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Bob Hoover Documentary in the works...Video Trailer
July 27, 2011
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Chuck Slusarczyk Jr.

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As the video says, Bob Hoover is the "Pilot's Pilot".  I loved watching him as a kid at seemingly every airshow until the FAA grounded him because of his age.  (I've always wondered if they felt bad about that?)

 

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I just got an email from Airshow Buzz on this, here is the page on this and a bunch of other aviation film related info from Oshkosh:

 

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Pretty sure he fought the FAA and won.  It took him a long time but he was reinstated.  I believe he flew for a couple more years before retiring.

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