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If dreams get wings!
Since 1999 you have seen Peggy in more than 400 Wing-Walking displays at airshows in whole Europe. A realy outstanding place on the wings....
In the beginning of 2005, Peggy bought his own Boing Stearman PT-17 an build up the
first Wing-Walking Team in germany.

History:
WingWalking is from the old 30’ and in effect we know it from old movies.
In that old times young ladys and men climb on the wings from different beplanes to make money for her life. And that with very risky maneuvers, without any safeguarding climbing around the plane, often with momentous accidends.The outcome: this kind of WingWalking become forbidden!Some years ago the WingWalking revives and know some teams are worldwide actice.
The plane:
Boing Stearman, open two seater beplane with an a 9 cylinder – 450 hp Pratt&Withney radial (the original version has had a 220 hp engine), from 1942. All america military pilots start flying on the Boing Sterman, able for acrobatic. Peggy Boing Stearman is modifiyed for the WingWalking and has a Smoke-System.

Team
Peggy Krainz, 37 years young, climb since 1999 out of the cockpit .
And since 1997 has Peggy her own pilot licence.
Peggy is also partner of the Movie- and TV-Industrie for flying stunts and enviroments in the flying areas. One pike in her carrier were the stunts for the TV serie HeliCops „Himmelstürmer“ from SAT-1 TV. 
With the acquisition from the Boing Stearman PT-17 and the foundation from her own WingWalking Team realiesed Peggy a long dream.With her Partner Friedrich Walentin (45) has Peggy a professional pilot.

Show The speed is between 130 and 240 km/h. At start and landing is Peggy sitting in the front cockpit. Then she get out of the cockpit and climb on the upper wing and in-between the left wings.
The communication from Peggy and the pilot are by show of hands, their must be a 100 % adjustment and trust . Peggy is during the show saved with a slim steel wire rope. On the upper wing is peggy saved on the wing-walking rack and between the left wings only by muscular strength

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