Sean D. Tucker

Sean D. Tucker is an American world champion aerobatic aviator, born on 27 April 1952 and a native of Eagle Rock, California. He earned a private pilot certificate at 17, began as a cropduster and took up aerobatics to overcome a fear of crashing. He has flown airshows worldwide since the mid-1970s, performing for many years as Team Oracle, with more than 1,000 performances at over 425 airshows. He was named one of the 25 Living Legends of Flight by the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in 2003 and was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 2008. He founded a school of aerobatic flight in 1997, flew his last solo performance in 2018, and since 2013 has served as co-chairman of the Experimental Aircraft Association Young Eagles program.