Classic video of Bob Hoover in an F-86, 1961

[con-pilot]

Enjoy a rare video from the past of one of the best.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRt6UnNzR6I

[brickhistory]

Nice!

One of the top pilots ever flying one of the most attractive planes ever.

[dakkg651]

Anyone got a link to Hoover flying that yellow P51?

[T-21]

Lovely smoooooth control inputs and skilled flying ,not dangerous. I hate all this modern day aerobatics with brutal control inputs and VNe all the time. What happened to control finesse ?

[tornadoken]

Same year (I think), Paris Salon, same wiggling fly-by, same one-wheel touch & go, but one engine out Aero Commander.

[Gainesy]

Lovely and smooth. Bob Hoover, about 30,000hr total time, including about two straight and level.:)

[treadigraph]

I saw his last Reno display in the Shrike - wonderful! I'd like to see the Mustang display too, someone must have filmed him in the thirty-odd years he flew it. :ok:

[con-pilot]

Believe it of not I've been looking for his P-51 show and I cannot find a video of it anywhere. There are tons of the Aero Commander shows, but so far no joy on the P-51 or the F-100.

I shall keep looking. I was just lucky to stumble onto the F-86 video.

[Tmbstory]

con-pilot.

What a fantastic display, sheer finesse & so smooth.

You do not see much of this standard today. A pity.

Thanks

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