Skyward

Year: 1980

Runtime: 100 mins

Language: English

Director: Ron Howard

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A heartfelt drama follows Billie Dupree, a flight instructor at a small Texas airfield, who meets a teenage girl in a wheelchair captivated by gliders. Determined to fly, she receives specially adapted controls from Dupree. With Koup Trenton battling to restore an aging plane, the trio works together, ultimately getting both the girl and the vintage aircraft airborne.

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