First Solo Flight
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First Solo Flight – Sandor Nagy
Feb 12 2021Solo Date: January 16, 2021
Aircraft: Cessna N915L
Instructor: Stephanie Procive
Location: Monterey, CA (KMRY)
Our Monterey flight instructors are doing an amazing job! To prove it, they produced 6 new pilot certificates/ratings last month and a bunch of new pilots and solo flight this month. Wow! Congrats to Sandor on his first solo flight around KMRY, a class C airport with parallel runways and airline traffic.
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First Solo Flight – Ahmed Alsunaidy
Dec 20 2020Solo Date: November 30, 2020
Aircraft: Cessna N53456
Instructor: Daryll Manzano
Location: Monterey, CA (KMRY)
CFI Daryll is keeping those solo traditions alive and thriving! The classics: cutting the tail off the shirt and dumping the water jug over a student.
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First Solo Flight – Daniel Cervantes
Dec 20 2020Solo Date: September 29, 2020
Aircraft: Cessna N53456
Instructor: Daryll Manzano
Location: Monterey, CA (KMRY)
Congrats on your first solo flight!
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First Solo Flight – Adenji Temitope Adeleye
Nov 05 2020Solo Date: October 20, 2020
Aircraft: Cessna N915L
Instructor: Stephanie Procive
Location: Monterey, CA (KMRY)
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First Solo Flight – Andrew Wilson
Oct 30 2020Solo Date: September 9, 2020
Aircraft: Cessna N9027H
Instructor: Mitchell Templeton
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
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First Solo Flight – Kat Smith
Aug 22 2020Solo Date: July 15, 2020
Aircraft: SportStar N712MF
Instructor: Sergey Kataev
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
Congrats to Kat and CFI Sergey on a hard-earned first solo flight!
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First Solo Flight – Wangcheng Kang
Jul 24 2020Solo Date: July 16, 2020
Aircraft: Cessna N98485
Instructor: Zibin He
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
WC started his training in San Diego, but a new job brought him to the Bay Area. Under the tutelage of his Instructor Zibin, he flew his first solo flight in the blue skies around San Jose in a Cessna 172P. Congrats to both on all the hard work!
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First Solo Flight – Dima Martynyuk
Jun 27 2020Solo Date: June 14, 2020
Aircraft: Cessna N12234
Instructor: Mitchell Templeton
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
Congrats to Dima and his CFI Mitchell for completing a monumental step – a pilot’s first solo flight.
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First Solo Flight – Brian Kuhl
Apr 02 2020Solo Date: March 27, 2020
Aircraft: Citabria N2508Z
Instructor: Ivan Stanojevic
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
“I was introduced to aviation at a young age by my aunt and uncle who are both airline pilots. Growing up, they’ve always shared amazing stories of their adventures flying around the US. They have seen everything and have been involved with all aspects of flying- crop dusting, skydiving, glider towing, float panes in Alaska, family trips to Oshkosh, etc. At the time, I thought it was just a cool passion and career they were lucky to be involved in but it was something that seemed out of reach for me. As I’ve gotten older, I realized that there was no reason to hold these limitations on myself and that it was time for me to fly as well. My aunt’s advice was that I needed to be a real “stick and rudder” guy and that this can only be achieved in a taildragger which is why I’m at Aerodynamic today training in your Citabrias!” ~ Brian
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