Skyward

Part of Skyward Collection

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

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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.

Creators

Ron Howard

director

Anson Williams

writer

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Nancy Sackett

writer

Cast

Bette Davis actor Howard Hesseman actor

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Suzy Barbieri actor Marion Ross actor Clu Gulager actor Ben Marley actor Lisa Whelchel actor Irma P. Hall actor Mark Wheeler actor

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Jessie Lee Fulton actor

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Bill Thurman actor

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Rance Howard actor

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Rhonda Minton actor

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Gene Pietragallo actor

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Greta Blackburn actor

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Jeff Nicholson actor

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Kate Finlayson actor

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Rusty McCaskey actor Bill Blackwood actor