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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.
In 1985, the US Navy selected Snodgrass as "Fighter Pilot of the Year." [3] [6] [7] The following year, Snodgrass reportedly did a little bit of the flying in the film Top Gun. [1] [3] As the best F-14 pilot in 1986, Grumman Aerospace awarded Snodgrass "Topcat of the Year." [3] [7] He later became a demonstration pilot, a role he kept for 10 ...
A noted aerobatic pilot who worked as a flight instructor on Top Gun: Maverick died in a plane crash during an air show on Sunday in New Mexico, authorities said.. Charles T. “Chuck” Coleman ...
A series of nine photographs taken by Photographer's Mate L.J. Cera showed the crash sequence with pilot Lt. J.G Kryway ejecting in Martin-Baker Mk. F-5 seat just as the fighter left the deck. These images were widely distributed in the Navy to assure pilots that the seat could save them.
"Top Gun: Maverick" star Miles Teller posted on X and Facebook on Monday, Oct. 21, shortly after the pilot was identified, sharing his experience with Coleman while training for the film. "RIP ...
The air show was called off after the crash. Coleman’s website said he was based out of California and was an engineer, aerobatic and test pilot with more than 10,000 hours of flight time.
Top Gun is a 1986 American action drama film [2] directed by Tony Scott and produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, with distribution by Paramount Pictures.The screenplay was written by Jim Cash and Jack Epps Jr., and was inspired by an article titled "Top Guns", written by Ehud Yonay and published in California magazine three years earlier.
In a year full of blockbuster movies, Top Gun: Maverick has flown higher than the rest, breaking box office barriers much like Tom Cruise's titular character breaks speed barriers. The movie has ...