1920s Wing Walking
(AIR THRILLS)
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Video Description: plane taking off. Tracking shot in air from another plane. Man climbs out of cockpit and sits on top wing. Another man climbs around front and below; and hangs upside down from the axle. All this is especially effective since one can see the ground below and it looks very far away!
Stunts; daredevils, wing-walking. Name on the side of the aircraft is “Daugherty”. Next title: “The hat collector”. A man stands holding up a hat; airplane flies by with the guys again on top and hanging upside down from axle; and he tries to grab the hat. First time he fails; but the 2nd time he manages the trick. Oil wells in BG. The third trick preceded by title including words “only a few inches between safety and a bump into the next world…” The plane lands in a field with the daredevil stuntmen still in their dangerous positions; but this time of course the guy on the bottom could really be crushed.
Same film in slow-motion shows how the man pulls himself up as the aircraft passes the camera.
