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Skyward

A touching drama of a handicapped teenager and her quest for the freedom of the skies.

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7.1
The Film

Skyward

A touching drama of a handicapped teenager and her quest for the freedom of the skies.

The Story

Billie Dupree is a flight instructor at an old Texas airport. When a young girl in a wheelchair finds the airport by watching gliders fly, she decides she wants to learn how to fly. Dupree teaches her to fly with some special controls compensating for her handicap. Koup Trenton runs an aircraft repair service and is trying desperately to get an old airplane back in the air. The three, together, put the young girl and the old plane up in the air.

Runtime

100 min

Released Nov 1980
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