To: concentric circles
The first time I saw Mr. Hoover perform was at the Rockord Air show many years ago (before the EAA moved it to Oshkosh, IIRC).
He put on quite show in an Aero Commander (Shrike ?). Finishing up with a dead stick loop and a 3 point landing. I was pre-teen, and just awestruck at his flying ability.
6 posted on
04/14/2006 7:59:03 PM PDT by
Zuriel
(Acts 2:38,39....nearly 2,000 years and still working today!)
To: Zuriel
Rockord=Rockford (IL) Duh
7 posted on
04/14/2006 8:01:06 PM PDT by
Zuriel
(Acts 2:38,39....nearly 2,000 years and still working today!)
To: Zuriel
I too am totally awestruck. These wonderful heroes lived out their lives while I was in high school. God bless them, they are beyond blessed heroic, they gave my generation our freedom and more generations onward.
I cannot thank the WWII heroes enough. Words and tears fail me, it has been too easy to live because of them!
9 posted on
04/14/2006 8:08:41 PM PDT by
elcid1970
To: Zuriel
He put on quite show in an Aero Commander (Shrike ?). Finishing up with a dead stick loop and a 3 point landing. I was pre-teen, and just awestruck at his flying ability.
Yup, I saw his demo at a CAF-led airshow in 1983. Even though it was the first time I'd been around warbirds, Hoover's performance is the one thing I remember most clearly.
His Shrike is on display at the Smithsonian, btw ...
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