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First Solo Flight – Brian Baumgartner
Sep 06 2021Solo Date: August 23, 2021
Aircraft: Cessna N968RC
Instructor: Thao Do
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
“It was exciting to reach the first major milestone that everyone talks about in aviation: The Solo. We parked the plane and my instructor got out, after which this baby bird literally flew away from the nest. Even though we had practiced some 150 landings and 50 flight hours, the confidence and pride in my abilities made the first solo experience as monumentus and exhilarating as I was told it would be.” ~ Brian
New Private Pilot – Sandor Nagy
Sep 04 2021Private Pilot Checkride: August 22, 2021
Instructors: Steph and Tom
Aircraft: Cessna N915L
Location: Monterey, CA (KMRY)
Whoot whoot, Sandor! Way to rock the Private Pilot checkride and earn your first set of pilot wings!
“Reaching this milestone has been my dream since childhood. As a kid, I rode my bicycle to the Concord (KCCR) airport, watched planes, and listened to pilots on an aviation radio that I purchased with my savings. Over the decades several of my closest friends have pursued private aviation, and now it was my turn. Learning to fly in the Monterey Bay area has been a thrill. I look forward to flying up and down the West Coast to explore new places with family and friends. Looking down from 5,000 feet reminds me about the importance of protecting this very special place we call Earth….see you in the skies!” ~ Sandor
New Commercial Pilot – Lukasz Weber
Sep 03 2021Commercial Pilot Checkride: August 21, 2021
Instructors: Thao Do
Aircraft: Cessna N968RC
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
We are so proud of you rocking out the Commercial checkride with a first-time pass! CFI next so you can teach with us?? 😉
“I’ve been flying for 2 years now and continue to love it. Privatepilot license opened the door, and Instrument training expanded my horizons, while making me a better pilot. At that point, I was well on my way to fulfilling my Commercial rating requirements and wanted to keep on getting better. I’m now flying my family around and being safer, smoother, more consistent is always on my mind. Thanks to
Thao’s instruction, great preparation, and persistence, I’ve now passed that challenge as well! I’d recommend a Commercial Rating for the precision landings and to become more consistent with the core maneuvers. The staff at AeroDynamic is awesome, and I couldn’t have done it without insights from Brian on landings, or the support from Matt, Edgar, Rebecca, and, of course, Josh (who I bother way too much).” ~ Lukasz
New Commercial Pilot – Mike Fritsche
Sep 02 2021Commercial Pilot Checkride: August 18, 2021
Instructors: Steph and Bentley
Aircraft: Cessna N968RC
Location: Monterey, CA (KMRY)
Congrats to Mike on all the hard work and dedication it takes to make it to Commercial Pilot status! We look forward to seeing him fly tours of Monterey Bay with us and eventually continue on to Flight Instructor 🙂
New Private Pilot – Lainey Rogers
Sep 01 2021Private Pilot Checkride: August 17, 2021
Instructor: Skyler Tan
Aircraft: Cessna N54102
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
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- First solo on July 28
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- Licensed pilot on Aug 17
Way to rock it out! Lainey did an amazing job with studying and flying during her summer break from college, and she capped it off with a first-time pass of her Private Pilot checkride. Lainey’s dad also flies with us, and we all couldn’t be more proud of her. Oh, the places you will go! Hope to see you next summer for the instrument rating.
AeroDynamic Aviation on World’s Greatest TV!
Aug 31 2021We are incredibly honored to be featured on World’s Greatest TV show for their choice of Flight School. Our historic school began in 1960 and has trained thousands of pilots since then. We are thankful to every student, pilot, instructor, mechanic and office person who contributed to make us the World’s Greatest Flight School!
First Solo Flight – Chenzhuo Zhu
Aug 25 2021Solo Date: August 17, 2021
Aircraft: Cessna N9027H
Instructor: Zibin He
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
Congrats to Chenzhuo on making his first solo flight in the traffic pattern at Reid-Hillview Airport!
New Private Pilot – Mandy Hatfield
Aug 24 2021Private Pilot Checkride: August 8, 2021
Instructor: Bentley Mundle
Aircraft: Cessna N53456
Location: Monterey, CA (KMRY)
“The past year and half has been an life altering, whirlwind for many of us. While I saw many lose there jobs or have they’re jobs put on on hold, I also watched my coworkers work tirelessly to care for sick patients, exhausting themselves both physically, mentally and emotionally. I had several coworkers retire early, quit, or have to go out on medical leave because of the emotional toll the pandemic took on many of us in healthcare. In October of last year I took a break from my job and went to Alaska and flew with a female pilot through the massive expanse of Denali National Park, landing on top of one of it many glaciers. It was at this point that I decided I wanted to learn how to fly as I knew it would give me a focus, a goal, and a passion to follow during a time in which many in my field felt tired, lost and hopeless. I am extremely grateful to have been able to learn and experience all that aviation has to offer. It definitely gives some perspective to the worlds problems as everything looks much smaller from seat of a Cessna, and more peaceful with headset.:)” ~ Mandy
New Private Pilot – Ashray Gogte
Aug 23 2021Private Pilot Checkride: August 5, 2021
Instructor: Sara Stumpf
Aircraft: Cessna N9027H
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
Congrats to Ashray and CFI Sara for earning his first set of wings with DPE John Ewing!
AeroDynamic Aviation switches to Swift UL94 Unleaded Aviation Fuel!
Aug 16 2021Today we held a press conference with local news to announce that we have switched our entire fleet (21 airplanes) at Reid-Hillview Airport to UL94 unleaded aviation fuel. This move has been in the works for months and we finally took delivery of 8200 gallons this past Saturday. We are extremely proud to help pioneer this movement to unleaded aviation fuel, and we are the first flight school on the West Coast to transition 100% to unleaded fuel. We have also begun selling Swift’s UL94 fuel to local pilots for their own aircraft.
