With 50,000+ hours of “extreme aviation” between them, these master pilots share their compelling experiences of how they escaped tragedy on numerous occasions. You can learn the safety principles that Bob Hoover and Wayne Handley used to survive near-impossible situations.
Taking his wife colleen for her first aerobatic flight, Bob tells how his Stearman lost power and the only place to land was in an upcoming grove of trees. Bob explains how he crashed between two trees and used the wings of the biplane to absorb the impact, allowing him and his wife to escape with only minor injuries.
Trapped in a lethal box canyon wile filming a movie, you’ll see the actual "wing-cam" footage of the impact as Wayne shares how he crash-landed on a steep hillside and walked away without a scratch.
As Wayne put it, "We don’t need to make all of the mistakes ourselves…learning from other people’s experiences has saved my life on numerous occasions."
Bob’s words capture the spirit and purpose of Close Calls. "If we can save just one person’s troublesome condition ( a pilot’s close call) …we will have accomplished everything we set out to achieve."
