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  1. Skyward is a 1980 American made-for-television drama film starring Bette Davis, Howard Hesseman, Marion Ross, Suzy Gilstrap, Clu Gulager and Lisa Whelchel. It was directed by Ron Howard , written by Nancy Sackett and broadcast on NBC on November 20, 1980.

  2. Nov 20, 1980 · With Bette Davis, Howard Hesseman, Marion Ross, Clu Gulager. An aging Bette Davis 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.

  3. Sep 15, 2014 · Ron Howard's SKYWARD (1980) with Bette Davis

  4. Directed by Ron Howard. A touching drama of a handicapped teenager and her quest for the freedom of the skies. 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.

  5. Nov 20, 1980 · Skyward is a 1980 GE Theatre presentation in the lofty tradition of TV's Golden Age. Bette Davis stars (what an inadequate word!) as a 60-year-old retired barnstorming airplane pilot. Real-life paraplegic Suzy Gilstrap portrays a wheelchair-bound team who is "tired of looking up all the time."

  6. Teenage paraplegic Suzy Gilstrap made her TV acting debut as a wheelchair-bound girl with a desire to pilot her own airplane. Bette Davis, as a former stunt flyer who now runs a small airport's cafe, and Howard Hesseman, as the airport's easy-going watchman, team up to help her fulfill her...

  7. Find out how to watch Skyward. Stream Skyward, watch trailers, see the cast, and more at TV Guide.