Super Bowl Flyover Is One of Many Star Turns for Steve Hinton

Legendary pilot has done it all, from movies and TV to world speed records.

Friday, February 11, 2022 at 04:21 PM ET

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Vintage warbird pilot Steve Hinton says Sunday's Super Bowl flyover will be his final heritage flight. [Courtesy: AFHFF]

Key Takeaways:

Steve Hinton is a highly experienced pilot renowned for coordinating and flying aerial scenes in dozens of feature films and television shows, including *Pearl Harbor* and *Dunkirk*, as well as leading pregame flyovers.
A legendary air racer from the 1970s and 80s, Hinton won the Reno National Championship in 1978 and set a 3-kilometer speed record of 499 mph in 1979 with his *Red Baron* P-51 Mustang.
Hinton remarkably survived a near-fatal crash in 1979, recovering from severe injuries to return to racing and win another Unlimited Gold event in 1985, and continues his work in aircraft restoration and film, with his son Steven Jr. also becoming a successful air racer.

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Most of the fans taking in Super Bowl LVI this weekend wouldn’t recognize Steve Hinton, though they probably have seen his work. After all, the pilot has flown, coordinated, and consulted on aerial scenes in dozens of feature films and television shows.

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Remember Pearl Harbor, the 2001 film version, that is? Hinton worked on the flight sequences. Dunkirk? Check. American Made? Oh, for sure. He even flew the bad-guy airplane that tried to shoot down James Bond’s Douglas DC-3 in Quantum of Solace. He has also led lots of pregame flyovers, as he will on Sunday.