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Richard Virgil Grace (October 1, 1898 – June 25, 1965), known as Dick Grace, was an American stunt pilot who specialized in crashing planes for films.Films that he appeared in include Sky Bride, The Lost Squadron, Lilac Time, and the first Best Picture Oscar winner Wings.
Arthur Everett Scholl (December 24, 1931 – September 16, 1985) was an American aerobatic pilot, aerial cameraman, flight instructor and educator based in Riverside, Southern California. He died during the filming of Top Gun when his Pitts S-2 camera plane failed to recover from a spin and plunged into the Pacific Ocean.
Marc Harold Wolff (born 25 August 1947) is an American helicopter stunt pilot. Early life. Wolff was born in Chicago. He grew up and went to school in New Jersey. [1]
He took a break from being a gliding instructor to become a stunt pilot [5] and was also technical adviser on several feature films. His role as a stunt pilot, began in 1965 with the film The Blue Max which tells the story of the competitive rivalry between two German pilots in the First World War. He was enlisted as one of several pilots who ...
Associated Motion Picture Pilots (AMPP) was a union of aviators who worked as stunt pilots in the Hollywood film industry. The group, one of the first unions in film work, was organized by Pancho Barnes in 1931 [1] and formally established on January 4, 1932. [2] It established "a virtual monopoly on motion picture flying". [3]
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Tucker's favorite stunt is the "triple ribbon cut", where he uses his plane to cut three ribbons suspended between poles from three different angles. [4] Despite once having a fear of flying , Tucker has flown more than 1,000 performances at more than 425 airshows, in front of more than 80 million spectators.