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All I can think of is Jetfire.

All you can think of is Jetfire? Haha, how about the Aerialbots
Well there's Powerglide, Cosmos, and Tracks who has a flying mode, I think at least two of their triple changers can fly...I'm not sure as I haven't gone past the second season and I don't particularly know much about them...I assume we're talking about G1 here.
Omega Supreme is a rocket so I'm not sure that that really counts.

I won't count the autobots that magically gained/lost their ability to fly in the early episodes.

Edit: I forgot a few. There's Swoop and then Blades of the Protectobots as well. If we aren't just talking about G1 then there's a LOT more I haven't said.

Skyblast, Vector Prime, Evac, the Aerialbots, Optimus Prime (if you count his jetpack in Cybertron).

the triple changers are sandstorm and springer. both had chopper-esque alt modes.

Kimmer wrote:the triplechangers are sandstorm and springer. both had chopper-esque alt modes.

Thanks, I knew Springer but I couldn't remember the other one.

Thanks but I was thinking more off jet alt modes

All the G1 dinos can fly. Now why can't Wheeljack?

Star Saber can turn into a futuristic jet. That count?

another triple-changer, namely Broadside, could also fly in his jet mode.

SPRINGER

does Devcon count? he is a space ship though

skylynx anyone?

ALPHA TRION

Right... G1, offhand...

Tracks (flies in modded car mode)
Jetfire (jet)
Silverbolt (jet)
Skydive (jet)
Air Raid (jet)
Fireflight (jet)
Slingshot (jet)
Blades (helicopter)
Strafe (jet)
Scattershot (jet)
Overdrive (modded car mode)
Omega Supreme (rockets do fly)
Sky Lynx (shuttle)
Springer (helicopter)
Sandstorm (helicopter)
Broadside (jet)
Jet Dasher (jet)
Topspin (hovercraft-type-thing)
Brainstorm (jet)
Highbrow (helicopter)
Fort Max (spaceship)
Cloudraker (jet)
Swoop (pteranodon)
Quickswitch (jet)
Doubleheader (jet)
Whirl (helicopter)
Sideswipe (for short distances using his rocket pack)
Wheeljack (at least in robot mode using his arms as rocket boosters)
Powerglide (jet)
Cosmos (flying saucer)
Dogfight (jet)
Raindance (jet)
Gunrunner (jet)
Skyhammer (through his Pretender shell)
Cloudburst (jet)
Sky High (helicopter)
Crossblades (helicopter)
Windmill (Action Master, helicopter)
Rotorstorm (helicopter)
Pretender Grimlock (shell had a jet pack)
AM Blaster (Flight-Pack)
AM Bumblebee (Heli-Pack)
AM Kick-Off (Turbo-Pack)
AM Over-Run (flew a helicopter)
AM Sprocket (flew a helicopter)
AM Wheeljack (flew a jet)
AM Optimus Prime (flew a jet)

Not to mention all the Micros...

Countdown (had a rocket)
Groundshaker (jet)
Blaze Master (helicopter)
Sky High (the other one, jet)
Eagle Eye (jet)
Tread Bolt (jet)
Sunrunner (jet)
Hot House (jet)
Overload (through his trailer's jet mode)
Phaser and Blast Master (in their combined shuttle mode)
Full-Barrel and Overflow (in the headquarters' shuttle modes)

That's just what I can think of right now, and without going into G2 and beyond, or the Jap stuff...

I was surprised no one mentioned Sky Lynx till Ramrider.

Speaking of which... what the hell was he?

Actually, ThunderZap got to Sky Lynx first. His alt mode was a space shuttle with transport module, and his robot modes were a lynx and a 'dinobird', which I think is a pretty reasonable description. Of course, his complete robot mode was the combined form, with the top half being the dinobird and the bottom half being the lynx.

throw in pretender Metalhawk in the list too

I didn't realize there were so many flying Autobots.

Doesn't sideswipe have a Jet pack to?

ThunderZap wrote:throw in pretender Metalhawk in the list too

You can't just 'throw in' Metalhawk. Since he's a Jap-exclusive character, if you included him, you'd then have to sift through all the other Jap-only characters for flyers... I wasn't ready to go that far just yet, and I had the feeling the Ironhider wasn't after them anyway.

Electron wrote:Doesn't sideswipe have a Jet pack to?

Yep. Check my list, he's on there. They're not in any particular order, though (he's just over halfway down).

Does jet pack count? That means he's not really a flyer. Any bot can borrow a jet pack and take off into the air.

Gauntlet101010 wrote:All the G1 dinos can fly. Now why can't Wheeljack?

Star Saber can turn into a futuristic jet. That count?

Wheeljack could fly, just as all the Autobots mysteriously could at the beginning of the series. I have no idea why or at what point someone thought it would be a good idea to make the Autobots flightless in bot mode.

It's funny because Wheeljack later on decided he can fly again in "Plague of the Insecticons". He was the only one out of the group of Autobots that decided he could suddenly fly again and took to the skys to help Skyfire, who was being attacked by Insecticons at the time.

Swerve wrote:

Gauntlet101010 wrote:All the G1 dinos can fly. Now why can't Wheeljack?

Star Saber can turn into a futuristic jet. That count?

Wheeljack could fly, just as all the Autobots mysteriously could at the beginning of the series. I have no idea why or at what point someone thought it would be a good idea to make the Autobots flightless in bot mode.

It's funny because Wheeljack later on decided he can fly again in "Plague of the Insecticons". He was the only one out of the group of Autobots that decided he could suddenly fly again and took to the skys to help Skyfire, who was being attacked by Insecticons at the time.

I don't think the pilot counts in the list tho.

But he did fly in that one episode, eh? It's been a while, I admit.

Kimmer wrote:the triple changers are sandstorm and springer. both had chopper-esque alt modes.

You forgot Broadside that was a triple changer to.He had a Jet mode that could fly

Choppers weren't supposed to fly in bot mode.

Auto Bot wrote:Choppers weren't supposed to fly in bot mode.

Well its not like the original poster asked who could fly in bot mode

sto_vo_kor_2000 wrote:

Auto Bot wrote:Choppers weren't supposed to fly in bot mode.

Well its not like the original poster asked who could fly in bot mode

Oh yeah. My bad.