

The fifth leg is over the Hump (the mountains between northeast India and south China) to Shanghai, where Dusty gets into first place again. After flying through a tunnel (and narrowly missing a train), Dusty is in first place at Upper Mustang in Nepal, but he is upset to discover that Ishani set him up in exchange for a new propeller from Ripslinger's team, and he shuns her. After the third leg of the race to Agra 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. 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.ĭuring the second leg of the race to Germany, Dusty shows good sportsmanship by saving another racer, Bulldog, from crashing, winning Bulldog's respect but finishing last again. Dusty falls in love with an Indian plane named Ishani, who becomes supportive of him. Three-time defending champion Ripslinger rudely dismisses Dusty.

There, he befriends a Mexican racer named El Chupacabra, who falls in love with a French-Canadian racer named Rochelle but consistently fails to woo her. With training complete, Dusty travels to New York City for the race.

Skipper decides to mentor Dusty, and discovers Dusty has a fear of heights. Dusty qualifies for the race on a legal technicality, as one of the planes in the qualifiers was disqualified for using an illegal fuel intake.
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On the night before the qualifiers, Dusty asks an elderly navy war plane named Skipper Riley to teach him how to fly well, but Skipper declines. Dusty and Chug train for qualifiers for the upcoming Wings Around the Globe Rally. However, he is supported by his fuel truck friend, Chug. His dreams are scorned by his boss, Leadbottom, and his forklift/mechanic friend, Dottie. Plotĭusty Crophopper is a young crop duster plane who works at a cornfield in Propwash Junction, Minnesota, and practices aerobatic maneuvers in his spare time, dreaming of becoming a racer. A sequel, titled Planes: Fire & Rescue, was theatrically released on July 18, 2014. The film grossed $240.2 million worldwide on a $50 million budget, despite receiving generally negative reviews from critics, who criticized the plot and humor but praised its voice acting and animation. Like many of Disneytoon's films, it was initially set to be released as a direct-to-video film, but was instead theatrically released on Augin the Disney Digital 3D and RealD 3D formats. Planes premiered on August 2, 2013, at a special screening at The Fly-In Theater at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, an annual gathering of aviation enthusiasts in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. While he is afraid of heights and not built for racing, he wants to complete Wings Around the Globe with racing planes, especially Ripslinger (Smith), with the help of naval aviator Skipper Riley (Keach), who trains him. In Planes, Dusty Crophopper (Cook), a crop duster plane in the town of Propwash Junction, hopes to get the courage which he needs to fulfill his dream. The film stars the voices of Dane Cook, Stacy Keach, Priyanka Chopra in her Hollywood debut, Brad Garrett, Teri Hatcher, Danny Mann, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Roger Craig Smith, John Cleese, Carlos Alazraqui, Sinbad, Val Kilmer, and Anthony Edwards. Despite not being produced by Pixar, the film was co-written and executive produced by Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios' then-chief creative officer John Lasseter, who directed the first two Cars films. Directed and co-written by Klay Hall, it is a spin-off of Pixar's Cars franchise. Planes is a 2013 American 3D computer-animated sports comedy film produced by Disneytoon Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures.
