Dusty enters the qualifiers, and although the audience mocks him for being a cropduster, he manages to wow them by his well-practiced flight maneuvers; but he barely makes it into the race. Later in the morning, Skipper visits Dusty and tries to talk him out of racing, but when Dusty explains he wants to prove he's more than just a crop duster, Skipper decides to mentor Dusty on his speed and agility. While in the midst of his training, Dusty admits that he has a fear of heights.
Despite this, their training continues, and when it is complete, Dusty heads off to the meeting of the race at John F. There he befriends an eccentric but loyal Mexican race plane named El Chupacabra, who eventually falls in love with a beautiful French-Canadian racer named Rochelle, who shows no interest in him. Dusty then makes a rival of the arrogant and villainous 3-time-winner plane Ripslinger, who rudely dismisses him as being only a crop duster.
He also falls in love with a racer plane named Ishani, who becomes supportive of him. During the first leg of the race from New York to Iceland , Dusty's refusal to fly high causes him to finish in last place. During the second leg of the race to Germany, Dusty shows good sportsmanship by saving another racer, Bulldog, from crashing when Bulldog's eyes get squirted with oil from one of his propellers , winning Bulldog's respect but finishing last again.
The third leg is to an air base at Agra in India. The fourth leg is over mountains to Nepal , where they land in a remote area called Upper Mustang. The fifth leg is over the Hump the mountains between northeast India and south China to Shanghai. In India , Ishani invites Dusty to fly around the Taj Mahal and advises him to fly low through the Himalayas by following some railroad tracks. However, after encountering a tunnel and barely being able to fly through it, Dusty realizes Ishani deliberately gave him bad advice to get a new propeller from Ripslinger, and he shuns her.
As the race continues, Dusty manages to get into first place. In the sixth leg of the race across the Pacific Ocean, Ripslinger's henchmen, Ned and Zed, under orders from Ripslinger, sabotage Dusty's navigation antenna. Lost and low on fuel, Dusty miraculously comes across the USS Flysenhower a reference to the real-life carrier which allows him to land and refuel.
While on the carrier, Dusty sees a hall of fame set up for Skipper's squadron but discovers that Skipper only flew one mission, which contradicts his previous reputation as a veteran of many battles. He is then forced to take off to try and beat an oncoming storm. Dusty gets distracted from flying by his thoughts about Skipper and ends up crashing into the ocean but is eventually rescued. He is flown to Mexico to his friends but he is severely damaged and may never fly again. Skipper confesses to Dusty that he did indeed fly only one mission in the Pacific theatre , where his entire squad of trainees was killed in an attack on the Japanese Navy.
Skipper was the only survivor, but torn by his guilt, he never trained another plane or flew again. Demoralized and heartbroken, Dusty begins to consider dropping out of the race but is encouraged by his friends, Bulldog, Ishani, and many of his newfound fans to continue, and they all donate parts to have Dusty repaired. In the seventh leg, back to New York, with a change of heart and morale restored, Dusty becomes determined to continue in the race, but Ripslinger still won't give up and plots to put an end to Dusty's competing in the race "once and for all".
He and his goons attack Dusty but are thwarted by Skipper, who has overcome his guilt and come to help Dusty. When trying to catch up with Ripslinger, Dusty conquers his fear of heights when his engine starts losing power, forcing him to ride the jetstream. Both he and Ripslinger make it to the finish line in New York; and when it looks like Ripslinger will win, his ego gets the best of him, and he slows down to have his picture taken. Dusty manages to fly above him and win the race while Ripslinger crashes into some portable toilets.
Dusty is congratulated by his friends and fans, and Skipper thanks him for giving him the confidence to fly again. Skipper rejoins the navy briefly in the company of Dusty and they take an honorary flight together, ending the story. Planes is based on a concept created by John Lasseter. Planes was originally set to be released in North America as a direct-to-video film in Fall , [10] while having a theatrical release in Europe.
Blu-ray bonus features include "Franz's Song", an alternate sequence produced exclusively for the Blu-ray and HD digital releases, the featurette "Klay's Flight Plan", which follows director Klay Hall's personal journey during the making of the film, two deleted scenes with introductions by the director and producer, character interstitials, and "Top Ten Flyers", a countdown of history's greatest aviators hosted by Colin Cowherd. The website's consensus reads, " Planes has enough bright colors, goofy voices, and slick animation to distract some young viewers for 92 minutes -- and probably sell plenty of toys in the bargain -- but on nearly every other level, it's a Disney disappointment.
Peter Hartlaub of the San Francisco Chronicle gave the film two and half stars out of four, saying, "Many will enter theaters thinking this is a Pixar film, with the raised expectations that accompany that mistake. But even cynical animation fans will see there's quality here. After a little turbulence, Planes comes in for a nice landing. Bill Goodykoontz of The Arizona Republic gave the film two out of five stars, saying, " Planes was originally scheduled to be released straight to video.
Although the smallest children might like bits and pieces of it, there's nothing in the movie that suggests why Disney strayed from its original plan. It's the story of an underestimated underdog that's like every other kid-friendly, life-coachy story about an underestimated underdog.
As a theatrical, 3-D release, however, Planes will sedate you, too. Lou Lumenick of the New York Post gave the film two and a half stars out of four, saying, "Often less really is more, and that's why I can recommend Planes , a charmingly modest low-budget spin-off from Pixar's Cars that provides more thrills and laughs for young children and their parents than many of its more elaborate brethren. But it feels far too familiar. A little too safe, perhaps.
The animation is first-rate, and the Corningware colors are soothing eye candy. Dowd of The A.
Kurt Osenlund of Slant Magazine gave the film one out of four stars, saying, "The film feels second-rate in every sense, from the quality of its animation to its C-list voice cast. That said, the characters and story still offer low-key charms. The film's score was composed by Mark Mancina. The soundtrack was released by Walt Disney Records on August 6, All music composed by Mark Mancina , except as noted.
Disney Interactive released Disney Planes , a video game based on the film, on August 6, A sequel, titled Planes: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For other uses, see Planes disambiguation. Walt Disney Pictures Disneytoon Studios. Retrieved November 5, Retrieved June 14, Retrieved May 15, Retrieved May 1, Retrieved July 2, British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on October 5, Retrieved July 16, Retrieved December 21, Retrieved March 1, Archived from the original on June 16, Retrieved June 11, Retrieved December 22, Retrieved March 8, Retrieved June 18, Retrieved May 11, Up in the sky!
Every minor bump was agony and I nearly got arrested for rushing through the gate to the nearest loo. Crew came on the intercom before take-off and told us: I think the cabin crew were even more terrified than the the rest of us about the thought of a plane-load of oiks singing off-key. Captain makes the following statement to the passengers: We have a small problem. All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again.
I trust you are not in too much distress. Some dodgy storm clouds appear and the started to pitch and roll, before suddenly dropping what seemed like hundreds of feet.
The pilot came on and made an announcement in Hindi then in English. The English one was: I will do my best to land the plane'. I went white as the proverbial and the Indian gent next to me asked if I was OK.
After he is given spare parts from the other racers including Bulldog, Ishani and El Chupacabra due to crashing into the ocean during a storm, Ripslinger and his henchplanes then try to attack both Dusty and Skipper on the way to the finish line of the final race, and once he thinks that he had finally gotten rid of Dusty once and for all, Ripslinger strikes a pose in front of the audience only for Dusty to overtake him and win the race without the villain noticing. But it feels far too familiar. Ishani took Dusty around Taj Mahal, and gave him advice about using the railroad tracks serving as an iron compass. On our approach to Hong Kong we'll be touching the tail-end of the typhoon currently in the area. However, he strangely does not appear with the other racers to give Dusty parts. Ishani knows that she has fans who are counting on her to win.
Made a bit of a stab at a stiff upper lip and asked him if he thought we would get down safely. He asked me why I was worried and told me the pilot had forgotten part of the English statement. Those little, but lovely, two words were: After that, I want all passengers and cabin crew to be belted up and no-one is to walk around for any reason. There is a big storm ahead. Not exactly what you want to hear before take off. He was absolutely on the nail. It was like the plane hit a wall.
Flight from Helsinki to JFK, landing in heavy rain. Just before touchdown the pilot put all the throttles up and climbed back to around 2, ft. At the last minute I saw I was landing on the river, so we will stay up here until the rain belt goes through. There is nothing to worry about'. The good news is that we have a mph tailwind so we should make Amsterdam in record time.
The bad news is that it's going to be a bumpy ride'. There was a very vicious wind sheer and the Airbus we were on was on approach and veering with the wind. The runway lights were on and I stared out of the window to see the road alongside the airport. We could see the drivers of the cars peering up. Suddenly, the plane pitched up and the engines were on full tilt. This is fine when we are over land but the problem is rather serious when we're over water'.
Given that we had been over water for a considerable amount of time it was a fairly harrowing journey back. Almost an hour later, the captain says: We have a technical problem and must turn back'. Unfortunate choice of words that kept everybody terrified for the next hour, until we landed safely. After take-off there were bumps and the some long, loud grinding and thumping sounds. A little later the captain calmly announced: It seems that the undercarriage did not fully retract. We therefore recycled it and will now continue our flight to Glasgow when we hope all will go well for our landing there.
The relief after landing safely was palpable. As we hit the ground, a cow decided it would be a good time to wander across the runway. We hit the cow pretty hard and the impact flipped the plane over on to its roof. Amazingly we were both fine, but upside down, still strapped into our seats and with some sort of fluid leaking over us.
The pilot turns to me and says: We were somewhere over the Med when the plane seemed to hit a bump. The Captain came on the intercom and said: On our approach to Hong Kong we'll be touching the tail-end of the typhoon currently in the area. So things might get a touch exciting'. It was pure terror. He's an year-old gentleman making his very first flight. So on leaving the plane would you please shake hands with your pilot'.
There was one particular crew that used this announcement daily. If your travel plans do not include visiting Denver, then now would be the perfect time to make yourself known to a member of the cabin crew' ". In a safety briefing on Westjet Canada the flight attendant said: If you are travelling with someone who needs help, put your own mask on first, then help your husband'.