http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_WayneDon Wayne was David Copperfield's principal magic creator and illusion director for over 18 years, which included 17 television specials and over 800 weeks of international touring.
In conjunction with Jim Steinmeyer he developed a vanishing jet plane illusion performed by Mark Kalin and Jinger at the Reno Hilton in February 2001, which was described at the time as the largest stage illusion in the world.
http://donwaynemagic.com/
Quite a "simmy" website, if you ask me. Does Don Wayne even exist?
About the magic plane: it was an American Airlines, of course.
http://bestmagicshow.com/jumbo-jet-disappear/
Remember the big magic trick that launched Copperfield to fame in 1983? The Vanishing of the Statue of Liberty?
(BTW, does anyone know the exact date the stunt was performed? Apparently this piece of information is nowhere to be found in the whole internet...)
Here is the straight dope:
Now, you are free to skip on the Luciferian-Masonic symbolism behind the light-bearer Statue "Liberty enlightening the world", as well as on the Masonic symbolism in the "two pillars". But whenever I read "two towers", magic trick, and New York in the same story, well, you know what I have to think of.Copperfield had a setup of two towers on a stage, supporting an arch to hold the huge curtain that would be used to conceal the statue. The TV cameras and the live audience only saw the monument through the arch. When the curtains closed, David waxed poetic while the stage was ... slowly ... and imperceptibly ... turned. When the curtains opened, the statue was hidden behind one of the towers, and the audience was looking out to sea. Voila! The Statue of Liberty has disappeared!
Random quotes about Copperfield:
In 2006 Copperfield bought eleven Bahamian islands...
On March 11, 1984, while rehearsing an illusion called "Escape from Death" where he was shackled and handcuffed in a tank of water...
On 7 May 2009, Copperfield was dropped by Michael Jackson from Jackson's residency at the O2 Arena after an alleged row over money. Copperfield wanted $1 million (£666,000) per show.