From Bloomers to Combinations, Part 3

Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines Or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours and 11 Minutes.

After a harrowing twenty minute flight in which Orvil Newton discovers a broken strut on his flying craft, wing walks over to repair it, utilizes his belt to secure the strut while losing his britches (ending up in his long underwear), finally getting back to Patricia, he manages to take back the control. 

Hundreds of pilots and spectators watch the antics from the ground, including Patricia's fiancé, Richard Mays, who is none to happy to see the American cowboy without his trousers and who has placed his fiancé in danger. And, adding insult to injury, the bottom half of his union suit is clearly visible for everyone to see. How undignified!

But, the question remains, can Orvil safely land the flying machine and save the day and his girl?

Yes!  Whew, they make it to the ground! Orvil lands the craft and taxi's over to the hangers. There he climbs down off the contraption...

After Orvil assists Partricia to the ground and turns around, he is met with a very angry Lord Rawnsley as he wraps his jacket around his waist to cover his union suit. How dare him endanger the life of his daughter! And, never mind women should not be leaving the safety of the ground.

Richard, seething, is obligated to save Patricia's reputation. It just is not acceptable for a young woman to be up in a flying machine, especially with a man in his underwear! So, Richard hauls back and plunges his fist into Orvils' face!  Take that you scoundrel! 

Orvil stumbles back, dropping his jacket and his modesty:

Seeing Orvil pantless in the arms of firemen, Patricia is mortified at the behavior of her father and Richard: 

Will Orvil fight back?  Will the Race to Paris ever get underway? And, most important, who will win the hand of the Lord's daughter?

Watch those Magnificant Men on any number of streaming services to find out!

 Thanks to 20th Century Studios, the Cast and Crew!

 From Bloomers to Combinations, Part 2

Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines Or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours and 11 Minutes

The tables turn as Orvil Newton, the American Cowboy, loses his britches just as his new lady friend lost her skirt (see Part 1, posted September 12, 2023). Here's how it happened.

Having been formally introduced and due to her seeking an adventure in flying, heiress Patricia Rawnsley, daughter of Lord Rawnsley, accepts Orvil's offer to take her up in his flying machine for a bird's eyeview of the airstrip and England's surrounding countryside. Orvil, in fact, allows her to take the contol during that flight with his direction.

But as luck would have it, Orvil's craft breaks a wing strut, threatening to crash the couple soon after take off! To avoid becoming a casualty for just attempting to impress a beautiful woman, Orvil leaves control to his beauty...

...and wing-walks out to the broken strut, reaching it and holding tightly in place, while he unbuckled his belt for a make-shift solution.

No sooner had he done so, then his britches began to slide down. It was difficult to hold on to the strut, wrap his belt arount it, and at the same time hold on to his slipping britches. 

Those britches soon lost out to the more important duty of keeping the flying machine in the air, falling all the way down, revealing his grey union suit underwear!

Orvil's long underwear is evident just as Patricia's bloomers had been twice earlier. Continuing to firmly secure the strut, Orvil kicked off his britches which were threatening to trip him up... 

His union suit is in full display to the maiden he had been trying to impress as well as the entire world below! Just as the strut was secured with his belt, Orvil slips and nearly falls from his craft!

Having regained his balance, Orvil safeley makes his way back to Patricia and prepares, sans britches, to take back control for an attempt to land safely...

Will the couple make it safely back to the air strip without further incident?

Stay tuned to Part 3, Coming Soon!

From Bloomers to Combinations, Part 1

Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines Or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours and 11 Minutes

Anyone old enough to remember the 1965 comedy film from 20^th Century Studios about a 1910 English newspaper magnate, Lord Rawnsley, who offers a large financial prize for the first successful aviator who can fly over the English Channel? His offer attracts men, from all over the world in the early days of flight, to pit their flying skills against each other. Actually, it wasn't the lord's conception. He was convinced make the offer by being coerced by his daughter's fiancé. This lighthearted movie was co-written and directed by Ken Annakin with upbeat music by Ron Goodwin.

One such man who hears of the event was Orvil Newton, an adventurous American cowboy. In a love at first flight, I mean sight, Orvil upon his arrival at the air strip, spys the backside of a beautiful young thing on a bicycle. Looking back she is distracted and falls over.

Patricia Rawnsley, daughter of Lord Rawnsley, is in a fix. Who should come to her rescue, but Orvil, naturally. Being the gallant cowboy he is, he immediately offers her a hand up and attempts to disentangle her from the two wheel contraption. In the struggle to release her, he steps on the hem of her skirt. The skirt rips from the waist of the damsel leaving her standing there in her white but elegant bloomers!

Well, that was not an impressive first impression and she prepares to depart rather abruptly. Orvil happens to mention that he has taken girls flying which gets her attention. But being the proper English woman she is, Partricia informs him that she must be properly and formally introduced and bids him goodbye. She leaves him standing there wishing he could get to know this beauty more intimately.

Shortly thereafter, Orvil drops by the hanger next door to borrow a monkey wrench. The hanger just happens to be utilized by a young army officer, Richard Mays, the fiancé of the charming Patricia. He stores his aircraft there awaiting practice and the planned race across the channel, and as a place to tinker with his machine. As Orvil, starts to leave with the borrowed tool, he happens to notice the pretty maiden, greasing the axle of Richard's airplane. He has put her to work. 

Richard introduces Orvil to his bride to be, nice and properly. Both Orvil and Patricia accept the introduction as the formal, if inadvertent, one she requires.

As Orvil gives her a howdy-do, he meanders over to assist her in standing up for a handshake. As she rises, he again steps on the hem of her skirt ...

and, yes, down it goes to the ground revealing her even more attractive underwear. Oh, my goodness!  

"Must you do that everytime we meet?" Patricia asks the rather satisifed cowboy. 

To be continued when the rotors, er tables, are turned!

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