00:00Everyone likes the daydream.
00:19You just drop everything and sit back and dream.
00:26But you shouldn't do it just any old time, like Ensign Fred Bibble once did.
00:34He was coming in for a landing.
00:37Instead of going over his check-off list, he just sat back and dreamed about the future,
00:44which happened to be a dinner party he was invited to that evening.
00:49Tower to Fox 7, your wheels are up.
01:04Fox 7, your wheels are not down.
01:08Main and final approach, your wheels are up.
01:13Wheels! Wheels! Wheels!
01:18Wheels! Wheels! Wheels!
01:36Have there been many airplane accidents out there lately?
01:40Not a one in some time.
01:42Oh, and there's a fly out there.
01:44Now, now, now, no shots.
01:47Yes, well, I must say these chicken croquettes are simply delightful.
01:53I've never... Oh, Mr. Gibbons, you fly.
01:59What do you consider the most difficult maneuver?
02:04Well, ma'am, I'd say it was the landing accident.
02:07What's that?
02:08That is the landing.
02:10You see, the truth of the matter is,
02:12most landing accidents can be traced to a sort of pilot fatigue.
02:17After a tiring flight, for instance, the boys occasionally dope off.
02:21Oh, that's a flyer's term.
02:24Now, in my case, I always remain alert for the entire landing maneuver.
02:29First, I go over my check-off list, check every item,
02:33and then I stay on my toes from the beginning of the approach
02:37until the plane is chocked and the engine is cut.
02:41I always say, make every landing your first landing.
02:46Now, take the approach. I claim...
02:48Ahem, Mr. Dibble.
02:51Yes, sir.
02:52The, ahem, gravy, please.
02:55Oh, certainly, sir. It's a pleasure.
02:57You've got to concentrate on a good approach to avoid landing difficulties.
03:02Concentrate on a good approach.
03:04Concentrate on a good approach.
03:08And maintain a proper interval behind the plane ahead.
03:12And then keep a sharp eye in all directions.
03:15Some of the boys look out of one side only.
03:18They often fail to see another plane,
03:20or they fail to spot a hazard,
03:22or to line up properly with a runway.
03:27Now, personally, I always look out both sides.
03:32And if I hit a bad slipstream,
03:35I play it safe and go around again.
03:40Some guys I know are too timid.
03:44Afraid of what other flyers will think if they take another approach.
03:51He who hesitates is lost, you know.
03:54But not me.
03:55I say, pour on the coal.
03:59They'll respect your judgment.
04:02And since you shouldn't rely on your memory,
04:05go over that checkoff list again.
04:07Whoops.
04:08Of course, every flyer should keep an eye on that little old airspeed.
04:14Because the most dangerous landing accidents are the result of spins in the approach.
04:19Any increase in turn and bank increases your stalling speed.
04:29You can't stay in the air without flying speed, you know.
04:33Yes, sir.
04:35I always feel these technicalities are of interest to laymen
04:39because, well, so many people think that landing is easy.
04:43You see, those of us who know flying never, never make those...
04:47What?
04:48Another landing accident?
04:50When?
04:52Obvious mistakes.
04:55Obvious mistakes.
04:57This afternoon, eh?
04:58Are the result of...
04:59Wheels up, eh?
05:03Confound it, what's the matter out there?
05:05Doping off, I...
05:06Doped off, eh?
05:07I would like to hear some other opinions on...
05:10What was the pilot's name?
05:14Pilot's name?
05:15Have you read Dibble's or Hackworthy's new book, Escape Forever?
05:20Very fine chapter on juvenile delinquency.
05:22Excuse me.
05:23Speak up.
05:24Oh, Dibble.
05:25Dibble!
05:28Yes, I know him rather well.
05:53You
