Miles Teller Honors Top Gun: Maverick Pilot Instructor Who Was Killed Performing Plane Aerobatics – E! Online

Miles Teller is remembering a dear friend. 

The Top Gun: Maverick star paid tribute to Charles Thomas “Chuck” Coleman—who was the flight instructor for Miles and the cast of the 2022 action film—after he died in a plane crash in Las Cruces, N.M., on Oct. 20. He was 61.

“RIP Chuck Coleman,” Teller wrote on X, formerly Twitter, Oct. 21 alongside several photos of the two. “Chuck was our aerobatics flight instructor and instrumental in our preparation for Top Gun: Maverick.”

Miles added that Coleman was “an aerospace engineer, air show and test pilot, and our friend and ally.”

“Chuck had a very easy going way about him and we always felt comfortable with his expertise at our disposal,” he continued. “He was kind, humble and curious about others and the world we live in. Gone too soon but his contributions will live on forever. Thanks for the memories, Chuck.”