Every Kid Can Fly was an after-school program created by world-famous airshow pilot Sean D Tucker and his corporate pilot son Eric Tucker in 2014.
Sean had earned success and notoriety over his 40 years in the airshow world, but was troubled by the stories coming out of his base of operations and hometown, Salinas. He knew that flying an airplane was empowering and exciting, as his work is to entertain millions of people through that medium each year.
He believed we must counter the depth of trauma with the height of inspiration for the kids who need it the most. Every Kid Can Fly was born with an initial offering of flight training after school for students at Rancho Cielo (a local alternative high school program).
The time available after school was limited, so a revolutionary administrator at Monterey County Office of Education (MCOE) stepped in to form a transportation-pathway diploma-earning high school classroom in January 2016.
The program is now a full-time public-private partnership between MCOE and the Bob Hoover Academy. We are named after the legendary military, test-pilot, airshow performer Bob Hoover, and we strive to incorporate Bob Hoover’s character traits into our work and with our students.
We offer weekly ground school, flight training in both our airplane and our full-motion flight simulator, as well as fun and educational field trips throughout the aviation industry.
