[to the volunteers] All right! [shaking his rear end] Let's do-o-o-o-o-o-o it! The first thing to remember is: always treat your kite [whacks the diagram with the pointer] like you treat your woman! [whips the air, hard]
Ho-How do you mean, sir? You mean, um...you mean, take her home over the weekend to meet your mother?
No, I mean get inside her five times a day and take her to heaven and back!
I'm beginning to see why the Suffragette Movement want the vote.
Hey, any bird who wants to chain herself to my railings and suffer a jet movement gets my vote! Right, well, I'll see you in ten minutes for takeoff!
Hang on! Hang on! What about the months of training?!
Hey, Wet Pants, this isn't the Women's Auxiliary Balloon Corps! You're in the Twenty Minuters now!
Excuse me, sir?
Yes! Prat at the back!
Um, I think we'd all like to know why you're called the Twenty Minuters.
Oh, Mister Thicko. Imagine not knowing that.
Well, it's simple - the average life expectancy for a new pilot is twenty minutes!
[pleased] Ah.
[looks pointedly at George] Life expectancy of twenty minutes?
That's right! Goggles on, chocks away, last one back's a homo! HOORAY!
[The remaining volunteers cheer and follow Flashheart out the door, leaving Blackadder, George and Darling behind]
So, we take off in ten minutes, we're in the air for twenty minutes, [looks at his wristwatch] which means we should be dead by twenty-five to ten.
Hairy blighters, sir, this is a bit of a turnup for the plus fours.
I wouldn't worry too much, Blackadder. Flying's all about navigation. [walks over to the main door] As long as you've got a good navigator, I'm sure you'll be fine. [opens the door to reveal Baldrick wearing an aviator's helmet and goggles]
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