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New Commercial Pilot – Noah Sniffen
Nov 10 2022Commercial Pilot Checkride: November 6, 2022
Instructors: Skyler Tan & Shaz Widhani
Aircraft: Cessna N54102
School Location: San Jose, CA (KSJC)
Congrats to Noah for passing his commercial checkride! After months of hard work and countless hours of study, Noah completed his commercial certificate on the first attempt with DPE Jon Thornton. If anyone needs a pilot for hire, you know who to call! Well done!
New Private Pilot – Siyuan Zhang
Oct 31 2022Private Pilot Checkride: October 27, 2022
Instructor: Nir Chen
Aircraft: Cessna N61637
School Location: San Jose, CA (KSJC)
CFI Nir is so incredibly happy for his student’s first-time pass of the Private Pilot checkride with DPE Eric Cook. Siyuan is the first student Nir has sent, and we are proud of them both on a job very well done. Siyuan is already making plans to earn his tailwheel endorsement (welcome to the dark side!) and we expect great things from this new aviator.
First Solo Flight – Chris Brubaker
Oct 31 2022Solo Date: October 19, 2022
Aircraft: Cessna N968RC
Instructor: Kenny Behlen
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
Way to go, Chris! We love seeing our students reach their goals, and flying solo around the busy skies in San Jose definitely qualifies as a big achievement. All that hard work with CFI Kenny paid off and you can officially go fly by yourself. Whoot whoot!
First Solo Flight – Dong Zhang
Oct 31 2022Solo Date: October 19, 2022
Aircraft: Cessna N54102
Instructor: Benny He
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
We are busy helping dreams come true and we love it. It is such an incredible moment for an instructor to watch their student take all they’ve taught them and have a successful first solo flight. The smiles on their faces tell us all we need to know – they loved it! Congrats on your milestone!
First Solo Flight – Anirudh Nandella
Oct 22 2022Solo Date: October 10, 2022
Aircraft: Cessna N9027H
Instructor: Lucas Silva
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
Congrats on your first solo flight! We love to see our student pilots take this huge step in their flight training journey. May all your landings be soft and nose high.
New Instrument Rating – Mark Zhu
Oct 18 2022Instrument Checkride: September 28, 2022
Instructor: Benny He
Aircraft: Cessna N54102
Location: Hayway, CA (KHWD)
First Solo Flight – Hao Wan
Oct 18 2022Solo Date: September 24, 2022
Aircraft: Cessna N12234
Instructors: Skyler Tan & Shaz Widhani
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
Congrats to Hao for completing his first solo! Hao has put in countless hours of hard work and for the first time he was by himself at the controls on a beautiful afternoon. Great work!
First Solo Flight – Rahul Gaikwad
Oct 14 2022Solo Date: September 25, 2022
Aircraft: Cessna N61637
Instructor: Shaz Widhani
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
Congrats to Rahul for completing his first solo! After taking a break for family, Rahul came back, knocked off the rust, and enjoyed his three solo laps in the pattern on a beautiful Sunday morning. Now on to cross country flights!
New Private Pilot – Yujie Xu
Oct 14 2022Private Pilot Checkride: July 25, 2022
Instructor: Zibin “Benny” He
Aircraft: Cessna N54102
School Location: San Jose, CA (KSJC)
A bit late, but a big we send a big “well done” out to Yujie and his CFI Benny for making the trek to Sacramento’s McClellan airport and passing a checkride with DPE Richard Conte.
Mr. Conte passed away in October and is extremely missed. Yujie was very fortunate to have a checkride with Richard before he left us.
New Private Pilot – Evan Crane
Sep 24 2022Private Pilot Checkride: September 11, 2022
Instructor: Daniel Henriks
Aircraft: Cessna N53456
School Location: Monterey, CA (KMRY)
Congrats on a successful pass and earning your Private Pilot certificate! Proud instructor Daniel greets his newly licensed pilot after the checkride with DPE Jon Thornton. Well done, everyone! Time to spread those wings.