History Main / SkyPirate

** A minor Comicbook/GreenArrow foe was Skylark, a sky pirate who operated out of a blimp.

* Captain Plunder and his Sky Pirates in ''Comicbook/SonicTheComic'' including the first mate Filch and the cook Simpson the Cat. In ''Webcomic/SonicTheComicOnline'' after another recruitment drive Cream the Rabbit joins the sky pirates.

* Captain Mors, the "Air Pirate", from ''Der Luftpirat und sein Lenkbares Luftschiff'' (''The Air Pirate and His Steerable Airship''); a German dime novel with 165 issues from 1908-1911. Captain Mors is mentioned (by never actual appears) in ''Comicbook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen''.

** The [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] Franchise/GreenLantern had a recurring foe called Sky Pirate who embodied this trope.
** The second Black Condor also fought a foe called Sky Pirate, who was essentially an updated version of the Franchise/GreenLantern villain.
** The Golden Age Franchise/{{Superman}} also tangled with sky pirates at least once, who used the surprisingly low key method of using fast armed airplanes to force lumbering airliners into landing in a convenient field before robbing them on the ground.
** In the Golden Age Franchise/WonderWoman and ComicBook/SteveTrevor fought a few sky pirates--such as the husband and wife team of Nifta and "Redbeard" in ''[[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Volume 1]]''--all of whom operated out of planes which made them fitting foes for the two {{Ace Pilot}}s.

%%** ''ComicBook/TheWarlordDC'': Captain Bloodhawke and her crew.

* ''WesternAnimation/TreasurePlanet'' falls between this and SpacePirates (the look and tropes of the former, the actual technology and planet-to-planet flying of the latter).
* [[spoiler:Charles Muntz and his dogs]] from ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'' could qualify as this, insofar as he is a criminal based on a dirigible. he might better be described as an airborne EvilPoacher.

* ''Manga/OnePiece'' itself has a [[WordOfGod canon]] movie villain, "Gold Lion" Shiki, that definitely qualifies. Considering [[{{Flight}} his Devil Fruit power]] [[PowerFloats essentially gives him]] [[MindOverMatter near limitless telekinesis]], he doesn't have so much a flying ship as a ''flying armada made of a'' '''flying archipelago.'''

* ''Manga/CrossEpoch'', the official ''Manga/OnePiece''/''Anime/DragonBallZ'' {{crossover}} one-shot manga, had several sky pirate factions. One led by Vegeta (along with Robin, Trunks, and Usopp), one led by [[VillainDecay Buggy and Emperor Pilaf]] (in a ship with an intimidating facade made out of ''papier mache''), and one led by Dr. Gero (only alluded to).

* Creator/JimButcher's ''Literature/TheCinderSpires'' series features a world where humanity lives in mile-tall towers called Spires that are spread around the planet. With the surface being completely inhospitable, travel between Habbles requires airships. One of the main characters, Captain Grimm, is a privateer that commands the ''[[CoolAirship Predator]]''.

* The Creator/AlistairMaclean novel ''Fear Is The Key'' begins with an aircraft being shot down by a war-surplus fighter plane, in order for TheMafia to get their hands on the precious cargo inside. Unfortunately the plane crashes in an unusually deep marine trench, setting off the events of the main story.

* Troll from ''TabletopGame/{{Earthdawn}}'' are eight and a half foot tall Sky Pirates in flying stone longboats.

* The [=Alistair Maclean=] novel ''Fear Is The Key'' begins with an aircraft being shot down by a war-surplus fighter plane, in order for TheMafia to get their hands on the precious cargo inside. Unfortunately the plane crashes in an unusually deep marine trench, setting off the events of the main story.

* The ''Literature/TalesOfTheKettyJay'' take place in a world where aircraft and airships are the main mode of transport, so there are sky pirates as well. Though the crew of the Ketty Jay dabbles in this, others do so as a full-time occupation and are a lot better at it, like Captain Frey's archnemesis Trinica,

* In Wrestling/{{WWENXT}}, the team of "The Pirate Princess" Kairi Sane and "The Genius of the Sky" Io Shirai is called the Sky Pirates.

* In the SteamPunk novel ''Literature/{{Boneshaker}}'' by Creator/CheriePriest the theft of an airship (itself recently stolen from the Confederate military) leads to a midair battle between two pirate gangs. Several other books in the Literature/ClockworkCentury also feature them as protagonists or antagonists.

* As far as using aircraft to commit theft goes, it's hard to top the exploits of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Blanchard Gerald Blanchard]]. An accomplished jewel thief, he stole the Star of Empress Sisi (a diamond hair ornament that once belonged to the titular Empress Elisabeth of Austria) by parachuting out of an airplane onto the grounds of the museum where the Star was on display.

* Don Karnagemakes an appearance in ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'', where he and his pirate crew do a song and dance number distracting Scrooge and his family while they make off with their treasure. He'll also throw anybody overboard who questions his decisions.

** Captain Bloodhawke and her crew from ''Comicbook/TheWarlord''.

* As far as using aircraft to commit theft goes, it's hard to top the exploits of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Blanchard Gerald Blanchard]]. An accomplished jewel thief, he stole the Star of Empress Sisi (a diamond hair ornament that once belonged to Elizabeth of Bavaria) by parachuting out of an airplane onto the grounds of the museum where the Star was on display.

* Seems to be the direction Alex Ross and Dynamite Entertainment are taking the Black Terror within the ''ComicBook/ProjectSuperpowers'' universe, complete with a parrot-themed sidekick. Must be that Jolly Roger on his chest...

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Metajests}}'': Cane and his caravan in "Pirates of the Sky," although they only target rich tourists. In "Night of the Living Carrier," they've given up their pirating ways and have limited themselves to scavenging through wrecks for parts.

* Many 1930s pulps, ''Literature/DocSavage'' and ''Operator 5'' in particular. (Operator 5 was an early example of the Film/JamesBond-style super agent, complete with 1930s era high-tech gadgets.) Doc Savage twice faced SubmarinePirates as well.

* Many 1930s pulps, ''Franchise/DocSavage'' and ''Operator 5'' in particular. (Operator 5 was an early example of the Film/JamesBond-style super agent, complete with 1930s era high-tech gadgets.) Doc Savage twice faced SubmarinePirates as well.

* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/StormHawks'' features a band of sky pirates who fly around in a boat-shaped airship and fight a giant Literature/MobyDick-esque monster.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Tigtone}}'': The titular Tigtone tangles with the Sky Wine Pirates, who use hooks to rip the "wineyards" out of the ground and carry them away, causing a wine famine in the kingdom of Propecia.

* The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Macao Miss Macao Incident]] was an attempt at this that ended very, very badly for both the perpetrators and the victims. Four armed men attempted to rob a Catalina seaplane carrying gold from Macau to Hong Kong. During the resulting fight, the pilot was shot, and when his body fell on the controls it sent the plane crashing into the Pearl River. Ironically, the only survivor was one of the would-be "pirates."

** Don Karnage also makes an appearance in ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'', where he and his crew do a song and dance number distracting Scrooge and his family while they make off with their treasure. He'll also throw anybody overboard who questions his decisions.