I chose Forever Flying By Robert A. "Bob" Hoover because I am a huge aviation nut therefore it was very intriguing to me. Before and after I read it I learned a lot about aviation I realized how much work it'll take for me to become a pilot, I also realized that there is so much more to learn about aviation and my knowledge is only scratching the surface of it. I learned that when you want to achieve a goal you have to give 110% until your goal is reached and climb every mountain in your way because in the end all the hard work would've be worth it. After reading this book I took note of all the amazing friends Bob Hoover has made over his life time from Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, to the Wright Brothers the first men to achieve powered sustained flight, many important military officials, and Bob even personally met 5 presidents, and many more famous people.(throughout whole book) Later in the book I realized the reason why Bob had so many friends. It' simple he was just a friendly guy to be around, people enjoyed his company. after I read this book I've become a much more friendly person and an enjoyable person to be around. My favorite part of the book that really stuck with me was when a kid my age was fueling Bob Hoover's airplane before one of His famous air show performances, when the kid accidentally refueled the airplane with the wrong type of fuel causing the engines to quit on take off nearly killing Hoover.(112-114) Bob had a successful emergency landing then went on to look for the boy that narrowly killed him. Bob found him crying and upset and instead of chewing him out, Bob comforted him and told him that "there isn't any man on this planet that hasn't made a mistake and I bet that you won't ever make that mistake again thats why I only want you to refuel my airplanes from now on".(114-115) Bob response was very heartwarming and shows that even in a situation where the boy could've easily killed him he was still able to be so kind. If someone else was to read this book I they would get as much as I got out of this book simply because it teaches everything that it takes to be successful in life, being kind and working hard and dedicating yourself to reaching your goal.
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(All of the citations above are found in the pages of the book)