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Aviation Legend Bob Hoover Flies West

Jimmy Doolittle and Chuck Yeager have described Hoover as the greatest stick-and-rudder pilot who ever lived.

Bob Hoover delighted airshow audiences with his “energy management” aerobatic act in a Shrike Commander with both engines shut down and the props feathered. (Photo: Smithsonian/National Air & Space Museum)

October 25, 2016

Robert A. “Bob” Hoover died this morning at age 94. Described by both Jimmy Doolittle and Chuck Yeager as the greatest stick-and-rudder pilot who ever lived, Hoover delighted airshow audiences for decades with his deft flying of the yellow P-51 Ole Yeller and his stunning “energy management” aerobatic act in a Shrike Commander with both engines shut down and the props feathered.

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