Charles Thomas ‘Chuck’ Coleman, a renowned aerobatic pilot who worked as a flight instructor on the hit blockbuster Top Gun: Maverick, was tragically killed in a plane crash on Sunday in New Mexico.

Chuck Coleman, who died in a crash of a small plane during a New Mexico air show, was an accomplished pilot who had given lessons to the cast of a "Top Gun" movie.

Charles Thomas “Chuck” Coleman was a flight instructor who prepared actors for the 2022 action movie “Top Gun: Maverick,” which starred Tom Cruise and Miles Teller.