Bob Hoover flew combat in WWII, escaped a German POW camp in a stolen Focke-Wulf 190, and performed the greatest airshow act in aviation history.
TaildraggerOn August 7, 1955, Boeing test pilot Tex Johnston rolled the 707 prototype twice over Lake Washington - a calculated gamble that may have sold the jet age.
TaildraggerOn October 14, 1947, Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in the Bell X-1 with two cracked ribs and a piece of broomstick - a story of calculated risk and cold nerve.
TaildraggerBob Hoover escaped a WWII POW camp by stealing a Focke-Wulf 190 he had never flown - the beginning of the greatest airshow career in aviation history.
TaildraggerOn August 7, 1955, Boeing test pilot Tex Johnston barrel-rolled a jet transport prototype over Lake Washington and sold the jet age to the world.
TaildraggerBob Hoover escaped a WWII German POW camp by stealing a Focke-Wulf 190 and became the airshow pilot Neil Armstrong called the greatest he ever saw.
TaildraggerOn October 14, 1947, Chuck Yeager flew the Bell X-1 to Mach 1.06 over the Mojave Desert - with two broken ribs and a sawed-off broomstick in his pocket.
TaildraggerBob Hoover - the pilot Chuck Yeager called the best he ever saw - escaped a German POW camp by stealing a Focke-Wulf 190 and went on to redefine what airmanship looks like.
TaildraggerThe North American X-15 flew 199 missions to the edge of space, set speed and altitude records that still stand, and shaped every hypersonic and space vehicle that followed.
VectorBob Hoover escaped a German POW camp in spring 1945 by stealing a Focke-Wulf 190 he had never flown - launching one of aviation's greatest careers.
TaildraggerBob Hoover - escape artist, sound-barrier witness, and dead-stick virtuoso - remains the pilot by whom all other pilots are measured.
TaildraggerBob Hoover escaped a German POW camp by stealing a Focke-Wulf 190 and became the aviator that Neil Armstrong, Chuck Yeager, and Jimmy Doolittle each called the greatest they had ever seen.
TaildraggerOn August 7, 1955, test pilot Tex Johnston barrel rolled Boeing's 707 prototype over Lake Washington - and sold the jet age.
TaildraggerOn October 14, 1947, Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in the Bell X-1 with two broken ribs and a broom handle - the complete story of how it happened.
TaildraggerHow test pilot Tex Johnston barrel-rolled the Boeing Dash 80 over Lake Washington in 1955 and sold the world on jets.
TaildraggerRadio Hangar explores Tex Johnston, the Dash Eighty, and the Barrel Roll Over Lake Washington That Sold the World on the Jet Airliner.
TaildraggerBefore Apollo 11, Neil Armstrong was a Navy combat pilot and X-15 test pilot - and that flying is what got him to the moon.
TaildraggerBob Hoover stole a Focke-Wulf 190 from a Luftwaffe airfield to escape a German POW camp - then became the greatest airshow pilot who ever lived.
TaildraggerHow Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier on October 14, 1947, with two broken ribs and a nine-inch piece of broom handle.
TaildraggerBob Hoover, called the greatest stick-and-rudder pilot ever by Jimmy Doolittle, redefined airmanship through six decades of flying.
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