Oh no! The Bad Guys had the foresight to prepare an aerial getaway (usually in the form of a helicopter). Does the hero take it lying down because Gravity Is a Harsh Mistress? Of course not. Especially not if he is a Hollywood action hero! He will destroy the vehicle in a spectacularly explosive manner (because Everything Is Better With Explosions), but usually not before he leaps into the flying vehicle in question to have one final, mano-a-mano, brutal fistfight with the Big Bad in question. Examples of Short-Lived Aerial Escape include: