- Colonel Paul Tibbets: Improperly commandeered an airplane...
- Captain Bob Lewis: I was on official business.
- Colonel Paul Tibbets: Lost in the middle of a snowstorm...
- Captain Bob Lewis: Do you expect me to control the weather?
- Colonel Paul Tibbets: Didn't occur to you to use instruments...
- Captain Bob Lewis: My compass was out, SIR.
- Colonel Paul Tibbets: Set down in the middle of a corn field...
- Captain Bob Lewis: It was on the approach to the airport.
- Colonel Paul Tibbets: So why didn't you use the airport?
- Captain Bob Lewis: Because I was out of gas! It was one gorgeous piece of flying.
- Colonel Paul Tibbets: People are going to say that I was lenient on you because of our friendship. Don't even start to believe it.
- Captain Bob Lewis: Oh, c'mon, Paul...
- Colonel Paul Tibbets: You're dismissed.
- General Groves: The man next to him is the one you'll be working with most closely, his name is Bud Uanna and he's as good as they come.