Stunt flying refers to any stunts performed in an aircraft. It encompasses aerobatics, wing walking, and transferring from one airplane to another or...
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Aerobatics (redirect from Stunt Flying)
competition aerobatics; most of them happen when performing formation flying or stunt flying at very low levels at airshows or air racing. Low-level aerobatics...
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Ormer Locklear invented or helped develop many of the basic tricks of stunt flying, which included wing walking and transferring between airplanes in mid-air...
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for 15 days. In any case, the stunt and her devil-may-care attitude made her a celebrity and helped to win her the "Flying Flapper" nickname. Numerous other...
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Canada on a flight from Calgary to Edmonton, Alberta, in 1918. All of her stunt flying was done in aircraft using the Wright control system, which uses two...
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Ray Hanna (section Post-RAF flying career)
the latter half of the 20th century, noted for his daring aerobatic stunt flying. Hanna was born at Takapuna, New Zealand, on 28 August 1928. He received...
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published by Walt Disney Computer Software. The game, marketed as "The Stunt Flying and Filming Simulation", provides an island which contains a number of...
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The Flying Wallendas is a circus act and group of daredevil stunt performers who perform highwire acts without a safety net. They were first known as...
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The Blue Max (section Stunt flying)
earned a private pilot's license and did some of his own flying in the film, although stunt pilot Derek Piggott was at the controls for the under-the-bridge...
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Barnstorming (redirect from Flying circus)
was a form of entertainment in which stunt pilots performed tricks individually or in groups that were called flying circuses. Devised to "impress people...
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Jim LeRoy (section Stunt flying)
engineering as well as an Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) license. Initially flying solo performances, he gained a reputation with his highly energetic aerobatic...
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A stunt performer, often called a stuntman or stuntwoman and occasionally stuntperson or stunt-person, is a trained professional who performs daring acts...
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stunts, and high-flying basket tosses. Stunts are classified into seven levels of increasing difficulty. There are two recognized styles of stunting:...
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Snyder served as a pilot instructor during World War I, later doing some stunt flying in the early 1920s. He enrolled at Ohio State University shortly thereafter...
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Monrovia Airport, California (redirect from Foothill Flying Field)
Al Blackburn became the operator of the airport. Blackburn would do stunt flying in his Waco Aircraft biplane, NC-11490, at the airport. During World...
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(August 25, 2014). "1951 tragedy ended stunt flying at Minnesota State Fair". Retrieved August 24, 2015. "Airplane Stunt Man Dies in Crash". The Bulletin....
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Paul Mantz (category American stunt performers)
and flew away. This sort of dangerous stunt was fairly common during the early era of loosely regulated flying in the 1920s, but the train's passengers...
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group 13 Black Cats, also known as the Black Cats, a 1920s professional stunt flying group Black Cat (wrestler) or Victor Manuel, professional wrestler Black...
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Kim Kahana (category American stunt performers)
frequently acted as stunt double for female actors, including Stefanie Powers of The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. and Sally Field on The Flying Nun. In 1968, Kahana...
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of Hollywood stuntmen, was involved in an accident on Mantz's first stunt-flying assignment for the film industry, when he had accidentally blanked out...
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Zoë Bell (category New Zealand stunt performers)
1978) is a New Zealand stuntwoman and actress. Some of her most notable stunt-work includes doubling for Lucy Lawless in Xena: Warrior Princess and for...
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Spider Matlock (category American stunt performers)
as wing walkers, with MacDougall flying the airplane. The burgeoning field of aviation reached Hollywood, and stunt pilots were needed. In 1924, MacDougall...
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Art Scholl (category American stunt performers)
After 18 years, he decided he was stagnating and quit to become a full-time stunt pilot. Scholl performed across the United States and internationally from...
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2000 c/n 257, NC3557 Douglas DC-3 Principal photography on Stunt Pilot, with stunt flying by Wally West, began on May 20, 1939, at the Metropolitan Airport...
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TIGHAR. December 9, 1999. Retrieved July 13, 2017. Hurysz, James. "Stunt Flying." Archived 2007-08-28 at the Wayback Machine Book review by James Hurysz...
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Ormer Locklear (category American stunt performers)
28, 1891 – August 2, 1920) was an American daredevil stunt pilot and film actor. His popular flying circus caught the attention of Hollywood, and he starred...
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admire Rainbow Dash and try to copy her moves. Their inexperience with stunt flying foils their attempts until Rainbow gives them lessons, showing them the...
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Angeles, California. To make money to finance this business, he began stunt-flying at fairs and local airfields. He saw an advertisement for a pilot/airplane...
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Hospital, Maywood, and nearby Cook County Forest Preserve. The thrill of stunt flying and the admiration of cheering crowds were only part of Coleman's dream...
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Aircraft in fiction (section B-17 Flying Fortress)
Military Air-Scout, shot after an Aero Club of America flying meet at Long Island, New York. The stunt flying was done by Lt. Henry Arnold, "who picked up 'a...
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