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Wing Walking, 1930

Kenneth Hunter lying down out on the cat-walk; gets his head awfully close to the propeller while brother John pilots the plane. Starting in airshows and barnstorming during the 1920s, wing walking is the act of moving on the wings of an airplane during flight. Wing walking was seen as an extreme form of barnstorming, and wing walkers would constantly take up the challenge of outdoing one another. They themselves admitted that the point of their trade was to make money on the audience's prospect of possibly watching someone die. Some of the many aerialists to become popular were Tiny Broderick, Gladys Ingles, Eddie Angel, Virginia Angel, Mayme Carson, Clyde Pangborn, Lillian Boyer, Jack Shack, Al Wilson, Fronty Nichols, Spider Matlock, Gladys Roy, Ivan Unger, Jessie Woods, Bonnie Rowe, Charles Lindbergh, and Mabel Cody. Variations on wing walking became common, with such stunts as doing handstands, hanging by one's teeth, and transferring from one plane to another. Photographed by Underwood & Underwood, 1930.
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Title:
Wing Walking, 1930
Caption:
Kenneth Hunter lying down out on the cat-walk; gets his head awfully close to the propeller while brother John pilots the plane. Starting in airshows and barnstorming during the 1920s, wing walking is the act of moving on the wings of an airplane during flight. Wing walking was seen as an extreme form of barnstorming, and wing walkers would constantly take up the challenge of outdoing one another. They themselves admitted that the point of their trade was to make money on the audience's prospect of possibly watching someone die. Some of the many aerialists to become popular were Tiny Broderick, Gladys Ingles, Eddie Angel, Virginia Angel, Mayme Carson, Clyde Pangborn, Lillian Boyer, Jack Shack, Al Wilson, Fronty Nichols, Spider Matlock, Gladys Roy, Ivan Unger, Jessie Woods, Bonnie Rowe, Charles Lindbergh, and Mabel Cody. Variations on wing walking became common, with such stunts as doing handstands, hanging by one's teeth, and transferring from one plane to another. Photographed by Underwood & Underwood, 1930.
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Album / LOC/Science Source
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4200 x 3286 px | 39.5 MB
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35.6 x 27.8 cm | 14.0 x 11.0 in (300 dpi)
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