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North American Rockwell Shrike Commander 500S, Robert A. "Bob" Hoover

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Flown by R. A. "Bob" Hoover for 20 years, N500RA is the most recognized Shrike Commander in the world. Hoover began ...
Aviation Week

Shrike Makes Final Flight

Shrike Makes Final Flight Airshow legend Bob Hoover has made his Shrike Commander's final flight. The Shrike had been on loan to the International Sport Aviation Museum in Lakeland, Fla., until it ...
Orange County Register

Bob Hoover, pilot who stole plane to escape WWII prison camp, dies at 94

LOS ANGELES – Robert A. “Bob” Hoover, a World War II fighter pilot who became an aviation legend for his flying skills in testing aircraft and demonstrating their capabilities in air shows, has died ...
WGHP

Famed aviator ‘Bob’ Hoover, who escaped Nazis by stealing a plane, dies at 94

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SEATTLE — With his gravelly Tennessee drawl ...
Aviation Week

Spirit Level On The Level

Regarding the reader query about a spirit level, I would like to recommend watching the cockpit video (available via YouTube) of Bob Hoover's Shrike Commander acrobatic routine in which an open ...