Air Force (1943)

Charles Drake: Lieut. Manchester - 'Mary Ann' Navigator

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• Assistant Crew Chief Weinberg : [looking at map]  Is this here Wake Island?

  Navigator Monk Hauser : Yeah.

  Assistant Crew Chief Weinberg : How far is it?

  Navigator Monk Hauser : Oh, it's about 2300 miles from Honolulu.

  Assistant Crew Chief Weinberg : [whistles]  And we're gonna land on that dot?

  Navigator Monk Hauser : Yeah, it's not very big, is it?

  Assistant Crew Chief Weinberg : Like trying to find a buckshot in Central Park. Gee, I wish there were some traffic signs around.

  Navigator Monk Hauser : There are, but you can't see them.

  Assistant Crew Chief Weinberg : I mean like numbers and streets.

  Navigator Monk Hauser : Yeah, but they call them latitudes and longitudes.

  Assistant Crew Chief Weinberg : Oh, and they're just like signs, hunh?

  Navigator Monk Hauser : Yeah, if the wind doesn't change them.