TOP Gun Maverick's flight instructor has died in a crash with a tragic video showing the moment his plane spins and plunges to the ground. Charles "Chuck" Coleman, who instructed the A-list cast including Tom Cruise, died in a horror smash during a show in New Mexico. 8 Chuck Coleman with Top Gun actor Miles Teller Credit: Instagram / @chucktcoleman 8 Footage shows Coleman flying through the air performing difficult manoeuvres with the plane Credit: Terre Blevins via Storyful 8 The plane appears to fall to the ground after trying to do multiple flips Credit: Terre Blevins via Storyful 8 Coleman tries the pull up and escape the descent Credit: Terre Blevins via Storyful 8 But the flight crashes into the ground, obscured by a parked plane in the foreground Credit: Terre Blevins via Storyful 8 The camera person expects to see the plane fly out the other side - but it doesn't appear Credit: Terre Blevins via Storyful He was flying a two-seat Extra Flugzeugbau EA300 monoplane at around 2.
30pm Sunday during the Las Cruces Air and Space Expo at Las Cruces International Airport, officials said. New footage shows the experienced stunt pilot just moments before disaster as he flies the small plane through the air with a white contrail flowing behind. Coleman was performing difficult manoeuvres during the flight, including a mix of rolls, pitches, and yaws.
But he appears to lose too much speed and begins to drop to the ground during one tight series of turns. Read more on world news TE.