Sean Tucker and Randolph Sunglasses got together for their mutual self interest. Sean wanted to get a sponsor for his aerobatics shows, Randolph wanted exposure to a key demographic: pilots. Today Sean Tucker has received many awards including the 2017 AOPA Hoover Trophy and Randolph Engineering is known worldwide for the quality of their flagship product: Randolph Aviator Sunglasses.

1. Sean Tucker and
Randolph Sunglasses

3. It’s 1972 and two engineers working for the
American Optical Company in Southbridge, MA
decide to strike out on their own and team up with
Sean Tucker, aerobatic pilot extraordinaire.

4. Their names? Jan Waszkiewicz and Stanley Zaleski.

5. Randolph Engineering starts out like any other
fledgling business with nothing more than an
idea and the opinion that they could create a
better product than the company they had been
working for.

6. But how to get traction in a market saturated
with competitors?
Well, that’s where Sean Tucker comes in.

7. Sean D. Tucker is a pilot who has spent his life
searching for excellence and working at
perfecting his skills as an aerobatic pilot.

8. He is a full-throttle kind of pilot who has been
performing at airshows around the world since
the mid-70’s.

9. Ah, so now we see the connection – a company
struggling to make a name for itself and it’s
product combined with an aerobatic pilot
searching for sponsors to feed his desire to
perform aerobatics.

10. A perfect combination you might say.

11. The 2017 AOPA R.A. “Bob” Hoover Trophy

12. By unanimous agreement of the selection
committee members Sean D. Tucker has been
chosen to receive the second 2017 AOPA R.A.
“Bob” Hoover Trophy, a wish that the late Bob
Hoover himself had.

14. Two Winners

15. And so today we have two winners: Sean D.
Tucker, aerobatic pilot extraordinaire and
Randolph Engineering, manufacturer of the
incredibly beautiful and functional
Randolph Aviator Sunglasses.