VIC NORMAN

Meet the man who left a motor racing career behind in order to become a stunt pilot and wing-walk revivalist

WORDS Richard Heseltine // PHOTOGRAPHY Howard Simmons

WHEN WE TELL ONE another stories about life-altering decisions, we tend to gloss over those days when we wanted to quit, and skip straight to the breakthroughs. Vic Norman, however, is the exception. The legendary stunt pilot is deliciously candid, freely admitting that he and his stomach weren’t exactly simpatico when he started out. ‘When I decided to do this back in 1982, I practised constantly and was sick every time,’ he laughs. ‘I was like that for six months. Then, one day I wasn’t. Since then, I’ve done more than 1500 air shows and have never been so busy.’ Chatting in the Engine Shed at RFC Rendcomb Aerodrome in Gloucestershire, the likable sometime racer is clearly in his element, but then he is surrounded by memorabilia that stretches from pre-war aviation…

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Octane (Digital) - 1 Issue, December 2015

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