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Msg ID: 2726073 Bob Hoover flies the Shrike +4/-0     
Author:Kind of dated, like the good old days
4/16/2022 8:09:48 AM

https://youtu.be/PT1kVmqmvHU 



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Msg ID: 2726088 Bob Hover flies the Shrike +2/-0     
Author:Back In The Day
4/16/2022 12:03:33 PM

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I saw Hoover at the Salinas air show. He did his signature energy conservation routine in his Shrike. Pretty impressive.



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Msg ID: 2726090 Bob Hover flies the Shrike +1/-1     
Author:Cheap
4/16/2022 12:44:46 PM

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Dang,he didn’t wear a helmet,nomex,or a pair of boots to do all that.



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Msg ID: 2726096 Bob Hover flies the Shrike (NT) +0/-5     
Author:who is Bob Hoover
4/16/2022 1:39:37 PM

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Msg ID: 2726097 IT'S HOOVER you dope +7/-0     
Author:if you are going to give him
4/16/2022 1:40:37 PM

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kudos...then spell his name right.....



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Msg ID: 2726098 Bob Hover flies the Shrike +2/-1     
Author:Hmm
4/16/2022 1:40:40 PM

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Bob knew he wasn't going to crash so thought they weren't needed.

 



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Msg ID: 2726107 Some day, you're going to walk out to the aircraft knowing ithat this will  +1/-5     
Author:olderendirt
4/16/2022 2:51:07 PM

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Some day, you're going to takeoff knowing ihat this will be your last flight. And someday you're going to takeoff not knowing ihat this will be your last flight. They're called 'accidents' not 'on purposes': accidents happen unplanned.


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Msg ID: 2726117 Bob Hover flies the Shrike +0/-0     
Author:BigT
4/16/2022 3:50:44 PM

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He was within an ace of being the guy asking for the stick of Beamons



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Msg ID: 2726119 Bob Hover flies the Shrike +2/-0     
Author:huge difference
4/16/2022 3:54:22 PM

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in personality between those two guys.  Bob is as humble



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Msg ID: 2726120 Bob Hover flies the Shrike +3/-0     
Author:Is It Arrogant To Say You Can Do
4/16/2022 3:57:17 PM

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Something few others can do, then go do it?



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Msg ID: 2726128 Bob Hover flies the Shrike +0/-2     
Author:it's arrogant to thing that
4/16/2022 5:54:25 PM

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those things were only accomplished because of you.  Yeager was an exceptional pilot, but also a shameless self-promoter.  The guy had a huge pair....but the sound barrier would have been broken without him. 

If you read his autobiography he still comes off as somewhat an a**hole, and that's him writing about himself.  I would not want to fly anything that he had flown the day before.

YMMV



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Msg ID: 2726143 Bob Hover flies the Shrike +5/-0     
Author:Before Yeager Any Pilot Who
4/16/2022 7:10:46 PM

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Flirted with Mach 1, they came back with a tattered aircraft. That's if they came back at all. There were no civilian pilots who would dare challenge Mach 1. And a lot of military pilots  were terrified of it too. 



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Msg ID: 2726175 Bob Hover flies the Shrike +5/-1     
Author:actually he got the job because
4/16/2022 11:50:45 PM

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the Bell test pilot wanted a lot of money to go mach 1, Chuck agrred to do it for Cpt. pay. 

 



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Msg ID: 2726178 Bob Hover flies the Shrike +3/-1     
Author:Enough Money Can Overcome
4/17/2022 12:44:28 AM

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Any fear. Or, the demand for a lot of money can be a ruse to cover up fear.



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Msg ID: 2726261 Bob Hover flies the Shrike +2/-3     
Author:or...
4/17/2022 9:00:08 PM

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asking for a lot of money could mean that you want....wait for it .... more money, and you think you have enough leverage to get it.

But I'm sure you're probably right, he just asked for a lot of money because he was afraid.  Yeah, that's the ticket.



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Msg ID: 2726306 Bob Hover flies the Shrike +5/-2     
Author:He Thought He Had Enough
4/18/2022 10:57:00 AM

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Leverage to get it. Yeah, that's the ticket. See how that works? 



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Msg ID: 2726160 Bob Hover flies the Shrike +1/-0     
Author:Saw
4/16/2022 9:01:56 PM

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him late '80s in Readng PA

Research his WWII exploits.



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