Slouching towards middle age, Porco Rosso makes his living by flying about in his red bi-plane and fighting sky bandits who prey on cruise ships sailing the Adriatic. When he's not engaging in dog fights, this pilot lives on a deserted island retreat. Porco was once a strapping young man, but after his entire squadron was wiped out, he is mysteriously transformed into a pig. Then he is defeated in a dogfight against a dashing American rival, who has...

Champion air racer "Speed" Leslie is facing his two greatest challenges. On the racing circuit, his dominance is jeopardized by a feisty female pilot, Brenda Gordon, whose interest in Leslie goes beyond simple competition. Back on the runway and in the hangar, he finds himself in a deadly confrontation with a ruthless gang of aircraft thieves. The outlaws' biggest heist involves an experimental flying machine known as the Mercy Plane, which can take...

Jet aces must pursue a terrorist who has highjacked a Mirage 2000 fighter jet. During the engagement, one of the pilots shoots down the plane. He is dismissed from the service, and his friend resigns in solidarity. But the French government soon needs them back, to land a big airplane contract by winning a race over hostile airspace; a race that pits the Mirage against the American F-16. A tale of pilots, international terrorists and shady government...

"They've gone through four years at the U.S. Naval Academy, but the sea is not the calling for all Annapolis grads. Pals who call themselves the Flying Six yearn for the skies, to be aloft as navy pilots. That means some 50 weeks of additional training to see if they can realize therir dreams. Not all of them will."--Container.

Two pilots become ensnared in covert operations over Laos during the Vietnam War.