- Dr. Baird: Our survival hinges on one thing - finding someone who not only can fly this plane, but didn't have fish for dinner.
- [last lines]
- Treleaven: Ted, that was probably the lousiest landing in the history of this airport. But there are some of us here, particularly me, who would like to buy you a drink and shake your hand. We're coming over.
- Capt. Bill Wilson, Pilot: Come on, move up here, you can see better.
- [takes out a toy DC-4]
- Capt. Bill Wilson, Pilot: Joey, here's something we give our special visitors. Would you like to have it?
- Joey Stryker: Thank you! Thanks a lot?
- Capt. Bill Wilson, Pilot: You ever been in a cockpit before?
- Joey Stryker: No, sir! I've never been up in a plane before!
- Ellen Stryker: Ted, what are you doing? You can't fly this plane!
- Lt. Ted Stryker: That's what I've been trying to tell these people, Ellen. But they seem to have other ideas.
- Lt. Ted Stryker: [enters the cockpit] Oh doctor, the stewardess said...
- [Stryker sees the pilot and co-pilot seats empty and the plane on automatic pilot]
- Lt. Ted Stryker: BOTH pilots?
- Dr. Baird: Can you fly this airplane and land it?
- Lt. Ted Stryker: Not a chance!
