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I stand corrected. I met Younkin once - he was a great guy. Seems like he had a cargo -18 he ran on a 135 certificate, in addition to his show plane. I'll be on the front row!
 
Bob Hoover

Didn't Bob Hoover have a Lear acro routine? I know he did with a twin Commander. I saw it one time and it was absolutely astounding. What made it all the more astounding is I read once that during the entire routine he loads the airframe to +1G max.
 
Well I just found out recently that someone around has the Part 135 and IFR certified Waco. I was wondering if anyone had any information on this guy?
 
While working for Rockwell... makes sense - Shrike Commander and Sabreliner.

Hoover is number 1 in my book. First time I saw him was in Dallas in '75 in his P-51. Last time was in his Shrike at Reno in 1999. He always put on a good show. Not to mention his military background... I didn't realize until recently that while a WWII combat pilot, he was shot down, POW, then escaped in a stolen FW-190! What a guy!
 
He was killed last year in Sampson.

RIP
 
LR25 said:
He was killed last year in Sampson.

RIP

Along with Jimmy Franklin (who used to fly the jet powered Waco someone mentioned earlier in this post). :(
 
I saw a video of the Franklin crash ... very sad.
 

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