Vic Armstrong

Victor Monroe Armstrong
Munro Armstrong
Victor Armstrong
Victor M. Armstrong
October 5, 1946
Farnham Common, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
78 years and 47 days
6’ (1.83 m)
Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Academy Award Nominations (Winner marker =  winner  ):
Winner markerScientific and Technical Award (Technical Achievement Award). To Vic Armstrong for the refinement and application to the film industry of the Fan Descender for accurately and safely arresting the descent of stunt persons in high freefalls. Considered a standard of the industry, the Fan Descender provides a means for significantly increasing the safety of very high stunt falls. The system permits falls to be made under controlled deceleration and with a highly predictable stopping point without limitation of camera angles.

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