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Jock Lindsey in 1936.

Jock Lindsey (1894 - 1981) was a Scottish-American pilot.

Biography[]

Jock Lindsey was born in Iowa in 1894, son of a family of Scottish immigrants. In 1925, he performed in Bessie Coleman's Flying Circus. Jock also won the Mid-West Races & Stunt Show on February 9, 1929, and went on to claim victory in the National Air Races held in Cleveland, Ohio later that same year. By 1931, Jock had assembled a group of stunt pilots to form the Air Pirates Circus. In 1931, Jock Lindsey and the Air Pirates received that year's annual stunt-show honors from the Chicago Aviators & Aviatrices Flying Club.

During his travels, he established a few good contacts at the airfields he visited. A regular customer of Jock's became archaeologist Indiana Jones who he occasionally aided in his adventures. In 1936, Lindsey took Indiana Jones to Peru in his biplane OB-CPO, where the archaeologist retrieved (and immediately lost) the golden Chachapoyan Fertility Idol before demanding a hurried retreat. While Jones was escaping from the Chachapoyans, Lindsey relaxed by trying to fish from the pontoon of his seaplane. Jones' arrival necessitated a hasty departure, and the fishing rod was lost. While the flight out was uneventful for Lindsey, Jones was aghast at having to share the front seat with Reggie, Jock's pet snake.

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