Island in the Sky

00:36:45,670 --> 00:36:48,537 How many times can you put out with what power we have left? 397 00:36:48,639 --> 00:36:52,575 Hard to say. Three or four short messages. Maybe less. It just depends. 398 00:36:52,877 --> 00:36:54,538 Give me that pad. 399 00:36:57,682 --> 00:37:01,709 I'll tell you what. We'll try this right now. 400 00:37:03,020 --> 00:37:06,046 You send that message three times and no more. 401 00:37:07,425 --> 00:37:08,858 Should I send it right now? 402 00:37:09,093 --> 00:37:12,085 Send it loud and clear, boy. They've got to hear it. 403 00:37:28,813 --> 00:37:31,714 Now we only know... 404 00:37:31,816 --> 00:37:34,876 that from about 2300 hours... 405 00:37:34,986 --> 00:37:38,513 Dooley, from a position on the St. Lawrence River... 406 00:37:38,623 --> 00:37:40,853 proceeded on a northwest course. 407 00:37:41,225 --> 00:37:44,490 We don't even know that for certain, as some event a few moments later... 408 00:37:44,595 --> 00:37:46,859 may have caused Dooley to change his course. 409 00:37:49,800 --> 00:37:52,701 If I might suggest, sir, the fact that Dooley is a civilian... 410 00:37:52,803 --> 00:37:54,327 might allow us to presuppose... 411 00:37:54,438 --> 00:37:58,033 Look, if Dooley said he was going to fly northwest, he'd do it. 412 00:37:59,277 --> 00:38:00,505 But we don't know that, Mac. 413 00:38:00,611 --> 00:38:04,012 We've got to go on what we know before we can authorize a proper search. 414 00:38:04,115 --> 00:38:08,176 Now, we do know that Montreal got a bearing on Dooley around midnight. 415 00:38:08,619 --> 00:38:10,746 Unfortunately, it was only third class. 416 00:38:11,155 --> 00:38:12,986 But it did indicate that at that time... 417 00:38:13,090 --> 00:38:15,752 he was somewhere in the vicinity of Lake Manawan. 418 00:38:16,394 --> 00:38:17,725 Just here. 419 00:38:18,162 --> 00:38:22,428 You can see that from there on north, the map is very sketchy. 420 00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:25,234 Most of it is marked "unexplored." 421 00:38:25,736 --> 00:38:27,294 Is that the latest map? 422 00:38:27,405 --> 00:38:29,066 I'm told that it is. Right, Lieutenant? 423 00:38:29,173 --> 00:38:32,665 Yes, sir. I've filed an urgent -9W605 requisition... 424 00:38:32,777 --> 00:38:35,109 to Washington for any additional data. 425 00:38:35,246 --> 00:38:37,806 In quintuplicate, I suppose? 426 00:38:38,916 --> 00:38:42,545 According to fuel figures received from Greenland on Dooley's departure... 427 00:38:42,653 --> 00:38:46,316 he should have had four or five hours' gas when he was over this area. 428 00:38:46,624 --> 00:38:49,457 If he went on to the end of his supply... 429 00:38:49,727 --> 00:38:53,128 that means he would be down approximately... 430 00:38:53,230 --> 00:38:55,790 400 to 600 miles north of Lake Manawan. 431 00:38:59,870 --> 00:39:01,337 Whatever the case... 432 00:39:01,439 --> 00:39:05,466 you can easily see that if Dooley went on to the end of his fuel... 433 00:39:09,280 --> 00:39:11,874 he is in a very unfortunate position. 434 00:39:12,817 --> 00:39:14,876 When do we start looking for him, Colonel? 435 00:39:14,985 --> 00:39:16,247 As soon as the others get here. 436 00:39:16,354 --> 00:39:19,585 Stutz, Moon, J.H. Handy, and Stannish will be here tonight. 437 00:39:20,658 --> 00:39:24,094 Why wait for them? Dooley is freezing. 438 00:39:24,528 --> 00:39:26,630 To prevent any dissipation of effort. 439 00:39:27,031 --> 00:39:28,658 I didn't ask you. 440 00:39:29,767 --> 00:39:33,362 I think it would be unwise to use anyone but experienced weather pilots. 441 00:39:34,839 --> 00:39:37,137 We do have ships to spare at the moment. 442 00:39:37,241 --> 00:39:39,869 We might start a relay system when the others get here. 443 00:39:40,411 --> 00:39:42,402 We still have a lot of gear to round up. 444 00:39:42,513 --> 00:39:44,242 If I might suggest, sir... 445 00:39:44,382 --> 00:39:47,715 since no directive of any kind has been received from Washington... 446 00:39:47,818 --> 00:39:51,481 possibly, it would be better for a... 447 00:39:55,593 --> 00:39:57,527 If we proceed through channels. 448 00:39:59,497 --> 00:40:02,728 Can we count on taking off in four hours, Colonel? 449 00:40:04,301 --> 00:40:05,359 No. 450 00:40:07,705 --> 00:40:10,640 Be back here, ready to go, in two hours! 451 00:40:43,941 --> 00:40:45,169 Mark. 452 00:40:49,580 --> 00:40:52,708 I don't understand it. It just doesn't make sense. 453 00:40:55,820 --> 00:40:58,516 It's colder in this ship than it is outside. 454 00:41:02,326 --> 00:41:05,625 According to that there, we ought to be having hot coffee... 455 00:41:05,729 --> 00:41:08,527 in Bangor, Maine, Paris or Vladivostok. 456 00:41:08,666 --> 00:41:10,634 They're all on the same latitude. 457 00:41:11,469 --> 00:41:13,437 I always ge