Saturday, December 8, 2012

We Remember

  • Via Cousin Bill
    R.A. 'Bob' Hoover - 1:06 - 1:12 - 'best stick and rudder man I ever saw.' Chuck Yeager 

    Cory Crowell 1 week
    P-51 triple-ace Bud Anderson, 1:16 to 1:22. (Flew "Old Crow"
    Richard Cole, Doolittle Raider, Plane #1, 3:41 to 3:48. 

    skipmaag 2 weeks ago
    Cory Crowell 2 weeks ago
    Bob Hoover from 1:05 to 1:10. Just saw him at our local Veteran's Day parade 2012. He is 90 now. Wiki him sometime... hell of a man and a pilot's pilot. Shot down in WWII, escaped from POW camp, stole a German FW-190, and flew himself to freedom! They had to make all airplane cockpits bigger for him after that, to fit those big brass ones!

2 comments:

  1. Nice, thanks Brock.

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    1. Thank you and it was great to have the commentors give us the background.

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