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. ....
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....
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...
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....
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....
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....
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....
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.....
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......
2018 - See how Sean D. Tucker's Bob Hoover Academy is making a difference in inner-city teens' lives.......
October 2018 - A California school is teaching at-risk teens to fly as part of an effort to help them graduate high school.......
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.......
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......
