Wing walking

Made by: Takács Áron

Wing walking
 Dates back to 1920s America
 Act of moving along the wings of an aeroplane
 The wing walkers sometimes transfer between planes.

 Originated in 1920, in th barnstormings.

 Became a subject to hollywood movies.

 Requires: Very good reflexes, good positioning, mentality

 There were many people who died while wing walking.

Ormer Locklear died while performing a stung for a film
Wing walkings early development

 It was an experimental flight, in England, involving a biplane

Built by: Colonel Samuel Franklin Cody in Jan. 14, 1911
 Cody took two of his stepsons for a flight, with them standing on the lower
wing.
 This man was a game changer, after his stunts there were many people who
followed him.
 Some famous wing walkers:
Tiny Broderick, Gladys Ingle, Eddie Angel, Virginia Angel,
Mayme Carson, Clyde Pangborn, Lillian Boyer, Jack Shack, Al Wilson, Fronty
Nichols, Spider Matlock, Gladys Roy, Ivan Unger, Jessie Woods, Bonnie Rowe,
Charles Lindbergh, and Mabel Cody
Modern practice

 In 1970, stunt men and women included being attachd to the upper
wing section.
 Wing walking is performed by many stunters.

 In 1981 in an event organized by Martin Caidin, nineteen skydivers set

an unofficial wing-walking wold record by standing on the left wing at
once.

 This sport is banned in the U.S. and is illegal to perform.

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