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.

Maverick has died during an air show. Charles 'Chuck' Coleman was an engineer and aerobatic and test pilot with more than 10,000 hours of flight time, but it has been confirmed he died while flying at an event over the weekend.

Charles T. “Chuck” Coleman, who worked with Tom Cruise as a flight instructor on Top Gun: Maverick, has died in a plane crash.

Chuck Coleman, known for instructing the actors in Top Gun, was killed while performing aerobatics. Video shows the plane crash into terrain during the Las Cruces Air & Space Expo.

Charles Thomas "Chuck" Coleman was killed Sunday when his Extra Flugzeugbau EA300 crashed during an airshow in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Miles Teller paid tribute to the onset flight instructor on Top Gun: Maverick, Chuck Coleman after his death at 61 in an accident.The star took to social media to write a heartwarming message

Maverick” flight instructor's final moments before he plunged to his death in a crash at a New Mexico air show have been captured on video. (Credit: Terre Blevins/TMX)

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.

A man who died in a crash of a small plane during a New Mexico air show was an accomplished pilot who had performed stunts at hundreds of air shows, authorities said Monday. Charles Thomas “Chuck” Coleman was the only person on board the two-seat Extra Flugzeugbau EA300 monoplane when