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Albert Paul Mantz (August 2, 1903 – July 8, 1965) was a noted air racing pilot, movie stunt pilot and consultant from the late 1930s until his death in the mid-1960s. He gained fame on two stages: Hollywood and in air races.
Jan 19, 2008 · 1.3K. 1.4M views 16 years ago. Born in Alameda, California, on August 8th, 1903, Paul Mantz first learned to fly when he was 17. After spending several years barnstorming, and washing out of...
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Sep 1, 2004 · By: AJ Staff Writer. In: National, Read My Lips. On: September 1, 2004. By Henry M. Holden. Paul Mantz, undoubtedly the most famous stunt flier in Hollywood history, earned more than $10 million during his career. Tragically, the way he died has often overshadowed his tremendous story.
Paul Mantz. Stunts: It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World. American aviator who became the most renowned stunt flyer in movies of the mid-twentieth century. The son of a school principal, he grew up Redwood City, California and developed a fascination with flying as a boy.
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May 8, 2020 · In June 1928 Aviation Cadet Albert Paul Mantz had the world by its tail feathers. The 24-year-old, high on the honors list at the U.S. Army flight school at March Field, Calif., had more than 125 hours in the air, needing just one more hour of solo time to graduate the next day.
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Overview. Born. August 2, 1903 · Alameda, California, USA. Died. July 8, 1965 · Buttercup Valley, California, USA (plane crash) Birth name. Albert Paul Mantz. Mini Bio. American aviator who became the most renowned stunt flyer in movies of the mid-twentieth century.
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Albert Paul Mantz was one of kind: a self-sure pilot who succeeded at anything he ever really wanted, be it aerobatics, a virtual monopoly on movie stunt flying or long-distance air racing. After finishing third in the 1938 and 1939 Bendix Trophy Race in an old Lockheed Orion, the event was suspended upon the outbreak of World War II.
