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New Private Pilot – Mihaela Popescu-Stanesti
Jun 14 2021Date: May 8, 2021
Instructors: Lynzie Hudson and more
Aircraft: Cessna N12234
First Solo Flight – Rhandy Soto
May 21 2021Solo Date: April 28, 2021
Aircraft: Cessna N53456
Instructor: Daryll Manzano
Location: Monterey, CA (KMRY)
Congrats to Rhandy and CFI Daryll on a successful first solo flight! Rhandy began flying as a hobby, but is also considering it as a career in the future. Either way, he will have amazing journeys!
New Private Pilot – Steven Mirabito
May 07 2021Date: April 28, 2021
Instructor: Graham Harbman
Aircraft: Cessna N9027H
Congrats to Steven and CFI Graham for making a brand new Private Pilot! All that hard work paid off and earning your wings makes all the study worth it. Whoot whoot!
First Solo Flight – Tejas Narasimhan
Mar 16 2021Solo Date: February 26, 2021
Aircraft: Cessna N98485
Instructor: Clintton Spinelli
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
Congrats to Tejas on making that first solo lap around the traffic pattern!
New Private Pilot – Matt Cole
Mar 03 2021Date: February 4, 2021
Instructor: Scott Holland
Aircraft: Citabria N2508Z
“Flying was something that I always wanted to do because of my Grandfather, Lt Col Hillary Cole. He always had so many war stories flying planes in WWII, or the Korean War. One of my favorites was when he met my grandmother and flew over with a training Jet and tipped his wings to impress my grandmother while she was sunbathing in Wisconsin. He was larger than life and a big inspiration to me. I feel very fortunate to have had him in my life and to have been able to share with him that I was also training to become a pilot before he passed away. Right now, my wife Lindsey and I are planning to use my PPL to explore California. Soon, I plan on getting an instrument rating and a mountain checkout so that we can fly more often and to more places. In the future, I see myself becoming a CFI and training new students just like my CFI, Scott Holland. Thank you Aerodynamic, I’m looking forward to my next rating!” ~Matt
First Solo Flight – Mitchell Braun
Mar 01 2021Solo Date: February 11, 2021
Aircraft: Cessna N61637
Instructor: Brian Engh
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
Congrats to Mitchell for leaving the nest and flying solo!
New Private Pilot – Mike Vo
Feb 26 2021Date: February 10, 2021
Instructor: Ivan Stanojevic
Aircraft: Citabria N2508Z
Congrats to Mike Vo on becoming our newest tailwheel Private Pilot! Mike earned his wings on the mighty Citabria with the help of Instructor Ivan. Well done!!!
First Solo Flight – Garrett LoCascio
Feb 22 2021Solo Date: January 23, 2021
Aircraft: Cessna N98485
Instructor: Brian Engh
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
Congrats to Garrett for taking to the skies without his instructor Brian next to him!
New Commercial Pilot – Daniel Henriks
Feb 22 2021Date: February 6, 2021
Instructor: Stephanie, Anton & Bentley
Aircraft: Cessna N915L
Congrats to Daniel on his newest pilot certificate! Next month he will become a Certificated Flight Instructor as well. Thanks for letting us be part of your journey. Way to go!
First Solo Flight – Sandor Nagy
Feb 12 2021Solo Date: January 16, 2021
Aircraft: Cessna N915L
Instructor: Stephanie Procive
Location: Monterey, CA (KMRY)
Our Monterey flight instructors are doing an amazing job! To prove it, they produced 6 new pilot certificates/ratings last month and a bunch of new pilots and solo flight this month. Wow! Congrats to Sandor on his first solo flight around KMRY, a class C airport with parallel runways and airline traffic.