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It was not long after the Wright Brothers’ historic first flight that people began attempting death-defying stunts on airplanes.

The first known instance of someone daring to walk on the wings of a plane in flight was actually a practical demonstration of the lateral stability of a particular model.

U.S. Army Air Service Pilot Ormer Locklear had a habit of walking out onto the wings of his aircraft to make in-flight tuning and adjustments. He parlayed this talent into a lucrative career as a stunt pilot in the Locklear Flying Circus.

1919 - Richard Schindler practices a stunt.

1920 - A wing walker stands on one leg on the wing of a Curtiss 'Flying Jenny' biplane in the air above New Jersey.

1920 - Wing walkers show off above and below a biplane.

1922 - Famous wing walker Lillian Boyer dangles from the wing of a biplane.

1924 - Gladys Roy walks the wings of a 'Jenny' biplane over Los Angeles while blindfolded.

1925 - Ivan Unger and Gladys Roy play tennis on top of a biplane.

1926 - Gladys Engle balances atop a biplane.

1927Richard Schindler practices a trick on a Klemp plane piloted by Richard Perlia.

1930 - Billy Bomar and Uva Kimmey of the Howard Flying Circus wing-walk on a biplane over New York State.

1962Juanita Jover takes a ride strapped to the wings of her boyfriend, stunt pilot Lewis Benjamin's Tiger Moth biplane.

1968 - Jacqui Cheesman rides the wing of a Tiger Moth biplane at Wycombe Air Park, Buckinghamshire, England.

1968Moira Boyd is strapped onto the wing of a Tiger Moth biplane at Wycombe Air Park in England.

1971 - John Kazian mounts the wing of a Stearman Trainer plane flying over Niagara Falls.

1982 - Carol Lynne rides atop a biplane piloted by her husband over Toronto.