Forever Flying: Fifty Years of High-Flying Adventures, from Barnstorming in Prop Planes to Dogfighting Germans to Testing Supersonic Jets

R. A. "Bob" Hoover; Mark Shaw

ISBN 10: 0671537601 / ISBN 13: 9780671537609

Edité par Pocket Books, 1996

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Inscribed and SIGNED by Bob Hoover on FEP.

N° de réf. du vendeur 016710

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• Titre: Forever Flying: Fifty Years of High-Flying Adventures, from Barnstorming in Prop Planes to Dogfighting Germans to Testing Supersonic Jets
• Éditeur: Pocket Books
• Date de parution: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0671537601
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780671537609
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• Impression: 3rd Printing
• État de l'article: Near Fine
• Signé: Inscribed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Book by R A Bob Hoover Mark Shaw

Présentation de l'éditeur

Barnstormer, World War II fighter, pioneering test pilot, aerobatic genius—Bob Hoover is a true American hero. Now, in Forever Flying, he tells his amazing story, sharing all the thrills and chills, spectacular stunts and death-defying exploits that have made him a living aviation legend.

The true story of one man’s flight into history.

Barnstormer, World War II fighter, pioneering test pilot, aerobatic genius—Bob Hoover is a true American hero. Now, in FOREVER FLYING, he tells his amazing story, sharing all the thrills and chills, spectacular stunts and death-defying exploits that have made him a living aviation legend. Climb into the cockpit with America’s original top gun for an astonishing inside look at flight in action—and on the edge.

Read about:

• Hoover’s dramatic dogfights as a decorated World War II fighter pilot...including the encounter that knocked him out of the sky

• His daring escape from the Nazis’ infamous Stalag I prison camp—when he stole a German plane and flew it to Holland

• The great aviators he has known, such as Orville Wright, Eddie Rickenbacker, Charles Lindbergh, and Neil Armstrong

• Hoover’s one-of-a-kind maneuvers that have dazzled air-show crowds the world over.