Bob Hoover- You gotta see this!

[evangilder]

This guy is amazing! Watch it all the way to the end. He does some very cool stuff.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZBcapxGHjE

 

[lesofprimus]

Yea, seen that one before, and its a hell of a clip....

 

[Smokey]

Apparently he also stole an FW 190

"He managed to escape from the prison camp, stole a FW-190 (or so the legend goes), and flew to safety in the Netherlands."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hoover

 

[sunny91]

good one i have alreay post on 04-19-2006.

sunny

 

[FLYBOYJ]

I saw him do that at the Mojave Air Races in 1978. He came to a stop right in front of the grandstand with both engines out...

 

[Soundbreaker Welch?]

"He managed to escape from the prison camp, stole a FW-190 (or so the legend goes), and flew to safety in the Netherlands."


Sounds like a scene from "The Great Escape"

 

[Soundbreaker Welch?]

Kinda odd why the US won't let him fly here.

 

[david_layne]

Kinda odd why the US won't let him fly here.

Lost his medical

 

[Gnomey]

Wow! That was amazing!!

 

[pbfoot]

one of the best seen him many times he used to do 2 shows one with aero commander and then switch to his P51 later in the show

 

[FLYBOYJ]

Lost his medical

He was railroaded by a couple of FAA jerks who had it in for him. I think he eventually won but just doesn't fly anymore because of insurance reasons.

A guy in Afton Wyoming owns "Ole Yeller," his old P-51.

 

[Wildcat]

Sweet!