Archive
for October, 2012
New Private Pilot: Matt Claudius
Oct 18 2012A brand new Private Pilot takes to the skies! Congratulations to Matt Claudius who successfully passed his Private Pilot checkride in a Citabria.
Matt, Erik, and Citabria 1806G
Well done Matt, and his CFI Erik.
Going Solo: Reza Zadeh
Oct 14 2012Congratulations to Reza Zadeh who soloed Citabria N1806G. Well done Reza and his CFI Grainne Gilvarry!!
CFI Grainne and Reza
Going Solo: Elmar Niewerth
Oct 14 2012Congratulations to Elmar Niewerth for soloing SportStar N712MF. Well done Elmar and his CFI Daniel Most!!
Elmar and the SportStar
Elmar has been taking flying lessons towards his Sport Pilot license and we look forward to him becoming a certified pilot soon.
Complex Endorsed: Dave Presta
Oct 08 2012Congratulations to Dave Presta who earned his complex endorsement with CFI Rene Garcia in N616SF.
CFI Rene Garcia and Dave Presta
Cessna 8RC now has a DME
Oct 07 2012We have added a DME (Distance Measuring Equipment) unit to Cessna 968RC (one of our Cesna 172P planes in Salinas).
Narco 890 DME
So what, you may ask. It turns out that a DME allows a huge number of instrument approaches to be flown that cannot be flown with just two NAV radios and ADF. For example Monterey LOC/DME 28L which is the most commonly used approach into Monterey. Other approaches can be flown more accurately with a DME and sometimes to lower minima. Yet unlike most GPS navigators, a DME is simple to configure and simple to use.
Enjoy it!