Ormer Locklear Daredeviltry may be one man's recklessness or another man's scientific pioneering.
Points of view make all the difference.
In 1919 and 1920, a daring former lieutenant galvanized the Hollywood film industry with amazing aerial feats. While the cameras whirred, Lieutenant Ormer Locklear became the first individual to transfer from one aircraft to another in midair. 2 Locklear ignited a barnstorming fever that would electrify a tight fraternity of flyers for a decade. Probably because, seventeen years and a major war after the Wright brothers, the American people had finally digested the idea of manned flight. Having accepted the routinization of a scientific process, Americans were yearning for adventure but with considerably less risk.