Air Mater

Air Mater is the 10th episode of the Cars Toon series . It was released with the DVD/Blu-ray release of Cars 2, and is Pixar Canada first production.

Plot

Outside Luigi's Casa Della Tires, Guido is spinning around with his forks spread out because Mater is teaching him how to fly. A skeptical Lightning McQueen asks Mater what he knows about flying, and Mater replies, "Everything." Mater then proceeds to tell the story.

Mater tows a car to Propwash Junction, a place inhabited by friendly planes who greet him. As he drops off the car at a repair station, Mater watches a group of jets, the Falcon Hawks, in amazement. He is asked by one of the Falcon Hawks if he's going to the air show tomorrow, and he accepts. Then, he sees Skipper's Flight School and reads the sign, "We can teach anyone how to fly guaranteed!"

Mater enters and meets Skipper, the flight instructor. Skipper points out that Mater is just a tow truck. Mater then says to him that he can teach anyone guaranteed, just as the sign says. Skipper reluctantly gets his mechanic Sparky to install a pair of wings and a rear propeller on Mater. After quickly learning the essentials of flying in the air, Mater has a bit of trouble getting up at first, but he succeeds. Soon, his inability to control his flying gets his hook caught on some telephone wires, causing Mater to get flung back and fly backwards. Meanwhile, the Falcon Hawks get prepared for tomorrow's air show, but Black Hawk, one of the members, sprains one of his wings, and now they need a forth flyer to take his place. They see the airborne Mater flying backwards and are impressed. Mater manages to land back on the strip, but he ends up going upside-down. Nevertheless, the Falcon Hawks invite him to perform with them in the air show, and Mater agrees to join them.

The next day, the Falcon Hawk leader, Green Hawk, Red Hawk, and Mater (as Mater Hawk) put on an amazing show together, with Mater providing the majority of the entertainment. Soon, the Falcon Hawks hold out a long piece of rope and Mater uses his hook to grab the rope and fly backwards with greater speed, breaking the sound barrier. Suddenly, Mater's wings break off and Mater starts falling down.

Lightning, listening to the story, asks Mater, "What did you do?" Mater replies, "You oughta know, Lightning McQueen Hawk!"

Back in the story, Lightning McQueen Hawk flies in and grabs Mater by the hook, saving him. He helps Mater with the big finish by throwing him up into the air with the Falcon Hawks. He catches Mater and safely takes him back to the ground, where Mater presses a button and sets off a spectacular fireworks display.

Lightning insists that the whole thing never happened, and Mater says, "It did so." At that moment, Mater gets a call from the Falcon Hawk leader and is told that he is needed to take place for one of the Falcon Hawks. He throws his hook up and is caught by the rope being held by the Falcon Hawks.

Characters

• Mater
• Lightning McQueen
• Skipper
• Sparky
• Falcon Hawks
• Hawk Leader
• Green Hawk
• Red Hawk
• Black Hawk
• Mia and Tia
• Judge Davis
• Guido
• Propwash Junction Biplane
• Mater's Tow Fair

Trivia

• At the end, Mater says that they should make a whole mavie about planes! hinting the upcoming Disney film: Planes
• Two references to Planes have been identified: Propwash Junction is the home town of Dusty Crophopper, and Skipper will be a main character in the movie.
• This was the third time in the Cars series when Mater was flying. The first time was in Unidentified Flying Mater and the second at London in Cars 2.
• The architecture of Propwash Junction`s building and surrounding landscape where "Plane-fied" with many mechanic pieces and silhouettes of planes, just like the procces of Car-fying used in the Cars series.