American acrobatic pilot, aerial cameraman, flight instructor and educator
Art Scholl
Art Scholl in his Super Chipmunk N13Y at a 1984 California airshow
Born
Arthur Everett Scholl
December 24, 1931
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Died
September 16, 1985(1985-09-16) (aged 53)
Pacific Ocean
Cause of death
Plane crash (failed to recover from an intentional spin)
Resting place
Pacific Ocean
Nationality
American
Other names
Art Scholl
Occupation
Commercial aerobatic pilot
Years active
1950–1985
Known for
Aerobatics, stunt flying and air displays
Spouse
Judy Scholl
Children
2
Arthur Everett Scholl (December 24, 1931 – September 16, 1985) was an American aerobatic pilot, aerial cameraman, flight instructor and educator based in Riverside, Southern California. He died during the filming of Top Gun when his Pitts S-2 camera plane failed to recover from a spin and plunged into the Pacific Ocean.[1]
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13-year-old he cleaned hangars for airplane rides. He met Paul Mantz, ArtScholl, and Charles Lindbergh while flying at local California airports. His...
Health Professions, College of Nursing, College of Pharmacy, Dr. William M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine, and School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies...
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while bringing the area to 60 acres (24 ha). In 1978 ArtScholl Aviation, founded by ArtScholl, relocated to Rialto Airport from nearby Flabob Airport...
Jack Jones, Times Staff Writer (18 September 1985). "Famed Stunt Pilot ArtScholl Dies as Plane Plunges Into Sea". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 10 April...
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aerobatic pilot ArtScholl crashed his Pitts S-2 camera-plane off the southern Californian coast near Carlsbad. Neither the aircraft nor Scholl's body were...
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safely. LeRoy was one of only eleven pilots ever to be awarded both the ArtScholl Showmanship Award (2002) and the Bill Barber Award for Showmanship (2003)...
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