The legendary Bob Hoover will be remembered at a Celebration of Life Nov. 18, 2016, at Clay Lacy Aviation in Van Nuys, Calif.
The event honoring Hoover, who passed away Oct. 25 at the age of 94, will be livestreamed at LetBobFly.net/Live beginning at 1 p.m. Pacific time (4 p.m. Eastern) and is expected to run through 4 p.m. Pacific time.
Bob Hoover watched the air show at Abbotsford, BC, in the mid-1970s, his famous yellow P-51 parked behind him. (Photo by Frederick A. Johnsen)
The celebration will be hosted by Masters of Ceremonies Sean D. Tucker and Danny Clisham.
Following the event, the entire program will be offered via archived programs and edited excerpts that will be posted to YouTube.com, as well.
Plans for a DVD release, in support of Hoover related programs and charities are in the planning stages, according to officials.
Will always remember his friendly, open enjoyable company when he joined us at lunch in Palm Springs. Bob Brann
BOB will be sorely missed!!! My late husband, Bill Lear, Jr and my self have spent some wonderful times with Bob…especially during the Reno Air Races.
Always gentle, always kindly and most of all, one heck of a flying legend! Hope to see you and my Bill again, on a different runway…bet you are already swopping stories!
Brenda Lear, aka Mrs. William Powell Lear, jr.
The Pilots Pilot, always a joy to see. First introduced Reno many years past..