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New Private Pilot – Nizar Assaf
Mar 14 2023Private Pilot Checkride: February 6, 2023
Instructor: Nir Chen
Congrats to Nizar on his first-time checkride pass with Alaska DPE Carol! Nizar recently solo and went on to quickly finish off his pilot certification requirements. CFI Nir is thrilled with his student’s determination and hard work. Well done, all!
Aircraft: Cessna N6796H
School Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
New Private Pilot – Anand Agrawal
Jan 26 2023Private Pilot Checkride: January 22, 2023
Instructor: Bradley Collins
Aircraft: Cessna N54102
School Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
We love making pilots. It feeds our flight school soul. We are delighted to introduce our newest pilot success story – Anand! He and CFI Bradley worked incredibly hard to make this checkride happen, especially getting all the requirements done with the weeks of stormy weather cancelling many of his planned solo cross-country flights. Well done on working through the challenges and passing your checkride on the first attempt!
First Solo Flight – Joseph Warner
Dec 29 2022Solo Date: December 15, 2022
Aircraft: Cessna N98485
Instructor: Bradley Colins
Reid-Hillview Airport (KRHV)
Well done, guys! Thanks for making us part of your piloting dream. We love to see first solo flights happen!
New Private Pilot – Jenna Graham
Dec 29 2022Private Pilot Checkride: December 7, 2022
Instructor: Scott Williams
Aircraft: Citabria N990WY
School Location: San Jose, CA (KSJC)
Just a short while after completing her first solo, Jenna devoted every moment of her free time (and some not-so-free time) to studying and flying. It paid off with a first-time pass of her Private Pilot checkride with Alaska DPE Carol. We are incredibly proud of her achievement. It gives us some big bragging rights, too 😉 Way to go, Jenna!!!
New Private Pilot – Scott Tilney
Dec 29 2022Private Pilot Checkride: December 5, 2022
Instructors: Nir Chen & Thao Do
Aircraft: Cessna N968RC
School Location: San Jose, CA (KSJC)
Congrats to Scott on a first-time pass of his Private Pilot checkride with DPE Carol!
First Solo Flight – Elnaz Sarrafzadeh
Dec 19 2022Solo Date: November 29, 2022
Aircraft: Cessna N9027H
Instructor: Sergey Kataev & Lucas Silva
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
Congrats to Elnaz and CFI Sergey on a successful first solo flight! This amazing woman keeps reaching for higher and higher goals. She looks pretty unstoppable to us. Thanks for letting us be part of your aviation dream!
First Solo Flight – Mark Albiol
Dec 19 2022Solo Date: November 20, 2022
Aircraft: Cessna N53456
Instructor: Jim McDonald
Location: Monterey, CA (KMRY)
It’s not every day a young pilot receives their driver’s license just before soloing an airplane. Congrats to Mark and CFI Jim for earning these bragging rights!
New Private Pilot – John Luu
Nov 21 2022Private Pilot Checkride: November 17, 2022
Instructor: Kenny Behlen
Aircraft: Cessna N968RC
School Location: San Jose, CA (KSJC)
DPE Carol is keeping busy at our place these days! We are proud to announce another pilot earned their wings with a first-time pass of the Private Pilot checkride. A big “congrats” and “job well done” to John and CFI Kenny.
New Commercial Pilot – Chirag Chaudhari
Nov 21 2022Commercial Pilot Checkride: November 16, 2022
Instructor: Lynzie Hudson
Aircraft: Cessna N9027H
School Location: San Jose, CA (KSJC)
Chirag and Asst. Chief Instructor Lynzie knocked it out of the park with a first-time pass of Chriag’s Commercial Pilot checkride with DPE Carol. Chirag is keeping up a rapid pace and already hard at work on his CFI training. We can’t wait to have this dedicated and capable pilot teaching our student aviators soon. Way to go, you two!!!
New Private Pilot – John Lewis
Nov 21 2022Private Pilot Checkride: November 15, 2022
Instructor: Nir Chen
Aircraft: Cessna N61637
School Location: San Jose, CA (KSJC)
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- John and CFI Nir
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- John with DPE Carol
Congrats to John and Nir on a first-time pass with DPE Carol! Carol is visiting us from Alaska, where she has flown for 27 years. She gave great feedback on John’s performance and we are proud to make pilots like him. Well done to both John and his instructor on a phenomenal job!