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.
| Directing | Ron Howard | Director |
| Writing | Nancy Sackett | Writer |
| Writing | Anson Williams | Story |
| Production | Ron Howard | Executive Producer |
| Production | John A. Kuri | Producer |
| Production | Anson Williams | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Lee Holdridge | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Robert C. Jessup | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Robert James Kern | Editor |
| Production | Bobby Hoffman | Casting |
| Art | Jack Marty | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lynn Decker | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gene Hilda | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Peggy Shannon | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jimi White | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Norm Gray | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Thomas Herod Jr. | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Daniel Attias | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Thomas Herod Jr. | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Craig Huston | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | John A. Kuri | Second Unit Director |
| Art | Mike Parsons | Property Master |
| Sound | Gary C. Bourgeois | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Robert Wald | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Denis Dutton | Sound Effects |
| Crew | Jack Bennett | Special Effects |
| Camera | Jerry G. Callaway | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Lighting | Robert Driskell | Gaffer |
| Camera | Kerry Rike | Key Grip |
| Camera | Neil Roach | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Philip Sloan | Dolly Grip |
| Production | Shirley Abrams | Local Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Patty McKiernan | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Editing | Daniel P. Hanley | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Cate Hardman | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Michael Phillips | Location Manager |
| Sound | Kathy Durning | Music Editor |
| Directing | Candis Waters | Script Supervisor |
| Crew | Alvin Milliken | Transportation Captain |
| Production | Betty A. Buckley | Production Coordinator |
| Production | Cheryl Howard | Producer's Assistant |
| Production | Kelly Wimberly | Production Assistant |
