Bob Hoover's last four point roll in the Sabreliner November 2013

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Watch the video.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[skippydiesel]

Back then, early 1980's, I did not know who Bob Hoover was.

 

I was invited, by my boss (a Bonanza owner/pilot,) to fly in to an air show at Edmonton, Alberta. The highlight of the show was one Bob Hoover in, I think, in a Shrike Commander. Bob put that aircraft through a series of incredible maneuvers, before cutting the engines, making a "dead stick" landing & taxying up to the crowd, all without any further engine power. The real surprise for me was when this lanky old, bespectacled gent, with a pretty tatty looking straw hat, emerged from the aircraft, to the applause of the crowd.

 

I was/am reminded of an old saying "Hansom Is, As Handsome Does" and Bob was very handsome that day.

[facthunter]

The FAA in their wisdom  cancelled his licence and when he came to Australia to fly his routine at Avalon  he was issued an Australian licence by  a Barry Diamond who was In Charge of the VIC-TAS region of CASA so I got to see him perform the routine you describe. Bob has the sort of background you can only dream of. A man for the time.  Nev