Top Wing Rescues the Academy

**Top Wing Rescues the Academy** is the 28th episode of Top Wing. It's a rare story which fills an entire 22 minutes (for 30 hour block) instead of the standard 11-for-15 format.

## Top Wing Rescues the Academy

### Air date

March 15, 2019 (US)
April 14, 2019 (Canada)

### Director

Bill Speers

It is part of Season 2. Guides list it as S2E2 but it notably debuted on Treehouse TV on 14 April 2019, a week prior to the actual S2E1 debut of Cheep, Chirp, and the Pirate's Treasure on April 21st.

## Summary

The Cadets must pass Inspector Eagle-Eye's test, or Speedy and Bea will be sent back to teacher's school; Team Top Wing ace the test and rescue the Inspector using the Headquarters Command Flyer: a part of the HQ that can fly.

## Characters

* Swift
* Rod Rooster
* Brody
* Penny Penguin
* Speedy
* Bea
* Cheep & Chirp
* Inspector Eagle-Eye (Debut)

## Synopsis

The cadets are practicing for the Cadet Challenge while Bea upgrades Top Wing Headquarters. The cadets return asking what it is they're trying out, and Speedy and Bea reveal that they've made an upgrade in an attempt to impress the Top Wing inspector, Inspector Eagle-Eye, who's coming to test the cadets to see if they're learning what they need to and that Speedy and Bea are teaching them properly. They show the cadets that they upgraded the bird-like part of HQ into the HQ Command Flyer. It flies off the building carrying the cadets and their vehicles so that the teachers can join them on faraway rescues. However, Speedy has trouble flying it. Just then, they see Inspector Eagle-Eye flying towards Big Swirl Island. Speedy lands the Flyer crooked and the cadets have to walk on a sloping floor. When the cadets are lined up, Speedy's extremely nervous. He explains that anyone who doesn't pass will have to take the test again later, and Speedy and Bea will have to return to teacher's school. Eagle-Eye arrives and questions their height before seeing the crooked Flyer. Penny volunteers to go 1st in the Aqua Wing. She needs to follow a pufferfish (called a flounder) without losing sight of it. She keeps up with it, but stops to avoid running into another fish. The pufferfish is still in sight and she manages to catch it. Eagle-Eye passes Penny and selects Brody to go next. He has him do a turbo spin, waterfall jump, and wing turn in the Splash Wing while keeping him dry. He succeeds and Eagle-Eye passes him. He then has Rod race his Road Wing out to Danger Canyon to make back to HQ before time runs out. He uses island hopping to make back just in time. Swift is the only one left, and he has to keep up with Eagle-Eye who just happens to be an amazing pilot. They fly through the jungle, and Swift manages to keep up with him. They fly around Big Swirl's tallest and snowiest mountain, Cloud Peak Mountain where the winds are strong enough to blow them into the rocks. Eagle-Eye runs into some falling rocks that break his steering and send him to the ground. Swift catches him with the Flash Wing's talons and they land on a snowy cliff. However, a rock lands on the Flash Wing's wing preventing it from flying. Team Top Wing uses the Command Flyer to rescue them. The ledge Swift and Eagle-Eye starts to crumble. Brody saves the inspector with his turbo snowboard, and Rod and Penny drop cable lines to bring him and his jet up. However, the Flash Wing slides down the crumbling ledge, and Swift can't stop with the frozen talons or use the jets with the danger of hitting the rocks. Speedy and Bea instruct him to pull back hard and turbo take off upside-down and fly back into the Command Flyer. Speedy's still unsure if he can land, but Eagle-Eye encourages him that if he could teach Top Wing their skills, he can fly anything. He successfully lands the Flyer. Later, Eagle-Eye states that the cadets were even better than he thought and passes them all. He also admits that he was unsure about Speedy and Bea and gives them Best Teacher Badges as proof of their teaching skills. Eagle-Eye promises his return for the next Cadet Challenge before leaving as the episode ends.

## Trivia

* This is the 1st episode where Brody gets his catchphrase "Akaw-some."
* This is the 1st double-length episode since Time to Earn Our Wings.