Ormer Leslie "Lock" Locklear (October 28, 1891 â€" August 2, 1920) was
an American daredevil stunt pilot and film actor.His popular flying
circus caught the attention of Hollywood, and he starred in The Great
Air Robbery (1919), a screenplay about the mid-air piracy of a US
airmail plane. In his next film, The Skywayman, the plane crashed
during a climactic dive, when the lighting team supposedly failed to
douse the lights on cue, so Locklear was dazzled and flew blindly into
the ground, dying instantly with his co-pilot Milton "Skeets" Elliott.
The scene remained on the film.Born in Greenville, Texas, Locklear was
raised in Fort Worth. In 1911, Locklear met Calbraith Perry Rodgers,
who landed his plane in Fort Worth to unclog a fuel line. After
meeting Rodgers, Locklear became fascinated with aviation and
airplanes. Shortly thereafter, Locklear and his brother constructed
their own glider.
an American daredevil stunt pilot and film actor.His popular flying
circus caught the attention of Hollywood, and he starred in The Great
Air Robbery (1919), a screenplay about the mid-air piracy of a US
airmail plane. In his next film, The Skywayman, the plane crashed
during a climactic dive, when the lighting team supposedly failed to
douse the lights on cue, so Locklear was dazzled and flew blindly into
the ground, dying instantly with his co-pilot Milton "Skeets" Elliott.
The scene remained on the film.Born in Greenville, Texas, Locklear was
raised in Fort Worth. In 1911, Locklear met Calbraith Perry Rodgers,
who landed his plane in Fort Worth to unclog a fuel line. After
meeting Rodgers, Locklear became fascinated with aviation and
airplanes. Shortly thereafter, Locklear and his brother constructed
their own glider.
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