Ormer Locklear invented wing walking from a loose radiator cap in 1918 and became America's most famous aviator - until a Hollywood night flight killed him at 28.
TaildraggerOrmer Locklear invented wing walking and mid-air aircraft transfers in 1919, became Hollywood's first aerial stuntman, and died on camera at age 28.
TaildraggerOrmer Locklear was barnstorming's greatest showman - a Fort Worth carpenter who turned wing walking into art before dying on camera in 1920.
TaildraggerOrmer Locklear invented wing walking in 1917, became America's most famous aviator, and died on film in 1920 when a director's promised light cue never came.
TaildraggerOrmer Locklear invented wing walking in 1919 out of necessity - not showmanship - and became barnstorming's defining figure before dying at 29 on a Hollywood film set.
TaildraggerOrmer Locklear invented wing-walking out of in-flight necessity in 1917, became America's first aviation celebrity, and died at 28 during a Hollywood night-dive stunt in 1920.
TaildraggerOrmer Locklear invented wing-walking in 1919, became America's most famous aviator, and died on a Hollywood film set blinded by klieg lights during a night stunt.
TaildraggerOrmer Locklear invented wing-walking in 1917 as a mechanical fix, not a stunt, and died on camera at 28 performing a night dive for a Hollywood film in 1920.
TaildraggerHow Texas daredevil Ormer Locklear invented wing walking on a Curtiss Jenny - and how his death shaped modern airshow safety.
TaildraggerOrmer Locklear invented professional wing-walking and the deadly plane-to-plane 'Dance of Death' - until a 1920 film stunt killed him at 28.
TaildraggerOrmer Locklear, the King of the Wing Walkers, invented wing walking and the mid-air plane change before dying on film in 1920.
TaildraggerThe story of Ormer Locklear, aviation's first great wing walker, and the searchlight signal that failed on the night he died.
TaildraggerHow wing walker Ormer Locklear and the surplus Curtiss Jenny turned 1919 America into a nation that looked up at the sky.
TaildraggerHow barnstormer Ormer Locklear pioneered midair plane changes and died filming a stunt for The Skywayman in 1920.
TaildraggerHow Army instructor Ormer Locklear invented wing-walking in 1918 and died filming a Hollywood stunt in 1920, shaping modern aviation.
TaildraggerHow Ormer Locklear, the King of the Wing Walkers, pioneered plane-to-plane transfers and died filming a night stunt in 1920.
TaildraggerHow barnstormer Ormer Locklear and the surplus Curtiss Jenny sold America its first airplane ride after World War I.
TaildraggerThe story of Ormer Locklear, the first wing walker, who invented aerial stunting in barnstorming's golden age before dying at age 28.
TaildraggerOrmer Locklear of Greenville, Texas invented airplane-to-airplane transfers and became barnstorming's first true showman before dying at 28 in 1920.
TaildraggerOrmer Locklear climbed out of a moving Curtiss Jenny in 1917 to fix a loose radiator cap - and accidentally invented American barnstorming.
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