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Topic: Bob Hoover, Air Force test pilot (1922-2016)
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dss65
Member Posts: 1156
From: Sandpoint, ID, USA
Registered: Mar 2003
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posted 10-27-2016 08:24 PM
   
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Originally posted by micropooz:
I'd like to relate a fond memory of Bob Hoover...
That's a wonderful story! |
gliderpilotuk
Member Posts: 3398
From: London, UK
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 10-29-2016 06:20 AM
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dogcrew5369
Member Posts: 750
From: Statesville, NC
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 10-29-2016 07:08 AM
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albatron
Member Posts: 2732
From: Stuart, Florida
Registered: Jun 2000
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posted 10-29-2016 09:36 AM
That's an awesome story and typifies the man. One certainly earning of an ego - who simply had none. Briefly mentioned was his flying bombing missions in the F-86 during the Korean War - that's rather an understatement. He was sent there to prove the capabilities and help train the pilots. But what's never spoken was that he actually had some aerial victories. The USAF and our government did not want that to become common knowledge for whatever reason but the troops new. He had four victories before being shot down in WWII, and became an Ace in Korea, but that's not well known. A true hero, and friend. |
LM1
Member Posts: 667
From: New York, NY
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 10-30-2016 07:17 AM
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Donbl
Member Posts: 26
From: Frederick, MD
Registered: Jun 2013
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posted 10-31-2016 10:31 PM
National Air and Space Museum, thank you for arranging his lecture in DC. I love his WWII story of escaping the German prison, commandeering a German fighter, aiming for friendly lines with markings that would cause allies to aim back... |
PowerCat
Member Posts: 193
From: Herington, KS, USA
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 11-02-2016 08:02 AM
I had the rare opportunity to see Mr. Hoover in Topeka, KS for one of their "SuperBatics" Air Show in the late 1970s as a kid. What he was capable of doing with an airplane was just awesome. Cut the engines, land dead stick, and still have the energy to roll to the tarmac in front of the air show crowd was a memory I won't forget. His smile was captured on a photograph my family now has and I will cherish it forever. |
astro-nut
Member Posts: 946
From: Washington, IL
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 11-05-2016 11:43 AM
Thank you Bob Hoover for your dedicated service to our country and aviation. A true hero!. |
Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 11-06-2016 07:36 AM
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