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Robert Anderson Hoover (January 24, 1922 – October 25, 2016) was an American fighter pilot, test pilot, flight instructor, and record-setting air show aviator. Hoover flew Spitfires in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II and was shot down in 1944 off the coast of France.
- 1940–1950
23 de dic. de 2019 · 3 minutos. En proceso de revisión. Bob Hoover es el nombre de un famoso piloto de pruebas y habitual acróbata de los espectáculos aéreos. En una de sus demostraciones con un aeroplano de hélice sucedió algo terrible: los dos motores del aparato se pararon en pleno vuelo.
26 de oct. de 2016 · Bob Hoover, a pilot who escaped Nazi captivity in a stolen plane, tested supersonic aircraft with his friend Chuck Yeager, barnstormed the world as a breathtaking stunt performer and became, by...
Bob Hoover, a World War II fighter pilot who escaped a POW camp and flew to freedom by stealing a German airplane and who spent decades testing aircraft, thrilling spectators at air shows and...
25 de oct. de 2016 · R.A. “Bob” Hoover Dies at 94. Aviation fans lose one of the greatest pilots who ever flew.
- Linda Shiner
25 de oct. de 2016 · 2243. Foto: National Air and Space Museum. Esta mañana la comunidad aeronáutica de todo el mundo se vio sacudida al enterarse del fallecimiento de Bob Hoover, una de las grandes leyendas de la aviación de posguerra, considerado como el piloto que revolucionó la acrobacia aérea moderna.
25 de oct. de 2016 · We have lost a great man and a legendary pilot. All the superlatives apply. For those not of the aviation world, it is hard to describe how much Robert A. “Bob” Hoover meant to us and how much he loved us in return.This biography will help explain his place in history but, most of all, day after day, Bob Hoover was a true gentleman.
