TIMES ARE TOUGH.......EVERYWHERE SOUTH OF TENNESSEE IS DRIED UP.......IT'S RISKY, BUT I NEED TO HEAD INTO UNCHARTED TERRITORY NORTH........I WAS BORN TO FLY.......I'LL MAKE THIS WORK...I HAVE TO

THE SMOKEY MOUNTAINS, 1931......I hope Silas is gettin' some leads on some business up ahead...got about two more hours left in ole Betsy here........Hope He's a Friendly?!.....Nope...Guess Not.....Come on Baby, Hang in There!

Lovell Field, Chattanooga, TN......'Sbout time......Yer Late......Had a bit of a problem coming in........What'd you do to Betsy?........Nothing...I think. Came across another flyer up there, tried to fly me out of the sky!!!

Saw a couple of pilots in the area since I've been here. That's one of the risks we worried about, right?........Yep. Look, Ya got any money on ya? I'm starving' and a bit dry..........Here ya go. Don't spend it all in one place. Take the truck...I'll check on Betsy...........Maxwell Field, Montgomery, AL........Waldo, Waldo Wright...........What can I do fer ya?...........Er, um, well, yeah, Betsy lost her tail pipe a ways back and was need'in to get it replaced.........Betsy?............Uh, yeah, my plane. Come one, let's check her out..........Hey, I never caught yer name...........Name's Silas.

BLIND PIG SPEAK EASY.........Circus act up there really shook me up.....Need a drink......"Can I have one of those?".........."Huh?"

SMACK......................LISTEN HERE BLUE NOSE. YOU MUST BE PRETTY BALLED UP TA THINK YOU CAN CROWD MY SKY WITHOUT ME HAV'N A BEEF??!!.......FLY SOMEPLACE ELSE TO FIND SOME SCRATCH, RUBE. OR WORSE IS COM'N YER WAY!

SKIES ER OPEN PAL....JUST TRY'IN TO MAKE A BUCK.............DON'T CARE. THE BUCKS UP THERE IN THE SKY ARE ALL MINE. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED........NEXT TIME, YER NOT GONNA BE AS LUCKY!........OH, SO SORRY NEWT. DIDN'T EVEN SEE YA.....UGH......THIS IS NONE OF YER BUSINESS, REEVES. STAY OUTTA MY WAY OR YA MAY GET THE SAME AS THAT BIMBO.....COME ON NOW, NEWT. YA KNOW I CAN'T OBLIGE YA ON THAT REQUEST......HEY BUDDY...I'M MOE, MOE REEVES. NEED A HAND?

NOT FROM AROUND HERE, I TAKE IT?.....THAT OBVIOUS, UGH?.....WELL, MOST PEOPLE KNO WOT STAY AWAY FROM NEWT THERE. HE'S BEEN PRETTY CLEAR ABOUT STAKING HIS CLAIM UP THERE........ARE PEOPLE BUYING IT?.....HE'S DONE A NICE JOB OF SCARING MOST PEOPLE. NOT ME, BUT MOST......ARE YOU A PILOT?.....SURE AM.....HOW'RE PEOPLE SUPPOSED TO MAKE MONEY WITH GUYS LIKE THAT UP THERE?......GIVE ME A RIDE BACK TO THE AIRFIELD AND I'LL PITCH YOU AND IDEA.....OK, WHATCHA THINKIN'?.....WHAT DO YA SAY WE PARTNER UP WHILE WE'RE HERE?....REALLY?

I'M GROUNDED RIGHT NOW. CAN'T PROVE IT BUT I'M PRETTY SURE "OUR BUDDY" NEWT HAD A HAND IN IT.........LOOK, WE'RE BOTH FLYING TO MAKE A LIVING. I CAN'T DO THAT ON THE GROUND...LET'S POOL OUR RESOURCES AND HELP EACH OTHER OUT.........WE USE YOUR PLANE AND TAKE TURNS, FLYING, BARKING FOR RIDES AND TAKING BREAKS UNTIL MY PLANE IS BACK IN THE AIR......I'VE GOT A MECHANIC WHO CAN LOOK OVER YOUR PLANE...SEE WHAT HE CAN DO......THIS IS GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME......HERE'S THE DEAL. MY MECHANIC FIXES YOUR PLANE, WE BECOME PART OWNERS OF YOUR PLANE...WHATCHYA THINK?.........UNITL I PAY OFF THE REPAIRS?.....YUP......OKAY, PASS IT BY YER GUY AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE.