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- June 11, 2015, 05:13:24 PM"Flying the Feathered Edge" Film Screening
June 20, 2015
10am–12 noon
7000 Merrill Ave Suite 17
Chino, California 91710
planesoffame.org
www.facebook.com/events/498467760303755
WHAT: Open to the public, Planes of Fame Air Museum (Chino, CA) presents a special event on June 20, 2015, the film screening of the Bob Hoover Project documentary film, 'Flying the Feathered Edge'. At 10:00am, Director Kim Furst and special guest will give a short presentation followed by a question & answer period. At 11:00am the movie screening begins. Following the film, DVD and book sales will occur.
A legend of the greatest generation, Robert A. "Bob" Hoover is demonstrably the most beloved figure in aviation today. Considered "The Guru" "An Icon" and "A God" by many of his peers, this humble 92 year old is a graduate of both the Navy and Air Force Test Pilot schools, and has an honorary doctorate from Air University, the intellectual and leadership center of the Air Force. His accomplishments are well known by his colleagues in the military and respected by the society of experimental test pilots, where he has been twice the president.
Bob dreamed of being a fighter pilot but was too tall, with poor eyesight and a bad case of air sickness. With determination and outside the box thinking, this WWII veteran escaped Stalag Luft I by stealing an enemy aircraft and went on to become an accomplished experimental test pilot, participant in breaking the speed of sound and launching the world into the Jet Age.
In his later career as an air show pilot, Hoover performed in front of more people, in more countries, in more different aircraft, than any individual before or since.
In FLYING THE FEATHERED EDGE Bob Hoover tells his own story – and shares, with his trademark charm, the hard earned wisdom of a life spent pushing the edge of the envelope while contributing to aviation's many developments.
Also starring Harrison Ford, Dick and Burt Rutan, Carroll Shelby, Gene Cernan, Medal of Honor Recipient Col. Bud Day, Clay Lacy, General Jack Dailey, and Sean D. Tucker
About the filmmaker: Filmmaker Kim Furst is an award winning director and editor of popular documentaries. Recent work as producer/director includes episodes of PBS's "The Horsemen Cometh," producer "Making Of" documentaries for "Mission Impossible 3,"(Golden Satellite Award, "Best DVD Extras") and "25th Anniversary of Risky Business" among others. This is Kim's fifth aviation documentary as film editor, with credits including Discovery Channel's three part series 'Rocket Challenge," "Wings Over the Rockies" starring Harrison Ford, and the General Aviation classic "One Six Right." (PBS, Discovery HD) Awards as producer/director include "Rising Star 2012? from Canada International Film Festival, "2012 Golden Ace Award" from Las Vegas International Film Festival, and Independent Film Quarterly's "Best Music Video 2011.
June 20, 2015
10am–12 noon
7000 Merrill Ave Suite 17
Chino, California 91710
planesoffame.org
www.facebook.com/events/498467760303755
WHAT: Open to the public, Planes of Fame Air Museum (Chino, CA) presents a special event on June 20, 2015, the film screening of the Bob Hoover Project documentary film, 'Flying the Feathered Edge'. At 10:00am, Director Kim Furst and special guest will give a short presentation followed by a question & answer period. At 11:00am the movie screening begins. Following the film, DVD and book sales will occur.
A legend of the greatest generation, Robert A. "Bob" Hoover is demonstrably the most beloved figure in aviation today. Considered "The Guru" "An Icon" and "A God" by many of his peers, this humble 92 year old is a graduate of both the Navy and Air Force Test Pilot schools, and has an honorary doctorate from Air University, the intellectual and leadership center of the Air Force. His accomplishments are well known by his colleagues in the military and respected by the society of experimental test pilots, where he has been twice the president.
Bob dreamed of being a fighter pilot but was too tall, with poor eyesight and a bad case of air sickness. With determination and outside the box thinking, this WWII veteran escaped Stalag Luft I by stealing an enemy aircraft and went on to become an accomplished experimental test pilot, participant in breaking the speed of sound and launching the world into the Jet Age.
In his later career as an air show pilot, Hoover performed in front of more people, in more countries, in more different aircraft, than any individual before or since.
In FLYING THE FEATHERED EDGE Bob Hoover tells his own story – and shares, with his trademark charm, the hard earned wisdom of a life spent pushing the edge of the envelope while contributing to aviation's many developments.
Also starring Harrison Ford, Dick and Burt Rutan, Carroll Shelby, Gene Cernan, Medal of Honor Recipient Col. Bud Day, Clay Lacy, General Jack Dailey, and Sean D. Tucker
About the filmmaker: Filmmaker Kim Furst is an award winning director and editor of popular documentaries. Recent work as producer/director includes episodes of PBS's "The Horsemen Cometh," producer "Making Of" documentaries for "Mission Impossible 3,"(Golden Satellite Award, "Best DVD Extras") and "25th Anniversary of Risky Business" among others. This is Kim's fifth aviation documentary as film editor, with credits including Discovery Channel's three part series 'Rocket Challenge," "Wings Over the Rockies" starring Harrison Ford, and the General Aviation classic "One Six Right." (PBS, Discovery HD) Awards as producer/director include "Rising Star 2012? from Canada International Film Festival, "2012 Golden Ace Award" from Las Vegas International Film Festival, and Independent Film Quarterly's "Best Music Video 2011.