The first man to Wingwalk was Omar Locklear in 1918 on a Curtis Jenny Bi-plane, and that was to rectify an engine problem! He went on to become famous, performing Wingwalking stunts throughout the USA.

All through the 1920s, Flying Circuses travelled around America spreading the news of aviation, “looping the loop”, parachute jumping and Wingwalking until it was banned by the government in 1936. The American government were keen to promote commercial transport flying and considered Flying Circuses too dare-devil!

In the 1950s Wing-walking started again in the USA, mostly on Stearman Bi-planes (LINK Aircraft info) which were considered much safer and stronger than other the early Pre-War bi-planes.

In the UK the Tiger Club,then based in Redhill,Surrey, fitted a Rig to a Tiger Moth in 1962
(see Aeroplane monthly Feb 2009 edition) and a little later the “Barnstormers” in Northamptonshire followed suit.

Finally in the late 1980s Stearman Bi-planes, the first to be fitted with a Wingwalking rig, arrived in the UK most famously sponsored by Cadburys and later by Utterly Butterly.

Now you have the opportunity to be part of that history, to give your own Wingwalking display in front of your invited guests – and create a memorable occasion you will remember forever.