the film was filmed entirely on the ground, using camera tricks, such as the creative use of the camera to create the upside down sequences to imply movement and altitude for the stationary aircraft. A full-scale mock-up of a Curtiss JN-4 biplane was also constructed. Reception Megan Pugh writes, in an essay for the San Francisco Silent Film Festival in 2010, "While it’s impossible to measure the influence The Flying Ace had on its viewers, it is reasonable to assume that audiences found its lead character inspirational." The Flying Ace is the only one of the Norman Studios-produced "race movies" that is known to have survived. The Library of Congress keeps a copy of the film as it is deemed culturally significant. Additionally, The Flying Ace is still shown in many silent film festivals and theaters. Its first public screening in decades took place in July 2010, at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival, where a restored print of The Flying Ace was shown at the Castro Theatre. References Notes Citations Bibliography Berry, S. Torriano and Venise T. Berry. Historical Dictionary of African American Cinema. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 2015. . Hart, Phillip. Up in the Air: the Story of Bessie Coleman. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda, 1996. p. 62. . Lupack, Barbara Tepa. Richard E. Norman and Race Filmmaking. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2013. . McCarthy, Kevin. African American Sites in Florida. Sarasota, Florida: Pineapple, 2007. . Rich, Doris. Queen Bess: Daredevil Aviator. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1993. . External links alternate lobby poster 1926 films 1926 crime films African-American films American silent feature films American aviation films American black-and-white films Films shot in Jacksonville, Florida United States National Film Registry films 1920s American films 1920s English-language films