U.S. President Herbert Hoover, whose term was notably marked by the stock market crash of 1929 and the beginnings of the Great Depression, was born on this day in 1874. | Biography

#TBT to Bob Hoover's legendary piloting career. Bob will be honored at this year's AirVenture -- during the air show, on July 23 at the Fly-In Theater featuring Flying the Feathered Edge and on July 24 at Theater in the Woods. | EAA - The Spirit of Aviation

2013, Bob Hoover performs a barrel roll in the Rockwell Sabreliner business jet. He was 91 years old. Unfortunately, he died on Oct 25th, 2016. RIP Bob Hoover. Hoover flew Spitfires in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II and was shot down in 1944 off the coast of France. He was held for over a year in a German POW camp before eventually escaping and flying to safety in a stolen enemy aircraft. He then worked as a United States Air Force and civilian test pilot after the war, fl