On 7 Oct 2004 06:21:28 -0700, (Rick Durden)
wrote in ::

I admire the movie, largely because one of my aviation heroes, Art
Scholl, was killed filming it.

I too am an admirer of Art Scholl's exhibition flying. I saw him
climb out on the wing of his Super Chipmunk and wave at the stands as
it made a low pass in front of the crowd at the '71 Reno Air Races
with an empty cockpit. This occurred subsequent to an inverted ribbon
cut at about 10' altitude AGL! He was an awesome performer.

I was unaware that his last flight occurred during the filming of Top
Gun. Is anyone able to provide any details on the circumstances?
NTSB report?