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Sean D. Tucker (born 1952)〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nationalaviation.org/tucker-sean/ )〕 is an American aerobatic pilot who performs in airshows worldwide for Team Oracle. Tucker is recognized as a leader in the airshow business as well as in the larger aviation industry. He has won numerous aerobatic championships throughout his career and was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 2008.〔 Tucker currently resides as chairman of EAA's Young Eagles program. == Career == Tucker, a native of Eagle Rock, California, earned his pilot’s certificate at age 17. Tucker's father, William, was an aviation industry lawyer who had learned to fly as part of his job.〔Yakov M. Hirschon, "(The World's Top Stunt Pilot )", ''ZMAN'', September 2012, page 90.〕 Tucker started out as a cropduster, eventually starting a cropdusting business in Salinas, California.〔"Stunt Pilot," ''Boy's Life'', April 1994, page 19.〕 In order to overcome his fear of crashing, Tucker 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."〔 He has been flying airshows worldwide since the mid-1970s and is considered by many to be one of the world’s premier airshow performers. Tucker's favorite stunt is the "triple ribbon cut", where he uses his plane to cut three ribbons suspended between poles from three different angles.〔 Despite once having a fear of flying, Tucker has flown more than 1,000 performances at more than 425 airshows, in front of more than 80 million spectators. Team Oracle states Tucker has been named one of the Living Legends of Aviation, is the recipient of the Crystal Eagle Award, was an inductee at the 2001 USAF Gathering of Eagles, and was named one of the Living Legends of Flight.〔https://www.oracle.com/us/assets/team-oracle-media-kit-2179517.pdf〕 To endure the extreme physical demands of his acrobatic flying routine, Tucker maintains a rigorous physical training schedule, working out more than 340 days per year in a routine of jogging and weightlifting on alternating days. His other physical activities include heli-skiing, cave SCUBA diving, and golfing. When asked about flying airshows, Tucker has said, "I like to think that I bring the fans’ dreams of flying into the plane with me and there's nowhere I’d rather be than in the cockpit. That’s why I train so hard to keep a finely tuned edge." Tucker’s self-proclaimed goal is to "share the magic of flight with Team Oracle’s guests by inspiring and thrilling them. I want them to go away saying that the airshow was one of the most engaging days of their lives." He is one of only a handful of civilian performers who have been allowed to fly close formation with the Blue Angels and the Thunderbirds.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= About Sean Tucker )〕 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. It has given flights to almost 2 million children around the world. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sean D. Tucker」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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