Bob Hoover died on October 25, 2016, near his home in Los Angeles at the age of 94
Bob Hoover
This is Bob Hoover with Spitfire owner Rudy Frasca. During his career, Hoover flew over 300 types of aircraft, and he has flight tested or flown just about every type of fighter aircraft. After the war ended in Europe, Bob was assigned to the Flight Test Division at Wright Field, where he test flew many captured Japanese and German airplanes. He also flew the latest aircraft being tested for the U.S. Air Force.