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First Solo – Eric Middleton
Feb 13 2016Tailwheel private pilot student Eric Middleton soloed Citabria 9091L on January 28th at KRHV (Reid-Hillview airport) while instructor Tom Morley supervised. It’s an incredible achievement to take those first solo steps, especially in a taildragger. Well done, Eric and Tom!
Solo date: January 28, 2016
Tailwheel Instructor: Tom Morley
Private Pilot Checkride Pass – Xiaoyang Gu
Feb 08 2016Checkride Passed!
New Private Pilot
Congratulations to Xiaoyang Gu on becoming a Private Pilot! Although weather was a force to be reckoned with, he finally got a VFR day and passed his checkride with DPE Scott Rohlfing.
Thank you to CFI Sergey Sinyachkin and CFI David Waksberg for preparing him to pass his checkride!
First Solo – Keith Andersen
Jan 19 2016Congratulations to Keith Anderson on soloing the Aeronca Champ! He’s enjoying flying the Champ but will soon be switching to the Citabria 7ECAs to finish up his Private Pilot requirements.
Thank you to CFI Blake H. and CFI Jason Brown for all of your great instruction!
Scholarship Recipient – Danielle Ray
Jan 16 2016 Danielle RayA huge congratulations to Danielle Ray, who became the proud recipient of the Monterey Bay 99s 2015 scholarship! Danielle earned her Private Pilot License with AeroDynamic and quickly moved on to flying taildraggers. She is currently studying for her instrument rating and works in the Monterey office during her spare time. We are so happy for you and wish you many such successes!
First Solo – Nicholas Murphy
Dec 28 2015Congratulations to Nicholas Murphy on soloing N98485! With the support of his wife and CFI Coby Sena, he’s accomplished this impressive milestone!
First Solo – Bruno Sotelo
Dec 07 2015Congratulations to Bruno Sotelo for soloing N1806G at South County! While our Reid-Hillview airport was too windy, E16 provided awesome conditions for this tailwheel student to go solo.
Another tailwheel pilot is born!
Thank you to CFI David Pease for all of your hard work, dedication, and 7am flights!
Four in 24!
Nov 20 2015We are proud to announce four passed checkrides in the last 24 hours!
We had 2 Private Pilot checkrides and a Sport pilot checkride today. Congratulations to Derek Eukel, Marton Kun-Szabo, and Carlo Chung! Congrats again to Matt Bragen on passing his CFI checkride.
Thank you to all of the AeroDynamic Aviation instructors and the DPEs who made this all happen!
New Private Pilot – Emmanuel Velasquez
Aug 06 2015Congrats to our newest Tailwheel Private Pilot, Emmanuel Velasquez! He has been working diligently with CFI Jim Grant to learn and polish his flying skills. The first step is now complete for this future Ag pilot.
Private Pilot Checkride Passed – Vasyl Petrushko
Mar 17 2015 We have a new certified pilot amongst us! Congratulations to Vasyl Petrushko who earned his Private Pilot certificate from Examiner Scott Rohlfing.Well done Vasyl and AeroDynamic Instructor Zach Sacchette.
First Solo – Bernard Guetermann
Mar 12 2015Congrats to Bernard Guetermann who waited out a foggy morning to get his chance to go solo! His successful flight was overseen by his watchful CFI, Tom Morley. Well done on your instructing Tom!