The Air Hawk is a 1924 American silent action adventure film directed by Bruce M. Mitchell and starring real life aviator Al Wilson.
Like many actors in the silent film era, Wilson did not survive the transition to "talkies", with The Air Hawk, an example of his early work.
It develops that the Air Hawk and Parker are one — a secret agent of the government sent to ferret out the mystery of the platinum thefts.
After becoming a flying instructor and a short period as manager of the Mercury Aviation Company, founded by one of his students, Cecil B. DeMille, Wilson became more and more skilled in performing stunts, including wing-walking, and left the company to become a professional stunt pilot, specializing in Hollywood aviation films.
[6] Wilson worked together with stuntmen like Frank Clarke and Wally Timm and also for film companies, including Universal Pictures.