Thunderbirds (TV Series)

Operation Crash-Dive (1965)

David Graham: Gordon Tracy, Brains, Captain Hanson, Patterson, Fireflash Pilot, Fireflash 3 Pilot, Irish Farmer

Quotes 

• Virgil Tracy : If they crash-landed on the sea, we'd have picked up a distress call on their radio, unless...

  Brains : ...unless they were trapped in the cabin, and if the hydraulic system jammed the automatic escape hatches would not operate.

  Gordon Tracy : Do you realize what this means?

  Brains : I do, Gordon. They could still be alive, trapped in the flight deck at the bottom of the sea.

• [the Tracy family are watching a report on their successful rescue of Fireflash] 

  Newsreader : Thanks to the International Rescue organization, the Fireflash run from London to San Francisco is to be resumed next week. Police authorities in London have completed their investigations into the sabotaging of the aircraft, and state that the efforts of International Rescue have led to the unmasking of the international gang Benton Aircraft Espionage. Particular stress was laid on the...

  [the television cuts off suddenly] 

  Scott Tracy : [annoyed]  Oh, for Pete's sake!

  Virgil Tracy : Just at the most interesting part!

  Grandma Tracy : [walking into the lounge]  Oh, dear, I *am* sorry! Tin-Tin and I were just putting the apple pies in the oven, and the darn fuse blew!

  Virgil Tracy : Oh, I'm sure Gordon will soon fix that, Grandma.

  Scott Tracy : Yeah, you remember what you said after the Fireflash episode, Gordon? "Just like fixing a fuse," you said.

  Gordon Tracy : [muttering]  Here I go again!

  [Gordon walks out of the lounge as everyone else laughs] 

• Scott Tracy : Well, Captain, it's swell of you to help us out like this.

  Captain Hanson : Listen, Tracy. If anyone should be grateful, it's me. When Fireflash was in trouble on its maiden flight, you saved my life. It's a real privilege to be able to pay you guys back this way.