Gladys Ingles, a woman with balls....and a wheel.

[Cowboy _Builder]

Have a look at the link ....

Gladys Ingles was a member of a barnstorming troupe called the 13 Black Cats in the 1920s. Ingles was a wing walker; in this film, she shows her fearlessness in a classic barnstorming fashion to save an airplane that has lost one of its main wheels.

Ingles is shown with a replacement wheel being strapped to her back and then off she goes as "Up She Goes," a duet from the era, provides the soundtrack. In the video, Ingles transfers herself from the rescue plane to the one sans main gear tire. She then expertly works herself down to the undercarriage only a few feet from a spinning prop.


http://www.oshkosh365.org/ok365_Discuss ... picid=5584

 

[Jamesc]

:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

 

[Kalimna]

Blimey. That is rather amazing. From a safety point of view though, was she wearing a helmet????
Rather makes a mockery of the arguments over a riving knife, doesnt it?

Adam S

 

[studders]

Where there's a Wheel there's a way. Bet she was Tyred out after all that malarky.



OK, I'm leaving now.

 

[Kalimna]

You missed out 'on a Wing and a prayer'.......

 

[barkwindjammer]

A woman changing a wheel , , , , , ,Naaaah ! I aint buying it-its a camera trick :?

 

[moppetsdad]

No health and safety around then! What a lot of bottle.

David