In a world where dragons rule the skies, mankind still dreams of flight and dominating the heavens in their stead someday. Even in times of war, the passionate young pilot Karl Schunitz continues to chase his dreams, taking up his wings of steel —the revolutionary new aircraft Blitzvogel—to challenge the Kaiserdrache, the fastest dragon that can fly at supersonic speeds. (YES, we know it should be "Eiserne Flügel: hat das Lied der Kugeln die Drachen erreicht?".)