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Dario Costa (born 9 May 1980, Manchester, United Kingdom) born to an Iranian mother and an Italian father, is an Italian professional Red Bull Air Race competitor, stunt pilot, aerobatic performer, flight instructor, Pilatus PC6 Porter paradropping pilot and author from Bologna, Italy [1] and is the first ever Italian to qualify, to compete and to win in the Red Bull Air Race World Series. [2]
David Rahm (1931–1976), nicknamed "the Flying Professor", [1] was an American geologist, professor and stunt pilot. He taught at Western Washington State University and was a visiting professor of geology at the University of Jordan. Rahm lived in Anacortes, Washington. [2] [3]
Ormer Locklear was a pioneer of stunt flying. He joined the United States Army Air Service in October 1917 after the American entry into World War I. Pilot Cadet Locklear was flying with his instructor. He had to interpret a message being flashed to him from the ground to pass a test, but the wing and engine housing blocked his view.
Lillian Boyer (January 15, 1901 – February 1, 1989) was an American wing walker who performed numerous aerial stunts that included wing walking, automobile-to-airplane transfers, and parachute jumps between 1921 and 1929.
Melissa Dawn Burns (born 1984), also known as Melissa Andrzejewski, is an American extreme sports athlete best known for being an aerobatics pilot, skydiver, B.A.S.E jumper, climber and technical scuba diver. [2] [3] She has won awards at home and internationally for her aerobatics and competitive flying.
Wolff was drafted into the US Army and sent to flight school. [1] At 21 he became the youngest captain in the army. [2] During the Vietnam War, he flew helicopters. [3] In his military career, he won 22 awards of the Air Medal, and a Bronze Star.
May 27—The first 106-foot hill of Silverwood Theme Park's first new roller coaster in more than a decade is absurdly steep. Stunt Pilot doesn't let up from there. "We design it to be action ...
Gladys Ingle (March 28, 1899 – October 27, 1981) was an American pilot, a wing walker and a member of the aerial stunt team the 13 Black Cats. Ingle was the fourth licensed woman pilot from the United States. [1] She began performing jumps from balloons for the C.P.O. Aerial Circus in 1921. By 1922, she had begun doing stunts involving airplanes.