Bob Hoover Quotes

United States, Pilot
January 24, 1922 – October, 25, 2016.

Robert Anderson "Bob" Hoover was a United States Army Air Forces fighter pilot, USAF and civilian test pilot, flight instructor, air show pilot, and aviation record-setter. Known as the "pilot's pilot", Hoover revolutionized modern aerobatic flying and in many aviation circles has been described as one of the greatest pilots ever to have lived.

I don't think I possess any skill that anyone else doesn't have. I've just had perhaps more of an opportunity, more of an exposure, and been fortunate to survive a lot of situations that many other weren't so lucky to make it. It's not how close can you get to the ground, but how precise can you fly the airplane. If you feel so careless with you life that you want to be the world's lowest flying aviator you might do it for a while. But there are a great many former friends of mine who are no longer with us simply because they cut their margins to close.

Bob Hoover
If you're faced with a forced landing, fly the thing as far into the crash as possible.

Bob Hoover
- Forced
- Crash
- Landing