Sgt. Pilot Andy:
[Novice pilot Simon has made a very bad landing] You can teach...
Pilot Officer Archie: [joins in] ... *monkeys* to fly better than that!
--Edward Fox (as Pilot Officer Archie) in Battle of Britain
Pilot Officer Archie: [joins in] ... *monkeys* to fly better than that!
--Edward Fox (as Pilot Officer Archie) in Battle of Britain
[after berating Simon, a young pilot]
Squadron Leader Skipper: How many hours in Spits?
Simon: Ten and a half, sir.
Squadron Leader Skipper: Let's make it *eleven*, before *Jerry* has you for *breakfast!*
Pilot Officer Archie: Spring chicken to shitehawk in one easy lesson.
[at low volume, almost whispering, after Simon and Skipper leave the building for their aircraft]
Pilot Officer Archie: daka!-daka!-daka!-daka!-daka!-daka!-daka!-daka!
--Edward Fox (as Pilot Officer Archie) in Battle of Britain
Squadron Leader Skipper: How many hours in Spits?
Simon: Ten and a half, sir.
Squadron Leader Skipper: Let's make it *eleven*, before *Jerry* has you for *breakfast!*
Pilot Officer Archie: Spring chicken to shitehawk in one easy lesson.
[at low volume, almost whispering, after Simon and Skipper leave the building for their aircraft]
Pilot Officer Archie: daka!-daka!-daka!-daka!-daka!-daka!-daka!-daka!
--Edward Fox (as Pilot Officer Archie) in Battle of Britain
[British pilots in France are listening to a French officer talking about the German advance]
Pilot Officer Archie: For the benefit of the uneducated among us, I shall now translate.
--Edward Fox (as Pilot Officer Archie) in Battle of Britain
Pilot Officer Archie: For the benefit of the uneducated among us, I shall now translate.
--Edward Fox (as Pilot Officer Archie) in Battle of Britain