WALT TUBB 1947 - 1949 STEWARD, PILOT SLC I had thought that I sent you that photo. That is Paul Dupree in the middle. He ended up in Germany with Lufthansa. On the left is Brad Hurd's former father-in-law, the late Walt Tubb. Walt was a steward. Walt ended up with Bonanza and was killed flying his Pitts S-1. -Billy Walker (1/10/13) WALTER F TUBB SLC first officer per the 7/15/1948 CHA Roster. He must have gone from steward to pilot. -Jake Lamkins (1/10/13) There are number of icons I remember from the past decades. Got to see legendary Walt Tubb in an airshow at FFZ* and his son Terry performing following in his footsteps following the elder Tubb's death. Great Pitts S-1 pilot. * - Falcon Field Airport, Mesa, AZ -Blog at http://forums.jetcareers.com/threads/bob-hoover.106927/page-3 (1/10/13) Reviews & Ratings for Cloud Dancer I must have seen this film about 100 times. My dad, Terry Tubb, and my grandfather, Walt Tubb, were in this film. My dad and grandfather were aerobatics pilots back in the 70's before I was born. My grandfather played one of the judges and also did some of the aerobatics routines in his 'mythical pitts' and my father does a lot of the flying in his pitts special. The thing that most people don't know is that when they filmed Brad's older friend 'Walt"'s plane crash scene where he dies, my grandfather Walt Tubb, flew that sequence in his airplane to make it look like he was spinning out of control and falling towards the earth. My grandfather said he got a weird feeling after filming this scene. He died shortly after the film wrapped flying in an airshow where he crashed the very plane he did a 'pretend' crash sequence for. He died before both I was born. I never knew him, and as a young child when I watched this movie, I thought I was watching my grandfather die. It wasn't until I was older that I understood what it really meant. -M Tubb at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080545/reviews (1/10/13) There are two Walt(er) Tubbs in the SSDI who died in 1978. One was born and died in Mississippi. The other, who I will assume to be our Walt, was born in Idaho and died at PHX where Walt made the movie. I'm guessing Walt was at CHA 1947 - 1949. He was a captain at Bonanza by Dec 1949. No info on his start date at CHA but he is on the 7/15/48 CHA roster. -Jake Lamkins (1/13/13) Walt Tubb, a retired Bonanza Airlines pilot from Phoenix did much of the flying in Cloud Dancer. He was fatally injured in a Pitts accident, but I'm not sure it had anything to do with the film production. -George Andre, at http://acro.aerobaticsweb.org/threads/970635/msg000032.html (1/14/13) Posted at FLacebook and the FL Club: SLC CHA pilot Walt Tubb's memorial webpage has been posted. http://FAL-1.tripod.com/Walt_Tubb.html Six items posted but still need an obituary for Walt. -Jake Lamkins (1/14/13) Walt's son, Terry, was with TWA and became the STL chief pilot there. Walt's daughter, Dorothy, married Brad Hurd. Walt was killed flying his Pitts Special in an airshow some years ago. There is a photo of Walt in the Pitts hanging in the Churchill's hangar at Falcon Field, Mesa. -Billy Walker (1/15/13)