DETROIT — A Michigan wing walker who fell to his death as he tried to grab a helicopter's skid from his perch atop a small plane had successfully performed the same maneuver many times before, a former colleague said Monday.
Todd Green, the son of a prominent aerial stuntman and a skilled one himself, was 1 of only 2 people to ever do the stunt, said Kyle Franklin, a stunt pilot and former wing walker who once worked with him.
"He was very good at it. I've seen him do that many, many times," Franklin said. "He was always on spot and did a very good job with everything he did."
Green, who died Sunday after falling 200 feet from the plane during an annual air show at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, successfully completed the stunt the day before, said Technical Sgt. Dan Heaton, a base spokesman
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