Editing Ormer Locklear (section)

==Flying career==
In October 1917, Locklear joined the [[U.S. Army Air Service]]. He trained in [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], at Camp Dick and [[Barron Field]], becoming a flying instructor. Locklear was an exponent of [[wing walking]] to make aircraft repairs in flight.<ref>Wynne 1987, p. 14.</ref>

A [[second lieutenant]] at the end of the World War I, Locklear had been assigned to military recruitment when he saw a [[barnstorming]] show and realized his own usual flying exploits were far more impressive. After briefly reenlisting, Locklear left the Army in 1919, along with two military colleagues, Milton "Skeets" Elliott and Shirley Short. With manager and promoter William Pickens, they soon obtained aircraft and formed the "Locklear Flying Circus".<ref name="Century">[http://www.century-of-flight.net/Aviation%20history/daredevils/lunatics.htm "Barnstormers and Racers."] ''Century of Flight''. Retrieved: October 23, 2014.</ref>

Pickens had a great deal of experience promoting barnstormers, with Locklear being his greatest success. Both men became wealthy and lived in high style. His trademark stunt of jumping from one aircraft to another led Locklear to perfect a transfer from a car, and then the "Dance of Death," in which two pilots in two aircraft, would switch places in midair.<ref name="Century"/>

On April 7, 1920, Locklear was flying in the city of [[Los Angeles, California]], where he was issued the first aviation law violation for reckless aerial driving. He was fined $25.00 (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|25|1919|r=-1}}}} in {{CURRENTYEAR}}).<ref name= "Federal Aviation Administration p. ">{{harvnb|Federal Aviation Administration|2019|p=}}</ref>