24 pages of color photographs, 181 b/w, Index. Movie stunt pilot, Frank Tallman reviews such airplanes as the 1909 Bleriot, Curtiss Pusher, Fokker EIII, Maurice Farman, Nieuport 28C-1, Spad VII, Sopwith Triplane, Sopwith F1 Camel, Fokker DRI Triplane, Fokker DVII, SE5A, Pfalz DXII, Standard J1, Curtiss JN4D, Thomas Morse S4B Scout, Boeing P-12, Lockheed Vega, Al Williams' Curtiss Gulf Hawk, Spirit of St. Louis, Ford Trimotor, North American B-25 Mitchell, Curtiss P-40E, Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress, and Chance Vought FG1D Corsair. Legendary Hollywood stunt pilot Frank G. Tallman (1919-1978) co-founded Tallmantz Aviation in 1961 with famed stunt pilot and air racer Paul Mantz (1903-1965) for the purpose of supplying pilots and aircraft for movie and television productions. Among Tallman's many notable aviation feats were his stunt flying for the 1963 movie "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" as well as being aerial supervisor for "The Great Waldo Pepper" in 1975 and aerial coordinator and pilot for the TV series "Baa Baa Black Sheep."… (mehr)
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Movie stunt pilot, Frank Tallman reviews such airplanes as the 1909 Bleriot, Curtiss Pusher, Fokker EIII, Maurice Farman, Nieuport 28C-1, Spad VII, Sopwith Triplane, Sopwith F1 Camel, Fokker DRI Triplane, Fokker DVII, SE5A, Pfalz DXII, Standard J1, Curtiss JN4D, Thomas Morse S4B Scout, Boeing P-12, Lockheed Vega, Al Williams' Curtiss Gulf Hawk, Spirit of St. Louis, Ford Trimotor, North American B-25 Mitchell, Curtiss P-40E, Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress, and Chance Vought FG1D Corsair. Legendary Hollywood stunt pilot Frank G. Tallman (1919-1978) co-founded Tallmantz Aviation in 1961 with famed stunt pilot and air racer Paul Mantz (1903-1965) for the purpose of supplying pilots and aircraft for movie and television productions. Among Tallman's many notable aviation feats were his stunt flying for the 1963 movie "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" as well as being aerial supervisor for "The Great Waldo Pepper" in 1975 and aerial coordinator and pilot for the TV series "Baa Baa Black Sheep."… (mehr)