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AIRVENTURE TODAY
Bob Hoover documentary preview screening at AirVenture warmly received By Frederick A. Johnsen
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ob Hoover’s decades of fantastic flying form the framework for a new full-length documentary film in which Hoover’s likable personality is the star. Tuesday’s invitation-only screening of Flying the Feathered Edge at the EAA AirVenture Museum was attended by Hoover, who received a standing ovation from the crowd of about 100. The film is the creation of Kim Furst, an award-winning documentary producer who interviewed many friends of Hoover and combed public and private archival sources. The result tells Hoover’s story from his first fly-
ing lessons before World War II to his combat and postwar careers as a test pilot and air show legend. Cameo interviews and observations from well-known fliers including Sean D. Tucker, Clay Lacy, and Harrison Ford lend a relaxed sense of gravitas to the film. Flying the Feathered Edge will appear in a number of film festivals this year, Kim says, and future general release is still in discussion. Judging from the warm and rapt attention the audience gave the film, its pending public availability will be eagerly awaited as word spreads that Bob Hoover is being honored in this way.
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