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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.
Frank Gifford Tallman III (April 17, 1919 in East Orange, New Jersey – April 15, 1978 in Santiago Peak, Trabuco Canyon, California) was a stunt pilot who worked in Hollywood during the 1960s and 1970s. He was the son of Frank Gifford Tallman, Jr. (1894 – 1952) and Inez Evelyn Foster (1894 – 1982).
He has also served as a second unit action director and/or stunt coordinator for films such as Braveheart, [1] Hacksaw Ridge, [2] The Fast and The Furious, [3] and Twister. [4] A member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, he won an Academy Award for Technical Achievement in 2002 for his invention of the “Mic Rig,” a stunt vehicle.
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Soucy has also flown as a stunt pilot for several motion pictures and TV movies. His credits include Aces: Iron Eagle III, where he flew with Charlie Hillard, and The Pancho Barnes Story. [6] Soucy has two daughters, and lives in Houston, Texas. In addition to his airshow performances, he is a pilot with Delta Air Lines.
Frank Clarke (29 December 1898 – 12 June 1948) was a Hollywood stunt pilot, actor, [1] and military officer. His most prominent role was as Leutnant von Bruen (and double for von Richthofen in combat scenes) in the 1930 production Hell's Angels , but he flew for the camera and performed stunts in more than a dozen films in the 1930s and 1940s.
Aerobatics pilot Martin Keller was lucky to walk away after his plane crash landed in the sea in Guatemala on Sunday, September 14th. This video shows the first, successful part of the show, when ...
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]