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Bob Hoover Academy Gets Redbird Simulator

The Bob Hoover Academy was created to inspire at-risk and underserved teens to get engaged in STEAM education and pursue their aviation dreams. Bob Hoover Academy
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Key Takeaways:

  • Redbird Flight Simulations donated a $65,000 full-motion simulator to the Bob Hoover Academy, enhancing its ability to introduce at-risk youth to flight and improve training through debriefing.
  • The Bob Hoover Academy, co-founded by Sean D. Tucker, uses STEM and aviation education, in partnership with Monterey County Office of Education, to inspire at-risk high school students and foster confidence and accountability, offering an alternative to negative life paths.
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Salinas, California-based Bob Hoover Academy has received a nice boost to its goal to inspire at-risk youth to reach higher in their educational potential. Austin, Texas-based Redbird Flight Simulations donated a full motion Redbird FMX simulator, worth nearly $65,000, to the program.

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Pia Bergqvist joined FLYING in December 2010. A passionate aviator, Pia started flying in 1999 and quickly obtained her single- and multi-engine commercial, instrument and instructor ratings. After a decade of working in general aviation, Pia has accumulated almost 3,000 hours of flight time in nearly 40 different types of aircraft.

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