“But that won’t seem like an aerial battle.”
“The director says they can cut the film in the laboratory so it will look all right. Of course he’d like to have both the bandit and the army ships up at the same time, but he’s short a pilot and the scene must be filmed this morning. Hiring these big tri-motors is cutting heavily into his expense budget.”
“Why not let me fly one of the ships?” suggested Jane. “If you were in the other one, I know I’d get along all right.”
Charlie looked at her sharply.
“Golly, Jane, I never thought of that. Say, my ship is the one that’s been painted up as the bandit plane. You could fly that with your eyes shut and I could take the army plane.”
“I know we could do it,” said Jane.
“Then here goes. We’re on our way to see the director right now.”
Down in Flames