one of the best pilot's ever..

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You may have seen some of this from fandego but not from inside the cockpit.
The man's flying skills and energy management are something special to watch.


http://youtube.com/watch?v=vQpVI_aldB0&search=aircraft


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Wow... That guy has some mad skillz.

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Bob Hoover has quite a resume. He flew the chase plane while Chuck Yeager flew the X-1. Yeager would always say that it Bob was the better pilot.

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yep, that's Bob Hoover. I've seen him do that a couple of times at airshows. Pretty Cool stuff

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why do we need flight attendants on airliners ?? the pilot can do it all...

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Bob Hoover has quite a resume

Has the FAA given him his medical back yet? Or is he still flying in AUS?

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Same here. Bob Hoover is the MAN.

Nothing like seeing him do that, and roll up on the freaking DEAD CENTER of the runway, just awesome.

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wowee, wow, wow......now THAT is impressive.

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Has the FAA given him his medical back yet? Or is he still flying in AUS?

Not to many people know about that situation. That is one of the reasons why I despise the FAA.

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You may have seen some of this from fandego but not from inside the cockpit.
The man's flying skills and energy management are something special to watch.


http://youtube.com/watch?v=vQpVI_aldB0&search=aircraft


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Bob Hoover is the kind of pilot that if you were in a jump plane with him flying you would be missing out by actually jumping...the Guy is a true Pilot's Pilot

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Not to many people know about that situation. That is one of the reasons why I despise the FAA.

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The clip of him pouring the iced tea is pretty freaking cool!

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I was just talking to my dad and turns out that he personaly knew bob as a kid because my grandfather flew with him for sometime after world war 2. Wow there's just way to much history

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Bob hung it up I heard...... I last saw his routine at the 1998 Oshkosh show...... bad ass.... he's almost as good a pilot as me...

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What happened?

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Bob hung it up I heard...... I last saw his routine at the 1998 Oshkosh show.

He left the US and started flying in Australia. I don't know if he still is or not.

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What happened?

I don't know the details...Im sure someone will fill them in.

Hoover lost his medical due to something (I think it was medication, but I don't recall). He worked with the FAA to tey and get it cleared up, but they never gave it back. So he started doing shows with a Co-pilot to try and work around the medical issue. Then the FAA got pissed and told him he could not do that since I think it was "Duel Instruction" is not allowed at airshows.

So Hoover left the states and went to Australia. AFAIK, he is still doing shows around the world, but just not in the US.

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