Believe it or not, I have met the man! Bob used to fly every year at an
air show they used to have in Oklahoma City called "Aerospace America". He
did the exact same flying demo at the airshow every year (engines off). The
Plane, and Aero Commander Shrike was actually made at one time in Oklahoma
City too! Many years ago he used to do amazing demo flights in a P-51
Mustang.
Bob Hoover is a legand in U.S. flying society. He and Chuck Yeager (the guy who
broke the sound barrier, mach 1, in the Bell rocket plane) have been good
friends since WW-ll and both actually flew fighter planes in the war. The
really sad thing is that the U.S. FAA has recently moved to not allow Bob to
renew his pilots license in the U.S. Without his license, he cannot legally
fly here any more and no company will give him insurance. They claim it is
because of some "mistakes" they have seen him fly in some of his shows, but
most people think it is just that he is getting so old now, that the FAA is
afraid that he might have a stroke or heart attack in the middle of a
demonstration flight and crash into the crowd!