Rafe grins and guns his plane low, in the opposite direction he was moving before. Danny reacts almost instantly... leapfrogging in the opposite direction, scaring the piss out of everybody else.
TRAINING CAPTAIN That's it, get into a wedge!
The squadron responds, forming up into a tight V, Rafe and Danny just behind and on either side of the center.
RAFE:
Didn't you say test the limits?
你不是说要测试极限吗?
DANNY:
Hey, you wanna test my limits, you better line up a couple dozen women on the GROUND...cause I got NO limits in the air!
Rafe grins, loving the challenge. Then he and Danny do the leapfrogging maneuver laterally, swapping sides in the V.
TRAINING CAPTAIN Everybody down!
EXT. NEW JERSEY AIRFIELD - DAY The planes land in tight order and taxi off the runway; shut down their props, slide back the canopies and hop down. We see young pilots we'll get to know: ANTHONY, BILLY, RED.
TRAINING CAPTAIN Where are McCawley and Walker?
EXT. RAFE AND DANNY - STILL IN THE AIR - DAY They've circled to opposite ends of the airfield and are now heading right at each other, like two bullets playing chicken.
TRAINING CAPTAIN Aw sh*t... INT. THE COCKPITS From Rafe and Danny's POV, the rush is awesome.
THE PILOTS ON THE GROUND watch in awe as the P-40's get so close they can't possibly get out of each other's way.
Billy, the most boyish-faced of the pilots, yells to drown out the sound of the collision... At the last instant, both planes snap a quarter turn so that their wings are vertical, and they shoot past each other belly to belly.
IN THE COCKPITS:
Rafe and Danny burst out laughing.
THE PILOTS ON THE GROUND laugh and congratulate each other.
TRAINING CAPTAIN You know what they say... You can take the crop duster out of the country -- but don't put him in a P-40.
Rafe banks to land, and Danny tucks in behind him. Danny has Rafe's plane in his sights.
DANNY:
If I had guns I'd be chewing up your -- Rafe feints left, banks right, and appears behind Danny.
RAFE:
If you had guns, you'd be pissin' on 'em.
They're almost to the landing strip, Rafe behind Danny. But as Danny's wheels are about to touch, he guns his engine and snaps the nose of his plane straight up.
THE OTHER PILOTS stop laughing.
ANTHONY:
He's doing an inside loop!
TRAINING CAPTAIN Aw, sh*t... Danny pulls it off, just barely making a full circle to come in behind Rafe and bounce to a stop on the runway.