[AlaskaRC] [Acro] Bob Hoover has gone west.

[Steven Lingle]

http://blogs.mprnews.org/newscut/2016/10/bob-hoover-one-of-nations-greatest-pilots-dead-at-94/ <http://blogs.mprnews.org/newscut/2016/10/bob-hoover-one-of-nations-greatest-pilots-dead-at-94/>

Bob Hoover, one of history’s greatest pilots, dead at 94

Bob Collins October 25, 2016, 9:18 AM

One of the greatest pilots in the history of aviation died this morning.

Bob Hoover, a World War II fighter pilot, a former Air Force test pilot, and the chase plane pilot for Chuck Yeager when he broke the sound barrier for the first time, was 94.
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Roy Pinner, Bob Hoover, John von Linsowe and Dave von Linsowe at Roy's and Bob's induction into the EAA Hall of Fame.



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