Incredible stunt
By Geoffrey Thomas Fri Sep 20, 2013
Arguably one of the most spectacular aircraft stunts ever was performed by Canadian Rick Rojatt dressed up as comic book super hero the Human Fly. (See the video clip below)
In the early 1970s Rojatt teamed with famous US pilot Clay Lacy to ride atop a four engine Douglas DC-8.
The stunt was performed several times at speeds of up to 300mph (480km/hour), mainly in California.
Lacy, number one pilot for United Airlines when he retired is one of the most experienced pilots of the modern era and flew the DC-8 as low as 200ft in a high speed pass that thrilled crowds.
Very few pictures exist of the various events and till very recently no video was available.
However Clay Lacy Aviation has recently released a 23 minute video of one of the several stunts which you can see below.
The whole video is well worth watching.
Clay Lacy Aviation is arguably the world’s leading producer of air-to-air video and still photography with cameras specially developed by Lacy to fit into corporate jet chase planes.
The stunts were not without incident. In one appearance in Dallas Lacy flew through an unexpected rainstorm and the rain left Rojatt badly bruised because of the speed of 200mph plus.
We have edited a short clip of the stunt which is below.
The full 23 minute video can be found here.
Go to www.claylacy.com for more information on Clay Lacy
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