Infamous stunt flying acrobat Lillian Boyer in action. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images). 1922

Schindler, the aerial acrobat notorious for his foolhardy stunts, practising one of his tricks. He finally met his death in Berlin when trying to pass from one flying aircraft to the other via a ladder. Unfortunately, both planes became entangled in each other and crashed to the ground killing everyone on board both aircraft. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images). 1919

French barnstormer Vassard performing one of his death-defying stunts. (Photo by Henry Guttmann/Getty Images). 1920

Daredevil Gladys Roy walking the wings of a bi-plane over Los Angeles whilst blindfolded, March 29, 1924. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

A man dangles from a rope suspended from a flying aircraft – one of the daredevil stunts to be seen at Sir Alan Cobham's Air Circus in Uxbridge. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images). 5th May 1933

Aerial acrobat Schindler, notorious for his foolhardy stunts, practising one of his tricks listing out of the vertical, from a Klemp plane piloted by Richard Perlia. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images). Circa 1927

21 year old Juanita Jover, a receptionist at a Mayfair hairdressing salon, enjoying her dangerous hobby, strapped to the wings of her boyfriend, stunt pilot Lewis Benjamin's Tiger Moth aeroplane. (Photo by John Hobbs/BIPs/Getty Images). December 1962

BEA stewardess Jacqui Cheesman rides the wing of a Tiger Moth at Wycombe Air Park, Buckinghamshire, in preparation for an upcoming flying display at Denham, 22nd May 1968. (Photo by Mike McLaren/Central Press/Getty Images)