Welcome to the official website of
American Barnstormer Walt Pierce and the
Double Trouble Wing Walking Team
Wing Walking & Air Show History...
"Walt [has been] flying airshows since 1963. His memory of events and people is phenomenal and a national asset. Pierce has flown many many airshows across the Carolinas, known many of the airshow greats and continues to carry on the tradition of the Barnstormer."
Quoted from Hugh Oldham's Proairshow site.
Here are just a few links to get you started with discovering our rich American Barnstorming history...
For a look at a very historic "airshow" of sorts... take a look at this amazing footage from 1909 of "Wilbur Wright & his Flying Machine"
Lt. Ormer Locklear - King of the Wing Walkers! (Article here)
Jessie (Schulz) Woods - Timeless Voices of Aviation "Voice of the Week" -VIDEO
Wing Walkers - U.S. Centennial of Flight
Barnstormers - at PBS Kids
Mabel Cody's Flying Circus - at AirMinded
Lillian Boyer - "Empress of the Air"/Heroes of the Sky at the Henry Ford Museum
Clyde Pangborn - a biography of Clyde Pangborn, 1918-1958
For more in-depth info, we suggest these two books which can usually be found through used books sites:
Archival video footage of Wing Walkers & Daredevils of the Golden Age of Aviation:
For many more short clips of these daredevils and others, check out this site...
"A barnstormer often was part stunt pilot, part showman, part grease monkey, part entrepreneur."
quoted from Barnstorming pilots always drew a crowd by Joe Earle (The Wichita Eagle, December 3, 1984)
Website overhaul coming in September 2010!
