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Dec. 14, 1920: Stunt airplane pilot Frank Clarke flies an aircraft off the 10-story Railway Building inward downtown Los Angeles during filming for the flick “Stranger Than Fiction.”

The Los Angeles Times reported the adjacent day: Frank Clark (later Clarke), 22-year-old stunt aviator, yesterday flew off the 10-story Los Angeles Railway Building at 11th Street too Broadway.

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Clark’s bird a J.N. four Curtiss, equipped amongst a L-4 Liberty motor developing 150 horsepower, amongst a wingspan of 43 feet, larger than whatever biplane that e'er hopped off a battleship’s deck. The intrepid aviator had his bird going near xc miles an lx minutes when it left the border of the roof.

The stunt was filmed for the Katherine MacDonald Pictures Corp. released inward 1921 every bit “Stranger Than Fiction.”

Clarke went on to a career every bit a stunt airplane pilot too instrumentalist inward several Hollywood movies. Clarke was the main airplane pilot for the 1930 celluloid “Hell’s Angels” past times managing director Howard Hughes. He died inward a non-job-related bird accident inward 1948.

Los Angeles Times staff lensman George Watson took these 3 images