Pirates of the Sky is a 1926 American silent adventure melodrama film directed by Charles Andrews.

[2] In different sources, Pirates of the Sky distributed by Pathé Exchange has conflicting release dates of February 20, 1926 and March 21, 1927.

[3][N 1]Baffled by the mysterious disappearance of a mail plane, the United States Secret Service solicits the aid of Bob Manning (Charles Hutchison), an amateur criminologist.

[6] Pirates of the Sky had an exciting "a repertoire of truly awe-inspiring flying stunts, (where) Manning beats the villains at their own game.

Wanda Hawley, a former Cecil B. DeMille leading lady who spent the twilight of her career in inexpensive programmers of this nature, is the fetching heroine, while comic relief is supplied by British music-hall veteran Jimmy Aubrey.