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New Private Pilot – Liz Woodard

Jan 04 2019
Date: November 20, 2018
Certification: Private Pilot
Instructor: Terry Norbraten
Aircraft: Cessna N62244
Congrats to Liz for earning her wings in our Monterey location!
“How I got into flying: I’ve been around general aviation my entire life. My father, who has been an active private pilot for 38 years, completed the build of his Glasair I shortly before I was born. By the time I was two weeks old, my parents flew me in the Glasair to my first airshow in Tennessee. My family and I have had countless GA adventures since then and we have attended Oshkosh Airventure together sixteen times! Since I finished college and have time for training, my goal has been to obtain my private pilot certification.
What I will do now: Now that I completed my private pilot certification, I will exercise my privileges on leisurely trips and flying adventures with friends and family. I plan on continuing my training to obtain instrument, complex, and tail wheel ratings.”
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Scholarship Winner – Katrina Espinoza

May 02 2018
Congratulations to Katrina for being the recipient of the Bay Cities 99s 2018 scholarship for $2000. She and her instructor Lynzie, one of AeroDynamic’s CFIs, were presented the award at Oakland Aviation Museum, during a fundraiser for Women in Aviation. The scholarship gives hernenough money for her to complete her Private Pilot training, which will probably be done in the next few weeks. Katrina has funded all of her flying through scholarships so far. Very impressive!
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First Solo – Jess White

Jan 31 2018
Aircraft: Citabria N9091L
Instructor: Logan Wright
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
Solo Date: December  31, 2017

citabria, 7eca, n9091LWhat a way to bring in 2018. Congrats to Jess and Instructor Logan on achieving a first solo in a taildragger!

“I’ve always loved aviation since I was a child, and always drawn toward the skies. So, I started flying with Logan Wright at Aerodynamic about a year ago, and it’s been nothing but a blast. I’ve loved every minute of it and it feels great to be following my passion.

My plan for after I get my private, is to continue to keep getting more training and experience. I want to go on and get my instrument and commercial, and I would love eventually be able to make flying profitable in different ways.

Flying at Aerodynamic has been wonderful. I’ve been at other flight schools before, that don’t even come close to the quality that you guys have as a school.” ~Jess

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New Private Pilot – Taylor Donato

Dec 27 2017
Date: December 23, 2017
Certification: Private Pilot

private pilot, checkride, flightAeroDynamic’s own Taylor D. earned a first-time pass on his Private Pilot checkride! Taylor typically works in our San Jose office on Saturdays, so make sure you congratulate him on this hard-earned achievement. Next on his New Year’s Resolution list is to fly for fun on a few cross-countries. After that little break, he will continue training for his Instrument Rating. Taylor has flown with just about every instructor we have, but it was Chris Compos who encouraged him over the finish line. Well done, guys!

Examiner: Scott Rohlfing
Aircraft: Cessna N54102
Checkride Location:
San Jose, CA (KRHV)
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New Private Pilot – Trevor Orr

Nov 01 2017
Date: October 18, 2017
Instructor: David Waksberg
Certification: Private Pilot

checkride, private pilot, californiaStudent pilot Trevor Orr recently showed up for his Private Pilot checkride with examiner Scott. Not only did he knock it out of the park with a first-time pass, he walked out with his Private Pilot certificate and a job well done. Congrats to both him and his instructor, David.

 

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Examiner: Scott Rohlfing
Aircraft: Cessna N54102
Checkride Location:
San Jose, CA (KRHV)
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New Private Pilot – Jason Wang

Oct 03 2017
Date: September 21, 2017
Instructor: Adam Sciupac
Certification: Private Pilot

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Congratulations to Xinchun “Jason” Wang on becoming a Private Pilot! He has been working hard for this achievement and now plans to enjoy the freedom of flight. Great work to both Jason and his instructor Adam on a first time pass of his checkride.

Examiner: John Ewing
Aircraft: Cessna N54102
Checkride Location:
Hayward, CA (KHWD)
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New Private Pilot – Joonwoo Cho

Sep 05 2017
Date: September 3, 2017
Instructor: Ron Vlastelica
Certification: Private Pilot

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Congrats to Joon and his instructor Ron for a first-time checkride pass! The following is Joon’s write up of his experience with us:

“My name is Joonwoo Cho, one of the student pilot flying in Aerodynamic Aviation. I achieved my private pilot license in 3rd of September. Thanks to my instructor Ron and aerodynamic.

The checkride was pretty much expectable. My DPE Eric Cook is a very thorough examiner. He did not assume anything. If you are good, then you are good. If you do something bad, then you are bad. It is that simple. I felt if you pass the checkride with him, you can definitely be proud of yourself as a safe pilot not having any luck to pass the exam. I really think all the FAA DPE should be like him. He also always tried to make the flight circumstance comfortable as possible because he knows all the students are nervous in a checkride. On the checkride, he was sure a ‘polite passenger with aeronautical knowledge’ I really recommend other students to use him as a well know passenger. Do not think as he is looking for something you do wrong. Use the DPE for safe flight and smooth exam. This will help students a lot.

Instructor Ron was a great instructor. His knowledge and flying skills are good, but the best thing about him is he really take care his student until the last moment. To pass the checkride, the flying is not everything. I think the flying portion is just a basic that you should be able to pass by yourself. The more important thing is how you prepare it. Is your plane suitable? Didn’t you miss something like maintenance book? CRM, decision makings, etc. To be a good pilot, flying skill is nothing. Just like driving a car, if you fly more, you will fly better someday. But, the mind for the safe flying is the most important thing. To mention about the way of his teaching, he does not just give you the answer, he gives you time to think and come up with an answer of your own. With this method, you can develop you decision making and this is not something you can develop by just building the flight time. I would also like to give my thanks to aerodynamic aviation. They gave me a pleasant time, and comfortable circumstances for flying. It is really a shame that I cannot stay at US and fly more since I have to go back to my country this month.”

Examiner: Eric Cook
Aircraft: Cessna N62244
Checkride Location:
Salinas, CA (KSNS)

Toyota Financial Group visits Monterey!

Jul 26 2017

fullsizeoutput_1436AeroDynamic Aviation sends a big “thank you” to Toyota Financial Group for an awesome introductory flight event. We had twelve of our airplanes and 13 of our instructors on a gorgeous blue-sky day at our Monterey location. Each of the participants had a different favorite moment but all expressed their appreciation for the professional instructors that delivered an experience they will never forget. They have already booked next year, and we can not wait for the next event!

A special thanks to our flight instructors for all their hard work and adventurous spirit (Jim, Jason, David, Batelle, Lynzie, Ron, Larry, Adam, Kendall, Jamie, and Carol) and Paul Tanks for an informative one-hour ground school for our first-time student pilots, 16 in all. Way to pull together, team!

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New Private Pilot – Ivan Wong

Jul 15 2017
Date: July 10, 2017
Instructor: Batelle Rachmian
Certification: Private Pilot

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“I’ve been wanting to fly since I was a little kid, but I never took the initiative to start training because I made excuses about not having enough money, and then enough time…until last year. It’s really changed my life, and I can’t thank Batelle, David, and everyone at Aerodynamic enough. It’s a great community here.

The spinner cap was passed down to me from a family friend who received it when he got his private pilot license many years ago. I plan to keep the tradition alive and pass it to my nephew or niece (whoever catches the flying bug first)!”
Examiner: Scott Rohlfing
Aircraft: Citabria N9091L
Checkride Location:
San Jose, CA (KRHV)
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First Solo Flight – Thomas Seymour-Cozzini

Jul 03 2017
Solo Date: June 28, 2017
Aircraft: Citabria 7ECA
Instructor: Grainne Gilvarry
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)

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We love to see a student solo, especially in a taildragger! Hitting the mark of solo is quite an accomplishment. In a tailwheel airplane it can take a bit longer to master the landing technique and feel comfortable flying without an instructor there to help. Congrats to Thomas and his instructor Grainne for this notch in the pilot’s belt!

Although you may not see him, Thomas is the reason our airplanes are fueled and ready to go for those early morning weekend flights. From all of us, thanks for the hard work!

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