Tailwheel Endorsement
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New Tailwheel Endorsement – John Keegan
Sep 24 2022Date: September 22, 2022
Tailwheel Endorsement
Aircraft: Citabria N2508Z
Instructors: Lynzie Hudson, Ivan Stanojevic,
Scott Williams, Grainne Gilvarry & Jen Watson
A big “way to go!” shout out to our newly minted tailwheel pilot. John Keegan is the first recipient of our Jason Brown Memorial Scholarship. He put the funds to good use flying with most of our tailwheel instructors. He immediately went for a solo flight after our Chief Instructor Jen signed his tailwheel endorsement. He’s well on his way to the goal of becoming a backcountry pilot.
New Tailwheel Endorsement – Kenny Behlen
Apr 27 2022Date: March 29, 2022
Tailwheel Endorsement
Aircraft: Citabria N2508Z
Instructor: Jen Watson
Hip-hip hooray! Kenny’s friends can now call him a “real aviator” after earning his tailwheel endorsement today with our Chief Instructor Jen. She put Kenny, who is an AeroDynamic Aviation CFI, through his paces to earn the privilege of flying taildraggers. He met her high standards in windy conditions for 3-point, wheel, short- and soft-field landings. Way to go, Kenny!
New Tailwheel Pilot – Bill Scanlon
Jun 25 2020Date: June 25, 2020
Certification: Tailwheel Endorsement
Aircraft: Citabria N9091L
Instructor: Lynzie Hudson
Congrats to our newly minted tailwheel pilot! Bill conquered the mighty taildragger with the help of CFI Lynzie. He plans to take his son flying around California.
Tailwheel Endorsement – Fred Schulze
Apr 18 2018Aircraft: Citabria 7ECA
Instructor: Jen Watson
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
Congrats on another notch in your pilot belt, Fred! After completing training for his Private Pilot License with us, Fred moved on to a complex aircraft endorsement and has now added tailwheel endorsement to his credentials. He is also attending our IFR Ground School and plans to continue on with instrument, commercial and flight instructor. We can’t wait to have him teaching with us and encouraging others to have his passion for aviation. Keep the dirty side down and have fun exploring the green countryside with your newfound love of taildragging!
Tailwheel Endorsement – Dave Heckel
Nov 28 2017Aircraft: Citabria 7ECA
Instructor: Lynzie Hudson
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
Welcome to the world of taildraggers, Dave! We can call you a ‘real aviator’ now. Today is also Dave’s birthday! Don’t worry, we won’t tell anyone how young you are 😉 Make sure you wish Dave a Happy Birthday today and congratulate him on earning his tailwheel endorsement. For those of you who don’t know him, Dave is usually found working on airplanes in our hangar. Congrats on your most recent achievement!
Tailwheel Endorsement – Hamish Kebbell
Jul 27 2017Aircraft: Citabria 7KCAB
Instructor: Batelle Rachmian
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
Australian pilot and traveler, Hamish came to AeroDynamish once again to do some fun flying. In previous years he flew our Cessna 172RG complex aircraft. This time he earned his tailwheel endorsement on July 17th with Batelle and took N1701H on a 30-hour cross-country trip north. Sounds like the right way to spend 10 days of vacation! Thanks for flying with us!
Tailwheel Endorsement – Griffin Swarz
Jul 13 2017Aircraft: Aeronca Champ
Instructor: Jason Brown & Grainne Gilvarry
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
Griffin was flying at a nearby school and almost had his tailwheel endorsement when his instructor unfortunately pushed the airplane into the hanger wall, ripping the fabric. He was on a deadline for a glider towing opportunity and we were able to finish up his tailwheel training just in time, thanks to the quick work of instructors Jason and Grainne. Go team!
First Solo Flight – Eric Jones
Feb 11 2017Solo Date: February 5, 2017
Aircraft: Citabria 7ECA
Instructor: Batelle, Jason, Grainne & Jen
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
Traveling all the way from Arizona, Eric Jones made a commitment to himself that his first solo flight would be in a taildragger…and he did it! Using his first vacation in years, student pilot and aircraft fueler from Phoenix flew with quite a few of AeroDynamic’s tailwheel instructors and was able to solo just before departing for home. We are so honored he made the trip here to fly with us and accomplished what he set out to do – tailwheel endorsement and first solo flight. Way to be awesome, Eric! We wish you lots of luck with finishing your pilot’s license and hope you come back someday soon to do some more taildragging with us.
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!
CFI Eric Curtis and CFI Andrew Marvin
Job well done Eric!
Thank you to CFI Andrew Marvin for all of your hard work instructing CFI Eric Curtis!
New Private Pilot – Emmanuel Velasquez
Aug 06 2015
Emmanuel and DPE Scott Rohlfing
Congrats to our newest Tailwheel Private Pilot, Emmanuel Velasquez! He has been working diligently with CFI Jim Grant to learn and polish his flying skills. The first step is now complete for this future Ag pilot.