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Students Soar to New Heights in the Bob Hoover Academy:

January 2022 - AUTHOR: Dr. Deneen Guss, Superintendent, Monterey County Office of Education "Monterey County Office of Education’s Alternative Education Program is working to create unique pathways for students that build skill sets that will help students reach their college and career goals. ....

18-year-old to be first graduate of the Bob Hoover Academy

March 2021 - The Bob Hoover Academy in Salinas is going to have its first graduate who will be receiving his private pilot license. "I wanted to do something different other than going to school," said Isaac Leyva, prospective private pilot....

The Inimitable Sean D. Tucker

February 2019 - We wish it would never end—the mile-long coil of diving snap rolls that lead into the sledge hammer of opening acts—the Sean D. Tucker Centrifuge. Shoulder over tail, six, seven, eight times to the bone-pounding sound of whomp, whomp, whomp...

Sean D. Tucker's Bob Hoover Academy gifted with flight simulator

2018 - Salinas, CA — High school students in Salinas learning to fly, have a new high tech tool to help them soar. The new Redbird FMX simulator is changing the way students in the Bob Hoover Academy at the Salinas Airport, are learning about flight. "This program is helping me achieve my goals in every way possible," says Bob Hoover Academy Student, Diego Merida....

Salinas students reach new heights, virtually

2018 - Despite a fear of heights, Salinas resident Martin Mendez wanted to learn to fly. “I was nervous ... I wanted to get over that fear of being in a plane,” Mendez said....

Every Kid Can Fly

2018 - The Bob Hoover Academy mixes an aviation curriculum with guidance from flying legends to steer at-risk high school students along the right path....

PILOT, ACTOR HARRISON FORD ‘HUMBLED’ BY HOOVER TROPHY

2018 - Pilot, general aviation advocate, and actor Harrison Ford said he was humbled to receive the Hoover Trophy named for test pilot and aerobatic showman R.A. "Bob" Hoover, an aviation mentor who inspired countless others....

BOB HOOVER ACADEMY BUILDS CONFIDENCE, SOLOS AT-RISK YOUTH

2018 - Sean D. Tucker is 3,500 feet above Salinas Valley in the Bob Hoover Academy’s Cessna 152, flying low and slow rather than screaming over the countryside in one of his aerobatic aircraft.....

AOPA LIVE THIS WEEK - JULY 22, 2021

2018 - The Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet G2+ now has more thrust, and better connectivity. Watch Blue Origin make Wally Funk an astronaut at last. Also, reflecting on five years of BasicMed......

BOB HOOVER ACADEMY

2018 - See how Sean D. Tucker's Bob Hoover Academy is making a difference in inner-city teens' lives.......

'School in the sky' teaches at-risk teens how to fly

October 2018 - A California school is teaching at-risk teens to fly as part of an effort to help them graduate high school.......

How a flight school in Salinas is keeping kids out of trouble

October 2018 - It is Fleet Week in San Francisco and making another appearance this year will be Team Oracle and legendary stunt pilot Sean Tucker. But when he’s not performing high-flying stunts over San Francisco, Tucker is helping young people steer clear of trouble by teaching them to fly.......

NBAA to Honor Aviation Legend Sean Tucker with Humanitarian Award at NBAA-BACE

September 2018 – The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) today announced that aviation legend and air show performer Sean D. Tucker has been named the 2018 recipient of the Al Ueltschi Award for Humanitarian Leadership......

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