Dvojnásobná držitelka Oscara Hilary Swanková předvádí nezapomenutelný výkon v roli Amelie Earhartové, legendární americké pilotky, která se nesmazatelně zapsala do historie létání. Biografické historické drama zachycuje Ameliinu touhu vzlétnout k oblakům od prvního okamžiku, kdy ji jako mladá dívka pocítila při pohledu na letadlo nad rodnými kansaskými pláněmi. Ve 30. letech 20. století, kdy ženy podle všeobecného mínění patřily za plotnu, se Amelie stala první ženou, které se podařilo přeletět Atlantik a tento skvělý úspěch jí katapultoval mezi národní c…

Charles Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his 1927 New York to Paris flight the first solo trans-Atlantic crossing.

Jim Gordon (John Wayne) je velitel jednotky zvané Flying Tigers. Tato skupina se skládá z dobrovolných pilotů, kteří bojovali proti Japoncům. Hednotka je hnána do boje proti velké přesile a navíc musí Jim řešit spory mezi jednotlivými členy letky. Nejvíce problémů má s Woody Jasonem (John Carroll), který chce bojovat za každou cenu a klidně by letěl proti všem sám a také, a to je možná pro Jima horší, chce přebrat jeho přítelkyni.

Biografie multimilionáře Howarda Hughese, který se v poslední fázi života stáhl z veřejného života a vůbec neopouštěl svůj luxusní appartement. Tajuplný život bázlivého muže šířil fámy a legendy, jejichž pravdivost je dodnes sporná.

Aviator Marie Vallières de Beaumont goes on a journey to find her lover Bill Lancaster after his plane disappears in the Sahara. After her plane is forced down in the Ténéré she meets Lieutenant Antoine Chauvet of the French Camel Corps who joins in the hunt for Lancaster. As the two endure hardships in the desert, they begin to develop feelings for each other.

Film o letkyni, jejíž poslední dobrodružství se stalo největší záhadou v historii letectví. Amelia si vybudovala svou reputaci jako "Královna nebe", když v roce 1928 přeletěla Atlantik. Její manžel George P. Putnam se snaží získat sponzory pro její odvážný plán oblet světa kolem rovníku.

Ve dvojici s navigátorem i s jejich v té době nejmodernějším letadlem Lockhead Electra zmizela Amelia beze stopy v Pacifiku v létě 1937. Válečné námořnictvo USA spustilo nejrozsáhlejší pátrací a záchrannou operaci v dějinách, ale dodnes se nepodařilo uspokojivě vyřešit znepokojující otázku: co se stalo s Amelií Earhartovou?

An orphaned girl is taken in by a snobbish family at the insistence of their rich, crotchety uncle, even as her devoted aviator godfather fights for custody.

The story of flyer Amy Johnson the girl from Yorkshire who won the hearts of the British public in the 1930s with her record-breaking solo flights around the world. Her marriage to fellow aviator Jim Mallison was less noteworthy.

An RAF squadron is brought down over occupied France. The flyers get to Paris in spite of the fact that the youngest, Baby, is injured. He must be hidden and his wounds cared for. The Gestapo has already issued orders for their arrest.

Produced by MGM in cooperation with the U.S. Navy, this short film follows U.S. naval aviators through their basic training in Florida and advanced training in California.

In France during World War I, a charming farm girl keeps a squadron of English pilots in good spirits as best as she can. She falls for a handsome newcomer who is already engaged.

A soldier falls in love with a newly-married woman after her husband abandons her for a business meeting on their honeymoon.

Lonely in his English country estate, Sir Basil decides to gather his grown (albeit illegitimate) children around him in his declining years. He uses a ledger which keeps track of the payments he has been making to ex-lovers to locate 2 of them, and a third is found by a lawyer in New York, her mother was too proud to accept any money. Sir Basil is a curmudgeon, and his three adult children have a hard time with him at first. Toni, the American, is a free spirit who had a budding career in show business. Jeffery is English and a semi-gentleman, and Maria is Italian, with a Latin temperament. They begin to bond, especially Sir Basil and Toni, whose outgoing personality finally wins over the old man. But past lives begin to creep back into the picture and threaten the old man's plans for a life filled with his children.

Six friends, all hoping to become aviators, are to graduate the next day from the United States Naval Academy. When the officer of the day becomes sick, Tommy Winslow has to take his place, while the others go out and celebrate.

A famous aviator helps an amateur enter a cross-country air race for women.

Heiress learns to fly from aeronautical engineer. Things get complicated as their affair progresses.

Dave Kent, a commercial aviator, and his mechanic, Skeets Smith, are forced to make an emergency landing in Mexico and find themselves in the hands of La Panthera, a notorious bandit who wishes to overthrow the government and become president of a new republic. Manuel, his chief henchman, obliges them to collect the booty in a robbery, but Kent manages to meet María Valdez, a prisoner--held for marriage to the insurgent leader--who implores his aid. Kent and Skeets are arrested for the robbery and sentenced to death.

In 1895, Shivkar Bapuji Talpade constructs and flies India's first unmanned plane, despite having the odds stacked against him.

"Mitch" Mitchell is an aviator who has been hired to take a child in a guardianship suit out of California into Mexico. He is accompanied by Maxine Rush, the secretary of the head of a private-detective agency who has been hired to care for the kid until the suit is over. (Overview written by Les Adams )

This is the story of the historic 1938 flight of Douglas 'Wrong Way' Corrigan. Mr. Corrigan starred in this film, which chronicled his infamous flight. On July 17, 1938, Mr. Corrigan loaded 320 gallons of gasoline (40 hours worth) into the tiny, single engine plane. While expressing his intent to fly west to Long Beach, CA, Mr. Corrigan flew out of Floyd Bennett Field heading east over the Atlantic. Instrumentation in the plane included two compasses (both malfunctioned) and a turn-and-bank indicator. The cabin door was held shut with baling wire. Nearly 29 hours later, he landed in Baldonnel near Dublin. He forever claimed to be surprised at arriving in Ireland rather than California. He returned to the US as a hero, with a ticker tape parade in New York and received numerous medals and awards.