New Private Pilot – Nizar Assaf
Mar 14 2023 0 comments
Private Pilot Checkride: February 6, 2023
Instructor: Nir Chen
Congrats to Nizar on his first-time checkride pass with Alaska DPE Carol! Nizar recently solo and went on to quickly finish off his pilot certification requirements. CFI Nir is thrilled with his student’s determination and hard work. Well done, all!
Aircraft: Cessna N6796H
School Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
New Private Pilot – Anand Agrawal
Jan 26 2023 0 comments
Private Pilot Checkride: January 22, 2023
Instructor: Bradley Collins
Aircraft: Cessna N54102
School Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
We love making pilots. It feeds our flight school soul. We are delighted to introduce our newest pilot success story – Anand! He and CFI Bradley worked incredibly hard to make this checkride happen, especially getting all the requirements done with the weeks of stormy weather cancelling many of his planned solo cross-country flights. Well done on working through the challenges and passing your checkride on the first attempt!
New Private Pilot – Stephen Sun
Jan 26 2023 0 comments
Private Pilot Checkride: January 21, 2023
Instructor: Tyler Peck
Aircraft: Cessna N9027H
School Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
Another pilot earns his wings! A big “waaahoooo” to Stephen and CFI Tyler on a job well done. We hope Stephen enjoys his first set of wings and exploring the countryside from the air. That $300 hamburger tastes so good when you didn’t need an endorsement to fly there!
First Solo Flight – Nizar Assaf
Dec 29 2022 0 comments
Solo Date: December 5, 2022
Aircraft: Cessna N9027H
Instructor: Nir Chen
Reid-Hillview Airport (KRHV)
We love to see that, “I just flew an airplane all by myself!” smile on Nizar’s face. His CFI Nir’s smile is equally as big, so happy for his student’s success. Nice job!!
First Solo Flight – Joseph Warner
Dec 29 2022 0 comments
Solo Date: December 15, 2022
Aircraft: Cessna N98485
Instructor: Bradley Colins
Reid-Hillview Airport (KRHV)
Well done, guys! Thanks for making us part of your piloting dream. We love to see first solo flights happen!
New Private Pilot – Jenna Graham
Dec 29 2022 0 comments
Private Pilot Checkride: December 7, 2022
Instructor: Scott Williams
Aircraft: Citabria N990WY
School Location: San Jose, CA (KSJC)
Just a short while after completing her first solo, Jenna devoted every moment of her free time (and some not-so-free time) to studying and flying. It paid off with a first-time pass of her Private Pilot checkride with Alaska DPE Carol. We are incredibly proud of her achievement. It gives us some big bragging rights, too 😉 Way to go, Jenna!!!
New Private Pilot – Scott Tilney
Dec 29 2022 0 comments
Private Pilot Checkride: December 5, 2022
Instructors: Nir Chen & Thao Do
Aircraft: Cessna N968RC
School Location: San Jose, CA (KSJC)
Congrats to Scott on a first-time pass of his Private Pilot checkride with DPE Carol!
First Solo Flight – Ian Roe
Dec 19 2022 0 comments
Solo Date: November 19, 2022
Aircraft: Citabria N990WY
Instructor: Scott Williams
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
We love helping people achieve their dreams, and flying a taildragger around San Jose with an empty back seat tops our list of very cool things to do. Congrats to Ian and CFI Scott for checking this box off his list. Whoot whoot!
First Solo Flight – Elnaz Sarrafzadeh
Dec 19 2022 0 comments
Solo Date: November 29, 2022
Aircraft: Cessna N9027H
Instructor: Sergey Kataev & Lucas Silva
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
Congrats to Elnaz and CFI Sergey on a successful first solo flight! This amazing woman keeps reaching for higher and higher goals. She looks pretty unstoppable to us. Thanks for letting us be part of your aviation dream!
First Solo Flight – Mark Albiol
Dec 19 2022 0 comments
Solo Date: November 20, 2022
Aircraft: Cessna N53456
Instructor: Jim McDonald
Location: Monterey, CA (KMRY)
It’s not every day a young pilot receives their driver’s license just before soloing an airplane. Congrats to Mark and CFI Jim for earning these bragging rights!