meal.
After tomorrow,
he won't have much of an appetite.
- I told you to get some sleep.
- I'm just relaxing a bit.
Watching a little TV.
I don't need much sleep for this.
- How do you know, what you need?
- I just meant, I'm ready.
You're ready, aren't you?
You just think it's going to be so easy.
No, I'm just ready for it.
You're not ready for shit, boy!
Here.
Open it!
Go ahead, open it!
- Who are they?
- Kids who thought they were ready, too.
- Pilots?
- All of them.
- They look about 22 or 23.
- That's right.
What are you so worried about?
What makes them different from me?
Because they're dead! All of them!
I lay awake at night... thinking
about how fast and brutal they died.
Parts of them falling on the land,
parts of them falling in the sea.
Some parts of them
burning into nothing in the air.
All of them thought they were ready.
Afterwards, I promised myself I would
never be a part of killing kids again.
That's why it took so long to help you.
Now... I've got us both
trapped into something that...
That could kill us?
I know that, Chappy.
And those kids?
I don't know what you think,
but they knew it, too.
Maybe they weren't ready for it,
but who is ever ready for it?
You didn't get me into this.
I went to you, remember?
I know what we're risking, and I'm
proud to be able to fly with you.
Maybe I'm not all that ready,
but I'm damn proud.
Enough of this nonsense.
Where's the tape recorder?
In my bag next to the sink.
- Wait a minute. Where are you going?
- I wanted to see what you were doing.
Go see what my pillow is doing.
I want you asleep in five minutes.
Wait a minute. I almost forgot.
It's my first pair.
I'll loan them to you.
- I'll bring them back.
- You better. Now you get to bed.
Yes, sir. Colonel, sir.
It sure is strange making you this tape.
I just got finished talking to you.
You had that look on your face.
Like the first time you asked me
to help you get your father.
I never told you, how I felt about you.
I always had a problem
talking about my feelings.
You have more courage
than anybody I ever met, -
- and you will need every bit of it
to get through this.
I want you to know,
I'm proud to have been by your side.
And whatever happens,
just remember you tried.
And no one can take that away from us.
Okay for take-off.
Okay for take-off.
Switch to frequency 8.
I switched frequencies.
- That fancy flying eats up your fuel.
- Just getting used to the throttle.
It's a little touchy.
If I was in there with you,
I'd show you touchy!
Keep off other channels unless
you communicate with checkpoints.
They can monitor everything
except this frequency.
Climb up to 35,000 feet
and relax until we hit the first refuel.
Get your air speed perfect.
Come in real steady.
Congratulations.
Couldn't have done it better myself.
Do they pump it for you,
or is this self-service?
Smart ass kids!
- Are you sleeping?
- Everything okay?
Yeah, everything's fine.
I just felt all alone all of a sudden.
Try not to think about it.
Think about how alone
your dad must feel over there.
Do you think he knows
how much I love him?
Sometimes he'd be really tough with me
just like you are.
I know it's only for my own good,
but I never told him I understood.
He knows... believe me.
He's trying to make a man out of you.
Is that why you treat me the same way?
To make a man out of me?
Your dad already took care of that.
I'm just trying to get us out alive.
Chap, what if I screw up?
What if everything goes wrong?
Then I'll get real mad!
Have you ever seen me really mad?
- No, and I wouldn't want to either.
- Then don't screw up!
Just think about the plan. Go over it in
your head until you have it automatic.
I'm showing a seven minute delay.
We have to make up some time.
We'll break our flight plan
in five minutes.
It'll heat up from here on out!
How do you feel?
My stomach is a little tight.
Must be the cereal I ate this