

Since winning the Wings Around the Globe Rally,[a] Dusty Crophopper has a successful career as an air racer, but his engine's gearbox becomes damaged due to him constantly overstressing his engine. His gearbox model has been out of production for years, forcing Dusty's mechanic Dottie to fit a warning light to prevent further damage. Disappointed, Dusty goes on a defiant flight, but in doing so, clips a transmission tower and is forced to make an unstable landing back at Propwash Junction's airport, colliding with a pole and inadvertently causing a fire.