Bob Hoover---

I flew for Reading Aviation in Reading, Pa years ago(1966?) and at the Reading airshow Hoover was doing some stunt flying---typical P51 stuff--loops rolls etc---then he took up a twin engine AeroCommander and did some demo stuff----the factory guys were standing same place as me on the ramp after Bob had done some kind od high power/speed maximun manuver, he came back towards the airport with one engine feathered---factory guys started mumbling stuff about him blowing engine--when Bob instead of putting the gear down for a landing,rolled the plane into the dead engine and then pulled it up into a loop, extending the gear at the top of the loop(upside down) and landing out of the bottom of the loop---quite a demo flight---and all the time he had a pot of coffee sitting on the glare shield and didn't spill a drop!!!!I think he used the coffee level to tell him if skidding or slipping---
He definitely holds my #1 spot----Most I do is just try to keep from spilling my coffee during straight and level crz!!!