Talk Morgan Forums Community The Malvern Arms Bob Hoover

One of the greatest has gone. I saw his signature airshow performance in the Aero Commander at Oshkosh in 1979 and was lucky enough to see him again in 88. Like Eric Winkle Brown he was a talent beyond adjectives. Unlike Eric he was also a bit of a showman but in the best possible sense of the word and this meant that many of us actually got to see his skills in action. What a life! What a pilot! Somewhere there's film of him flying a barrel roll with a cup of tea on the control column and not a drop is spilt.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/26/us/bob-hoover-dead.html?_r=0

Another of the "real" legends passes leaving the World a smaller place for his passing.
A life lived to the full RIP.

Unbelievable; but this is it! here

Thanks Steve! And my memory did not do him justice. He actually pours tea from the pot into the glass with one hand while flying the roll with the other. And the pouring continues during the roll because he maintains a perfect +1 G all the way around. And he had a cabin full of top brass on board at the time.