Is this for real

[Graham Smith]

Well is this clip for real?

If it's a genuine piece of film is just amazing

[willy]

yes, although rehearsed and staged, many ww1 pilots starred in flying circus's after the war as a way to earn a living.

[centurion]

Known as Barnstorming. For a fictional account see The Great Waldo Pepper. Stunts included air to air refuelling using cans and a funnel, swapping passengers, eating a meal on the wing (at a small table), climbing up/down a rope ladder from/into a speeding car - all without safety harness or parachute. I think there was even a wedding on a wing.

[Andrew Smith]

I had the clip emailed to me a few weeks ago. It came with this text.....

Gladys Ingles was a member of a barnstorming troupe called the 13 Black Cats

in the 1920's. Ingles was a wing walker; in this film, she shows her

fearlessness in a classic barnstorming routine to save an airplane that has

lost one of its main wheels. Ingles is shown with a replacement wheel being

strapped to her back and then off she goes as "Up She Goes," a duet from the

era, provides the soundtrack. In the video, Ingles transfers herself from

the rescue plane to the one without a main gear tire. She then expertly

works herself down to the undercarriage only a few feet from a spinning

prop. It's certainly a feat many mechanics wouldn't even try on the ground

with the engine running.

Regards,

Andrew