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R.A. "Bob" Hoover has passed...
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 10:02 am
by Cubs2jets
...according to CAF facebook page.
A truly great aviator and gentleman. Blue skys and tailwinds. Energy management is now infinite!
C2j
Re: R.A. "Bob" Hoover has passed...
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 10:05 am
by bipe215
Next to my Dad, he was my foremost hero. What a life he had.
Steve G
Re: R.A. "Bob" Hoover has passed...
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 11:26 am
by Jesse C.
Condolences to his family, friends and the aviation community. This is truly sad news.
God Speed and Vaya Con Dios.
Re: R.A. "Bob" Hoover has passed...
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 11:56 am
by expat
A sad loss
Re: R.A. "Bob" Hoover has passed...
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 11:59 am
by cooper9411
Condolences to family and friends! R.I.P.
Re: R.A. "Bob" Hoover has passed...
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 12:28 pm
by p51
So odd, as I finally read his autobiography for the first time recently.
Re: R.A. "Bob" Hoover has passed...
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 1:04 pm
by maxum96
Nooòooooooooo! I'm saddened to hear this. I'm disappointed I never met him. I never heard a bad word about him. All I ever heard was what a gentleman and fantastic aviator he was. I consider myself fortunate to have watched him put on a fantastic aerial display with both the P-51 and the Shrike. How fitting that one of his airplanes will forever be on display in the Smithsonian.
Re: R.A. "Bob" Hoover has passed...
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 1:07 pm
by quemerford
Spoke to him on the phone a number of times but sadly never met him: his loss will be keenly felt.
A truly legendary aviator.
Re: R.A. "Bob" Hoover has passed...
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 1:26 pm
by JohnB
RIP, to a fine man and first class pilot.
Re: R.A. "Bob" Hoover has passed...
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 2:00 pm
by Dan Jones
What a life lived, though. RIP.
Re: R.A. "Bob" Hoover has passed...
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 2:05 pm
by Lon Moer
Aero-News NetworkANN is deeply shocked and saddened to learn of the passing of aviation legend R.A. "Bob" Hoover, who was often referred to as a "pilot's pilot." Hoover passed away early in the morning on Tuesday in a hospital near his home in Rancho Palos Verdes in California. He was 94 years old...............
Re: R.A. "Bob" Hoover has passed...
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 2:06 pm
by Fouga23
Greatest aviator that ever lived! RIP
Re: R.A. "Bob" Hoover has passed...
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 2:34 pm
by Lynn Allen
We lost a great one today. Thank you for your service and Blue Skies Sir...
Re: R.A. "Bob" Hoover has passed...
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 4:34 pm
by Invader26
As was once said "life should be measured in achievements whatever they might be and not years!".....
Bob did both!
Proud to have had him as a friend...
RIP and tailwinds forever sir...
Re: R.A. "Bob" Hoover has passed...
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 5:39 pm
by Starfighter
This is really tragic news.
Thank you Bob, a real and true aviator.
R.I.P and Blue Skies