- [first lines]
- [a biplane roars into the frame. Fade to the front page of the fictional New York Recorder: "ACE BOREMAN DUE SOON, CIRCLING THE WORLD WITHIN EIGHTY HOURS; FLYER NEARS NEW YORK; RECORD WELL IN HAND; SHIP STILL GOES WELL; Ace Boreman's world-circling airplane, Polly, passed over the liner Normandie at 8:00 o'clock..." Closeup on Ace and Stuffy in the cockpit, cut to a view of the southern tip of Manhattan, and back to the cockpit]
- Ace Boreman: There she is!
- 'Stuffy' McInnes: [blankly] What "she" are you talkin' about? Don't tell me you see a dame this high up.
- Ace Boreman: [laughing] I'm talking about New York.
- 'Stuffy' McInnes: [deadpan] Oh. Well, don't put skirts on it.
- Ace Boreman: I guess there'll only be one girl in your life, eh Stuffy?
- 'Stuffy' McInnes: [puzzled] Yeah? Who's that?
- Ace Boreman: This one: Polly.
- 'Stuffy' McInnes: Polly's different. She can't talk back.
- [Polly rolls out of view as the scene fades to a ticker tape parade. Ace and Stuffy are in the back seat of an open touring car, waving at the throng, and covered with streamers and confetti]
- Ace Boreman: I bet you never got this many cheers when you were a fighter, eh Stuffy?
- 'Stuffy' McInnes: Nah, all I ever heard was the referee countin'
- Ace Boreman: And half the time you couldn't hear that.
- Ace Boreman: [Stuffy gives him a dirty look] Wave to the free people, Stuffy.
- 'Stuffy' McInnes: ...I thought you was on the level
- [with Janet]
- 'Stuffy' McInnes: .
- Ace Boreman: On the level? Oh, you know me better than that, Stuffy. You know my motto: Feed 'em, fly 'em, and forget 'em.
- [Ace doesn't realize that Janet has overheard this exchange]
- Ace Boreman: [Janet flies Ace to her country cottage]
- Ace Boreman: [as they enter the front gate] Nice place here.
- Janet Steele: Think so?
- Ace Boreman: Yeah, but I'm getting a little jealous.
- Janet Steele: Why jealous?
- Ace Boreman: I thought we were gonna be alone, and I find a flock of chickens to keep us company. Tell me, whaddya do with 'em, sweet?
- Janet Steele: I've got a system all my own.
- Ace Boreman: Oh, you have, huh?
- Janet Steele: Mmm, hmm. I feed 'em, fry 'em, and forget 'em!
- [last lines]
- Denny Corson: ...I hope you're not mad at me.
- Janet Steele: Mad at you? I could kiss you!
- [starts toward him]
- Denny Corson: You're going the wrong way.
- [he turns her toward Ace. Janet and Ace kiss]
- Janet Steele: Kit Campbell!
- Kit Campbell: Janet!
- [they shake hands]
- Janet Steele: How are you?
- Kit Campbell: Never better, honey. Why, I haven't seen you in years. You haven't been doing much flying...
- Janet Steele: Not much.
- Kit Campbell: Say, how's Bill since he cracked up?
- Janet Steele: He's getting along *fine*. How's your husband?
- Kit Campbell: Eddie?
- Janet Steele: Unh-unh.
- Kit Campbell: Frank?
- Janet Steele: Unh-unh.
- Kit Campbell: Oh, you mean *Tom*. Oh, I divorced him three years ago.