Tagged: Robert

December 23, 2017

You Can Go Home Again, Sort Of – Robert F. Lindley’s Fifty Second Anniversary Flight

Written By: Harry Ballance Photos by: Gerhard Frenz December 7 means different things to a lot of people. For those of a certain age it is most often associated with Pearl Harbor Day; the seminal event that drew...

air racing / favorite / legends / Special Aviation Events / tribute

March 24, 2017

The Robert A. “Bob” Hoover Celebration of Life Ceremony

A pair of F-86s, Hoover’s favorite aircraft, fly formation with an F-22 Report and Photography by Bob Shane October 25, 2016 marked the passing of R.A. “Bob” Hoover at age 94. He was one of the most accomplished...

air racing / Aviation Record Setters / Civil aviation / favorite / fighters / legends / Reno / World War II

October 28, 2016

We mourn the passing of Robert A. “Bob” Hoover, “The Greatest Stick and Rudder Man Who Ever Lived.”

(Photo: Smithsonian/National Air & Space Museum) One of the greatest pilots in aviation history passed into the eternal Wild Blue Yonder on October 25, 2016, R. A. “Bob” Hoover. The ninety-four year old Hoover passed away at his Los Angeles home...

favorite / legends / meetings

May 14, 2016

Dr Sky and Photorecon Interview Aviation Legend Robert “Bob” Gilliland

CLICK ABOVE PLAYER TO LISTEN TO INTERVIEW In our ongoing series Legends In Aviation, the Photorecon team was honored to sit down with a living legend and hear the first hand account of how one man, with the support of...

Interviews / navy / space

April 28, 2014

Dr.Sky Interviews Author Robert A. Adamcik- America’s Great ENDEAVOUR

The Missions Of The Space Shuttle Endeavor With the sad passing of America’s Space Shuttle program, I recently had the opportunity to interview, author, Robert A. Adamcik, on his new book on the life and times of the youngest...

military

September 16, 2012

National Aviation Heritage Invitational Announces 2012 Awards

National Aviation Heritage Invitational Announces 2012 Awards to Restored Aircraft and Inaugural Recipient of the Neil A. Armstrong Aviation Heritage Trophy. National Aviation Hall of Fame Enshrinees joined presenting sponsor Perform Air in awarding the Grand Champion Neil A....

air force / bombers / fighters / military / post

June 8, 2011

Nellis Weapons School ME Phase 11A

On June 8th, an Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle accelerated down the runway in front of a small group of photographers and videographers, on the first ever media day for a ME Phase. We were escorted out to the...