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00:00 three airplanes, the Papa plane, the Mama plane,
00:04 and the Baby plane.
00:06 The Papa plane was a big, powerful male plane.
00:10 (plane engine roaring)
00:13 Mama plane was a middle-sized female plane.
00:17 And the Baby plane was a little boy plane named Pedro.
00:22 Uh, where is Pedro?
00:24 Oh, there he is.
00:26 Maybe someday he'll grow up to be a big plane
00:29 like his father, who carries the mail
00:31 between Chile and Argentina.
00:33 Like all fledglings, Pedro went to ground school
00:39 to learn the ABCs of flight.
00:41 He studied reading, skywriting, and arithmetic.
00:47 He was taught anatomy.
00:50 He also studied history, Pedro, and geography.
00:58 And in geography, he learned the mail route
01:00 between Santiago and Mendoza, over the mighty Andes,
01:04 past Aconcagua, highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere.
01:08 One day, the Papa plane was laid up
01:12 with a cold in his cylinder head.
01:14 So he couldn't fly the mail.
01:19 And the Mama plane couldn't stand the altitude
01:23 because she had high oil pressure.
01:25 So she couldn't fly the mail.
01:28 But the mail must go through.
01:29 I hope.
01:32 - Calling Pedro.
01:35 Ready for flight two to Mendoza.
01:37 - Now remember, Pedro, the Mama plane said,
01:41 stay out of downdraft and keep your muffler on tight.
01:44 - Uh, don't go there, Aconca, Aconca, Aconca!
01:49 - Flight two leaving for Mendoza.
01:57 (dramatic music)
02:00 - Don't wave, Pedro, let her go.
02:03 Give her the gun, boy.
02:07 Gun her, gun her!
02:09 Don't lose your flying speed.
02:11 Hold up, hold up, hold up, look out!
02:14 And so after a masterly takeoff,
02:21 Pedro started on his first assignment,
02:23 to pick up the mail at Mendoza.
02:25 (dramatic music)
02:28 Each and every trip through this pass
02:29 is an adventure in itself.
02:31 At this altitude, you never can tell what--
02:33 (Pedro gasps)
02:34 Downdraft!
02:35 Pulled out of that one all right.
02:40 Handles himself like a veteran.
02:41 His course carried him over the pass of Uspallaca,
02:46 where stands the statue of the Christ of the Andes,
02:49 marking the boundary between Chile and Argentina.
02:52 So far, so good.
02:54 Not a cylinder missing.
02:55 Pedro was flying on top of the world,
02:58 when suddenly, his first view of that towering monarch,
03:02 Aconcagua.
03:03 So this was the big bully they'd warned him about.
03:07 But he didn't scare Pedro, though.
03:11 No sirree.
03:12 Well, the worst is over.
03:20 And from now on, it's clear sailing to Mendoza.
03:23 Come in against the wind, Pedro.
03:26 There's your mail.
03:27 Easy now.
03:28 Atta boy.
03:30 He picked up his mail like a veteran.
03:32 Uh-oh, careful.
03:35 That cargo is precious.
03:37 Pedro was homeward bound and ahead of schedule.
03:40 I'll bet his mother and dad will be proud of him.
03:44 Just a natural born flyer.
03:50 Maybe I shouldn't have mentioned it.
03:52 Look out!
04:03 Hope he got that out of his system.
04:07 Now with good luck and a, uh-oh.
04:09 I was afraid of that.
04:14 Hey, Pedro!
04:15 Come back!
04:17 The little fellow had completely forgotten
04:19 his responsibilities.
04:20 Pedro!
04:21 And suddenly,
04:23 (speaking in foreign language)
04:27 It's rocky snow-filled crags
04:29 formed the base of a leering monster.
04:31 The oil froze in little Pedro's cylinders
04:35 and his motor knocked with fright.
04:36 All those warnings came back to him now.
04:40 The treacherous cross currents, the sudden storms.
04:43 (dramatic music)
04:47 (dramatic music)
04:50 (thunder rumbling)
04:53 (thunder rumbling)
04:57 (dramatic music)
05:00 (glass shattering)
05:18 (dramatic music)
05:21 - Climb above the storm, Pedro!
05:24 Nevermind the mail, let it go, let it go!
05:28 Forget the mail!
05:29 Climb, Pedro, climb!
05:31 Look out!
05:34 Climb, Pedro, climb!
05:39 Get above the storm!
05:42 I know you can make it!
05:43 (dramatic music)
05:47 (thunder rumbling)
05:50 Drop the mail!
05:54 You've got to save yourself!
05:55 More altitude!
05:58 25,000's all you need!
06:00 Up, up!
06:01 Gun your motor!
06:04 Now just a little more and you'll be in the clear!
06:07 Climb, Pedro, climb!
06:08 Good boy, good boy!
06:12 I knew you could make it!
06:14 You're all right now.
06:16 Just level off and head straight to home.
06:18 He's out of gas.
06:21 Pedro!
06:24 Pedro!
06:27 He's gone.
06:31 - Back at the home field,
06:35 Pedro's parents searched the skies in vain.
06:38 They knew that he couldn't have held out this long.
06:41 Their brave little son was gone.
06:44 Another martyr to the mail service.
06:46 Poor little fellow, his first flight.
06:49 It's too bad it had to end this way.
06:54 What is that?
06:56 I wonder if it...
06:58 No, it couldn't be.
07:00 Wait, it is!
07:03 It's Pedro!
07:04 Pedro, Petey boy, are you all right?
07:13 Well, don't ask me how he did it.
07:16 It wasn't exactly a three-point landing,
07:20 but he did fulfill his mission.
07:23 He brought the mail through.
07:25 The mail, that all-important cargo.
07:29 He's thought of it, you know.
07:31 Having a wonderful time, wish you were.
07:33 Well, it might have been important,
07:37 and he did bring in the mail.
07:41 And so the Papa plane, the Mama plane,
07:43 and little Pedro flew happily ever after.
07:46 Sailing eastward from Chile,
07:49 we crossed the Argentine campus.
07:51 Just millions of acres of rich grazing land,
07:56 stretching from the mountains to Buenos Aires,
07:58 the third largest city in the Western Hemisphere.