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First Solo – Jason Bayard
Nov 17 2015Congratulations to Jason Bayard on soloing N915L today! It’s a beautiful morning to solo for the first time. Thank you to CFI Tom Morley on providing great instruction and getting Jason prepped for this moment.
First Solo – Alessandro Tognaccini
Nov 15 2015Congratulation to Alessandro on soloing one of our beloved Citabrias! He’s enjoying the experience of learning on a traditional tailwheel aircraft and can’t wait to earn his Private Pilot license.
Thank you to Tom Morley for all of your great instruction!
New Instrument Pilot – Gordon Landale
Nov 08 2015Congratulations to Gordon Landale, our newest IFR pilot! A big thank you to Anton Salameh for his instruction with Gordon and Erik Cook, his examiner for conducting his checkride. Gordon will be continuing on next to commercial training.
First Solo – Shawn Nikkila
Nov 02 2015Congratulations to Shawn Nikkila on soloing 990WY on Halloween! No spooks for this pilot. He landed beautifully multiple times and is looking forward to more solo flights!
Thank you Jason Brown for training another real aviator!
New Tailwheel Pilot – Brett Hesterberg
Nov 01 2015Congratulations to Brett Hesterberg on passing his private pilot checkride in N1806G! With the weather finally cooperating, he was able to finish his checkride and earn his license. Thank you to CFI Jen Delp-Mallet for all your hard work and instruction!
New Private Pilot – Bruce Smith
Oct 26 2015Congratulations to Bruce Smith on earning his Private Pilot License! All of your hard work and studying has paid off! Next stop, fun flying trips with your buddies.
Thank you to CFI Lynzie Hudson and CFI Jason Brown for all of your great instruction!
A new Instrument Instructor among us!
Oct 25 2015Congratulations to the multi-talented Artem Kulik! He is a CFI, an AMP, and now a CFII! A perfect rating for Monterey weather!
Newly minted CFII Artem Kulik and DPE Yuzo WakitaThank you to CFI Jen Delp-Mallet for all of your great instruction and support throughout his training!
First Solo Flight – Paul Cain
Sep 10 2015Congratulations to Paul Cain on soloing N53456! With his wife and daughter cheering him on, he was able to execute smooth landings. He’s excited to finish up his license so he can take his family up for a flight along the beautiful California coast line!
Thank you to Jaime Redding for all of your great instruction preparing Paul for this moment!
New Instrument Pilot – Kat Hanlon
Aug 24 2015 CFII Dick Chang, Kat Hanlon, and DPE Eric Cook after a successful Instrument checkride!Thank you to everyone at AeroDynamic Aviation for your instruction, guidance, and support throughout my Instrument training!
A special thank you to Dick Chang, who patiently worked through my altitude deviations, incomplete procedures, and messy DME arcs to get my skills up to standards. Your time and energy throughout all of my training is much appreciated!
Another Cessna instructor turns to Tailwheel!
Aug 17 2015We’ve turned one of our Instrument instructors into a tailwheel pilot. The tailwheel fever is contagious at AeroDynamic Aviation!
Next stop – Acrobatics!
Job well done Eric!
Thank you to CFI Andrew Marvin for all of your hard work instructing CFI Eric Curtis!