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4	->''"Flying is just jumping, but you miss the Earth."''
5	-->-- '''[[Creator/AchievementHunter Ryan Haywood]]'''
6
7	A Index of tropes about flight. Beware of AntiAir.
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9	See also: VehicleIndex and ThisIndexBlows
10
11	Contrast FallingAndLandingIndex.
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13	!!Tropes:
14	[[index]]
15	[floatboxright:
16	Categories:
17	+ AngelicTropes
18	+ AvianTropes
19	+ SkydivingTropes
20	+ TropesOnAPlane
21	+ WingedTropes
22	]
23	* '''{{Flight}}''' (main topic)
24	* AcrophobicBird: A character capable of flight doesn't want to fly for some reason.
25	* AerialCanyonChase: A chase commences in the air, next to a canyon.
26	* AirborneAircraftCarrier: A flying air force station.
27	* AirborneMook: This enemy can fly. Expect some degree of frustration from it.
28	* AirJousting: Duel where two people crash into each other... IN THE SKY!
29	* AllBalloonsHaveHelium: Balloons + Air = Floating Balloon
30	* ArmoredCoffins: A vehicle with no safety or escape features, so that being disabled almost always kills the pilot.
31	* {{Balloonacy}}: (Balloons × Helium) + Object/Character = Easy Flight.
32	* BalloonBurstingBird: A balloonist's worst nightmare.
33	* BellyScrapingFlight: An aircraft or flying creature brushes the ground or a terrestrial obstacle in a close call.
34	* BombardierMook: Airborne Mooks with explosives.
35	* CallOfTheWildBlueYonder: A character wishes they could fly and repeatedly tries and fails at it.
36	* ClipItsWings: The wings are a very crucial weak point for flying targets.
37	* CoolAirship: Airships are awesome.
38	* CueTheFlyingPigs: A verbal put-down [[TemptingFate Tempts Fate]].
39	* DeathFlight: Trying to kill someone via dropping them from an airborne vehicle while it's in flight.
40	* DieOrFly: Dormant superpowers come to light under extreme circumstances.
41	* DisturbedDoves: Mass bird take-off is ''always'' symbolic.
42	* DreamsOfFlying: A character dreams that they're flying.
43	* EarWings: Ears are used as a form of flight.
44	* EmergencyCargoDump: Dumping stuff out of a plane to make it lighter.
45	* FloatingInABubble: Character in an actual bubble, for any number of reasons (but usually for travel).
46	* FlightIsTheFinalPower: A character gains various superpowers, with flight coming last.
47	* FlightOfRomance: Flight is associated with love.
48	* FloatingContinent: A large, midair landmass.
49	* FloatingMask: MaskOfPower + PowerFloats
50	* FlyingBooks: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Books that fly]].
51	* FlyingBrick: A superhero with very generic abilities.
52	* FlyingBroomstick: Witches travel around on cleaning implements.
53	* FlyingCar: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin A car that flies]].
54	* FlyingFace: Disembodied flying head.
55	* FlyingFlightlessBird: A bird that shouldn't be able to fly actually does.
56	* FlyingOnACloud: Someone can fly on a cloud.
57	* FlyingPostman
58	* FlyingSaucer
59	* FlyingSeafoodSpecial
60	* FragileFlyer: Flying beings depicted as weaker or less durable than non-flying ones.
61	* FullMoonSilhouette
62	* GhostlyGlide
63	* GiantFlyer: Huge flying animals.
64	* GlobalAirship
65	* HairWings
66	* HatOfFlight
67	* HelicopterHair
68	* HelicopterPack
69	* HeliCritter: A living creature that flies with rotating blades or wings.
70	* HighAltitudeBattle
71	* HighUpIceUp
72	* HindenburgIncendiaryPrinciple: Fictional airships tend to crash spectacularly.
73	* HoverBike: A bike that hovers off the ground.
74	* HoverBoard: Flying skate, surf, or other boards.
75	* HoverBot: A floating robot.
76	* HoverMecha: A floating mecha.
77	* HoverTank: A tank that hovers off the ground.
78	* HoverSkates: Footwear that allows its wearer to float above the ground.
79	* HubcapHovercraft
80	* IBelieveICanFly
81	* IfItSwimsItFlies: Things that can move underwater can move in the air like it's also water.
82	* InflatingBodyGag
83	* InstantFlightJustAddSpinning
84	* ImprovisedJetPack
85	* JetPack
86	* JettisonJetpackAttack
87	* JumpJetPack
88	* TheJoyOfFirstFlight: Flying for the first time is an exhilarating experience.
89	* KiteRiding: Flying by riding or being strapped to kites.
90	* LevitatingLotusPosition: Someone floats off the ground with their legs crossed under them.
91	* LivingGasbag: Creatures that float through internal stores of lighter-than-air gases.
92	* LoveFloats
93	* LookMaNoPlane
94	* MagicCarpet: A flying carpet that can carry people around.
95	* MidairRepair
96	* NotQuiteFlight
97	* OminousFloatingCastle
98	* ParachuteInATree
99	* {{Pegasus}}: Flying winged horses.
100	* PossessionLevitation
101	* PowerFloats
102	* RememberedICouldFly
103	* RidiculouslySmallWings: Characters which can fly in spite of the size of their wings.
104	* StationaryWings
105	* SpaceWhale: Such whales are often depicted flying in atmospheres as well.
106	* TheSkyIsAnOcean: Skies are depicted as acting like another sea, with flying ships, fishes, islands and so on.
107	* SkyPirate: Pirates in flying vessels.
108	* SkySurfing
109	* SubmersibleSpaceship: If it flies in a vacuum, it can fly in an ocean.
110	* ThoseMagnificentFlyingMachines: Decorative, baroque and improbable flying devices.
111	* ToastedBuns
112	* TokenFlyer: Ensemble teams tend to have a single flying member.
113	* TurbineBlender
114	* UpUpAndAway
115	* VideoGameFlight
116	* WeWillAllFlyInTheFuture
117	* WindFromBeneathMyWings
118	* WingedSoulFliesOffAtDeath
119	* WireFu
120	* WorldInTheSky: A setting of floating landmasses in the sky.
121	* WronskiFeint: Flying towards an obstacle and dodging at the last minute to trick pursuers into crashing.
122	* ZeppelinsFromAnotherWorld
123	!!Useful Notes
124	* UsefulNotes/{{Airships}}
125	[[/index]]

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