[1] He has led several efforts to assist youth in learning to fly or becoming involved in general aviation, and currently serves as co-chairman of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA)'s Young Eagles program, a role he has held since 2013.
[2] Sean Tucker, a native of Eagle Rock, California, earned his Private Pilot certificate at age 17.
[4] In order to overcome his fear of crashing, he took an aerobatics course, through which he "found out you could roll an airplane upside down and it wouldn't fall out of the sky.
Tucker's self-proclaimed goal is to "share the magic of flight with Team Oracle’s guests by inspiring and thrilling them.
[6] In 2013, Tucker was appointed Chairman of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) program Young Eagles, which introduces and educates children aged 8 to 17 about aviation.
On May 13, 2020, Tucker announced that he will be flying a new formation aerobatic act featuring Cristian Bolton, Bill Stein, and Jessy Panzer.
[11] In 2013, Tucker and his son Eric founded the nonprofit organization Every Kid Can Fly, which in 2017 led to the Bob Hoover Academy, a program that aims to create opportunities in aviation that inspire at-risk and low-income teens in the Salinas area.
Rather than producing professional pilots, Tucker's goal is for the teens to develop the skills and confidence necessary to improve their lives using education and the experience of flight as the motivator.
[12][13] Tucker's airplane, the Oracle Challenger III biplane, is claimed to produce more than 400 horsepower, and weighs only 1,200 pounds.
The Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum will receive the Oracle Challenger III, which will be displayed at the entrance to the “Thomas W. Haas We All Fly” general aviation gallery scheduled to open in 2021.
In 2010, Tucker appeared in the Mythbusters episode "Cold Feet", where he took host Tory Belleci through multiple stunt maneuvers in order to test if nervousness and fear actually reduces the temperature of one's foot.