Talk:The Flying Wallendas

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Small correction of usage

I made a small correction. I changed "comprised of mostly grandchildren" to "comprising mostly grandchildren." A thing is not "comprised of" its parts; it "comprises" its parts. 140.147.160.78 21:49, 18 December 2006 (UTC)Stephen Kosciesza[reply]

Death of Karl Wallenda

Has me puzzled; online sources are split between Sao Paulo and San Juan as the place of death. The source from CBS News reported the former, but numerous other sources go with the latter. Any clarification would be appreciated both here and at the KW article. JNW (talk) 03:08, 15 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It was San Juan. Look below in the article and it mentions the Condado hotel as the site. I've stayed there and can tell from the video that Condado hotel, San Juan is correct. CBS is wrong.

Look at:

http://www.wallenda.com/history.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by Acm acm (talk • contribs) 21:46, 10 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The statement that "Rick Wallenda completed the walk a year later" has another Wikipedia article, Karl Wallenda, cited as a source. That article contains the same statement, but there is no other citation given. I am removing the citation and putting a {{fact}} tag on both pages. Skiasaurus (skē’ ə sôr’ əs) 19:26, 20 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Interpretation of Event: The Drive By Truckers

When they fell from the skies with the greatest of ease

They landed on the ground under tents and trapeze

They were told that they fell with such beauty and grace

That the Flying Wallendas would be the name on their case

And the fine folks of Akron forever be sayin'

They flew through the air like the wings of a prayer

And they all walked away amidst the gawking and stares

And the children revisited their fall in nightmares

They never would stop, they never surrendered

They lived like they died, the Flying Wallendas

They could dance on the wire through the fire and storm

John Ringling had seen karl in Cuba perform

And he raised up his kids for performance and stardom

They performed center ring at Madison Square Garden

With the Seven Man Pyramid, folks lined up just to see 'em

'Til they fell from the sky at Detroit State Fair Coliseum

When they fell to the ground with the greatest of ease

Three didn't get up from the blood in the breeze

But Karl wouldn't be stopped from his home in the skies

'Til he fell from the wire in San Juan and he died

In Sarasota as a child, my grandparents lived next door

To the surviving Wallendas and their amazing wild stories

Was stunned and astounded, the old lady who was out

Pruning her orange trees had flown to the heavens and back —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.216.104.241 (talk) 23:06, 3 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Notable family members

I just cleaned out the Notable family members section per the guidelines in Wikipedia:Notability (people)#Lists of people, which states

Inclusion in lists contained within articles should be determined by WP:Source list, in that the entries must have the same importance to the subject as would be required for the entry to be included in the text of the article according to Wikipedia policies and guidelines (including WP:Trivia sections). Furthermore, every entry in any such list requires a reliable source attesting to the fact that the named person is a member of the listed group.

The section had been tagged as needing references and cleaning up for more than a year. -- Donald Albury 11:47, 25 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Once again, listing all those family members violates the guidelines in Wikipedia:Notability (people)#Lists of people. -- Donald Albury 13:06, 16 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

1962 details

I remember reading some things but cannot place them, thus can't modify the article at this time. The "faltering" referred to here might be the pinched nerve suffered by the nephew (apparently Dieter Schepp). He collapsed in "excruciating pain", and was one of 2 people killed in the resulting fall; another was left paralyzed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.63.16.82 (talk) 15:42, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

First to cross Niagara Falls

Nik Wallenda is not the first person to cross Niagra Falls. James Hardy did it in 1896 according to the LA Times. Looking for references to the 1896 crossing beyond this article http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-wallenda-20120616,0,1685629.story. JAVernola (talk) 07:24, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

According to this, there were other successful high wire crossings before a ban was imposed on attempts. The earlier crossings, however, were over a "much calmer section" of the falls (whatever that means) than where Wallenda crossed. -- Donald Albury 15:10, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

According to this the other crossers went over the Gorge not the falls. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.204.193.168 (talk) 20:44, 4 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It appears there has been no consensus formed on this issue, but I note that on this page, it says "Nik Wallenda became the first aerialist to walk directly over Niagara Falls on June 15, 2012" and on the page for "Tightrope Walking" under the section "Famous Tightrope Artists" it lists "Nik Wallenda, great-grandson of Karl, second person to walk from the USA to Canada over the Horseshoe Falls at the Niagara Falls on June 15, 2012 . . ." GTGeek88 (talk) 17:38, 23 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

rhyme?

"The name in their native German, "Die fliegenden Wallenda", is a rhyme on the title of the Wagner opera, "Der fliegende Holländer" ("The Flying Dutchman").

Please explain how "Wallenda" rhymes with "Holländer". WilliamSommerwerck (talk) 17:23, 23 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]