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Originally Posted by curiousuburb Piloting... Powerless. Me... Speechless. Bob Hoover pours tea while doing acrobatics without engines. Wow.

One of the comments on that page:

I once saw Hoover at Reno do an exceptional stunt - he overheade the stage are at low altitude, high airspeed with both props feathered, then proceeded to do some vertical stuff off the end of the runway, props still stationary. He ultimately descended, during the maneuver routine, and disappeared below a low hill off the runway end; still stationary props. Everyone held their breath awaiting his re-appearance, which came after what seemd a very long interval. The shrike suddenly rose above the hill horizon line, did a couple more rolls, the gear came out and he landed. The topper was his rollout, the Shrike exited the runmway, and rolled to the ramp and stopped exactly at the chocks which he had left at the start of the whole routine, props not still unturned!!!

In the words of the Mountain Dew-fueled generation -- that would be SICK.