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[Robert MacArthur Crawford
singing "The US Air Force"]
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♪ Off we go
into the wild blue yonder ♪
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♪ Climbing high into the sun ♪
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♪ Here they come
zooming to meet our thunder ♪
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♪ At 'em boys
give 'er the gun ♪
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Farmer's puttin' on a real show.
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♪ Spouting our flame
from under off with one ♪
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[male #1]
'He used up his gas
dusting his crops.'
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[male #2]
'Rations run out? Coming
to the base for handouts?'
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♪ Nothing will stop
the Army Air Corps ♪
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[male #3]
'Oh, man, not another one.'
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Bad enough we gotta deal
with 'em at home.
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Now they're taking
over the base too?
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War's got this whole country
turned upside-down.
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Miss Lynn, I presume.
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Reporting for duty, ma'am.
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Miss Lynn thinks
she's an HP, ladies.
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That right?
Think you're a hot pilot?
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Not an HP, ma'am.
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A Miss HP.
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[all laughing]
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Army won't tolerate tardiness
or grandstanding.
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Neither will I.
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You girls have the honor
and privilege
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to be of the first women
trained by the Army Air Force.
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You may be good pilots, Miss HP
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but here, you'll learn
to fly the Army way.
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Captain James.
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Ladies, you either check out
with me, or you wash out.
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Fail your check flights
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can't pass ground school
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have an attitude
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I will wash you out.
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Captain.
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Hey, can you teach me
to fly like that?
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Say, if you're giving out
free lessons, sign me up too.
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Just 'cause cowgirl
can dust a few crops
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doesn't mean she can handle
a supercharged V-12 Army plane.
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Oh, hell, if it's got wings
and an engine, I can fly it.
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[all laughing]
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Ah, must be hard making ends
meet since PMI canned you.
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Detective, to what
do I owe the pleasure?
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You here for a loan?
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Wonder if the good people
at Emerson Mutual
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know who they're considering
giving money to.
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You're kidding me, right?
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Attempted homicide
of a police officer.
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Now, that's got to
hurt your FICO score.
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Cute trick,
putting the boot on my car.
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You just don't know
when to quit, do you?
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Hard time making
those payments from jail.
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You sure you wanna do this?
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You'd be surprised
what I can do, Moe.
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[radio chatter]
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Alarm clock broke?
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Had to go to the bank.
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What have we got?
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Environmental group's
trying to turn
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the reservoir
into a bird sanctuary.
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Consultant found
this P-51 Mustang
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With skeletal
remains.
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Huh!
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Huh, that's some bird.
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Mustang was a World War II
combat plane.
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My father flew one
in the war.
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Who's the pilot?
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Vivian... Lynn.
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Female pilot in World War II?
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Vivian was a member of the WASP.
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Women Air force Service Pilots.
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Veterans Affairs says one
of 'em went missing in 1944.
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Guess we found her.
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Thought women pilots
weren't accepted
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in the military till the '70s.
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WASP weren't military.
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They flew as civilians
on non-combat missions.
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CSU found
this waterproof rucksack
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'stashed in the wing's
bullet compartment.'
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What kind of mission
you need a skirt and heels for?
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And no one saw
the plane go down?
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Area was mostly farmland
back in '44
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but the NTSB said her oil and
coolant lines were switched.
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Looking at a case of sabotage.
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Someone wanted
this flier grounded.
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[theme music]
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[Rush]
"Vivian Lynn, 22 years old
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grew up on a farm
in Belle Plaine, Iowa."
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[Vera]
Here.
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Flew a crop duster
for her family.
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"Applied for the
WASP program in '43."
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[Vera]
'Young Betties in a cockpit?'
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Think I would have heard
of 'em before now.
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Vivian was stationed
in Wilmington, Delaware
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at New Castle Army Air Base.
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She took off June 2, 1944,
at 0600 hours
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to deliver the P-51 to..
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...Camp Davis in North Carolina?
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Declared missing in service
when she never showed.
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Army searched
for her plane till July.
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The orders were to fly south,
but her plane was in Philly
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so why was she traveling north?
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Back then,
most planes didn't have radar.
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Some of them didn't
even have radios.
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You couldn't track a plane
once it was in the air.
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So, Vivian was bucking
her orders?
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- Flying somewhere else?
- Doer had access to her plane.
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Knew how to switch
coolant and oil lines.
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Could be a mechanic.
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Can't imagine the men were
too happy sharing their base.
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I'll check the records
for anyone fits the bill.
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Ask the base for flight
schedules, accident reports.
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Bunkmate was Betty Joe Henders.
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Lives in Germantown.
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If anyone had a beef
with Vivian, she'd know.
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Can't wait to meet one
of these Betties.
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Slow down.
Just slow down, Pops.
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Wha-what do you mean
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money's missing
from your account?
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Well, what do you want me to do?
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Ask ma.
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Yeah, I'm at work.
I'll-I'll call you back.
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[sighs]
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Found the WASP C.O.
Iris Keening.
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Still in Wilmington, Delaware.
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Huh, headed up the search party
for Vivian herself.
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Well, go have a talk, see
if she can shed some light
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on why Vivian was flying over
the City of Brotherly Love.
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Army said winds
caused the crash
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but that girl could have flown
through a tornado
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and been in the mess hall
at chowtime.
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Ah, you headed
up the search party?
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Thirty eight girls died
in crashes during the two years
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the program was up and running.
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- Brave women.
- Pioneers.
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Knew if they failed, no women
after them would stand a chance.
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Who would have had access
to Vivian's plane?
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Um, known how to
switch the lines?
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Hmm, mechanics, instructors,
all the pilots.
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Any ideas why she
was flying off course?
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Rumor was, she had a boyfriend.
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[Iris]
'City slicker in Manhattan.'
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Remember a name?
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Vivian wasn't like
the other gals.
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Showed up late to her first day
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hot doggin' in her own
crop duster.
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Attitude didn't get
her washed out?
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Can't wash out your best pilot.
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I needed her on the schedule.
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Anyone you think of
had a problem with her?
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Vivian had a habit of
rubbing people the wrong way.
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Hate to say it, but "Miss HP"
only cared about one person..
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...herself.
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[Al Dexter singing
"Pistol Packin' Mama"]
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♪ Lay that pistol down babe
lay that pistol down ♪
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♪ Pistol packin' mama ♪
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♪ Lay that pistol down ♪
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♪ Oh drinkin' beer
in a cabaret ♪
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♪ Was I havin' fun ♪
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♪ Until one night
she caught me right ♪
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♪ Now I'm on the run ♪
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♪Oh lay that pistol down babe♪
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♪ Lay that pistol down ♪
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♪ Pistol packin' mama ♪
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Edna!
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Come on,
give her some oxygen.
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'There you go,
there you go.'
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'Just breathe.'
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♪ They don't like
the way we play ♪
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♪ We're a rough rootin' tootin'
shootin' trio ♪
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♪ But you oughta see
my sister Cleo ♪
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♪ She's a terror,
make no error ♪
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Miss Lynn, you've
set a new record.
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All for one.
Huh, Viv?
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Reckon you could have
at least given her a hand.
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Somebody's got to fly
the plane for you nurses.
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She wasn't interested
in making friends.
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Each week, the WASP flight
scores were posted on a chart.
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And Vivian wanted to be on top.
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Wouldn't settle
for anything less.
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Gonna need a list of those WASP.
Their instructor, too.
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It's all in my book.
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Listed alphabetically
in the appendix.
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"Happy landings always."
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What we WASP say
instead of goodbye.
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Betty Joe Henders?
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Y'all call me Grammy.
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Everybody else does.
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You were a pursuit
pilot, right?
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Lifetime ago. Never fit in those
itty-bitty cockpits now.
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You understand.
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Detectives Jeffries, Vera.
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You were Vivian Lynn's bunkmate
at New Castle Airbase?
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Haven't heard that name in ages.
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Detectives?
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Thought bad weather
caused the crash.
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How'd you two get along?
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Peas in a pod.
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Both from small towns,
poor families.
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You fly a crop duster too?
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I took the Army's civil course
for my pilot's license.
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[chuckles]
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Had to beg my cousin Donald
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for the last sawbuck,
just to afford the classes.
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When was the last time
you saw Vivian?
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Day or two
before she disappeared.
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She ever talk about going
to New York, meet a boyfriend?
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Gals were all khaki wacky,
but not Viv.
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'Course we didn't call the base
"The Snake Pit" for nothing.
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[jazz music]
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Huh! Kick the tires and light
the fires. I'm on a roll.
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You wanna go again?
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Game's making me thirsty.
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Think I'll get some juice.
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Suit yourself, Louise.
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Hey, what do you say, Edna?
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Can't you let her win
just once?
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Don't see any of them flyboys
throwing a game.
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So...army's made it clear,
we ain't one of 'em.
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Doing the same job,
not getting paid near as much.
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It won't change either till
we show them we're as tough
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as they are.
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Tougher even.
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You need a lesson there, doll?
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You can call me Wolf.
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I could teach you
a thing or two.
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You see, it's..
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it's all in the wrist.
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Gosh, are you a real-life pilot?
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[Wolf]
'Shouldn't even be
telling you this.'
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Loose lips
sink ships and all.
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I fly the B-26.
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So, they call it the Widow Maker
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'cause the last three pilots..
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...bought the farm.
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"The Widow Maker?"
That sounds dangerous.
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Say, you're not married,
are you?
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No, I'm lookin' for somebody
to fill the position.
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Maybe you'd like to apply.
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Gettin' ahead
of yourself, flyboy.
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You ain't seen nothin' yet.
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Hey, get your meat hooks
off of me!
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You're gonna regret
that, little miss.
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Wolf was lathered up, alright.
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Won't take a no
for an answer.
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He didn't know
Vivian was a WASP?
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Lordy no, we were in our civvies
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due to the fundamental dislike
of a woman in uniform.
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This Wolf's got a real name?
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Just knew him as Wolf.
250
00:12:25,353 --> 00:12:28,748
Us girls kept a "Naughty"
and "Nice" list by the phone.
251
00:12:28,835 --> 00:12:30,967
Vivian put him
on the Naughty side.
252
00:12:31,054 --> 00:12:33,753
No one went
near that animal again.
253
00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:36,364
One pilot
with the call sign Wolf.
254
00:12:36,451 --> 00:12:38,888
- Herbert James.
- Herbert?
255
00:12:38,975 --> 00:12:40,498
No wonder he preferred Wolf.
256
00:12:40,585 --> 00:12:44,198
Any relation to Frank James,
the WASP's instructor?
257
00:12:44,285 --> 00:12:46,243
Brothers. Whole family
of flyboys.
258
00:12:46,330 --> 00:12:47,984
Guy had a real problem
with women.
259
00:12:48,071 --> 00:12:50,857
There's, uh,
five charges of misconduct.
260
00:12:50,944 --> 00:12:52,684
Way of saying
"sexual harassment"
261
00:12:52,772 --> 00:12:54,121
back in the day.
262
00:12:54,208 --> 00:12:56,079
Vivian goes missing
two weeks after Wolf
263
00:12:56,166 --> 00:12:58,560
harassed her at the all-ranks
club on base.
264
00:12:58,647 --> 00:13:02,042
He was completing
his final flight test that day.
265
00:13:02,129 --> 00:13:04,174
Would've had access
to the hangar.
266
00:13:04,261 --> 00:13:05,610
Oh, maybe Wolf decided
he wasn't gonna be
267
00:13:05,697 --> 00:13:07,351
the only one to crash and burn.
268
00:13:23,933 --> 00:13:25,979
You wanna explain
this complaint?
269
00:13:26,066 --> 00:13:27,937
It was filed with
Internal Affairs last night
270
00:13:28,024 --> 00:13:30,679
by Moe Kitchener.
271
00:13:30,766 --> 00:13:32,072
Ah, we aren't doing our jobs
if we don't get
272
00:13:32,159 --> 00:13:33,595
some complaints, right?
273
00:13:33,682 --> 00:13:35,379
Situation's interfering
with your job, Lil.
274
00:13:35,466 --> 00:13:36,816
Wouldn't be, if
the judge did his job.
275
00:13:36,903 --> 00:13:38,948
I understand what
you're going through.
276
00:13:39,035 --> 00:13:41,646
But Doherty's looking
for excuses like this.
277
00:13:41,733 --> 00:13:44,084
The whole division
is under scrutiny.
278
00:13:44,171 --> 00:13:45,694
I hear you, boss.
279
00:13:45,781 --> 00:13:47,130
Good.
280
00:14:05,627 --> 00:14:08,456
You're a hard man
to find, Herbert.
281
00:14:08,543 --> 00:14:11,763
Kicked out of five retirement
homes for spreading a VD.
282
00:14:11,851 --> 00:14:13,678
Four retirement homes.
283
00:14:13,765 --> 00:14:14,984
And it was those broads
gave that VD--
284
00:14:15,071 --> 00:14:16,856
I-I d-don't wanna hear it.
285
00:14:16,943 --> 00:14:18,727
Spend much time at the bar,
when you were stationed
286
00:14:18,814 --> 00:14:20,772
in New Castle, Wolf?
287
00:14:20,860 --> 00:14:22,557
[Wolf]
New Castle, sure.
288
00:14:22,644 --> 00:14:23,819
There was
some nice scenery.
289
00:14:23,906 --> 00:14:25,429
Vivian Lynn part
of that scenery?
290
00:14:25,516 --> 00:14:26,822
Vivian Lynn, the gal
291
00:14:26,909 --> 00:14:28,519
that disappeared
in the Mustang, right?
292
00:14:28,606 --> 00:14:31,696
Mustang took a nose dive
in the Roxborough Reservoir.
293
00:14:31,783 --> 00:14:33,611
Wasn't an accident after all.
294
00:14:33,698 --> 00:14:35,483
Now, wait a second. You sayin'
I had something to do with it?
295
00:14:35,570 --> 00:14:36,658
Heard she gave you quite
the spanking
296
00:14:36,745 --> 00:14:38,138
two weeks before she crashed.
297
00:14:38,225 --> 00:14:39,879
[Vera]
Pulled a Little Red
Riding Hood on you.
298
00:14:39,966 --> 00:14:41,141
You gotta
show her who's boss.
299
00:14:41,228 --> 00:14:43,056
Oh, you got it
all wrong, fellas.
300
00:14:43,143 --> 00:14:45,841
Even a wolf knows you don't bite
the hand that feeds you.
301
00:14:45,928 --> 00:14:48,017
[jazz music]
302
00:14:48,104 --> 00:14:50,541
Come on, Frank,
let me skip this one lesson.
303
00:14:50,628 --> 00:14:52,413
You know, if you can't do
a favor for your own brother--
304
00:14:52,500 --> 00:14:54,632
I do favors for you, how you
gonna learn responsibility?
305
00:14:54,719 --> 00:14:56,983
Okay, Widow Maker's
a flying coffin.
306
00:14:57,070 --> 00:14:58,680
Wanna send another
telegram home to ma?
307
00:14:58,767 --> 00:15:00,334
Charlie ain't even cold yet.
308
00:15:00,421 --> 00:15:01,552
Ma ain't losing
another son, Wolf.
309
00:15:01,639 --> 00:15:03,293
You're not gonna crash.
310
00:15:03,380 --> 00:15:05,948
Won't even get a chance
to drop a bomb on them Krauts.
311
00:15:06,035 --> 00:15:07,819
Last three guys landed
in a smoking hole!
312
00:15:07,907 --> 00:15:09,821
Three guys,
but no women.
313
00:15:09,909 --> 00:15:11,562
[Frank]
'Vivs here, just earned
the first perfect score'
314
00:15:11,649 --> 00:15:12,824
on the B-26.
315
00:15:14,261 --> 00:15:15,610
She's a pilot?
316
00:15:15,697 --> 00:15:17,046
She'll be teaching you
to fly The Widow Maker.
317
00:15:17,133 --> 00:15:19,570
Vivian, meet your next student,
my brother Wolf.
318
00:15:19,657 --> 00:15:22,878
Wolf, huh? Now, how'd you
get a name like that?
319
00:15:22,965 --> 00:15:24,140
[Frank]
You got any tips for him?
320
00:15:24,227 --> 00:15:26,229
He's fixing to wet
his flight suit.
321
00:15:26,316 --> 00:15:29,145
Oh, it's all
in the wrist, flyboy.
322
00:15:29,232 --> 00:15:31,539
[Iris]
Nice score, Miss HP!
323
00:15:31,626 --> 00:15:32,714
Top of the chart.
324
00:15:32,801 --> 00:15:34,368
Uh, ya'll know
what that means.
325
00:15:34,455 --> 00:15:37,153
We have got
one hot pilot!
326
00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:38,546
[all]
Better cool her off!
327
00:15:38,633 --> 00:15:40,635
[Vivian]
No! No!
328
00:15:40,722 --> 00:15:41,897
[Vivian squealing]
329
00:15:43,768 --> 00:15:46,815
[all]
...two, three!
330
00:15:46,902 --> 00:15:52,734
♪ Everyone will know
about this ♪
331
00:15:54,388 --> 00:15:56,520
I gotta admit, she was
a pretty good teacher.
332
00:15:56,607 --> 00:15:58,000
Never lost her cool.
333
00:15:58,087 --> 00:15:59,393
Can't say the that
for the rest of 'em.
334
00:15:59,480 --> 00:16:00,698
What do you mean?
335
00:16:00,785 --> 00:16:02,787
Girls didn't belong
on that base.
336
00:16:02,874 --> 00:16:04,789
Weren't meant to be pilots.
337
00:16:04,876 --> 00:16:06,313
Sounds like you were still
trying to get even.
338
00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:08,706
With Frank around?
Are you kiddin'?
339
00:16:08,793 --> 00:16:12,536
Two Type-A pilots,
match made in Army heaven.
340
00:16:12,623 --> 00:16:14,538
Saying your brother
had a thing for Vivian?
341
00:16:14,625 --> 00:16:15,713
Well, I didn't know
it at the time
342
00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:17,063
but yeah,
he was stuck on her.
343
00:16:17,150 --> 00:16:18,803
- How long?
- Few weeks.
344
00:16:18,890 --> 00:16:20,370
He was an officer,
I was a cadet.
345
00:16:20,457 --> 00:16:21,937
I had to stand down.
346
00:16:22,024 --> 00:16:23,983
Besides, bros before hos, huh?
347
00:16:32,904 --> 00:16:35,690
New Castle archive department
can't locate the flight logs
348
00:16:35,777 --> 00:16:37,518
or the monthly records.
349
00:16:37,605 --> 00:16:41,087
Got mechanics records, but most
of them are pushing daisies.
350
00:16:41,174 --> 00:16:43,524
Looked into the 38
WASP killed in wrecks.
351
00:16:43,611 --> 00:16:45,613
One was in Vivian's class,
Edna Reed.
352
00:16:45,700 --> 00:16:48,268
Accident report say anything
about her lines being switched?
353
00:16:48,355 --> 00:16:52,141
Burned pistons. Looking like
routine mechanical failure.
354
00:16:52,228 --> 00:16:56,537
I, uh, heard about the IAB.
355
00:16:56,624 --> 00:16:58,017
Moe's complaint.
356
00:16:58,104 --> 00:17:01,542
Oh, uh, hmm,
got him on the ropes.
357
00:17:01,629 --> 00:17:02,847
Good.
358
00:17:05,111 --> 00:17:06,764
You headed somewhere?
359
00:17:06,851 --> 00:17:08,853
Uh, taking lost time.
360
00:17:08,940 --> 00:17:09,898
Everything okay?
361
00:17:09,985 --> 00:17:11,030
Sure, yeah, it's nothing.
362
00:17:13,510 --> 00:17:15,556
Hey.
363
00:17:15,643 --> 00:17:18,211
What color does this
look like to you?
364
00:17:18,298 --> 00:17:19,951
Call it rucksack gray.
365
00:17:21,518 --> 00:17:22,954
Mind if I borrow that?
366
00:17:33,704 --> 00:17:34,749
[Scotty]
'Hey, ma.'
367
00:17:35,967 --> 00:17:38,231
Scotty, what are
you doing here?
368
00:17:38,318 --> 00:17:40,798
Ah, I was just driving past.
369
00:17:40,885 --> 00:17:42,452
I saw you walking
out of the doctor's.
370
00:17:42,539 --> 00:17:43,497
Everything okay?
371
00:17:43,584 --> 00:17:44,715
Uh, yeah, I just had to
372
00:17:44,802 --> 00:17:46,674
uh, take Mrs. Melztner
373
00:17:46,761 --> 00:17:50,025
to, uh, Dr. Kantor's office.
374
00:17:50,112 --> 00:17:53,681
- You were in Suite 4
- A, right?
375
00:17:53,768 --> 00:17:56,379
Says Dr. Ruben
on the directory.
376
00:17:56,466 --> 00:17:58,425
Just driving by, huh?
377
00:17:58,512 --> 00:18:00,557
You sick, ma?
378
00:18:00,644 --> 00:18:02,690
You following me like
some kind of criminal?
379
00:18:02,777 --> 00:18:06,172
Just...tell me
what's going on.
380
00:18:08,087 --> 00:18:10,306
I've got a bad knee,
that's it.
381
00:18:11,525 --> 00:18:13,092
Then why you paying in cash?
382
00:18:16,051 --> 00:18:18,053
What is this,
the third degree?
383
00:18:18,140 --> 00:18:22,057
Are you a cop,
or you're my son?
384
00:18:22,144 --> 00:18:23,580
Mi hijo..
385
00:18:26,322 --> 00:18:28,498
Will you trust me?
386
00:18:28,585 --> 00:18:30,326
I'm fine.
387
00:18:30,413 --> 00:18:31,632
It's just my knee.
388
00:18:33,938 --> 00:18:37,116
Remember...how I could make
everything better..
389
00:18:37,203 --> 00:18:39,335
...with a Rice Krispy treat?
390
00:18:39,422 --> 00:18:40,336
Mm.
391
00:18:42,251 --> 00:18:43,861
[chuckling]
392
00:18:43,948 --> 00:18:46,125
- I'll see you.
- Bye, ma.
393
00:18:58,267 --> 00:19:01,444
You close with
Vivian Lynn, Frank?
394
00:19:01,531 --> 00:19:03,925
She was my best
student, ma'am.
395
00:19:04,012 --> 00:19:05,970
She something
more than that?
396
00:19:06,057 --> 00:19:09,060
Well, I guess you could say
we were an item.
397
00:19:09,148 --> 00:19:12,890
I kept it quiet
'cause I was her instructor.
398
00:19:12,977 --> 00:19:14,283
Hey, what's this about?
399
00:19:14,370 --> 00:19:16,851
Well, Vivian's plane
was sabotaged.
400
00:19:16,938 --> 00:19:19,506
Your girl was flying
off course, Frank.
401
00:19:19,593 --> 00:19:20,550
Do you know why?
402
00:19:20,637 --> 00:19:23,074
She was an ace navigator.
403
00:19:23,162 --> 00:19:25,686
Male pilots used to follow
her back to the base.
404
00:19:25,773 --> 00:19:28,210
She was the only one
who could always find her way.
405
00:19:28,297 --> 00:19:30,169
Chance she was flying
to meet a new steady?
406
00:19:30,256 --> 00:19:32,432
Oh, no, ma'am.
407
00:19:32,519 --> 00:19:35,130
A lot of things can go wrong
in a relationship..
408
00:19:35,217 --> 00:19:36,479
...spirited girl like that.
409
00:19:36,566 --> 00:19:39,047
Look here, I loved Vivian.
410
00:19:39,134 --> 00:19:42,746
I admired her for what she
was doing for her country.
411
00:19:42,833 --> 00:19:45,662
They weren't all
as patriotic.
412
00:19:45,749 --> 00:19:47,708
[jazz music]
413
00:19:49,405 --> 00:19:51,277
Thought I'd find you here.
414
00:19:53,322 --> 00:19:55,846
I've never seen
anything like it.
415
00:19:55,933 --> 00:19:58,414
One of a kind.
416
00:19:58,501 --> 00:20:00,460
Who do you think
they'll let fly it?
417
00:20:00,547 --> 00:20:02,766
Know anyone
with perfect scores?
418
00:20:02,853 --> 00:20:04,942
[chuckles]
419
00:20:05,029 --> 00:20:09,295
♪ And I find you spinning
round in my brain ♪
420
00:20:09,382 --> 00:20:12,733
Fly this, I might just break
the sound barrier someday.
421
00:20:12,820 --> 00:20:14,517
Flipped your wig?
422
00:20:14,604 --> 00:20:17,694
No one can survive flying
750 miles an hour, Viv.
423
00:20:17,781 --> 00:20:19,000
Your heart'll seize up.
424
00:20:21,785 --> 00:20:23,570
I know you miss
your baby brother.
425
00:20:23,657 --> 00:20:25,572
This isn't about Charlie, Viv.
426
00:20:25,659 --> 00:20:27,443
But you can't protect everyone.
427
00:20:30,359 --> 00:20:34,494
The day my dad shipped out,
he wasn't scared at all.
428
00:20:34,581 --> 00:20:37,888
But I was.
429
00:20:37,975 --> 00:20:39,238
Must've been
a first for you.
430
00:20:43,459 --> 00:20:48,508
He used to say we'd travel
with the wind and the stars.
431
00:20:48,595 --> 00:20:50,510
This just might get me there.
432
00:20:50,597 --> 00:20:53,077
I'll take that trip,
if you're piloting.
433
00:20:53,164 --> 00:20:55,166
- Viv!
- Betty Joe?
434
00:20:55,254 --> 00:20:57,125
Get your scrawny ass out here!
435
00:20:59,649 --> 00:21:01,912
You been ripping
my ration books?
436
00:21:01,999 --> 00:21:03,784
Next time I won't just
tear 'em up, I'll report you.
437
00:21:03,871 --> 00:21:05,568
You best not be threatening me!
438
00:21:05,655 --> 00:21:07,091
Stealing ration books,
you might as well
439
00:21:07,178 --> 00:21:09,485
be taking bullets
from our boys' guns.
440
00:21:09,572 --> 00:21:10,747
There a problem, ladies?
441
00:21:14,142 --> 00:21:17,014
I wash out...sure as hell
gonna be.
442
00:21:19,321 --> 00:21:24,239
♪ You go to my head ♪
443
00:21:24,326 --> 00:21:27,982
♪ You go to my head ♪
444
00:21:28,069 --> 00:21:31,942
I always thought Betty Joe
was a harmless Southern belle.
445
00:21:33,161 --> 00:21:34,945
She was profiteering.
446
00:21:35,032 --> 00:21:37,861
The war caused shortages..
447
00:21:37,948 --> 00:21:40,429
...coffee, food, gasoline.
448
00:21:40,516 --> 00:21:42,953
Had to have a government
ration book to buy 'em.
449
00:21:43,040 --> 00:21:44,694
If anyone had gotten wind
of what she was doin'
450
00:21:44,781 --> 00:21:47,262
she'd have been
tried for treason.
451
00:21:47,349 --> 00:21:49,264
Betty Joe didn't
wash out, did she?
452
00:21:49,351 --> 00:21:50,744
No, ma'am.
453
00:21:50,831 --> 00:21:54,922
But three days later,
Vivian took off.
454
00:21:55,009 --> 00:21:56,793
Never came back.
455
00:22:04,323 --> 00:22:05,498
[Jeffries]
Thanks for coming in,
Betty Joe.
456
00:22:05,585 --> 00:22:06,499
I know you wanted
to get your mums
457
00:22:06,586 --> 00:22:07,891
in the ground today.
458
00:22:07,978 --> 00:22:09,806
Said yesterday you had
to scrape together money
459
00:22:09,893 --> 00:22:12,200
just to join the WASP.
460
00:22:12,287 --> 00:22:13,810
Cousin Donald chipped in.
461
00:22:13,897 --> 00:22:15,899
Remember what Donald did
during the war?
462
00:22:15,986 --> 00:22:18,337
4-F.
He couldn't fight.
463
00:22:18,424 --> 00:22:19,512
Worked a government job.
464
00:22:19,599 --> 00:22:21,470
That's right.
465
00:22:21,557 --> 00:22:23,820
Worked at a government
incineration station
466
00:22:23,907 --> 00:22:25,300
burning ration books.
467
00:22:25,387 --> 00:22:26,823
[Vera]
''Course they all didn't
find their way'
468
00:22:26,910 --> 00:22:29,173
to the incinerator,
did they, Betty Joe?
469
00:22:29,260 --> 00:22:31,045
Y'all are whistlin' Dixie.
470
00:22:31,132 --> 00:22:33,177
[Jeffries]
'He'd sell them.
Only one problem.'
471
00:22:33,264 --> 00:22:34,962
Had to get 'em
on the black market
472
00:22:35,049 --> 00:22:37,225
before their serial
numbers expired.
473
00:22:37,312 --> 00:22:40,576
That's where it was helpful
having access to a plane.
474
00:22:40,663 --> 00:22:42,709
[sighs]
475
00:22:42,796 --> 00:22:44,624
Not proud of what I did.
476
00:22:44,711 --> 00:22:48,802
Husband gunned down
six months earlier over Berlin.
477
00:22:51,413 --> 00:22:53,937
I did it for my babies.
478
00:22:54,024 --> 00:22:56,070
[Vera]
'Those babies the reason
you had to keep Vivian quiet'
479
00:22:56,157 --> 00:22:57,158
about the whole thing?
480
00:22:57,245 --> 00:22:59,465
I didn't hurt Vivian.
481
00:22:59,552 --> 00:23:01,945
I was upset 'cause I thought
all she wanted was to..
482
00:23:02,032 --> 00:23:05,253
to wash out her competition.
483
00:23:05,340 --> 00:23:08,038
Then I saw a whole
'nother side of her.
484
00:23:10,693 --> 00:23:12,391
[Edna]
'I failed my last check ride.'
485
00:23:12,478 --> 00:23:15,132
If I don't pass this one,
I'm gonna be washed out.
486
00:23:15,219 --> 00:23:19,223
No one's washin' out. Just do as
I say, everything will be fine.
487
00:23:19,310 --> 00:23:21,008
Is it true you learned
to fly your crop duster
488
00:23:21,095 --> 00:23:23,271
when you were just six?
489
00:23:23,358 --> 00:23:24,968
Flying's gotta be second nature.
490
00:23:25,055 --> 00:23:27,884
Gotta know the controls
without even lookin' at 'em.
491
00:23:27,971 --> 00:23:29,233
I don't know, Viv.
492
00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:32,323
It's better
if I just wash out now.
493
00:23:32,411 --> 00:23:34,543
I thought you said
you had a brother overseas.
494
00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:38,721
Jimmy.
495
00:23:40,897 --> 00:23:43,378
Call him Cricket.
496
00:23:43,465 --> 00:23:45,772
Well, think of Cricket
when you fly.
497
00:23:45,859 --> 00:23:49,340
The next plane you deliver
might just save his life.
498
00:23:49,428 --> 00:23:50,951
[Vivian]
'The more air support
our boys get'
499
00:23:51,038 --> 00:23:54,258
the more of 'em
that'll come home.
500
00:23:54,345 --> 00:23:56,478
Do you got any family
in the war, Viv?
501
00:23:58,219 --> 00:24:00,090
Army said my dad was too old.
502
00:24:00,177 --> 00:24:02,353
Wanted him to fly trainers.
503
00:24:02,441 --> 00:24:05,922
He insisted on crewing a B-17.
504
00:24:06,009 --> 00:24:07,446
Got himself killed.
505
00:24:15,454 --> 00:24:18,326
[Edna]
Battery. Propeller.
Booster pumps. Landing gear.
506
00:24:18,413 --> 00:24:20,720
Yes! Hey, you're ready, Edna.
507
00:24:20,807 --> 00:24:22,025
Gosh, you really think so, Viv?
508
00:24:22,112 --> 00:24:24,941
Are you kiddin'?
You're a regular Miss HP.
509
00:24:25,028 --> 00:24:26,247
[both laugh]
510
00:24:27,466 --> 00:24:30,556
Took Vivian's advice myself.
511
00:24:30,643 --> 00:24:32,340
Thought of my husband.
512
00:24:32,427 --> 00:24:36,126
Reckoned I couldn't honor him
and do what I was doin'.
513
00:24:36,213 --> 00:24:39,129
So you stopped smuggling ration
booklets right then and there?
514
00:24:39,216 --> 00:24:42,219
Never got the chance
to tell her.
515
00:24:42,306 --> 00:24:44,483
She was gone
by the time I got back.
516
00:24:44,570 --> 00:24:47,224
Saying you weren't on base
when Vivian disappeared?
517
00:24:47,311 --> 00:24:51,664
Off deliverin' a plane
to, uh, Sweetwater.
518
00:24:51,751 --> 00:24:53,666
Still got my log book
to prove it.
519
00:24:53,753 --> 00:24:55,406
We're gonna need to see that.
520
00:24:55,494 --> 00:24:58,192
Got the monthly flight records
and schedules, too.
521
00:24:58,279 --> 00:25:00,324
Saved everything.
522
00:25:00,411 --> 00:25:02,849
Shame she never got
the one thing she wanted.
523
00:25:02,936 --> 00:25:04,241
What was that?
524
00:25:04,328 --> 00:25:07,549
To be the first woman
to fly that jet.
525
00:25:07,636 --> 00:25:09,377
- Remember who was?
- Sure.
526
00:25:09,464 --> 00:25:11,510
Vivian's main competition.
527
00:25:11,597 --> 00:25:13,555
Louise Patterson.
528
00:25:16,993 --> 00:25:18,995
Louise Patterson?
529
00:25:19,082 --> 00:25:21,041
Yes?
530
00:25:23,565 --> 00:25:25,915
Flew the Bell P-59, right?
531
00:25:26,002 --> 00:25:27,874
First woman ever.
532
00:25:27,961 --> 00:25:29,876
You two looking
for an interview?
533
00:25:29,963 --> 00:25:31,573
You could say that.
534
00:25:31,660 --> 00:25:33,619
Detectives Valens, Rush.
535
00:25:33,706 --> 00:25:36,535
Remember your old WASP buddy,
Vivian Lynn?
536
00:25:36,622 --> 00:25:39,538
Of course I remember Vivian.
Real live wire.
537
00:25:39,625 --> 00:25:41,975
How'd you feel when Vivian
dusted you on the score chart?
538
00:25:42,062 --> 00:25:43,324
Check your facts.
539
00:25:43,411 --> 00:25:44,760
I was on top of the chart.
540
00:25:44,847 --> 00:25:46,283
Oh, by default.
541
00:25:46,370 --> 00:25:49,765
- The better pilot was murdered.
- Murdered?
542
00:25:49,852 --> 00:25:50,810
Oh, dear God, how?
543
00:25:50,897 --> 00:25:52,202
I read your cover story
544
00:25:52,289 --> 00:25:54,335
in"TheAtlantic,"
September '54.
545
00:25:54,422 --> 00:25:56,032
First woman to break
the sound barrier.
546
00:25:56,119 --> 00:25:58,034
Said you'd do anything
to set that record.
547
00:25:58,121 --> 00:26:00,297
That include getting rid
of your competition?
548
00:26:00,384 --> 00:26:02,212
Look, you're right.
549
00:26:02,299 --> 00:26:04,519
Vivian and I had a rocky start.
550
00:26:04,606 --> 00:26:09,480
But we bonded in a way
I could never have imagined.
551
00:26:09,568 --> 00:26:10,612
[explosion]
552
00:26:11,744 --> 00:26:14,007
Crash! It's Edna!
553
00:26:14,094 --> 00:26:15,182
- No!
- 'Vivian..'
554
00:26:15,269 --> 00:26:16,966
- No!
- Wait!
555
00:26:17,053 --> 00:26:18,707
[Vivian]
'No!'
556
00:26:18,794 --> 00:26:22,885
No, no, no.
557
00:26:22,972 --> 00:26:24,583
There is nothing you
could have done.
558
00:26:24,670 --> 00:26:26,846
No, Edna was ready.
I taught her myself.
559
00:26:26,933 --> 00:26:27,934
Checked her plane myself.
560
00:26:28,021 --> 00:26:30,414
Someone did this to her!
561
00:26:30,501 --> 00:26:32,416
[siren wailing]
562
00:26:44,646 --> 00:26:46,953
♪ Off we go ♪
563
00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:50,086
♪ Into the wild blue yonder ♪
564
00:26:50,173 --> 00:26:53,786
♪ Climbin' high
into the sun ♪
565
00:26:55,918 --> 00:27:01,794
♪ Here they come zooming
to meet our thunder ♪
566
00:27:01,881 --> 00:27:03,491
♪ At 'em boys ♪
567
00:27:03,578 --> 00:27:06,537
♪ Give 'er the gun ♪
568
00:27:06,625 --> 00:27:08,670
♪ Down we dive ♪
569
00:27:08,757 --> 00:27:11,804
♪ Spouting our flame
from under ♪
570
00:27:11,891 --> 00:27:16,112
♪ Off with one
heck of a roar ♪
571
00:27:16,199 --> 00:27:18,506
♪ We live in fame ♪
572
00:27:18,593 --> 00:27:20,900
♪ Or we go down in flame ♪
573
00:27:20,987 --> 00:27:24,643
♪ Nothing can stop
the Army Air Corps ♪
574
00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:34,174
Not a day goes by I don't think
about one of those women.
575
00:27:34,261 --> 00:27:36,872
Vivian thought the men
wanted the WASP gone?
576
00:27:36,959 --> 00:27:40,571
WASP were doing the same jobs
as male pilots.
577
00:27:40,659 --> 00:27:42,573
Freeing up men
for combat duty.
578
00:27:42,661 --> 00:27:45,446
Only by this time,
the war was winding down.
579
00:27:45,533 --> 00:27:48,797
Army had enough pilots.
It needed infantry.
580
00:27:48,884 --> 00:27:51,017
Some of the guys were afraid
they were gonna lose their jobs?
581
00:27:51,104 --> 00:27:53,062
And be drafted as foot soldiers.
582
00:27:55,108 --> 00:27:57,066
What ya got, Scotty?
583
00:27:57,153 --> 00:28:02,419
Uh, Army said, uh, Edna's crash
was a mechanical failure
584
00:28:02,506 --> 00:28:05,509
due to clogged fuel lines
and burned pistons.
585
00:28:05,596 --> 00:28:07,381
But this maintenance report
586
00:28:07,468 --> 00:28:09,949
says her lines were flushed
two days prior.
587
00:28:10,036 --> 00:28:11,559
Airport mechanic I spoke to said
588
00:28:11,646 --> 00:28:13,909
they should've still
been squeaky clean.
589
00:28:13,996 --> 00:28:16,520
What if Vivian was
on to the sabotage?
590
00:28:16,607 --> 00:28:18,827
Doer decides
to silence her for good.
591
00:28:18,914 --> 00:28:20,916
Mechanic say what could cause
the pistons to burn?
592
00:28:21,003 --> 00:28:23,614
The only thing he could think
of was sugar in the gas tank.
593
00:28:23,702 --> 00:28:25,660
But sugar was hard to come by
during the war.
594
00:28:25,747 --> 00:28:27,053
Not if you were in the Army.
595
00:28:27,140 --> 00:28:30,012
You still got the
New Castle PX ledgers?
596
00:28:30,099 --> 00:28:33,015
Uh, yeah. Uh..
597
00:28:33,102 --> 00:28:34,103
Uh, here.
598
00:28:38,804 --> 00:28:41,763
Sugar was bought
the day before Edna crashed.
599
00:28:41,850 --> 00:28:43,678
Ten pounds.
600
00:28:43,765 --> 00:28:46,202
That's enough to gum up
the works of any engine.
601
00:28:46,289 --> 00:28:49,728
Signed for by one, FrankJames.
602
00:28:51,817 --> 00:28:53,862
[Rush]
Cool your engines, Saccardo.
603
00:28:53,949 --> 00:28:56,212
I'll be there in ten.
604
00:28:56,299 --> 00:28:58,127
Okay, me, too.
605
00:28:58,214 --> 00:28:59,476
[Rush laughs]
606
00:28:59,563 --> 00:29:00,739
Bye.
607
00:29:03,524 --> 00:29:06,788
Big date tonight?
608
00:29:06,875 --> 00:29:08,790
I was just heading out
to mess with you some more.
609
00:29:11,967 --> 00:29:14,927
You wanna back up
your car now?
610
00:29:15,014 --> 00:29:16,972
Car dry up or they
got you a new one?
611
00:29:20,062 --> 00:29:21,672
I saidbackaway.
612
00:29:25,024 --> 00:29:27,853
You gonna shoot me,
detective?
613
00:29:27,940 --> 00:29:32,379
Now, how do you think that'll
look after I filed a complaint?
614
00:29:32,466 --> 00:29:37,079
The more you push,
the less I have to lose.
615
00:30:02,496 --> 00:30:03,453
[sighs]
616
00:30:04,933 --> 00:30:07,109
Been reading up
on my WASP history.
617
00:30:07,196 --> 00:30:08,632
You got something
off Vivian's skirt?
618
00:30:08,719 --> 00:30:11,200
Sent it to Criminalistics
on a hunch.
619
00:30:11,287 --> 00:30:15,074
Found traces
of "Alizarin cyanines."
620
00:30:15,161 --> 00:30:16,815
Hmm, some kind of chemical?
621
00:30:16,902 --> 00:30:19,861
Uh, used in Santiago Blue dye.
622
00:30:19,948 --> 00:30:22,342
Skirt was a part
of Vivian's dress uniform.
623
00:30:24,561 --> 00:30:26,781
[Vera]
'She wasn't flying north
for a date.'
624
00:30:26,868 --> 00:30:28,914
She was on official business.
625
00:30:29,001 --> 00:30:30,916
[Stillman]
Lil, Frank's in the box.
626
00:30:31,003 --> 00:30:32,874
You ready?
627
00:30:45,060 --> 00:30:48,759
Fear is a funny thing,
isn't it, Frank?
628
00:30:48,847 --> 00:30:50,936
I don't know what you mean, sir.
629
00:30:51,023 --> 00:30:54,940
You were drafted in '43,
supposed to ship off to Europe.
630
00:30:55,027 --> 00:30:57,594
But you became
a flight instructor instead.
631
00:30:57,681 --> 00:30:58,595
Kept you on American soil.
632
00:30:58,682 --> 00:31:00,510
I served my country, sir.
633
00:31:00,597 --> 00:31:02,861
[Stillman]
'WASP wanted to be
recognized as equals.'
634
00:31:02,948 --> 00:31:04,906
Have the same benefits
as Army men.
635
00:31:04,993 --> 00:31:06,734
But if that happened
636
00:31:06,821 --> 00:31:09,868
there'd be even fewer jobs
for men stateside.
637
00:31:09,955 --> 00:31:11,695
You might've been
dodging bullets
638
00:31:11,782 --> 00:31:13,175
on a beach
in Normandy instead.
639
00:31:13,262 --> 00:31:15,003
I lost a baby brother
over there.
640
00:31:15,090 --> 00:31:17,310
You think maybe you could scare
them into quitting, Frank?
641
00:31:19,529 --> 00:31:20,922
Hmm, you a tough guy?
642
00:31:24,099 --> 00:31:25,492
I get to do that, too.
643
00:31:25,579 --> 00:31:29,061
I helped those girls.
644
00:31:29,148 --> 00:31:31,106
Anything they needed,
I was there for 'em.
645
00:31:34,066 --> 00:31:35,937
This your signature, Frank?
646
00:31:38,244 --> 00:31:41,160
That much sugar'd do
a real number on an engine.
647
00:31:41,247 --> 00:31:43,902
I didn't sign this.
648
00:31:43,989 --> 00:31:46,208
You're saying someone
forged your signature?
649
00:31:48,123 --> 00:31:49,603
Vivian tried to tell me..
650
00:31:51,344 --> 00:31:53,302
...but I wouldn't listen.
651
00:32:05,749 --> 00:32:08,578
Viv? Is that you?
652
00:32:08,665 --> 00:32:10,189
I had to see you.
653
00:32:10,276 --> 00:32:11,886
Get caught past taps,
they'll wash you out.
654
00:32:11,973 --> 00:32:13,932
I checked the mechanic's log.
655
00:32:14,019 --> 00:32:15,324
Edna's fuel lines were flushed
two days ago.
656
00:32:15,411 --> 00:32:16,760
Slow down.
657
00:32:16,847 --> 00:32:19,502
Her plane shouldn't
have stalled, Frank.
658
00:32:19,589 --> 00:32:20,895
Viv, you're upset.
659
00:32:23,463 --> 00:32:25,944
I saw Wolf milling around the
hangar last night by himself.
660
00:32:26,031 --> 00:32:27,641
He said he was filling
out his flight log
661
00:32:27,728 --> 00:32:30,209
but I know what he was doing.
662
00:32:30,296 --> 00:32:32,211
I think he sabotaged
Edna's plane.
663
00:32:32,298 --> 00:32:33,777
Wolf would never do that.
664
00:32:33,864 --> 00:32:35,388
You know how he feels
about us girls.
665
00:32:35,475 --> 00:32:37,912
It's not like
he tries to hide it.
666
00:32:37,999 --> 00:32:39,783
He's my brother, Viv.
667
00:32:41,394 --> 00:32:42,699
My brother.
668
00:32:42,786 --> 00:32:46,181
Edna was my friend.
And she's dead.
669
00:32:46,268 --> 00:32:47,922
You know what
my family's been through.
670
00:32:48,009 --> 00:32:50,838
Your family got a star
to hang in the window.
671
00:32:50,925 --> 00:32:52,318
What does Edna's family get?
672
00:32:52,405 --> 00:32:54,146
The Army won't even pay
to send her home.
673
00:32:54,233 --> 00:32:55,756
You want a damn star?
674
00:32:55,843 --> 00:32:57,976
I want Wolf court-martialed.
675
00:33:01,196 --> 00:33:02,502
I love you..
676
00:33:04,373 --> 00:33:06,245
...but planes crash, Viv.
677
00:33:08,029 --> 00:33:08,987
[scoffs]
678
00:33:15,994 --> 00:33:17,038
I thought we
were gonna travel
679
00:33:17,125 --> 00:33:18,997
with the wind
and the stars.
680
00:33:30,443 --> 00:33:32,314
God help me
for not believing Vivian.
681
00:33:33,794 --> 00:33:36,884
My mother had already lost
a son in the war.
682
00:33:36,971 --> 00:33:39,582
I couldn't let her
lose another.
683
00:33:39,669 --> 00:33:41,932
Wolf know Vivian
was on his tail?
684
00:33:42,020 --> 00:33:45,806
I confronted him
about what she'd told me.
685
00:33:45,893 --> 00:33:47,286
He just denied it.
686
00:33:47,373 --> 00:33:48,330
When was that?
687
00:33:49,723 --> 00:33:52,291
It was the night
before she disappeared.
688
00:33:55,076 --> 00:33:56,991
All these years..
689
00:33:57,078 --> 00:33:58,384
...I looked out for him..
690
00:33:59,994 --> 00:34:03,258
...put him first.
691
00:34:03,345 --> 00:34:05,347
Think he'd do
the same for you?
692
00:34:08,263 --> 00:34:09,830
Just got to get you
to sign a bail petition
693
00:34:09,917 --> 00:34:11,005
for your brother, Wolf.
694
00:34:11,092 --> 00:34:12,746
Bail?
What'd Frank do?
695
00:34:14,530 --> 00:34:17,533
Laced Edna Reed's tank
with ten pounds of sugar.
696
00:34:17,620 --> 00:34:20,667
Turning him over
to the MPs for Edna's murder.
697
00:34:20,754 --> 00:34:22,364
Frank wouldn't hurt a fly.
698
00:34:22,451 --> 00:34:25,976
Got a New Castle PX ledger
with his signature on it.
699
00:34:26,064 --> 00:34:27,326
[door shuts]
700
00:34:39,251 --> 00:34:41,688
It wasn't Frank.
701
00:34:41,775 --> 00:34:44,517
It was me.
702
00:34:44,604 --> 00:34:46,127
[Wolf]
'Drank through my paycheck
that month.'
703
00:34:46,214 --> 00:34:48,086
I had to charge everything
to Frank's account.
704
00:34:50,740 --> 00:34:52,786
I put that sugar in Edna's tank.
705
00:34:52,873 --> 00:34:55,049
I mean, me and the guys had
done it to other gals before.
706
00:34:55,136 --> 00:34:57,225
I figured she'd have hit
the silk like the others did
707
00:34:57,312 --> 00:34:59,009
parachute out
when the engine stalled.
708
00:34:59,097 --> 00:35:01,708
Report said the latch
on the cockpit was broken.
709
00:35:01,795 --> 00:35:03,971
I didn't know
about that latch.
710
00:35:04,058 --> 00:35:06,234
She tried to bail out,
and she couldn't.
711
00:35:06,321 --> 00:35:07,670
She was trapped.
712
00:35:10,586 --> 00:35:12,458
I didn't mean
to hurt that girl.
713
00:35:16,201 --> 00:35:19,421
I still have nightmares
about it to this day.
714
00:35:19,508 --> 00:35:21,249
Gonna need the names
of your co-conspirators.
715
00:35:21,336 --> 00:35:22,685
No, I'm taking the
bullet on this one.
716
00:35:22,772 --> 00:35:26,167
No sense in tarnishing
their memories.
717
00:35:26,254 --> 00:35:28,343
Should've done it anyway
the night I went to see Vivian.
718
00:35:28,430 --> 00:35:30,867
You saw Vivian
before she disappeared?
719
00:35:30,954 --> 00:35:32,260
I pleaded with her
not to report me.
720
00:35:32,347 --> 00:35:33,653
And she didn't listen
721
00:35:33,740 --> 00:35:35,350
so you took matters
into your own hands?
722
00:35:35,437 --> 00:35:37,874
No, I wouldn't touch a hair
on that girl's head.
723
00:35:37,961 --> 00:35:39,398
Even if I wanted to,
I couldn't.
724
00:35:39,485 --> 00:35:40,921
Why is that?
725
00:35:41,008 --> 00:35:42,618
She'd already filed a report.
726
00:35:42,705 --> 00:35:43,924
I saw her signature
and everything.
727
00:35:44,011 --> 00:35:45,317
I just went back
to the barracks
728
00:35:45,404 --> 00:35:47,275
packed my duffel and waited.
729
00:35:48,972 --> 00:35:51,323
MP's never came.
730
00:35:51,410 --> 00:35:54,282
So who'd she file
that report with?
731
00:35:54,369 --> 00:35:57,981
When someone filed a report
with you, what'd you do with it?
732
00:35:58,068 --> 00:35:59,722
Sent it up the chain of command.
733
00:35:59,809 --> 00:36:01,985
So when Vivian filed a report
about Edna Reed's crash
734
00:36:02,072 --> 00:36:03,291
you send that up?
735
00:36:03,378 --> 00:36:04,988
Edna's crash
was an accident.
736
00:36:05,075 --> 00:36:06,686
There wasn't a report.
737
00:36:08,992 --> 00:36:11,386
Weak sheep like Edna.
738
00:36:11,473 --> 00:36:13,388
Nothing but a drain
on your program.
739
00:36:13,475 --> 00:36:14,650
You were probably happy
740
00:36:14,737 --> 00:36:18,176
to have someone
thin out the herd.
741
00:36:18,263 --> 00:36:21,788
You ask me,
they were probably all weak.
742
00:36:21,875 --> 00:36:24,486
Women fly as well as men.
It's on the record.
743
00:36:24,573 --> 00:36:27,533
Women took more money to train,
had more accidents.
744
00:36:27,620 --> 00:36:28,969
They can't hack
it in the sky.
745
00:36:29,056 --> 00:36:30,362
Enough, Scotty.
746
00:36:35,193 --> 00:36:36,194
Get some air.
747
00:36:45,246 --> 00:36:46,204
Yes, ma'am.
748
00:36:52,645 --> 00:36:53,733
[Rush sighs]
749
00:36:53,820 --> 00:36:55,691
I apologize for my partner.
750
00:36:56,953 --> 00:36:58,825
I know what it's like.
751
00:36:58,912 --> 00:37:00,305
You show one crack--
752
00:37:00,392 --> 00:37:02,350
Wolves tear you to pieces.
753
00:37:02,437 --> 00:37:04,134
Yeah.
754
00:37:04,222 --> 00:37:07,442
You know, I finished
reading your book.
755
00:37:07,529 --> 00:37:09,575
You fought hard
for those girls.
756
00:37:09,662 --> 00:37:11,794
Had to fly every month
to Mitchell Field
757
00:37:11,881 --> 00:37:13,840
to file a report
with General Stockton.
758
00:37:13,927 --> 00:37:16,190
Orders to keep him in the loop.
759
00:37:16,277 --> 00:37:19,933
Made him see how important
the WASP were to the country.
760
00:37:20,020 --> 00:37:23,371
You said Viv might have had
a boyfriend in Manhattan?
761
00:37:23,458 --> 00:37:24,459
You still believe that?
762
00:37:26,766 --> 00:37:28,898
Gal could have been flying
a million different places.
763
00:37:28,985 --> 00:37:30,117
How do I know?
764
00:37:31,074 --> 00:37:32,032
Now..
765
00:37:35,731 --> 00:37:39,648
Which bases are
north of Wilmington?
766
00:37:39,735 --> 00:37:45,219
Otis in Massachusetts,
Mitchell Field in Long Island.
767
00:37:45,306 --> 00:37:47,613
So if she were flying
to Mitchell Field
768
00:37:47,700 --> 00:37:50,268
what would her landmarks
have been?
769
00:37:53,358 --> 00:37:56,404
After all these years,
hard to remember.
770
00:37:56,491 --> 00:37:59,494
But you flew it every month.
771
00:37:59,581 --> 00:38:01,757
Listen, I don't know
what you're gettin' at--
772
00:38:01,844 --> 00:38:03,846
Would Philly have been
a landmark?
773
00:38:05,979 --> 00:38:09,374
One of the landmarks, yes.
774
00:38:09,461 --> 00:38:13,552
You know why Vivian would have
packed her Santiago Dress Blues?
775
00:38:13,639 --> 00:38:17,077
We found it in
the bullet compartment.
776
00:38:17,164 --> 00:38:19,732
Maybe she was going
to see someone important
777
00:38:19,819 --> 00:38:22,125
like the general.
778
00:38:22,212 --> 00:38:24,040
I led the search party
for Vivian.
779
00:38:24,127 --> 00:38:25,390
She was my best pilot.
780
00:38:25,477 --> 00:38:26,695
Yeah, but the day Vivian left
781
00:38:26,782 --> 00:38:28,480
you put out next month's
flight schedule
782
00:38:28,567 --> 00:38:31,657
and your best pilot
wasn't on it.
783
00:38:33,963 --> 00:38:35,878
And there's only one
explanation for that, Iris.
784
00:38:35,965 --> 00:38:40,405
Is you knew that Vivian
wasn't coming back.
785
00:38:40,492 --> 00:38:42,885
I fought for those girls.
You said it yourself.
786
00:38:42,972 --> 00:38:44,800
But your program
was under attack
787
00:38:44,887 --> 00:38:48,500
and men were looking
for any excuse to shut it down.
788
00:38:48,587 --> 00:38:50,632
Heard some zipperheads saying
the only way
789
00:38:50,719 --> 00:38:53,766
to keep us out of their jobs
was to knock us out of the sky.
790
00:38:53,853 --> 00:38:56,072
And Edna's "accident"
was a crack.
791
00:38:56,159 --> 00:38:58,640
If they knew men
were targeting us WASP
792
00:38:58,727 --> 00:39:01,295
it would've made headlines.
We would've lost it all.
793
00:39:01,382 --> 00:39:03,166
But Vivian wouldn't stop
till everyone knew.
794
00:39:03,253 --> 00:39:05,299
You buried that report
for the greater good.
795
00:39:05,386 --> 00:39:08,563
Women fly combat today
because of the WASP.
796
00:39:08,650 --> 00:39:10,478
Because of what we did.
797
00:39:10,565 --> 00:39:13,176
Little girls look up to me.
798
00:39:13,263 --> 00:39:15,570
I speak for the WASP.
799
00:39:15,657 --> 00:39:17,877
I speak for you.
800
00:39:19,269 --> 00:39:21,271
I speak for Vivian.
801
00:39:25,319 --> 00:39:27,234
She left me no choice.
802
00:39:31,281 --> 00:39:32,935
MP's still haven't
picked up Wolf.
803
00:39:33,022 --> 00:39:36,286
There's no formal investigation
of Edna's crash.
804
00:39:36,374 --> 00:39:39,072
- Your point, Miss Lynn?
- You canned my report.
805
00:39:40,813 --> 00:39:42,075
Do you know what'll happen
if they find out
806
00:39:42,162 --> 00:39:44,469
a man sabotaged a WASP plane?
807
00:39:44,556 --> 00:39:46,209
How this will look?
808
00:39:46,296 --> 00:39:48,298
It'll look like
what it is, murder.
809
00:39:48,386 --> 00:39:51,127
They're fighting a war, Vivian.
810
00:39:51,214 --> 00:39:53,347
You know how they'll fix this?
They'll shut us down.
811
00:39:53,434 --> 00:39:55,828
That's what you're worried
about, the program?
812
00:39:55,915 --> 00:39:57,090
What about Edna?
813
00:39:58,700 --> 00:40:01,181
Edna is gone.
814
00:40:01,268 --> 00:40:03,662
There is nothing we can do
to bring her back, Vivian.
815
00:40:03,749 --> 00:40:06,360
Our job now is to take care
of all the WASP.
816
00:40:06,447 --> 00:40:10,059
If the program is shut down,
we all have to stop flying.
817
00:40:10,146 --> 00:40:13,149
You'll never fly that jet.
818
00:40:14,499 --> 00:40:16,501
Edna deserves justice.
819
00:40:16,588 --> 00:40:20,722
She would do the same
for me, for all of us.
820
00:40:20,809 --> 00:40:24,987
No one needs to know that you
illegally covered up my report
821
00:40:25,074 --> 00:40:28,469
if you send it
up the chain today.
822
00:40:40,612 --> 00:40:41,961
You're right.
823
00:40:42,048 --> 00:40:43,963
I don't know what
I was thinking.
824
00:40:44,050 --> 00:40:45,747
Go to Mitchell Field.
825
00:40:45,834 --> 00:40:48,097
Tell Stockton in person
what happened to Edna.
826
00:40:48,184 --> 00:40:50,273
General Stockton, ma'am?
827
00:40:50,360 --> 00:40:53,842
Don't ever let it be said
I don't look out for my girls.
828
00:40:53,929 --> 00:40:55,322
Thank you, ma'am.
829
00:40:56,105 --> 00:40:58,020
Vivian.
830
00:40:58,107 --> 00:40:59,674
Gonna need
your Santiago Blues.
831
00:40:59,761 --> 00:41:01,415
Yes, ma'am.
832
00:41:02,242 --> 00:41:03,635
Happy landings.
833
00:41:04,940 --> 00:41:06,159
Always.
834
00:41:27,441 --> 00:41:31,010
♪ I'll walk alone ♪
835
00:41:31,097 --> 00:41:34,317
♪ Because to tell you
the truth ♪
836
00:41:34,404 --> 00:41:37,233
♪ I'll be lonely ♪
837
00:41:38,626 --> 00:41:44,545
♪ I don't mind being lonely ♪
838
00:41:44,632 --> 00:41:51,073
♪ When my heart tells me
you are lonely too ♪
839
00:41:52,161 --> 00:41:54,903
♪ I'll walk alone ♪
840
00:41:54,990 --> 00:41:57,079
♪ They'll ask me why ♪
841
00:41:57,166 --> 00:42:01,214
♪ And I'll tell them
I'd rather ♪
842
00:42:02,607 --> 00:42:04,304
♪ There are dreams ♪
843
00:42:04,391 --> 00:42:08,482
♪ I must gather ♪
844
00:42:08,569 --> 00:42:13,443
♪ Dreams we fashioned
the night ♪
845
00:42:13,531 --> 00:42:16,534
♪ If you call I'll hear you ♪
846
00:42:16,621 --> 00:42:19,362
♪ No matter how far ♪
847
00:42:19,449 --> 00:42:22,452
♪ Just close your eyes ♪
848
00:42:22,540 --> 00:42:25,412
♪ And I'll be there ♪
849
00:42:25,499 --> 00:42:28,110
♪ Please walk alone ♪
850
00:42:28,197 --> 00:42:31,897
♪ And send your love
and your kisses ♪
851
00:42:31,984 --> 00:42:35,814
♪ To guide me ♪
852
00:42:35,901 --> 00:42:41,776
♪ Till you're walking
beside me ♪
853
00:42:41,863 --> 00:42:45,911
♪ I'll walk alone ♪
854
00:43:12,154 --> 00:43:17,986
♪ Till you're walking
beside me ♪
855
00:43:18,073 --> 00:43:23,688
♪ I'll walk alone ♪
856
00:43:25,864 --> 00:43:32,610
♪ I'll walk alone ♪
857
00:43:36,788 --> 00:43:39,181
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858
00:43:40,443 --> 00:43:41,662
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