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Post by Simonjg on May 2, 2006 16:49:28 GMT 12
Bob Hoover Video
It is no real trick to keep from spilling coffee during a barrel roll or to barrel roll any aircraft given enough altitude to get the nose back above the horizon if your name is Bob Hoover. You should always be coordinated and have one G on during a barrel roll, unlike an aileron roll which keeps the nose above the horizon and rolls on a point. I saw this display at Oshkosh some years ago and if you haven’t check out the video it is really something.
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 2, 2006 19:32:47 GMT 12
That video is great. I remember seeing his display a number of times on tv or videos during the 1980's. It always amazes me.
If I remember right he flew bombers during the war, didn't he?
I wonder what BBC programme that was from. I'd like to see the whole thing.
He's certainly the only guy who's ever made a Shrike Commander commuter plane look interesting.
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Post by Peter Lewis on May 2, 2006 20:23:57 GMT 12
A comment Hoover made at some stage was that the hardest part about 'pouring a glass of water during a roll' was learning to do it left-handed, so that the camera had an unobstructed view of the whole exercise.
There is a video around of his 'dead engine'aerobatics in the Commander twin, obviously taken at some remote desert strip without the benefit of FAA observers. Amazing!
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Post by Bruce on May 2, 2006 22:21:49 GMT 12
Bob Hoover was a P51 Pilot during WW2, he flew alongside Chuck Yeager and Bud Aderson If I recall correctly. His dead engine aerobatic routine in the Shrike Commander became a world famous airshow routine (aparently with FAA approval). The Shrike is now in the new Smithsonian Udvar Hazy centre in Washington DC - displayed in its trademake pose - upside down a few feet off the floor with both engines feathered! Hoover really knew his aerodynamics and knew exactly where the limits were so he could fly to them. Unfortunately he no longer flies airshow displays....  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 2, 2006 22:28:25 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 2, 2006 22:32:59 GMT 12
I see he flew Spitfires with the 52nd Fighter Group. He was shot down on his 59th mission when the droptank failed to drop and his engine exploded in combat with a Fw190. He was a prisoner for 16 months till he escaped, stole a Fw190 and flew at treetop level to Holland!
After the war he was a test pilot for North American Aviation. Amazing chap.
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Post by turboNZ on May 2, 2006 22:39:30 GMT 12
Amazing guy alright. I remember seeing that on TV in the 80's too.
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Post by planeimages on Jun 13, 2006 17:59:40 GMT 12
Bob Hoover was also in line to fly the Bell X1-A but broke his legs. Yeager asked him to be his chase during the Mach one flights.
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