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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!
New Private Pilot – Stephen Sun
Jan 26 2023Private Pilot Checkride: January 21, 2023
Instructor: Tyler Peck
Aircraft: Cessna N9027H
School Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
Another pilot earns his wings! A big “waaahoooo” to Stephen and CFI Tyler on a job well done. We hope Stephen enjoys his first set of wings and exploring the countryside from the air. That $300 hamburger tastes so good when you didn’t need an endorsement to fly there!
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 – 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 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!
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.
New Private Pilot – Gordon Lo
Sep 20 2022Private Pilot Checkride: August 25, 2022
Instructors: Thao Do & Skyler Tan
Aircraft: Cessna N54102
School Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
Gordon earned his first pilot certificate with DPE Eric Cook under the expert tutelage of Gold Seal Instructor Skyler Tan. What will he accomplish next?!
New Private Pilot – Yuanchen Li
Sep 20 2022Private Pilot Checkride: August 19, 2022
Instructors: Skyler Tan & Sergey Kataev
Aircraft: Cessna N54102
School Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
After soloing in June, Yuanchen Li made quick work of finishing off the Private Pilot certification requirements and earned his PPL less than 2 months later. His instructors Skyler and Sergey said he’s a natural stick and rudder pilot who learned very quickly. Sounds like he needs to fly taildraggers next!
New Private Pilot – Lillian Shen
Sep 01 2022Private Pilot Checkride: June 26, 2022
Instructor: Skyler Tan
Aircraft: Cessna N98485
School Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
Congrats to Lillian on a first-time pass of her Private Pilot checkride! A job well done helped CFI Skyler earn his FAA Gold Seal, which is achieved only by having a high student pass rate in a 2-year period. Many CFIs work their entire career to hope to earn this. “Well done” to them both!