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How a wing-walker gets up there

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How a wing-walker gets up there

Date9/1/1971

Names

Bezant, Graham (photographer)

Kazian, John (subject)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: How a wing-walker gets up there. Flying high over Niagara Falls, 38-year-old stuntman John Kazian, with one foot on the trailing edge of the wing and the other on the back of the cockpit he has just left, pulls himself forward against the force of the wind to start of his walk on the wing of Stearman Trainer piloted by 39-year-old Joe Hughes.

Subject

GeographyProvince stateOntario

GeographyCountryCanada

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Object NumberTSPA_0059061F

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