Rick Rojatt

Rick Rojatt is a Canadian stuntman, and the inspiration for the Human Fly comic book character.^[1]

Rick Rojatt
Rojatt strapped to a DC-8, 1976

Stunt career

Rojatt performed a 250 mph (400 km/h) wing-walking stunt on top of a DC-8 airliner flown by Clay Lacy over the Mojave Desert and Texas, both in the United States.

In 1977, Rojatt contracted a hydrogen peroxide rocket-powered Harley-Davidson Sportster motorcycle to be built to jump 27 school buses at the Montreal Olympic Stadium during a Gloria Gaynor concert and beat Evel Knievel's record jump of 13 buses. Although he was able to beat the record, he crashed the motorcycle and suffered a broken ankle and some other injuries.^[2] He then retired from public life.