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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)

Format

Picture

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

Stunt performers

Medium

Photographs

Language

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)

Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0059061F

Country:Canada

Province or state:Ontario

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