Flight instructor and aerospace engineer Chuck Coleman, who worked on Tom Cruise-led Top Gun: Maverick, has passed away in a plane crash, leaving his friends and family devastated. Following Coleman’s death,

Charles T. “Chuck” Coleman was a “a well known and respected engineer, aerobatic and test pilot," authorities said

The​​​​​ flight instructor who trained actors in the 2022 Top Gun: Maverick movie has died in a small plane crash during an air show in New Mexico. Charles Thomas "Chuck" Coleman was the only person on board the two-seat Extra Flugzeugbau EA300 monoplane when it went down around 2:30pm local time on Sunday.

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

Maverick flight instructor Charles Thomas 'Chuck' Coleman after he died in plane crash on Sunday. The Whiplash actor, who played naval aviator Lieutenant Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw in the 2022 film, posted a series of pictures on X showing him and Coleman training for the Tom Cruise-starring blockbuster.

Maverick aerobatics flight instructor. The actor took to social media to remember the late pilot who was killed in a plane crash at Las Cruces International Airport. “RIP Chuck Coleman. Chuck was our aerobatics flight instructor and instrumental in our preparation for Top Gun:

Maverick" actor Miles Teller shared his experience training with pilot Chuck Coleman in a social media post on Monday, Oct. 21.