Huzband Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 Unless you really KNOW how to fly. . Link to comment
Glenn Reed Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 Wow. I'll have to show that to my father-in-law. He was a naaval aviator and then flew commercial for many years. He had a Cub at his local airport and I got to go up in it with him once. Link to comment
Joe Frickin' Friday Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 I saw this guy perform at an airshow in Battle Creek a couple of years ago. Funny stuff. I hope they installed some skids on the wingtips... I liked the first comment below the video: "He's actually a commercial Delta pilot " Link to comment
Mister Tee Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 I've seen that guy perform two or three times at airshows. He's pretty good. Talked to him after afterwards a couple years ago. Nice guy. Link to comment
upflying Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 There is a video of a Schweitzer doing the same kind of air show tricks with it, I'll see if I can find it. Otto, the helicopter clown Link to comment
Pilgrim Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 Pilots here will recognize the name Bob Hoover and they have probably watched him perform, or at least videos of it, until even their stomaches knotted. I had the privilege of watching him do his thing in Fort Lauderdale about 1974 or so. He began just the same way as the guy in the Cub, staggering out to a "parked" Rockwell Commander, a twin-engine, business-class airplane. He climbed in and took off, but when when he got to XXX thousand feet he cut both engines and flew his routine power off. Watch a bit of him First he flies power on, then one engine, then about halfway through the video he cuts them both. On that YouTube page you'll also find a link to a video of him pouring a drink, from a pitcher to a glass, on the dashboard of the plane while he rolls the aircraft completely. Pilgrim Link to comment
upflying Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 I saw Hoover preform several times in the Shrike Commander at the Reno Air Races. It's all about energy management. Awesome pilot. Link to comment
russell_bynum Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 I never got to see Hoover in person, but I think I've just about worn out the YouTube servers watching videos of his performances. Incredible stuff. Link to comment
Ken H. Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 Pilots here will recognize the name Bob Hoover I have Hoover’s autograph from when I saw him do his energy management show (in the Shrike Commander) in KC a few years ago. It was right after the FAA gave him his license back after that long witch hunt ordeal. Saw the “drunk pilot” show at Oshkosh - great fun! Link to comment
Pilgrim Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 Gordon Baxter, of Flying magazine, wrote a column about riding with Hoover during one of those shows. I wish I had it; I ought to run down a copy of his book to see if it's there. Some of his columns are available on line but I haven't been able to find that one. He said, more or less,"... there we were, inverted, with my stomach doing flip-flops, and that dear, gentle man reached over and turned off both engines. Yes, he did, both of them." My recall of his words don't come close to inducing the humorous terror that his did; I guess you had to be there, so to speak. Bax was a funny guy. Pilgrim Link to comment
ESokoloff Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 Pilots here will recognize the name Bob Hoover I have Hoover’s autograph from when I saw him do his energy management show (in the Shrike Commander) in KC a few years ago. It was right after the FAA gave him his license back after that long witch hunt ordeal. I got mine when I spied him on a shared Mobile lounge at Dulles in 95 I'm thinking that was about the starting time frame of his medical ordeal. Link to comment
russell_bynum Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 Gordon Baxter, of Flying magazine, wrote a column about riding with Hoover during one of those shows. I wish I had it; I ought to run down a copy of his book to see if it's there. Some of his columns are available on line but I haven't been able to find that one. He said, more or less,"... there we were, inverted, with my stomach doing flip-flops, and that dear, gentle man reached over and turned off both engines. Yes, he did, both of them." My recall of his words don't come close to inducing the humorous terror that his did; I guess you had to be there, so to speak. Bax was a funny guy. Pilgrim Lol. When I used to get Flying, Baxter's column was the second one I read every month...after "I learned about flying from that". Great stuff. Link to comment
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