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Going Solo: Alexey Gavrilov
Dec 10 2012Congratulations to Alexey Gavrilov who soloed Cessna 61637. Well done Alexey and his CFI Sergey Sinyachkin!!
Alexey and Cessna N61637
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!
New Instrument Pilot: Pablo Vasquez
Sep 28 2012We have a brand new instrument rated pilot! Congratulations to Pablo Vasquez who earned his instrument rating in N54102 (Cessna 172P) after flying with CFI Sergey Sinyachkin. Examiner Sherry Diamond was duly impressed and signed off on Pablo’s instrument ticket.
Pablo and Examiner Sherry
Well done Pablo and Sergey.
New Private Pilot: Nick Collison
Sep 18 2012Congratulations to Nick Collison who earned his Private Pilot Certificate with Examiner Sherry Diamond. Well done Nick and his CFI Rimas Viselga!!
Nick Collison and Examiner Sherry Diamond
New Avionics Bus and Master Switch for Cessna 637 (plus a couple of other improvements)
Sep 14 2012We recently did a number of improvements to N61637, our 1975 Cessna 172M.
Cessna 61637
The most immediately noticeable to pilots is the installation of an avionics master switch. This may sound a simple thing, but it is not. To do it, the electric bus had to be split in two and all avionics connected to the second one, behind the new switch. Many hours of work, hanging upside down under the panel, was needed.
Pilots now just need to turn the avionics master on and off, it is no longer necessary or even recomended to turn each radio on and off separately.
Please remember, NEVER turn the avionics master on before the engine is started, and ALWAYS turn it off before the engine is shut down! See also the article on alternator problems.
In addition to the avionic work, we took the opportunity to rebuild the nosewheel strut assembly and also to install a new flap motor.
A big “Thank you” to Victory Aero for doing the work so quickly.
As always, do remember to check the AeroDynamic Aviation web site regularly. We recently added more Pilot Operating Handbooks to our “Useful Documents” section