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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)
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!
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!
First Solo Flight – Lihai Lin
Oct 31 2022Solo Date: October 29, 2022
Aircraft: Cessna N54102
Instructor: Shaz Widhani
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
Congrats to Lihai for completing his first solo! After months of hard work, Lihai was able to nail his landings and go for his three solo laps in the pattern. 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 – David Kim
Oct 31 2022Solo Date: October 16, 2022
Aircraft: Cessna N98485
Instructor: William Sun
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
Another one leaves the nest! Our instructors are doing an amazing job helping these student pilots spread their wings. Congrats on such a big accomplishment, David.
First Solo Flight – John Lewis
Oct 22 2022Solo Date: October 14, 2022
Aircraft: Cessna N968RC
Instructor: Nir Chen
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
Their look of happiness says it all – it was a successful first solo flight! The memory of that feeling, taking off and landing an airplane by yourself, is something a pilot will never forget. Congrats, John and CFI Nir!