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Going Solo: Matthew Lai
Jul 21 2012Congratulations to Matthew Lai who soloed Citabria N990WY!! Well done to both Matthew and his CFI team of Dave Gray, Erik Schmidt, Sergey Sinyachkin, and Rich Digrazzi!
N88353 to KOSH Day 1
Jul 20 2012Preflghted at 0700 to avoid winds/turbulence over the mountains. Oops…Flat tire. Fixed the valve stem and got off the ground at the crack of 1030.
Over the Sierras via Donner Pass in glass smooth air at 12500. I know… wrong altitude… but as high as we could get before descending into Reno Stead field. Winds 15 gusting 28.
Jets at Stead
Tower at Stead
Off Stead at 1330 for Wendover, UT (KENV). Bounced across the desert at 11500 in continuous mountain turbulence. Popcorn Cumulus building up ahead. Landed early at Elko, NV to avoid T-storms near Wendover.
Over Winnemucca, NV
On the ramp at Elko, NV (dust devils in the background)
Super nice FBO at Elko gave us $.60 per gallon discount on fuel because we were enroute to KOSH.Dinner at The Star Hotel. If you ever find yourself in Elko, stop here! Great, homey Basque restaurant with amazingly good food.
The Star Bar
Chris at The Star
Plan to depart Elko at 0 dark thirty tomorrow morning enroute to Grand Island, NE. Maybe even further.
AeroDynamic Private and Sport Pilot Ground School Starts Aug 1
Jul 19 2012The next session of our popular Sport / Private Pilot Ground School starts Wed Aug 1, 2012.
Classes are held Wednesdays at 6:30 – 9.00 pm.
The ground school covers all the information you will need to fly safely and to pass the knowledge test. Some homework, in the form of extra reading is required.
You can join the class at any point, and continue through the next session, or simply drop in for sessions that interest you.
Cost is $220.00 for the complete course ($20 discount for EAA Members). Materials not included. You will need to buy books and materials. They ara available from the Instructor, or in any pilot shop.
If you don’t want the whole course, you can drop in for single sessions, at a cost of $20 per session. Licensed pilots who want a refresher are welcome. You can join the class at any point, and continue through the next session.
Click here for more information, enroll and pay online, or call the office on (408) 320-9614 to enroll, or email groundschool@aerodynamicaviation.com
Class Schedule
The schedule may be changed to account for public holidays or changes in the syllabus.
Week 1
Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 Week 13 Week 14 Week 15 |
Aircraft Structure, Flight Controls and Principles
Aerodynamic of Flight Aircraft Systems Flight Instruments Flight manuals, Documents, Weight and Balance Aircraft Performance Airport Operations Airspace, Aeromedical factors Federal Aviation Rules an regulations – FAR Part 61 Federal Aviation Rules an regulations – FAR Part 91 Weather Theory Weather Services, Charts and briefings Navigation Radio Navigation, Aeronatical Decision Making (ADM) X – Country Flight Planning, review, final review |
About the Instructor
Larry Reed, CFI, CFII, MEI, AGI, IGI, BS in Professional Aeronautics, Embry Riddle
Larry is our popular Sport and Private Pilot Ground School instructor. Larry had his first airplane ride at six and has loved airplanes and flying since. He began flying lessons in 1964 at the Navy Memphis Flying Club, soloed in 1966 at RHV and became a CFI in 1977, also at RHV. He admits to having his taildragger skills improved by Len von Clemm who also taught him aerobatics in 1978. He taught in tail-draggers and tri-cycle geared airplanes at Amelia Reid Aviation and other flight schools since 1977.
Going Solo: Michael Busch
Jul 09 2012Congratulations to Michael Busch who soloed Citabria N9091L. Well done Michael and his CFI Erik Schmidt!
Going Solo: Zinnia Kilkenny
Jul 05 2012Congratulations to Zinnia Kilkenny who soloed Citabria N1701H. Well done Zinnia and CFI Jim Grant (with a little help from Zdravko and Rimas)!!
Welcome Mike Krueger!
Jul 05 2012Mike Krueger joined the ranks of our Sport Pilot students here at AeroDynamic Aviation. He enjoyed an introductory lesson with CFI Daniel Most in SportStar N712MF.
New Private Pilot: Jim Crawford
Jul 03 2012Congratulations to Jim Crawford who passed his Private Pilot checkride with Examiner Sherry Diamond in Cessna N61637. Well done to Jim and his CFI Rich Digrazzi. Way to go!!
N53456 is coming!
Jun 27 2012Our latest addition to the fleet is on her way. Father and son team, Mark and Mike Nelson are flying it from Florida. As I type this they are in Carlsbad, NM, and by tomorrow they ought to be here. Check out their flight track here.
‘456 is a 1981 Cessna 172P. She has a Garmin 430W IFR approach approved GPS/NAV/COM, plus a Garmin 327 digital solid state transponder and a PS Engineering intercom.
She is scheduled to start work at Salinas this weekend. Until you can fly her, here are some pictures.
Going Solo: Mike Bourne
Jun 27 2012Another AeroDynamic Fledgling leaves the nest! Congratulations to Mike Bourne who soloed Cessna 54102 under the watchful eyes of CFI Jen Delp-Mallett.
Well done Mike and Jen.
Going Solo: Ahrash Aleshi
Jun 23 2012Congratulations to Ahrash Aleshi who soloed Citabria N1806G! Well done Ahrash and CFI Erik Schmidt!