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 accomplished pilot, known for flying, coordinating, and consulting on aerial scenes in dozens of major feature films and television shows, including *Pearl Harbor* and *Dunkirk*.
He is also a legendary air racer, winning the National Championship Air Races at Reno in 1978 and setting a 3-kilometer speed record of 499 mph in 1979.
Hinton survived a near-fatal crash in 1979, sustaining severe injuries, but returned to racing to win another Unlimited Gold championship in 1985.
After retiring from racing in 1990, he focused on aircraft restoration and film work, with his son, Steven Jr., continuing the family's air racing legacy with multiple Reno wins and a new speed record.

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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.