The Bob Hoover Academy in Salinas took a student up in the air today, offering hands-on aviation experience. The academy, which began as a flight training school for students from Rancho Cielo, an ...

Robert A. "Bob" Hoover, a World War II fighter pilot who became an aviation legend for his flying skills in testing aircraft and demonstrating their capabilities in air shows, has died at age 94.

Air show legend Bob Hoover is shown in 2005. Hoover, who was once stationed at Wright Field and inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame, has died at the age of 94. MIKE ULLERY/NATIONAL ...

Chesapeake – A Memorial Service for Mr. Robert L. “Bob” Hoover, Sr., age 86, of Anniston, AL, formerly of Virginia Beach, will be held at 11 AM on Wednesday, July 24, 2013 at First Christian Church in ...

Experience the breathtaking escape of Bob Hoover, the daring American pilot who stole a German Focke-Wulf 190 and flew it back to safety. With no maps, flying a foreign aircraft, and risking friendly ...

Captured American pilot Bob Hoover carried out one of the most daring escapes of World War II when he managed to steal a German Focke-Wulf fighter and fly it back to Allied territory. The astonishing ...

Robert A. “Bob” Hoover is considered by many to be our greatest living aviator and has influenced generations of pilots with his precision flying and gentlemanly demeanor. Nicknamed “the Pilot’s Pilot ...

Legendary pilot Bob Hoover, a world famous air show performer and former Air Force test pilot who flew captured enemy planes at Wright Field, died Tuesday, according to media reports. He was 94 years ...