Bob Hoover (1) (1922–2016)
Author of Forever Flying: Fifty Years of High-flying Adventures, From Barnstorming in Prop Planes to Dogfighting Germans to Testing Supersonic Jets, An Autobiography
For other authors named Bob Hoover, see the disambiguation page.
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Works by Bob Hoover
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Hoover, Robert Anderson
- Birthdate
- 1922-01-24
- Date of death
- 2016-10-25
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Army Pilot Training School
- Occupations
- test pilot
fighter pilot
aerobatic pilot - Organizations
- Tennessee Air National Guard
US Air Force
General Motors
North American Aviation
North American Rockwell - Awards and honors
- National Aviation Hall of Fame
Distinguished Flying Cross (United States) - Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Places of residence
- Dayton, Ohio, USA area
- Place of death
- Torrance, California, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- USA
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In a compendium of reminiscences, photographs, and experts' discussions, the surviving participants in the development and flying of the Bell X-1 rocket plane that broke the sound barrier in 1947 recount their experiences. It also includes a chapter on famous aviatrix and motion picture stunt pilot Pancho Barnes and her Happy Bottom Riding Club. Pancho offered a free steak to the first man to break the sound barrier (Mach One) and Yeager collected that steak on Oct. 14th 1947. Pancho's Club show more was the fraternity house for the test pilots, where they could share lessons learned in flying the new jets and to celebrate surviving for one more day. show less
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- Works
- 2
- Members
- 193
- Popularity
- #113,336
- Rating
- 4.5
- Reviews
- 1
- ISBNs
- 5