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I don't like to think that I'm bragging
about anything but I always wanted to
give everything my best effort and I
overcome had to overcome air sickness
and so many people think i must be must
have been a natural aviator but i really
wasn't i was probably the the person
most unlikely
who could ever learned and fri and yet
he became one of the greatest pilots of
all time
hello and welcome to AOPA live this week
I'm Melissa rooting her and I'm Tom
Haines Bob over passed away tuesday at
age 94 and he was in the middle of
telling a story what happened that was
vintage Bob yeah yeah no matter the
venue Bob Hoover like telling stories
and why not
no pilot had more aviation experiences
than Bob like escaping a German prison
camp and stealing a focke-wulf 190 to
fly to the other ones and always having
this rustling around up there were
picked for coming at me from everywhere
and they with the detonating Germans and
they sell be landing the airplane with
german market design and so they
obviously thought I was a crowd and
or why you learn to fly so smoothly i
went through all of the sicknesses you
could ever get
and finally overcoming up to buy so
smoothly and I did that because I didn't
want to get airsick
and so I had learned to do everything so
gracefully that amazed everybody who
wasn't the days when he flew the Shrike
commander through his engines out that's
both engines routine report a glass of
iced tea while rolling the big twin
after World War Two Hoover became a
military test pilot finding the limits
and the problems in just about every new
aircraft coming down the line and there
were a lot of new airplanes and he put
his rear on the line to test the
engineers solutions to overcoming
compressibility and the so-called sound
barrier divided with Chuck Yeager to be
the first to fly faster than sound of
the bell x-1 deserve it may be and would
have been hanging there
step out in the breeze and
but when Chuck guided know about that
one
after winter i decided i was going to
happen I never regretted that I would
like to have done it for everybody would
like to be the first to do something
then that was Bob unfailing graciousness
and approachability the only person he
had to impress with himself
I did things with airplanes it a lot of
people never done and it was just
because I was pushing myself to prove
that and really was going to succeed at
the one thing had morning to do so
completely in my heart man bobsled a
pilot wasn't Superman that's why he
almost always wore a suit and tie and
its trademark and my hat rather than a
flight suit he wanted to be approachable
you wanted to tell everyone to follow
their dreams you know the most important
thing that any aid and can do is
encourage others to want to fly and the
best way to do that is to be very humble
very supportive of what they're doing
and make certain that they are passing
alone that you don't have to be super
man to fly an airplane but you need to
be understanding of the people that
you're applying for and the people
you're trying to encourage to become
good aviators
inspiring others providing advice
coaching like you like like you just saw
and just an amazing guy to be around
very uplifting very inspirational
absolutely I iso have such vivid
memories of the nineties at AirVenture
and him flying that routine that really
nobody else was flying into then or now
right you take the aero commander do
those dead-stick landings one engine two
engines no engines for those amazing
routines think about bob was it was
interesting to be around as you know he
was just so comfortable being Bob Hoover
lot of celebrity pilots are celebrities
and general get so wrapped up in you
know being the celebrity that they're
just very uncomfortable with themselves
and bob was just a comfortable guy you
know six-foot-two skinny as a rail his
whole life and just towered over people
and yet he would take the time to get
down on one knee and talk to a kid
provide advice and encouragement to
anybody who asks signing autographs and
and telling stories you know as long as
anybody care to listen
yeah my impression with the same he
seemed completely unaffected by the fame
and Justin comfortable in his own skin
yes he definitely was and the tributes
to Bob have been pouring in of course da
president Jack Pelton said he was a true
gentleman and unfailingly gracious and
generous noted aviation attorney John
notice fought for Bob when the FAA
unjustly revoked Bob's medical
certificate i guess the four most
characteristic i remember of Baba's his
courtesy his true gentleness throughout
this ordeal and he really went through
quite an ordeal he never said a bad word
about the FAA and NTSB I can't say that
about myself a bob was a true gentleman
and AOPA president Mark Baker remembered
the attention who were devoted to mark's
young son encouraging him to pursue his
dreams he was all attentive in that
moment that time with the pretty young
boy and there's lots of stuff going on
and he was focused in that time
in communicating and making sure he had
the channel open and I've seen him do it
you know before and since but to see him
in there that close
he was a magician and I think magical
the way inspired a lot of people and we
should all aspire to be like Bob Hoover
yes we should
will never forget Bob Hoover of course
an aopa is truly honored to be part of
keeping his memory alive with the annual
Bob Hoover trophy the barber trophy will
be awarded to an outstanding aviator
that truly personifies would Bob Hoover
himself stood for superior and a
airmanship humility and humbleness but
also the willingness to share the
incredible story of aviation and every
piece of aviation with any generation
from now and going forward
the trophy is a replica of the Bob
Hoover statue that stands in the
smithsonian air and space museum's
udvar-hazy center and honoree will be
selected each year
fittingly enough the 2016 honoree was
Bob Hoover himself and now let's look
more towards Aviation's future there's a
lot of buzz in the flight training
business this week
thought leaders flight schools and CF
eyes are just getting back from the
annual red bird migration conference it
wrapped up in San Marcos Texas this week
migration is a place to share ideas and
best practices throughout the flight
training industry it's held at the
Redbirds skyport this year's theme was
Big Data red bird flight simulations
founder Jerry Gregg wire said there's a
whole lot that the flight instruction
world and GA can gain from things in the
Big Data industry I think we're finally
starting to break through is an industry
about how what it is and how it can be
used so probably the most exciting thing
for me was I think everybody's going to
leave the conference today and
understand what we're all talking about
terms of why it's important to collected
why it's important to keep it and what
about what are the strange things and
new things that can come out of there
are big changes in store for red bird
and the migration conference Jerry Gregg
wire is stepping away from day-to-day
operations at the company he's going to
take some time off and then work on
other projects the migration conference
has outgrown the Skyport and next year
the event will be at the EAA museum in
oshkosh migration is a great way for
flight training professionals to share
best practices KO PA wants to highlight
and honor those instructors and flight
schools out there who are doing great
work the future of our industry depends
on it it does and that's why we've
created the flight training excellence
awards were handed out at migration AOPA
pilot editor en Twombly has the story
from san marcos you never forget your
flight instructor in flight school and
making sure student pilots have a great
experience is critical to helping the
pilot population continued to grow the
AOPA flight training Excellence Awards
celebrate schools and instructors that
are doing it right
Brenda tips was named flight instructor
of the year
I really love working with different
people i love setting goals and so when
i'm working with the student it's a
constant resetting of goals you know
first I have to get them to slow and
then we have to get the pro rating and I
can't wait to get them through a rating
and as soon as we're done i'm ready for
them to start over on the next rating KO
PA honored Brenda and a dozen other
training providers during red bird
migration into just venture down on her
own and winning the award will help
bring visibility to her new business
it was a huge honor that people actually
voted and said thanks things they did
the words are a key part of AOPA's
flight training initiative one of the
four cornerstones of the you can fly
program so you can fly program is made
up of four initiatives that are aimed at
different points and pads lifecycle AOPA
strongly believes in the power of flight
training and its impact on the community
and we aim to prove that the pilot
completion rate through flight training
in 12 Lee AOPA live flight training
excellence awards are based on the
results of the AOPA flight training poll
we asked students to give us feedback
each year
thank you to all who participated and of
course it wouldn't be migration without
something funky going on and this year
people were divided into teams and given
identical boxes of stuff and asked to
make something that flies and you can
see that some of them flew well sort of
the entries were judged on categories
like overall unique design best sales
pitch for the flying jalopies and least
likely to find an insurance underwriter
that might have been the toughest
category the team building exercise
brought people from across the world
together to work on the project but very
creative solutions there leave it to red
bird to bring people together that way
they always make it fun you two
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so their safety institute has some tips
for you
they just released a new video called
taming the twin the video goes through
misconceptions about twin performance
and give some rules for pilots to follow
if you follow these four general rules
being realistic about the airplanes
limitations putting greater emphasis on
flight planning building extra safety
margins into your operations and making
the effort to maintain a higher level of
proficiency you'll be in a much better
position to really take advantage of the
greater safety offered by that extra
engine you can find the video on the air
safety institute websites when we come
back and abs be set back for one company
and a community airport one way to show
it off
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welcome back you're watching NBA Live
this week
here's some good news for aviators
refueling in New Jersey while fuel taxes
are going up by 23 cents a gallon of gas
has been spared AOPA worked with other
organizations to head off more taxes on
aviation KO PA was on the ground before
state legislative committees to oppose
the tax increase the FAA is proposing an
airworthiness directive that would
require some pilots to remove their adsb
transceivers proposed ad applies to
certain networks 80s 600 be models if a
says some of the devices do not meet TSO
requirements and as a result they could
send unreliable position information
the problem seems to center on the GPS
that's built into some of these units
the gps is not certified it does not
have to be certified under the rules it
does need to meet the performance
requirements of certain navigation at
one or more navigation tsos the company
seems to believe that it does the FAA
seems to believe that it doesn't AOPA
will comment on the proposed ad well
when is the human-machine no longer air
worthy dr. Jonathan sacker has some
thoughts on knowing when it's time to
hang up the scarf and goggles and says
Jethro had it right
while it would be a great idea to have a
ground crew to run our flight plan by
prior to liftoff
I think it would be a fabulous idea
maybe to check in with those same people
who know you your skills and sense of
health maybe once a year or so just to
acetate if age-related but perhaps
imperceptible deteriorations might
suggest it's time to quit you can see
dr. sackers full video on our website
and you can find out what Jethro had to
do with it does your community know
about your Airport chances are no but
it's important that they do and one way
to promote your field is to hold an
event that will bring folks to the
airport and it's surprisingly easy to do
as we found out with our first wings and
wheels events at Frederick municipal
airport ok lives warm morning star was
there four wheels three wheels two
wheels they were all at the AOPA
national aviation community center this
weekend at the frederick Municipal
Airport a fun way to get the community
to visit their community here center
manager Mike Woods says there is a
natural community that can help make
these kinds of airport events happen we
talk about the parallel line lifestyles
that there are those who fly airplanes
awesome cars and motorcycles want to
bring them all together with more than
that we want to bring them all together
at the airport wings and wheels brought
surprising 2,500 people for the airport
on a blustery day
this gives those folks who already have
that interest that every time an
airplane flies over there looking up and
wishing they were there this gives them
that opportunity to take the next step
to get up close to the aircraft to get
up close to the pilots and flight
schools and ask the questions that will
eventually lead to them getting into the
cockpit and some of those people are
already making plans there's been a lot
of enthusiasm about learning to fly
today talk to a lot of people and
even my card and bring the tips just
started her own flight school she said
wings and wheels was very good for her
talked to thousands of people but I
anticipate probably maybe 10 people be
given me a call so far but it's more
than just business opportunity I think
events like this are great ways to
invite the community out and help them
understand this is this is their place
to there's a place for them at the
airport and we want people to feel like
that is the public public space it
belongs to the city of Frederick and the
residents of this city and county and we
want to treat an airport just like
public park and put it all together it's
not that hard it's just a matter of
community connections but the thing is
we all have those connections it's just
a matter of hey let's pull this together
in and do this successful community
event ward Morningstar AOPA love we have
an online guide on how to hold an
airport open house and other types of
events you can contact our you can fly
staff for more information and help and
finally next week
Tom and I will be in orlando for the
national business aviation Association
convention AOPA will be there on the
exhibit floor drop by our booth if
you're attending we're also offering a
special seminar on Wednesday called get
back to your roots
it's all about flying just for fun it's
free and you can register online so one
way or another we'll see you next week
from Florida
happy Halloween everybody