Skyward

Skyward

100 mins | Drama, Family, TV Movie | Nov. 20, 1980

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.

Skyward

100 mins | Drama, Family, TV Movie | Nov. 20, 1980

Skyward
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.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers Major H Productions, Anson Productions
Original title Skyward
Directors Candis Waters, Daniel Attias, Thomas Herod Jr., John A. Kuri, Craig Huston, Ron Howard
Writers Nancy Sackett, Anson Williams

Cast

Bette Davis

as Billie Dupree

Howard Hesseman

as Koup Trenton

Suzy Barbieri

as Julie Ward

Marion Ross

as Natalie Ward

Clu Gulager

as Steve Ward

Ben Marley

as Scott Billings

Lisa Whelchel

as Lisa Ward

Irma P. Hall

as Mrs. Sinclair

Mark Wheeler

as Mr. Olsen

Jessie Lee Fulton

as Secretary

Bill Thurman

as Pilot #1

Rance Howard

as Pilot #2

Rhonda Minton

as Stephanie

Gene Pietragallo

as Jason

Greta Blackburn

as Miss Russell

Jeff Nicholson

as Theatre Usher

Kate Finlayson

as Nurse

Rusty McCaskey

as Boy in Class

Bill Blackwood

as Self