 566 00:37:57,225 --> 00:37:58,601 On a computer? 567 00:37:59,061 --> 00:38:02,348 They didn't have computers. I saw this movie when I was a kid. 568 00:38:02,440 --> 00:38:04,148 Oh, you mean way back. 569 00:38:05,694 --> 00:38:08,565 Even had Suzanne Pleshette, who played the surviving stewardess... 570 00:38:08,656 --> 00:38:10,068 Oh, I know her. 571 00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:13,570 ...bring coffee to the cockpit, like she did the night of the crash. 572 00:38:13,662 --> 00:38:15,951 Turns out to be the key to why they went down. 573 00:38:16,040 --> 00:38:19,245 - Coffee? - He put the cup on the console. 574 00:38:19,337 --> 00:38:21,578 When they lost an engine, it spilled, 575 00:38:21,672 --> 00:38:25,256 shorting out all the instruments which then gave them false readings. 576 00:38:25,343 --> 00:38:28,261 I don't think Lieutenant Pendry had coffee in his cockpit. 577 00:38:28,347 --> 00:38:30,839 We don't know what he had or did the night of the crash 578 00:38:30,934 --> 00:38:33,971 and no computer can exactly duplicate that, unless I... 579 00:38:34,063 --> 00:38:36,186 - Play Glenn Ford. - Exactly! 580 00:38:37,108 --> 00:38:40,063 But there is no way in hell I'll ever get permission. 581 00:38:41,280 --> 00:38:42,858 Maybe there is. 582 00:38:45,869 --> 00:38:47,827 Lieutenant Rabb, it is out of the question. 583 00:38:47,914 --> 00:38:50,321 Sir, there are unknowns the computer can't factor. 584 00:38:50,416 --> 00:38:52,326 Lieutenant, there was nothing wrong with APTERN. 585 00:38:52,419 --> 00:38:54,708 The only person who won't accept that is you. 586 00:38:54,797 --> 00:38:56,541 I'd like a chance to find out, Commander. 587 00:38:56,633 --> 00:38:59,883 If something went wrong, it could end my career and your life. 588 00:38:59,970 --> 00:39:02,544 - I'm willing to risk it, sir. - I'm not. 589 00:39:05,685 --> 00:39:07,762 Lieutenant Pendry was a good man. 590 00:39:08,356 --> 00:39:09,897 But he was human. 591 00:39:09,982 --> 00:39:11,607 He made a mistake. 592 00:39:12,110 --> 00:39:14,186 He wasn't the only one, Commander. 593 00:39:15,197 --> 00:39:16,360 Meaning? 594 00:39:16,699 --> 00:39:20,401 I understand Lieutenant McKee became pregnant recently, sir. 595 00:39:27,671 --> 00:39:29,663 That's her business, Lieutenant. 596 00:39:31,008 --> 00:39:33,216 Provided it doesn't interfere with her duties. 597 00:39:33,303 --> 00:39:34,382 Yes, sir. 598 00:39:34,888 --> 00:39:36,762 But the father was a member of this squadron 599 00:39:36,849 --> 00:39:38,676 and Mr Reid is going to make that public. 600 00:39:38,768 --> 00:39:40,144 Damn him! 601 00:39:40,228 --> 00:39:42,766 He believes Lieutenant Pendry was the father. 602 00:39:53,995 --> 00:39:55,787 People make mistakes. 603 00:39:58,500 --> 00:40:01,538 A man shouldn't have to risk losing his career 604 00:40:01,630 --> 00:40:03,005 for one mistake. 605 00:40:04,174 --> 00:40:05,289 No, sir. 606 00:40:06,052 --> 00:40:08,045 If I can't prove it wasn't pilot error, 607 00:40:08,137 --> 00:40:11,174 Mr Reid will make public what he believes to be true. 608 00:40:14,187 --> 00:40:17,438 It's hard enough for a boy to grow up without his father. 609 00:40:18,234 --> 00:40:20,939 He shouldn't have to be ashamed of him, too. 610 00:40:24,825 --> 00:40:27,114 Weight, balance, ordnance, fuel load. 611 00:40:27,202 --> 00:40:29,445 Every spec identical to Lieutenant Pendry's last flight. 612 00:40:29,539 --> 00:40:30,914 Except no one's in the back seat. 613 00:40:30,999 --> 00:40:32,659 - Can't risk it. - I can. 614 00:40:32,751 --> 00:40:35,159 - No way, Lieutenant. - He was my friend, too. 615 00:40:35,254 --> 00:40:36,535 If no one's in the back seat, 616 00:40:36,631 --> 00:40:38,423 then it won't be the same as Luke's last flight. 617 00:40:38,509 --> 00:40:40,585 I'll compensate with dead weight. 618 00:40:40,678 --> 00:40:43,465 Dead weight can't hand you a cup of coffee, sir. 619 00:40:44,349 --> 00:40:45,512 What? 620 00:40:45,601 --> 00:40:49,053 Fate Is The Hunter, Suzanne Pleshette gave Glenn Ford a cup of coffee. 621 00:40:49,147 --> 00:40:51,389 - See... - Go get your flight gear, Lieutenant. 622 00:40:52,692 --> 00:40:55,694 You take off in five minutes. Proceed to the America 623 00:40:55,779 --> 00:40:57,939 then make five landings, then fly the mission. 624 00:40:58,033 --> 00:40:59,278 Five traps? 625 00:40:59,368 --> 00:41:02,453 That's what Lieutenant Pendry did the morning of his flight. 626 00:41:02,538 --> 00:41:06,454 That's like preparing for a football game with five boxing matches. 627 00:41:08,754 --> 00:41:10,249 Good luck, Harm. 628 00:41:12,050 --> 00:41:13,426 Thanks, Meg. 629 00:41:40,210 --> 00:41:42,748 Hook down, gear down and locked. 630 00:41:42,838 --> 00:41:46,374 Tomcat 04. Ball. 8.9. 631 00:41:57,982 --> 00:41:59,524 Sorry. I'm a little rusty. 632 00:42:00,026 --> 00:42:02,897 You're not rusty, Lieutenant. You're corroded. 633 00:42:44,498 --> 00:42:45,874 Thank God that's over. 634 00:42:45,958 --> 00:42:48,414 You're making me wish I'd joined the Air Force. 635 00:43:08,319 --> 00:43:11,570 Miramar Control, Tomcat 04, Point Alpha. 636 00:43:11,656 --> 00:43:14,742 04, Miramar Control. You are cleared to the range. 637 00:43:14,826 --> 00:43:16,286 04, roger. 638 00:43:17,831 --> 00:43:18,993 Here we go. 639 00:43:30,472 --> 00:43:32,179 APTERN zeroed at Point Bravo. 640 00:43:32,265 --> 00:43:33,511 Engaging APTERN. 641 00:43:35,310 --> 00:43:36,639 I'm hands off. 642 00:43:51,206 --> 00:43:52,914 Approaching Point Charlie. 643 00:43:53,542 --> 00:43:55,914 The APTERN altitude indicator just inverted. 644 00:43:56,002 --> 00:43:57,166 Shut it off! 645 00:43:57,254 --> 00:43:59,378 Negative! I'm over-riding first! 646 00:44:07,351 --> 00:44:09,390 APTERN's still indicating we're inverted. 647 00:44:09,478 --> 00:44:11,139 Shutting it down now. 648 00:44:17,404 --> 00:44:19,065 Come on, Harm. Pull up. 649 00:44:37,220 --> 00:44:38,799 When you disengage APTERN 650 00:44:38,889 --> 00:44:42,093 it's programmed to roll wings level with a 4G pitch up. 651 00:44:42,185 --> 00:44:45,720 Which is fine unless APTERN thinks you're flying upside down. 652 00:44:46,106 --> 00:44:48,681 Then it throws you on your back and down. 653 00:44:48,986 --> 00:44:51,655 - It must have inverted on Luke, too. - Yes! 654 00:44:51,739 --> 00:44:54,526 It rolled him over and dove him into the ground. 655 00:44:54,617 --> 00:44:56,694 What made APTERN think you were inverted? 656 00:44:56,787 --> 00:44:59,361 My guess is those five traps I made before the mission 657 00:44:59,457 --> 00:45:00,786 did something to it. 658 00:45:00,875 --> 00:45:02,868 That's why the recalibration frequency 659 00:45:02,961 --> 00:45:05,453 is higher for the Navy than the Air Force. 660 00:45:05,547 --> 00:45:09,000 APTERN wasn't designed to take the pounding of carrier landings. 661 00:45:09,302 --> 00:45:10,677 It will be. 662 00:45:11,346 --> 00:45:13,554 Thanks to Lieutenants Rabb and McKee. 663 00:45:21,859 --> 00:45:23,686 It wasn't Luke's fault, Tess. 664 00:45:23,778 --> 00:45:27,148 04, Miramar. Will you be returning to base? 665 00:45:27,992 --> 00:45:29,570 Miramar, 04. 666 00:45:30,244 --> 00:45:32,736 We're gonna orbit the area for a while. 667 00:45:53,273 --> 00:45:56,607 Come on, Josh. We're gonna be late for the movies. 668 00:46:00,115 --> 00:46:03,152 You know, your Uncle Jim wants to take you to the Padres game this weekend. 669 00:46:03,243 --> 00:46:04,869 - Cool. - He's a doctor. 670 00:46:04,954 --> 00:46:07,113 - I know. - Doctors are very important, Josh. 671 00:46:07,207 --> 00:46:10,909 They help people who are sick. They save lives. 672 00:46:11,378 --> 00:46:13,289 It's just something you might want to think about 673 00:46:13,381 --> 00:46:14,876 when you're getting older and you decide 674 00:46:14,967 --> 00:46:16,758 what you want to do with your life.