1 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:31,960 Ladies and gentlemen, we will be landing at Luton Airport in five minutes. 2 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:35,020 Would you fasten your seatbelts, please, and extinguish your cigarettes. 3 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:38,600 The weather in Luton is reported to be fine, but cold. 4 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:41,680 Landing gear. 5 00:00:42,380 --> 00:00:43,380 Landing gear checking. 6 00:00:47,700 --> 00:00:48,700 Drain valve. 7 00:00:50,700 --> 00:00:51,700 Three greens. 8 00:00:54,220 --> 00:00:55,600 Fully established on ILS. 9 00:00:55,860 --> 00:00:57,180 Six miles to go, sir. 10 00:00:57,680 --> 00:00:58,680 Thank you. 11 00:01:00,660 --> 00:01:02,200 Luton approach, Golf 4-4 Bravo. 12 00:01:02,900 --> 00:01:04,900 Fully established on ILS, ever. 13 00:01:06,140 --> 00:01:08,600 Roger, Golf 4-4 Bravo established on ILS. 14 00:01:09,020 --> 00:01:12,680 Out of marker, contact Luton Tower on 120, decimal 2. 15 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:14,080 Approach, over. 16 00:01:16,980 --> 00:01:17,980 Yes, yes, Marker. 17 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:20,460 Four miles, Jason. 18 00:01:20,700 --> 00:01:21,700 Thank you. 19 00:01:22,220 --> 00:01:23,960 Luton Tower, Golf 4-4 Bravo. 20 00:01:24,220 --> 00:01:25,460 Out of marker, inbound, ever. 21 00:01:26,440 --> 00:01:29,640 Roger, Golf 4, 4 Bravo, clear to land, runway 26. 22 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:32,620 Surface wind 0, 1-0 at 5. 23 00:01:33,180 --> 00:01:34,360 Visibility 2 kilometers. 24 00:01:34,900 --> 00:01:38,700 Cloud base 300 feet. QFE is 1-0-0-6. 25 00:01:43,500 --> 00:01:44,500 There's the middle marker. 26 00:01:45,740 --> 00:01:46,980 3 quarter miles from runway. 27 00:01:50,540 --> 00:01:51,540 Oh, I see it. 28 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:55,380 Golf 4, 4 Bravo, we have visual contact. 29 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:40,220 Captain Rolf has just landed, sir. 30 00:03:04,860 --> 00:03:06,760 I see he used to be a senior captain. 31 00:03:08,300 --> 00:03:09,760 There still is a senior captain. 32 00:03:10,020 --> 00:03:11,440 No, no, I mean on the big stuff. 33 00:03:13,380 --> 00:03:15,080 Now he's with the charter company. What happened? 34 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:18,440 Well, he was the wrong age for retraining on Jumbo's. 35 00:03:18,740 --> 00:03:20,920 So he took his redundancy pay and got another job. 36 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:24,040 Quite a lot of them in that age group did the same thing. 37 00:03:24,540 --> 00:03:25,620 Money in the bank, I suppose. 38 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:29,120 Didn't notice when he had his last medical. 39 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:31,160 About six weeks ago. 40 00:03:32,300 --> 00:03:33,340 You know a lot about him? 41 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:35,520 He's a friend. 42 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:36,840 Of long standing? 43 00:03:36,940 --> 00:03:37,940 Yes. 44 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:40,080 is that why you don't like this? 45 00:03:40,300 --> 00:03:41,340 I think it's unnecessary. 46 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:47,060 captain Rolf is a careful conscientious pilot with 20,000 flying hours to his 47 00:03:47,060 --> 00:03:49,820 credit. his report can't be discounted. 48 00:03:50,100 --> 00:03:51,360 well I agree absolutely. 49 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:54,740 but it's a matter of convincing the Germans isn't it? 50 00:04:07,660 --> 00:04:10,740 ah hamish i'm sorry to drag you up here at this time of night this is mr 51 00:04:10,740 --> 00:04:14,680 samuel's air safety division captain robb pleased to meet you captain how do 52 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:21,260 you do take a seat hamish i'd like some coffee oh no thanks i seem to have had 53 00:04:21,260 --> 00:04:25,480 nothing else for the past two hours did you have a good trip captain no 54 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:31,020 different from usual nobody buzzed you this time eh is that what this is about 55 00:04:31,020 --> 00:04:35,100 we've had a report from hamburg well look i had an hour with the 56 00:04:35,900 --> 00:04:39,440 ATC there this evening. I couldn't tell them anything. Well you don't mind if we 57 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:40,500 just run through it once again? 58 00:04:41,740 --> 00:04:45,660 Well actually I do rather. I've had a long spell on duty and I've got 48 hours 59 00:04:45,660 --> 00:04:46,239 off now. 60 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:47,380 For my benefit captain. 61 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:50,480 You see the Germans don't accept it. Yes I know but there's nothing I can do 62 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:51,119 about that. 63 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:54,380 At that time they say there was nothing within eight miles of you. 64 00:04:55,180 --> 00:04:56,720 Well officially no that's obvious. 65 00:04:57,080 --> 00:05:00,700 Unofficially? Well a cowboy flying without lights through a controlled 66 00:05:00,700 --> 00:05:02,940 zone. It wasn't detected on their radar. 67 00:05:05,070 --> 00:05:07,270 Well, I don't know. It's possible we masked it. 68 00:05:07,810 --> 00:05:09,910 Yes. You were on the same course. 69 00:05:10,550 --> 00:05:11,630 Airway Blue 1. 70 00:05:16,530 --> 00:05:19,670 I just reported passing the Umstalt NDB. 71 00:05:20,290 --> 00:05:23,170 So you were still keyed to Hamburg departure control? Yes. 72 00:05:24,030 --> 00:05:25,030 Go on, please. 73 00:05:25,490 --> 00:05:27,490 It was a minute or so after that. 74 00:05:28,470 --> 00:05:31,570 We were climbing to 15,000 without set height. 75 00:05:32,990 --> 00:05:39,770 My first officer made some sort of joke Something to do with the weather I think 76 00:05:39,770 --> 00:05:44,110 I can't remember This must be what they used to call a bomber's moon, sir 77 00:05:44,110 --> 00:05:50,470 Sagan, I can see everything down there 78 00:05:50,470 --> 00:05:56,950 What? What the hell? 79 00:05:57,190 --> 00:05:59,050 Bloody mad bastard! What, an aircraft? 80 00:05:59,870 --> 00:06:03,120 Didn't you see it? By golly, there's clouding right into us Or was it? 81 00:06:04,700 --> 00:06:07,320 Are you okay, sir? 82 00:06:08,980 --> 00:06:10,320 Yes, I didn't see it properly. 83 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:12,880 We'd better inform Hamburg, sir. 84 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:14,640 Yes. 85 00:06:15,940 --> 00:06:18,060 We'll do see how the passengers are, Mr. Farmer. Right, sir. 86 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:20,840 Hamburg, Golf 44 Bravo. 87 00:06:21,940 --> 00:06:23,820 Unidentified aircraft without navigation lights. 88 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:27,500 At flight level 147. 89 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:30,800 Repeat, 147. 90 00:06:32,430 --> 00:06:35,510 Mr. Golf 44 Bravo, maintain your flight course. 91 00:06:35,990 --> 00:06:38,310 Hello, Zoe. Sorry about that. Everything all right back there? 92 00:06:38,810 --> 00:06:43,410 Hello. Golf 44 Bravo, can you give me more information? 93 00:06:44,610 --> 00:06:48,490 Golf 44 Bravo, aircraft is heading approximately... 94 00:06:48,490 --> 00:06:54,330 047, over. 95 00:06:59,310 --> 00:07:02,710 Uh, Golf 44 Bravo, well, I only saw it for half a second. I lost it as soon as 96 00:07:02,710 --> 00:07:03,910 I took evading action. Over. 97 00:07:04,510 --> 00:07:05,910 Any detail would help. 98 00:07:06,430 --> 00:07:07,630 Tail-mounted engines? 99 00:07:08,990 --> 00:07:12,030 No, I think there were four entrance props. 100 00:07:14,110 --> 00:07:17,530 Uh, I couldn't make out any markings. Over. 101 00:07:18,010 --> 00:07:19,750 Uh, roger, Golf 44 Bravo. 102 00:07:20,030 --> 00:07:21,430 We are checking into it. 103 00:07:21,670 --> 00:07:22,990 You're lucky night, eh? 104 00:07:23,550 --> 00:07:24,550 Lucky night? 105 00:07:24,830 --> 00:07:26,250 I couldn't believe he hadn't hit us. 106 00:07:27,190 --> 00:07:28,190 All right, thank you, Zoe. 107 00:07:29,030 --> 00:07:31,330 There's two of us reports everything's all right back there, sir. One or two 108 00:07:31,330 --> 00:07:32,249 bruises, that's all. 109 00:07:32,250 --> 00:07:33,250 Oh, boy. 110 00:07:33,770 --> 00:07:35,130 Uh, cruise power, Mr. Prowett. 111 00:07:35,490 --> 00:07:36,490 Cruise power check. 112 00:07:39,570 --> 00:07:40,890 She told him we hit an air pocket. 113 00:07:45,190 --> 00:07:46,610 Well, I don't suppose any of them saw it. 114 00:07:47,710 --> 00:07:52,690 As far as we're aware, you were the only person who saw it, Captain Rolfe. Yes, I 115 00:07:52,690 --> 00:07:53,690 did. 116 00:07:53,750 --> 00:07:55,070 Unless the other pilot... 117 00:07:55,950 --> 00:07:58,770 But you say he was slightly ahead of you in climbing on a collision course. 118 00:08:00,070 --> 00:08:03,450 Well, he should have seen us as we turned because we passed right above 119 00:08:03,450 --> 00:08:04,409 him. 120 00:08:04,410 --> 00:08:08,530 You see, everyone's prepared to admit that near misses of this sort in 121 00:08:08,530 --> 00:08:11,810 controlled airspace are not only more just a remote possibility. 122 00:08:12,730 --> 00:08:15,330 There have been too many reported incidents over the past two years. 123 00:08:16,050 --> 00:08:18,350 Well, isn't it about time something was done about it? 124 00:08:18,790 --> 00:08:20,310 That's why we make these investigations. 125 00:08:22,330 --> 00:08:23,410 Well, I can't really. 126 00:08:24,030 --> 00:08:26,750 Add anything else to what I've already said, because I didn't see anything 127 00:08:26,750 --> 00:08:27,750 else. Oh, that's a pity. 128 00:08:28,430 --> 00:08:31,590 The trouble is one usually has the reports of both pilots to go on. 129 00:08:32,409 --> 00:08:33,750 Is he saying he didn't see anything? 130 00:08:35,190 --> 00:08:36,370 He didn't say anything. 131 00:08:37,530 --> 00:08:41,210 The Germans are saying that there's no record of another aircraft in the 132 00:08:41,210 --> 00:08:43,789 vicinity. Well, in other words, a cock-up in their ground control. 133 00:08:44,070 --> 00:08:45,070 It's a possibility. 134 00:08:45,090 --> 00:08:46,090 Well, what else? 135 00:08:46,530 --> 00:08:49,170 Not that I'm sure they will be the first to admit it once all the facts are 136 00:08:49,170 --> 00:08:50,170 known. What facts? 137 00:08:50,670 --> 00:08:51,990 There must have been an aircraft there. 138 00:08:52,350 --> 00:08:53,350 But they don't deny it. 139 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:54,760 They simply can't trace it. 140 00:08:56,100 --> 00:08:58,380 It's a pity you didn't see this other plane more clearly. 141 00:08:59,520 --> 00:09:02,680 Well, next time I'm within a microsecond of a collision, I must remember to take 142 00:09:02,680 --> 00:09:03,680 a photograph. 143 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:08,480 No one's denying you handled the situation admirably, Captain. 144 00:09:09,680 --> 00:09:14,340 Of course... Well, we'll have to ask Hamburg to go on checking. 145 00:09:14,960 --> 00:09:16,960 It's possible they might still turn something up. 146 00:09:17,340 --> 00:09:20,100 Depends how hard they look. They're very thorough people, you know. 147 00:09:21,580 --> 00:09:22,780 Anyhow, I'm much obliged to you, Captain. 148 00:09:25,140 --> 00:09:26,140 Oh, we're finished. 149 00:09:26,320 --> 00:09:27,320 Sorry to have delayed you. 150 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:30,160 If we do learn anything, of course you'll be informed. 151 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:31,440 Thank you. 152 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:32,640 Good night. 153 00:09:32,660 --> 00:09:33,660 Good night, Captain. 154 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:37,560 Um, dinner tomorrow. 155 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:38,800 Rob had to remind you. 156 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:40,320 Ah. 157 00:09:40,540 --> 00:09:43,800 Well, I've got rather a lot on tomorrow, Frank, and I'm putting the car in for 158 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:45,040 service. Oh, I can pick you up. 159 00:09:45,680 --> 00:09:48,340 Oh, I don't know. Seems a lot of trouble. No sweat, old man. She said I 160 00:09:48,340 --> 00:09:49,360 hadn't to take no for an answer. 161 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:51,560 Oh. Wants to see you. 162 00:09:52,680 --> 00:09:53,680 Well, I surrender. 163 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:55,140 Only possible thing to do. 164 00:09:55,660 --> 00:09:56,800 I'll pop round about soon. 165 00:09:57,560 --> 00:09:58,560 Likewise. 166 00:10:04,660 --> 00:10:05,660 Nice chap. 167 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:06,920 I think so. 168 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:08,040 Is he married? 169 00:10:09,500 --> 00:10:11,140 His wife died two weeks ago. 170 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:13,180 They've been married over 20 years. 171 00:10:13,880 --> 00:10:14,859 I see. 172 00:10:14,860 --> 00:10:16,040 He hides his feelings. 173 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:17,560 Is that a good thing? 174 00:10:18,900 --> 00:10:21,420 Sometimes I wonder if that isn't one of our national failings. 175 00:10:23,260 --> 00:10:27,000 The psychiatrists tell us there's a lot to be said for the wailing and threshing 176 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:28,240 of limbs continental fashion. 177 00:10:29,940 --> 00:10:30,940 Is he any kid? 178 00:10:31,260 --> 00:10:33,560 What? Oh, a married daughter. 179 00:10:33,820 --> 00:10:36,760 And she's looking after him, I suppose. She's in Africa. She and her husband run 180 00:10:36,760 --> 00:10:37,760 a mission out there. 181 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:39,019 Religious, eh? 182 00:10:39,020 --> 00:10:40,440 Is Captain Rolfe religious? 183 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:42,480 I've no idea. No, he isn't. Why? 184 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:45,440 Helps sometimes if one can get the background. 185 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:46,840 How does it help? 186 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:48,820 Well, the more one knows about a chap. 187 00:10:49,660 --> 00:10:51,260 Of course, the palace don't like it. 188 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:52,720 Intrusion. 189 00:10:53,320 --> 00:10:56,120 You're not suggesting that Captain Rolfe invented the whole thing? 190 00:10:56,540 --> 00:10:59,000 I'm not, but the Germans seem to have that idea. 191 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:02,340 After all, there are only two possibilities. 192 00:11:03,380 --> 00:11:04,760 Either he's wrong or they are. 193 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:06,360 What's your opinion? 194 00:11:07,880 --> 00:11:09,260 I've only just begun my inquiry. 195 00:11:10,500 --> 00:11:13,760 If they're suggesting he jeopardizes aircraft and the lives of his passengers 196 00:11:13,760 --> 00:11:18,220 because of some optical illusion, well, then they're talking through their 197 00:11:18,220 --> 00:11:19,280 bratwurst. 198 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:22,640 Do you think I should tell them that? 199 00:11:23,210 --> 00:11:24,210 Why not? 200 00:11:26,870 --> 00:11:27,870 Very good. 201 00:11:29,750 --> 00:11:30,750 Goodnight, Mr Morley. 202 00:11:53,710 --> 00:11:54,509 Evening, Frank. 203 00:11:54,510 --> 00:11:55,830 Door's open. Don't make me come down. 204 00:11:56,090 --> 00:11:57,090 Right. 205 00:12:13,410 --> 00:12:15,830 Wouldn't you like me to get Roz to help you with this? Yes, I thought it was a 206 00:12:15,830 --> 00:12:16,890 ten-minute job till I started. 207 00:12:17,850 --> 00:12:18,850 What are you going to do with them? 208 00:12:19,330 --> 00:12:21,010 Well, Oxfam take this sort of thing, don't they? 209 00:12:21,270 --> 00:12:22,450 Well, someone would make you an offer. 210 00:12:23,659 --> 00:12:24,700 What, Portobello Road, you mean? 211 00:12:26,660 --> 00:12:27,820 Oh, I don't fancy the idea. 212 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:33,000 I had to fashion for a first-year divinity student. 213 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:39,920 You know, you should get away for a while, Hamish. Take some leave. 214 00:12:41,280 --> 00:12:42,280 Why do you say that? 215 00:12:43,300 --> 00:12:46,320 Just that you've had a bit of a hard time lately, that's all. Do you good? 216 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:47,480 No, I'm perfectly all right. 217 00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:49,720 You're not sitting on my jacket, are you? No. 218 00:12:51,820 --> 00:12:52,820 Oh, no, no. 219 00:12:52,890 --> 00:12:53,890 Sorry. 220 00:12:57,470 --> 00:12:58,890 It's kind of Ross to invite me. 221 00:12:59,570 --> 00:13:01,810 No confidence in the chap's ability to cook for himself. 222 00:13:02,230 --> 00:13:03,230 Yes, Jenny was the same. 223 00:13:04,290 --> 00:13:09,250 I remember when I was on the Joburg run, she used to be up at dawn to make sure I 224 00:13:09,250 --> 00:13:11,850 had a good Scottish breakfast lying uneasily under my third button. 225 00:13:12,110 --> 00:13:13,410 What is a Scotch breakfast? 226 00:13:14,110 --> 00:13:20,390 Well, in Jenny's case, it was normally porridge and a fry-up and some tatty 227 00:13:20,390 --> 00:13:21,390 scones with marmalade. 228 00:13:22,569 --> 00:13:24,250 Do you think Roz would like any of this? 229 00:13:24,510 --> 00:13:25,510 What is it? 230 00:13:26,090 --> 00:13:27,990 Well, she called it her quote to jewelry. 231 00:13:28,250 --> 00:13:30,390 Oh, good God, man, you can't give that away. 232 00:13:30,930 --> 00:13:32,690 What about Moira? 233 00:13:34,390 --> 00:13:35,410 Offered it, doesn't want it. 234 00:13:37,070 --> 00:13:38,210 Personal adornment, you see. 235 00:13:38,730 --> 00:13:42,230 She wrote saying that all she wanted was her mother's eternity ring as a 236 00:13:42,230 --> 00:13:43,230 keepsake. 237 00:13:45,470 --> 00:13:47,390 She's no fool. It's the only decent thing Jenny had. 238 00:13:47,770 --> 00:13:49,150 Aren't you being a little hard on her? 239 00:13:49,650 --> 00:13:51,750 She could have come to the funeral, Frank. It's not that far. 240 00:13:52,160 --> 00:13:53,160 Well? 241 00:13:53,500 --> 00:13:54,560 Well, for the fair, you know. 242 00:13:55,860 --> 00:13:57,620 But she said she'd be with me in spirit. 243 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:00,280 Well, she should have been with me in that bloody car. 244 00:14:01,180 --> 00:14:04,860 I'm sure she would have been, but with it happening so quickly... I can't spend 245 00:14:04,860 --> 00:14:06,780 every day dunking blacks in the upper Zambese. 246 00:14:10,120 --> 00:14:12,080 Look, I'll bring it along. It might be something she fancies. 247 00:14:15,220 --> 00:14:16,520 Did you enjoy that then, Hamish? 248 00:14:16,900 --> 00:14:20,740 I thought it was absolutely delicious. Look, Frank, aren't they pretty? 249 00:14:21,260 --> 00:14:22,260 What happened? 250 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:25,400 I don't think I could really wear them, Hamish. My ears aren't pierced. 251 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:26,680 But thank you. 252 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:30,640 Oh, remember I had one of these, Frank? 253 00:14:31,180 --> 00:14:32,500 Yes, sir, you did. Oh, what is it? 254 00:14:32,940 --> 00:14:36,380 It's one of those brooches the RAF lads used to make out of bits of perspex. 255 00:14:37,500 --> 00:14:38,500 Oh. 256 00:14:38,640 --> 00:14:39,780 I didn't know she kept that. 257 00:14:40,380 --> 00:14:41,380 Did you with her? 258 00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:44,320 No, I think she got that from David. 259 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:46,680 David? Oh, yes. 260 00:14:47,810 --> 00:14:50,690 Remember all those Spitfire brooches they used to make out of pennies? 261 00:14:51,310 --> 00:14:54,070 That's not to mention the Spitfires they made out of cigarette lighters. 262 00:14:54,790 --> 00:14:57,690 That hoary old joke comes from mixing with too many Battle of Britain types. 263 00:14:57,950 --> 00:14:59,770 I remember when I was a First Officer. 264 00:15:00,290 --> 00:15:03,150 I used to laugh at it regularly. Otherwise, I didn't get a chance to do a 265 00:15:03,150 --> 00:15:04,150 landing. I know. 266 00:15:05,610 --> 00:15:06,610 Randy. 267 00:15:07,030 --> 00:15:09,150 Fine. How about you, darling? A liqueur? 268 00:15:09,410 --> 00:15:11,230 I think I'll just clear these things away first. 269 00:15:13,150 --> 00:15:14,150 Thank you, Hamish. 270 00:15:16,510 --> 00:15:18,390 Strange, isn't it, about those wartime heroes? 271 00:15:19,150 --> 00:15:20,150 How do you mean, strange? 272 00:15:21,570 --> 00:15:26,370 Well, I mean, we were at school then, and they were just heroes to us, weren't 273 00:15:26,370 --> 00:15:28,590 they? I remember I was in the school ATC. 274 00:15:28,830 --> 00:15:29,830 Oh, me too. 275 00:15:29,890 --> 00:15:30,849 Thank you. 276 00:15:30,850 --> 00:15:33,790 And I nearly didn't get my matric because I spent so much time with 277 00:15:33,790 --> 00:15:34,790 aircraft recognition. 278 00:15:35,350 --> 00:15:36,570 I knew them all, you know. 279 00:15:37,690 --> 00:15:39,170 Dorniers, Heinkels, Messerschmitts. 280 00:15:40,330 --> 00:15:41,950 As well as iron spits and hurries. 281 00:15:43,170 --> 00:15:44,610 Typhoons, mosquitoes... 282 00:15:44,960 --> 00:15:46,560 I'll leave you two to it. 283 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:48,140 I'll go make some more coffee. 284 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:50,240 I kept a diary during the war. 285 00:15:50,680 --> 00:15:53,000 How many of ours and how many of theirs were shot down. 286 00:15:54,860 --> 00:16:00,700 And yet today, those same chaps we hero worshipped, they're the ones we spend 287 00:16:00,700 --> 00:16:02,540 our time kicking against and sucking up to. 288 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:09,680 They're the ones with the top jobs and the power while we've... It's all very 289 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:11,760 odd. It's just a question of seniority. 290 00:16:12,460 --> 00:16:14,280 Promotion. Our turn will come. 291 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:17,880 yours might. might just a glorified bus driver. 292 00:16:19,800 --> 00:16:21,540 not so glorified come to think of it. 293 00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:25,520 what sort of a screw do you think a chap like Samuels makes? 294 00:16:25,760 --> 00:16:28,500 oh I see. I was wondering what has sparked this off. not really. 295 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:31,280 just typified it. 296 00:16:32,580 --> 00:16:35,720 couldn't you feel the contempt and complacency? oh I think you're 297 00:16:35,720 --> 00:16:36,840 exaggerating. maybe. 298 00:16:38,780 --> 00:16:41,600 maybe. stolen it's there and I've no doubt he feels perfectly justified. 299 00:16:42,040 --> 00:16:43,120 next squadron leader. 300 00:16:44,470 --> 00:16:45,590 DFC and Barr, no doubt. 301 00:16:47,150 --> 00:16:48,990 There's a trouble with the whole airline business today. 302 00:16:50,230 --> 00:16:51,770 We were born at the wrong time, Frank. 303 00:16:55,130 --> 00:16:56,970 Strange what a difference a couple of years can make. 304 00:16:57,470 --> 00:17:00,250 You mean because the war was inconsiderate enough to stop just before 305 00:17:00,250 --> 00:17:01,250 we joined the rear? 306 00:17:01,890 --> 00:17:04,109 That we were denied the chance to prove ourselves? 307 00:17:06,130 --> 00:17:07,130 Something like that, yes. 308 00:17:07,230 --> 00:17:08,530 No, it's just a job, Hamish. 309 00:17:09,040 --> 00:17:12,160 the romance went out of flying in Amy Johnson's day. maybe I should have been 310 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:13,098 more like you. 311 00:17:13,099 --> 00:17:16,400 snapping up the first ground job that was offered. if you want a ground job I 312 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:17,400 might wangle something. 313 00:17:19,660 --> 00:17:20,660 what have you in mind? 314 00:17:21,819 --> 00:17:23,760 driving a fuel buzzer? luggage porter? 315 00:17:24,180 --> 00:17:25,619 nothing wrong with me you know. 316 00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:26,960 who said there is? 317 00:17:27,260 --> 00:17:30,780 all these heavy suggestions about taking a rest. 318 00:17:33,120 --> 00:17:34,760 what did Samuel say about me? 319 00:17:35,320 --> 00:17:36,320 Samuel? 320 00:17:36,640 --> 00:17:38,780 Oh, come on, I can put two and two together. It's nothing to do with 321 00:17:38,780 --> 00:17:41,000 Samuels. In fact, he's supporting you. 322 00:17:42,460 --> 00:17:43,460 Speak of him. 323 00:17:43,540 --> 00:17:46,440 You're so damn touchy, Hamish. We only want to help you. 324 00:17:47,580 --> 00:17:48,620 Oh, come on, have another drink. 325 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:53,920 No, thanks. It's time I was going, anyway. 326 00:17:54,340 --> 00:17:55,340 Oh, I'll get the car. 327 00:17:55,580 --> 00:17:56,580 No, I'd rather walk. 328 00:17:56,900 --> 00:17:57,900 You sure? 329 00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:03,460 Look, Frank, you don't have to take me home. You don't have to tuck me up in 330 00:18:03,460 --> 00:18:04,460 bed. 331 00:18:05,379 --> 00:18:09,060 And you don't have to feed me with calf's foot jelly, all right? 332 00:18:10,660 --> 00:18:11,660 If you say so. 333 00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:16,780 I'll just say goodnight to Ross. 334 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:24,740 I'm still a better pilot than those computer mechanics they're hiring today. 335 00:18:49,990 --> 00:18:51,690 What was all that about? 336 00:18:53,510 --> 00:18:56,390 I suppose neither of us has realized how hard it's hit him. 337 00:18:57,090 --> 00:18:58,090 Jenny's death. 338 00:18:59,170 --> 00:19:03,630 You'd think... I suppose even an unhappy marriage is still a marriage. 339 00:19:04,270 --> 00:19:05,430 When it's over... 340 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:06,720 What is there? 341 00:19:06,940 --> 00:19:09,360 Oh, he's left all these things of hers. 342 00:19:09,620 --> 00:19:10,620 He wants you to have them. 343 00:19:11,140 --> 00:19:12,220 He's clearing the decks. 344 00:19:13,180 --> 00:19:16,140 You put your foot in it. 345 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:19,280 Yes, I know. Do you think he noticed? Yes, of course he noticed. I'd only 346 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:22,200 completely forgotten about Jenny being married before. I mean, David, it was 347 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:24,960 just a name to me for the moment. I don't think Hamish ever forgot it. 348 00:19:25,320 --> 00:19:26,320 Oh, surely. 349 00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:27,700 How long did it last? 350 00:19:28,360 --> 00:19:30,400 It was about six months before he was killed. 351 00:19:30,680 --> 00:19:32,040 Yes, on a bombing mission out east. 352 00:19:32,640 --> 00:19:35,140 Well, that's what I mean. It was only a wartime thing. 353 00:19:35,970 --> 00:19:38,470 wartime things were the big romances Frank. 354 00:19:38,730 --> 00:19:43,970 you ought to know that. it hardly seems fair. all the same six months against 20 355 00:19:43,970 --> 00:19:46,930 years. I don't think the rules of cricket really apply to marriage 356 00:19:46,930 --> 00:19:49,370 darling. it can be a much more destructive game than that. 357 00:19:50,130 --> 00:19:51,190 poor Hamish. 358 00:19:52,030 --> 00:19:53,610 he was always second best. 359 00:19:53,930 --> 00:19:56,010 no isn't that rather a woman's magazine idea? 360 00:19:56,230 --> 00:19:58,090 yes I suppose so but she was that sort of woman. 361 00:19:58,810 --> 00:20:02,270 I think that was really the problem between them. except Hamish could never 362 00:20:02,270 --> 00:20:03,750 see it. he loved her. 363 00:20:05,610 --> 00:20:06,950 yes I suppose he must have done 364 00:22:51,330 --> 00:22:53,310 Boynton 301 speaking. 365 00:22:55,170 --> 00:22:56,170 Oh, hello. 366 00:22:56,950 --> 00:22:58,110 No, it's not early for me. 367 00:23:00,230 --> 00:23:01,230 What happened? 368 00:23:04,150 --> 00:23:05,150 Have they? 369 00:23:05,890 --> 00:23:06,890 Oh, did they? 370 00:23:07,390 --> 00:23:09,470 Well, aren't they a magnanimous bunch of bastards? 371 00:23:10,250 --> 00:23:11,250 A DC-80? 372 00:23:11,370 --> 00:23:14,590 A Dutch plane on a training flight. Apparently it was miles off course. 373 00:23:14,870 --> 00:23:15,870 It must have been. 374 00:23:16,630 --> 00:23:19,050 Anyway, the Germans are quite satisfied with the plane you saw. 375 00:23:19,430 --> 00:23:21,710 They're eating humble sauerkraut and blaming the Dutch. 376 00:23:22,790 --> 00:23:24,310 Samuel says there's a hell of a row going on. 377 00:23:24,970 --> 00:23:25,970 I bet there is, yes. 378 00:23:26,590 --> 00:23:27,950 So, that's all right, then, isn't it? 379 00:23:29,690 --> 00:23:30,750 What do you mean? I'm in the care? 380 00:23:31,330 --> 00:23:33,790 Absolutely. I thought I'd come straight round and tell you. 381 00:23:34,430 --> 00:23:35,990 Oh, and bring you this. 382 00:23:36,630 --> 00:23:37,750 Rosnick to bracelet, I believe. 383 00:23:38,110 --> 00:23:39,450 Oh, good. Yes, that's fine. 384 00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:47,800 You know, Frank? 385 00:23:48,480 --> 00:23:49,480 What? 386 00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:54,800 Oh, it's nothing now, but... Everyone was so damn certain there was no plane, 387 00:23:54,820 --> 00:23:57,720 I was beginning to wonder myself if there was one. Well, that's natural 388 00:23:57,720 --> 00:23:58,720 enough. 389 00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:01,480 No, I mean that I imagined it. 390 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:03,040 But you didn't, did you? 391 00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:05,720 No. 392 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:07,040 So forget it. 393 00:24:07,980 --> 00:24:11,380 No, it's just that... Anyway. 394 00:24:13,620 --> 00:24:14,740 A DC-8A. 395 00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:16,160 That's right. 396 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:17,900 and they're absolutely certain? 397 00:24:18,500 --> 00:24:19,760 well of course they're certain. 398 00:24:20,360 --> 00:24:23,060 Samuels is sending me over a special copy of the report. you can see it if 399 00:24:23,060 --> 00:24:24,940 you like. no no no that's perfectly all right. 400 00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:28,040 what a lovely morning. 401 00:24:28,860 --> 00:24:32,380 yes at the moment the forecast is there's a nasty patch of filth on the 402 00:24:32,380 --> 00:24:33,380 way. 403 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:37,300 have you ever heard of a place called South Edge Frank? there's an old bomber 404 00:24:37,300 --> 00:24:38,299 station. 405 00:24:38,300 --> 00:24:39,480 no can't say I have. 406 00:24:39,820 --> 00:24:40,820 why? 407 00:24:48,360 --> 00:24:49,360 Boynton 765. 408 00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:51,560 Speaking. 409 00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:54,160 Oh, good morning, Captain Driscoll. 410 00:24:56,180 --> 00:24:57,220 Hamburg, this afternoon. 411 00:24:57,860 --> 00:25:02,020 Oh, couldn't you... No, it's just that it's my rest day, that's all. 412 00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:05,940 No, no, I have no particular objection. 413 00:25:08,100 --> 00:25:10,020 All right, yes, I'll wait to hear from you. 414 00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:17,120 Seems I'm indispensable. 415 00:25:42,290 --> 00:25:43,290 Boynton 391, please. 416 00:25:50,690 --> 00:25:51,870 Ros, it's me. 417 00:25:52,590 --> 00:25:53,850 I may be working a bit late. 418 00:25:54,710 --> 00:25:55,710 No, it's just the usual. 419 00:25:57,130 --> 00:25:58,130 No, you do that. 420 00:25:58,370 --> 00:25:59,370 Give them my love. 421 00:25:59,970 --> 00:26:03,970 Listen, Ros, you don't remember where Jenny's first husband was stationed 422 00:26:03,970 --> 00:26:05,250 before he went out east? 423 00:26:06,690 --> 00:26:09,090 Oh, no, of course not. I just thought she might have mentioned a name at some 424 00:26:09,090 --> 00:26:10,090 time. 425 00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:11,920 I see. 426 00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:13,680 Well, it's not important. 427 00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:16,720 Hmm. 428 00:26:16,740 --> 00:26:17,740 I'll pick her up there, shall I? 429 00:26:18,820 --> 00:26:20,060 Fine. Bye. 430 00:26:23,720 --> 00:26:26,400 Yes? Mr Samuels is here, sir. 431 00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:27,720 Right. Send him in, will you? 432 00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:33,560 Thank you. 433 00:26:34,060 --> 00:26:35,060 Sorry to be so late. 434 00:26:35,630 --> 00:26:37,830 I had a meeting over at Manston which took all afternoon. 435 00:26:38,090 --> 00:26:39,590 Not another unidentified aircraft. 436 00:26:39,990 --> 00:26:41,170 No, no. Much more mundane. 437 00:26:42,310 --> 00:26:44,670 Recommended tire presses in relation to landing speeds. 438 00:26:45,370 --> 00:26:46,390 You finished with the report? 439 00:26:47,310 --> 00:26:48,570 Yes. Thank you. 440 00:26:48,910 --> 00:26:50,650 They did a very thorough job, the Germans. 441 00:26:51,230 --> 00:26:52,750 Did you discuss it with Captain Rolfe? 442 00:26:53,310 --> 00:26:57,110 No. I told him the main findings. He wasn't interested in the details. 443 00:26:57,470 --> 00:26:59,050 I think he'd rather forget the whole incident. 444 00:27:00,030 --> 00:27:01,030 Best thing. 445 00:27:01,810 --> 00:27:03,130 Anyway, I'm glad it was all cleared up. 446 00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:08,540 I hope captain Rolfe didn't think... we have a certain method of inquiry. 447 00:27:08,820 --> 00:27:10,640 quite no no I'm sure he understood your problem. 448 00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:16,140 is there anything else mr. Worley? what? oh Linda just this. 449 00:27:18,420 --> 00:27:19,720 sorry to have kept you. good night. 450 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:21,200 good night then. 451 00:27:21,380 --> 00:27:22,680 oh mr. 452 00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:25,060 Hutchins rang you. he's going to ring again tomorrow. 453 00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:26,600 no message. 454 00:27:26,780 --> 00:27:30,720 only that he could find no record of South Edge airfield. he checked back to 455 00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:31,720 1939. 456 00:27:32,430 --> 00:27:33,710 Well, I should think that's far enough. 457 00:27:34,070 --> 00:27:35,029 Thank you. Good night. 458 00:27:35,030 --> 00:27:35,789 Good night. 459 00:27:35,790 --> 00:27:36,790 Good night. 460 00:27:37,950 --> 00:27:38,950 Delving into history? 461 00:27:39,070 --> 00:27:41,410 No, not really. It's just something I was curious about. 462 00:27:42,110 --> 00:27:43,430 What was that about South Edge? 463 00:27:44,310 --> 00:27:46,990 Well, someone was saying the other day that it used to be a bomber field, and I 464 00:27:46,990 --> 00:27:48,590 couldn't remember it, so I thought I'd check. 465 00:27:49,090 --> 00:27:50,090 Your friend was right. 466 00:27:51,530 --> 00:27:53,010 Not according to our military historian. 467 00:27:54,310 --> 00:27:57,270 South Edge was the wireless code name for Mottisham. 468 00:27:58,230 --> 00:27:59,230 I flew from it. 469 00:28:01,170 --> 00:28:02,170 You were in the rat. 470 00:28:02,300 --> 00:28:03,300 I was a squadron leader. 471 00:28:04,260 --> 00:28:05,260 Really? 472 00:28:05,500 --> 00:28:08,660 Well, I'll go and get a bite to eat and make tracks for town. 473 00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:12,040 I still have an awful lot of paperwork to get through. 474 00:28:12,300 --> 00:28:16,280 That report, there was just one thing I couldn't quite understand. 475 00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:19,240 Oh? The flight path of that DC-8. 476 00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:22,720 The nearest point it reached to Rolf's plane was 15 miles. 477 00:28:23,540 --> 00:28:24,700 I'm sure it can be explained. 478 00:28:25,060 --> 00:28:28,600 Very simply, that was the projected course given by the pilot. 479 00:28:29,550 --> 00:28:32,110 The actual course could only be verified by ground radar. 480 00:28:32,550 --> 00:28:34,530 And as we know, for some reason, it wasn't plotted. 481 00:28:35,230 --> 00:28:36,230 Yes, of course. 482 00:28:36,310 --> 00:28:40,750 Obviously, he drifted much further west. The other thing is that, well, when he 483 00:28:40,750 --> 00:28:44,990 spoke to Hamburg ground control just after it happened, Captain Rawls said 484 00:28:44,990 --> 00:28:46,370 that he thought it was a piston engine plane. 485 00:28:47,130 --> 00:28:48,450 The DC-8 is a jet. 486 00:28:49,070 --> 00:28:51,110 He said himself he didn't see it clearly. 487 00:28:51,870 --> 00:28:53,450 He did say it had four engines. 488 00:28:55,670 --> 00:28:56,670 True. 489 00:28:57,130 --> 00:28:58,250 Well, anyway... 490 00:28:58,570 --> 00:28:59,850 As long as the experts are happy. 491 00:29:00,290 --> 00:29:01,290 Aren't you? 492 00:29:01,530 --> 00:29:03,090 You were defending him to me yesterday. 493 00:29:03,830 --> 00:29:04,830 I still am. 494 00:29:05,650 --> 00:29:08,930 I'm quite sure you're right. It's absurd of me to attach any significance to it. 495 00:29:09,590 --> 00:29:13,070 Only that he did seem surprised it was a DC-8. 496 00:29:14,010 --> 00:29:17,770 But I think if we were to suggest to Hamburg there was another intruder in 497 00:29:17,770 --> 00:29:19,450 the area, we'd get a very dusty answer. 498 00:29:20,670 --> 00:29:21,670 Of course. 499 00:29:23,050 --> 00:29:24,190 Domestic supplies off. 500 00:29:24,990 --> 00:29:28,090 Domestic supplies off. Check. Beacon lamp on. 501 00:29:28,610 --> 00:29:31,450 Beacon lamp on. Your check's complete, Mr Armstrong? 502 00:29:31,770 --> 00:29:33,250 All correct. Ready for start-up, sir. 503 00:29:33,990 --> 00:29:34,990 Good. Thank you. 504 00:29:42,930 --> 00:29:44,850 Hamburg Ground, Golf 44 Bravo. 505 00:29:45,630 --> 00:29:46,850 Request start-up clearance. 506 00:29:54,780 --> 00:29:56,480 Brakes? Brakes applied. 507 00:29:56,900 --> 00:29:58,180 Check. Pressure. 508 00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:01,680 Captain to ground. Care to start? 509 00:30:07,620 --> 00:30:08,720 Right. Start four. 510 00:30:24,400 --> 00:30:25,400 Four running. 511 00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:30,400 Start three. 512 00:30:38,740 --> 00:30:39,740 Three running. 513 00:30:44,580 --> 00:30:46,860 How would you like to try a night take-off, Mr. Farratt? 514 00:30:48,800 --> 00:30:49,800 Fine, sir. 515 00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:54,040 You should never ask. 516 00:30:54,220 --> 00:30:55,220 All right. 517 00:30:58,140 --> 00:30:59,140 Start two. 518 00:31:03,460 --> 00:31:05,820 Now, you know our all-up weight. Which runway do you want? 519 00:31:06,820 --> 00:31:10,040 I should think two threes. 520 00:31:10,620 --> 00:31:11,620 That's one of my favorites. 521 00:31:13,140 --> 00:31:14,140 Two running. 522 00:31:16,220 --> 00:31:17,400 And start one. 523 00:31:33,420 --> 00:31:35,260 All systems normal. Ready to taxi, sir. 524 00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:36,760 Thank you. 525 00:31:39,620 --> 00:31:41,640 Captain to ground. Remove ground power and shock. 526 00:31:52,420 --> 00:31:55,540 It looks a bit hazy over there. You'd better check the RVR. Right, sir. 527 00:32:00,590 --> 00:32:04,150 Albert Tower, Golf 4-4 Bravo, request visual range, please, on runway 23, 528 00:32:04,270 --> 00:32:10,790 over. Golf 4-4 Bravo, you're off beyond 23, is now 1,000 meters. 529 00:32:11,070 --> 00:32:12,570 Are you ready to taxi? 530 00:32:15,630 --> 00:32:18,830 Golf 4-4 Bravo affirmative, request taxi clearance to runway 23, over. 531 00:32:19,630 --> 00:32:23,710 Okay, Golf 4-4 Bravo, you're cleared to move to runway 23. 532 00:32:24,290 --> 00:32:26,910 Hold at the end of runway for incoming traffic. 533 00:32:28,350 --> 00:32:29,350 Golf 4-4 Bravo. 534 00:32:32,250 --> 00:32:33,250 Brakes off. 535 00:32:48,750 --> 00:32:49,750 Wall here. 536 00:32:50,170 --> 00:32:51,170 Oh, hello, Ros. 537 00:32:51,510 --> 00:32:53,530 Stupid of me. Of course I remember about David. 538 00:32:53,910 --> 00:32:57,270 He did his training in Canada and they sent him to Scotland when he got back. 539 00:32:57,630 --> 00:32:58,990 Jenny went up there to be with him. 540 00:32:59,230 --> 00:33:00,390 Then they sent him out east. 541 00:33:01,460 --> 00:33:04,600 As far as you know, he was never at a base called Mottisham. 542 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:06,000 Where's that? 543 00:33:06,580 --> 00:33:07,580 East Anglia? 544 00:33:08,100 --> 00:33:09,360 No, I'm sure he was never there. 545 00:33:10,100 --> 00:33:11,640 Why? Did Hamish say something? 546 00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:13,200 No, not really. 547 00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:15,000 It's just me being a bit stupid. 548 00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:16,560 Look, forget it. 549 00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:18,440 I'll pick you up later, hmm? 550 00:33:19,280 --> 00:33:20,280 Fine. 551 00:33:20,580 --> 00:33:21,580 Bye. 552 00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:47,000 Oh, 553 00:33:47,240 --> 00:33:49,120 good evening, Mr Shaw. I didn't see you come before. 554 00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:50,320 I'm not surprised. 555 00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:52,980 I thought I caught the wrong thing. They're going to a football match. 556 00:33:53,320 --> 00:33:54,079 Oh, I gather. 557 00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:55,620 Well, it brightens things up a bit, doesn't it? 558 00:33:57,100 --> 00:33:59,160 You are English? 559 00:33:59,500 --> 00:34:01,340 Yes, Arthur Shaw. 560 00:34:01,660 --> 00:34:03,480 This is Hilda. 561 00:34:04,420 --> 00:34:05,980 This is my good friend, Franz. 562 00:34:07,500 --> 00:34:10,360 No, thank you. Oh, it's very good for you. I don't drink. 563 00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:11,900 Please, we have plenty. 564 00:34:12,159 --> 00:34:13,659 Well, just a little, then. Thank you. 565 00:34:16,880 --> 00:34:17,880 Good, yeah? 566 00:34:18,400 --> 00:34:22,239 Excellent. Thanks. More, come on. We are coming to England to beat you. 567 00:34:22,620 --> 00:34:23,880 I shouldn't be too sure. 568 00:34:24,500 --> 00:34:25,920 Excuse me, please. 569 00:34:36,600 --> 00:34:41,060 The days are at 22.35, sir. Shall I do it? Please. 570 00:34:42,639 --> 00:34:43,639 Go for Bravo. 571 00:34:44,880 --> 00:34:46,360 VESA at 3-5. 572 00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:49,520 Flight level at 1-5-0. 573 00:34:49,880 --> 00:34:52,020 ETA dogger at 2-300, over. 574 00:34:52,420 --> 00:34:53,860 Golf 4-4, bravo! 575 00:34:57,180 --> 00:34:59,080 I'm okay for autopilot. 576 00:35:00,040 --> 00:35:01,040 Alrighty. 577 00:35:11,400 --> 00:35:13,280 The old cloud's thickening up, sir. 578 00:35:15,160 --> 00:35:16,680 He's solid puny him all the way now. 579 00:35:23,960 --> 00:35:25,720 Skipper, flagship ahead. 580 00:35:31,140 --> 00:35:32,140 Shall I have us some coffee, sir? 581 00:35:34,860 --> 00:35:35,860 Yes, yes, if you like. 582 00:35:41,660 --> 00:35:43,300 Oh, there's a... Can we have some coffee a bit, please? 583 00:35:44,350 --> 00:35:45,149 Thanks, sir. 584 00:35:45,150 --> 00:35:46,470 Mike? Food? 585 00:35:46,850 --> 00:35:47,850 Three, please, sir. 586 00:35:48,230 --> 00:35:49,230 Thank you. 587 00:36:07,570 --> 00:36:08,910 How far away from Dogger? 588 00:36:09,690 --> 00:36:11,630 Um, 40 miles, sir. 589 00:36:15,660 --> 00:36:16,720 I think I'll have a wash. 590 00:36:22,420 --> 00:36:23,420 Trouble? 591 00:36:23,920 --> 00:36:24,920 Needle flutter, sir. 592 00:36:25,740 --> 00:36:27,620 That's not the first time I've had a fault on their panel. 593 00:36:28,340 --> 00:36:29,940 I've reported it twice, sir. It's been checked. 594 00:36:30,560 --> 00:36:31,700 Not very thoroughly, apparently. 595 00:36:32,620 --> 00:36:34,980 Seems to be an intermittent defect just on that one circuit. 596 00:36:36,280 --> 00:36:37,280 I'll report it again. 597 00:36:37,440 --> 00:36:38,440 Yes, please do that. 598 00:36:41,920 --> 00:36:43,420 I shall log it on the flight record. 599 00:36:48,770 --> 00:36:49,970 It's in a grouchy mood tonight? 600 00:36:50,950 --> 00:36:51,950 Yeah. 601 00:36:53,810 --> 00:36:56,310 It's funny, it was all sunshine and smiles earlier on, but only it's been 602 00:36:56,310 --> 00:36:57,249 for weeks. 603 00:36:57,250 --> 00:36:58,370 It's only a bloody habit. 604 00:36:58,590 --> 00:37:00,490 Oh, that needle jump, Mike, it shouldn't, you know, it really 605 00:37:00,490 --> 00:37:03,350 shouldn't. If a cutout sticks for a second, it'll get a surge, won't it? 606 00:37:04,870 --> 00:37:07,230 What do you expect them to do, take the whole damn plane apart? 607 00:37:08,350 --> 00:37:10,650 People just want to know how much longer they'll fall apart all by themselves. 608 00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:23,140 We should win the championship of Europe this year. 609 00:37:23,960 --> 00:37:27,040 Inter Milan beat Hamburg last year, didn't they? That was a referee. 610 00:37:27,320 --> 00:37:28,700 We should have had two penalties. 611 00:37:29,120 --> 00:37:31,800 Oh, yes, right. We should have had two penalties. 612 00:37:32,220 --> 00:37:33,880 Oh, the Hampton beat Inter Milan. 613 00:37:34,180 --> 00:37:35,500 Have some schnapps. Listen, listen. 614 00:37:35,720 --> 00:37:38,760 Coventry beat Wolves at Molineux the other week. So they're bound to beat 615 00:37:38,760 --> 00:37:42,560 you. So I think we should win by two goals to nothing. 616 00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:44,620 You're dreaming. Two nil? 617 00:37:44,860 --> 00:37:48,400 Having Coventry come to Hamburg, we should win by five goals to nothing. 618 00:37:48,880 --> 00:37:53,660 Your husband's an optimist. Oh, he's not my husband. He's my husband over there. 619 00:37:53,860 --> 00:37:56,280 That is right. But sometimes we swap us, huh? 620 00:38:55,479 --> 00:38:58,180 Is everyone all right? Yes, sir, they seem to be. Oh, thank you. 621 00:39:01,980 --> 00:39:03,460 Are they looking after you all right, are they? 622 00:39:03,760 --> 00:39:04,760 Well, 623 00:39:04,860 --> 00:39:05,860 we should be at Luton. 624 00:39:18,259 --> 00:39:21,000 Will you fasten your seatbelts, everybody, please? Fasten your 625 00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:22,000 seatbelts, please. 626 00:39:22,400 --> 00:39:23,960 Will everybody fasten their seatbelts? 627 00:39:24,540 --> 00:39:26,180 It's all right. There's nothing to worry about. 628 00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:27,880 Everybody, seatbelts fastened, please. 629 00:39:30,700 --> 00:39:31,700 What happened? 630 00:39:31,900 --> 00:39:33,540 I think the auto part had dozed off, sir. 631 00:39:34,120 --> 00:39:35,120 What? 632 00:39:35,680 --> 00:39:37,460 We seem to have a major systems failure, sir. 633 00:39:38,960 --> 00:39:39,960 What's the score, Mr Armstrong? 634 00:39:40,200 --> 00:39:41,320 What's number one, buzz buzz? 635 00:39:42,060 --> 00:39:43,160 Number two is okay, no? 636 00:39:43,520 --> 00:39:44,520 Any other damage? 637 00:39:46,250 --> 00:39:47,610 You're short of radio fire, sir. 638 00:39:48,170 --> 00:39:49,170 ADF's packed up, sir. 639 00:39:50,030 --> 00:39:51,030 Yes. 640 00:39:51,270 --> 00:39:52,270 The compass is all right. 641 00:39:52,630 --> 00:39:54,930 Numbers one and two, check all the standby, sir. They're back on course. 642 00:39:56,490 --> 00:39:57,490 Right, I have control. 643 00:39:59,370 --> 00:40:00,370 Check the VOR. 644 00:40:04,290 --> 00:40:05,290 Dead, sir. 645 00:40:05,450 --> 00:40:06,450 Try the comm frequency. 646 00:40:10,430 --> 00:40:13,790 London Control, London Control, this is Golf 44 Bravo. How do you read VOR? 647 00:40:16,769 --> 00:40:19,230 London Control, this is Golfer 4-4 Bravo. 648 00:40:19,510 --> 00:40:20,510 Do you read me, over? 649 00:40:21,910 --> 00:40:24,590 A lot of bloody chirrups, sir. Well, we may be transmitting but not receiving, 650 00:40:24,690 --> 00:40:25,930 so call them every few minutes. Right, sir. 651 00:40:28,590 --> 00:40:32,230 I can't find anything wrong, sir. We've lost our ADF signals and both VR assets 652 00:40:32,230 --> 00:40:33,230 seem to be out of action. 653 00:40:33,470 --> 00:40:36,310 Both of them? Yes, sir. You'd better think of something and rather quickly. 654 00:40:36,770 --> 00:40:37,770 I understand. 655 00:40:37,830 --> 00:40:39,370 There must be something electrical like Shirley. 656 00:40:39,930 --> 00:40:42,350 Take the ground to open missiles and knock out everything like that. 657 00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:45,020 London Control, Golf 4-4 Bravo. 658 00:40:45,240 --> 00:40:46,240 Do you read me, over? 659 00:40:52,620 --> 00:40:53,620 Worley. 660 00:40:55,920 --> 00:40:56,920 Lost contact? 661 00:40:58,020 --> 00:40:59,340 At what time should he have reported? 662 00:41:01,380 --> 00:41:02,380 Right, I'll come over. 663 00:41:10,100 --> 00:41:10,939 Worley here. 664 00:41:10,940 --> 00:41:12,200 I want to pay to the restaurant, Mr. 665 00:41:12,640 --> 00:41:14,700 Samuels. I shall be in the control tower. 666 00:41:21,240 --> 00:41:22,720 You seem to be in a bit of trouble, sir. 667 00:41:24,580 --> 00:41:25,900 Try flying a reciprocal bearing. 668 00:41:26,600 --> 00:41:28,820 Well, back to Germany. This weather would be going with us. 669 00:41:29,360 --> 00:41:30,380 We can get ahead of it, sir. 670 00:41:31,320 --> 00:41:32,320 No, Luton's care. 671 00:41:36,640 --> 00:41:39,300 The, uh, plant base of Luton, sir, was... 672 00:41:39,890 --> 00:41:42,930 1500 feet visibility down to 500 meters. No, that sounds possible. 673 00:41:43,990 --> 00:41:45,130 Unless we weren't flying blind. 674 00:41:47,530 --> 00:41:50,470 It would be safer if we turned back, sir. No, I don't agree. Without radio 675 00:41:50,470 --> 00:41:51,730 comm, I'd rather stick to the flight plan. 676 00:42:00,330 --> 00:42:02,430 If we turn back, sir, we might be able to get a visual bearing. 677 00:42:03,290 --> 00:42:04,530 Well, that's what I intend to do. 678 00:42:05,940 --> 00:42:08,580 Either we get below this weather, or else we try and climb above it and get 679 00:42:08,580 --> 00:42:10,180 an astral fix. Well, I prefer to go below it. 680 00:42:13,400 --> 00:42:14,480 I hope you're right, sir. 681 00:42:55,820 --> 00:42:56,820 Four degrees, sir. 682 00:42:57,760 --> 00:42:59,220 How far, of course, would you say we are? 683 00:42:59,740 --> 00:43:00,860 Not more than a mile or so. 684 00:43:01,780 --> 00:43:03,680 But you've just turned us through 15 degrees. 685 00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:07,000 Well, maybe we're not. 686 00:43:09,460 --> 00:43:10,780 Flying us blind, as you think. 687 00:43:12,620 --> 00:43:13,680 How's the ADF, Nazca? 688 00:43:18,040 --> 00:43:19,040 Still dead. 689 00:43:19,440 --> 00:43:20,440 Oh, hell. 690 00:43:21,620 --> 00:43:22,860 I haven't figured this at all. 691 00:43:24,590 --> 00:43:25,590 It's just not possible. 692 00:43:26,850 --> 00:43:28,690 We're having the plot relayed from West Drayton. 693 00:43:30,930 --> 00:43:32,690 He must be miles off course. 694 00:43:33,190 --> 00:43:36,430 On his present course, he'll cross the coast somewhere near Cromer. 695 00:43:37,530 --> 00:43:39,150 Are you sure it's the right aircraft? 696 00:43:39,550 --> 00:43:40,408 Quite sure. 697 00:43:40,410 --> 00:43:42,190 They picked up the Echo seven miles west of Dogger. 698 00:43:42,410 --> 00:43:43,710 That means he's got a radio breakdown. 699 00:43:44,310 --> 00:43:45,310 He's flying blind. 700 00:43:45,650 --> 00:43:47,470 It's the worst possible night for it, too. 701 00:43:48,630 --> 00:43:50,870 We've got to contact him somehow. Try the radio again. 702 00:43:54,840 --> 00:43:58,040 Flyway Charters, Golf 44 Bravo, this is Luton Approach, over. 703 00:44:01,020 --> 00:44:04,180 Golf 44 Bravo, do you read? Over. 704 00:44:05,540 --> 00:44:07,320 I think he's losing height. 705 00:45:12,200 --> 00:45:14,040 We should be about Woodbridge by now, sir. 706 00:45:15,680 --> 00:45:16,860 We're over the coast, then? 707 00:45:18,080 --> 00:45:19,080 Perhaps. 708 00:45:24,020 --> 00:45:28,440 Luton Approach, Luton Approach. This is Golf 44B inbound from Hamburg. 709 00:45:29,540 --> 00:45:31,960 Flight level 7-0. 710 00:45:32,840 --> 00:45:35,580 Estimated repeat, estimated position, Woodbridge. 711 00:45:35,820 --> 00:45:37,180 We are not receiving signals. 712 00:45:39,340 --> 00:45:41,100 What's the forecast QFE for Luton? 713 00:45:42,400 --> 00:45:43,900 1-0-0-4, sir. 714 00:45:44,740 --> 00:45:46,280 Must try and get under this cloud. 715 00:45:49,640 --> 00:45:52,460 Ladies and gentlemen, we will shortly be landing at Luton. 716 00:45:52,860 --> 00:45:55,660 Would you fasten your seatbelts, please, and extinguish your cigarettes? 717 00:45:56,560 --> 00:45:59,600 Flyaway charters hope you've enjoyed your journey. Thank you. 718 00:46:03,260 --> 00:46:05,860 It's funny. They usually tell you what the weather's like. 719 00:46:06,100 --> 00:46:09,040 In England, it is rain all the time. Oh, be fair. 720 00:46:11,380 --> 00:46:16,380 It looks foggy out there. In England it is foggy every day. Oh, don't believe 721 00:46:16,380 --> 00:46:17,380 everything you hear. 722 00:46:20,920 --> 00:46:21,920 Oh, sorry. 723 00:46:22,320 --> 00:46:24,740 They don't like to lose their regular customers, you know. 724 00:46:54,890 --> 00:46:55,890 Down to 3,000, sir. 725 00:46:56,470 --> 00:46:57,750 Signed, going down to 1,500. 726 00:46:59,790 --> 00:47:01,930 Um, Skip? Yeah? Kiwi? 727 00:47:02,810 --> 00:47:04,610 Humpy's had it, Skip. He's gone cold. 728 00:47:08,790 --> 00:47:09,810 Poor old Hump. 729 00:47:10,750 --> 00:47:11,910 He almost made it. 730 00:47:12,550 --> 00:47:13,550 He's too low. 731 00:47:15,050 --> 00:47:16,250 He's much too low. 732 00:47:18,370 --> 00:47:19,370 Two, three. 733 00:47:21,730 --> 00:47:23,250 Two, two. 734 00:47:27,850 --> 00:47:29,090 One. I think it's the name. 735 00:47:29,850 --> 00:47:30,850 2,000 feet. 736 00:48:27,080 --> 00:48:28,080 He's down. 737 00:48:42,200 --> 00:48:43,200 Well, 738 00:48:48,160 --> 00:48:51,020 it should have happened here. It's right where the old runway used to be. 739 00:48:51,820 --> 00:48:52,820 You remember it? 740 00:48:52,880 --> 00:48:54,640 Portage-Mainfield was a very busy place. 741 00:48:55,280 --> 00:48:56,820 Two squadrons of Lancasters here. 742 00:48:57,660 --> 00:48:59,020 You wouldn't think so now. 743 00:48:59,820 --> 00:49:00,820 No. 744 00:49:01,200 --> 00:49:02,200 All gone. 745 00:49:02,720 --> 00:49:03,720 Yes. 746 00:49:04,460 --> 00:49:05,820 Yes, it's all gone, isn't it?