RotorAndWing
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Bob Hoover
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Yep, that's always been a good video.
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It's more fun looking out the windshield sitting next to him. Don
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Great video!
wabower
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Sitting in the neighborhood hot tub after dinner and listening to the stories is fun too. Amazing guy.
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One who misses Daytona!
Bob Hoover and my brother are the reason I had an interest in flying.
I went to the Florida air shows in Kissimmee as a kid and watch Hoover fly the P51 and then the commander, I was mesmerized.
My brother is the best pilot I have ever flown with.
wabower
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He moved in after we did, but I didn't know it until a neighbor and former USAF pilot mentioned it. Hoover's house was closest to the spa so his bar was usually tapped more than the others. Four other homes were between his place and mine, one of them owned by an actress named Joanna Moore (Tatum O'Neil's mom) but she didn't frequent the tub. Al Geiberger (PGA golfer famous for the first 59 in tour history) lived across the street.
It's kinda depressing when people who are really good at the two things you really enjoy live in your 'hood. Suddenly whatever stories you might want to tell are so paltry that it's easier to just ask questions of the "rich and famous" company and enjoy one more sarsaparilla.
It's kinda depressing when people who are really good at the two things you really enjoy live in your 'hood. Suddenly whatever stories you might want to tell are so paltry that it's easier to just ask questions of the "rich and famous" company and enjoy one more sarsaparilla.
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BillTIZ
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I watched Bob fly his Commander at Quonset RI airshow in the late 70s and I had a chance to chat with him at the Reno Races in the late 90s.
A really great and humble pilot.
I got to fly the Quonset airshow in the late 80s in the B-1. When I did, I was thinking of the time I watched Bob at that show.
A really great and humble pilot.
I got to fly the Quonset airshow in the late 80s in the B-1. When I did, I was thinking of the time I watched Bob at that show.
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"Who's the greatest pilot you ever saw?" Sorry, Gordo, that honor is reserved for Bob Hoover. 
maneth
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Never gets old.