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New Private Pilot – Kenton Roberts
Jul 31 2021Private Pilot Checkride: July 9, 2021
Instructor: Zibin “Benny” He
Aircraft: Cessna N61637
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
A big shout out to Kenton for passing his Private Pilot checkride with DPE John Ewing this month. Whoot whoot!
New CFI – Chris Bonneau
Jul 27 2021CFI Checkride: July 10, 2021
Instructor: Lynzie Hudson
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
A big congrats and welcome to our newest certificated flight instructor (CFI), Chris Bonneau!
“I always knew I wanted fly since I was a young kid. My great grandfather was a Navy Pilot and I was always obsessed with his pictures and his model airplanes. I guess you can say he is the one who sparked my initial interest. Over time, my inserts grew and I saved up for what seemed like forever and bought a flight sim for my laptop and was playing around with it every chance I could. Fast forward into adult life and I found my self working in Tech working for Verizon Wireless in San Francisco, which at that point, I decided I was going to give flying a real shot, and without a thought, bought a discovery flight and ever since…I knew flying was going to be my new career…and as some would say, the rest is history. My journey continues as I am always wanting to learn something new.” ~ Chris
New Private Pilot – Prajesh Praveen Anchalia
Jul 26 2021Date: June 27, 2021
Instructor: Thao Do & the AeroDynamic Team
Aircraft: Cessna N9027H
“I always had a thing for engines since I was a kid. I’ve driven at race tracks, ridden motorcycles. All that was left was flying. After my intro flight with Benny at Aerodynamic. I knew right away, that this is it. I need to learn the art of flying. I flew with CFIs Benny, Kat, and Ryan, completed my stage checks with Sara and Mitchell, and completed my training with Cheryl and Thao. Five months after my intro flight, I am now a private pilot. It doesn’t stop there, I plan to take it further with instrument, multi-engine and more.” ~ Prajesh
First Solo Flight – Vinay Shiva
Jul 26 2021Solo Date: June 22, 2021
Aircraft: Cessna N61637
Instructor: Mitchell Templeton
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
Congrats to Vinay on all his hard work culminating in a first solo flight! Vinay flew Cessna six-three-seven around the traffic pattern while Instructor Mitchell watched proudly from the ground. Next up – cross country flights and then checkride!
New Sport Pilot – Bob Kotcher
Jul 17 2021Sport Pilot Checkride: June 17, 2021
Aircraft: SportStar N712MF
Instructor: Sergey Kataev
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
Congrats to CFI Sergey for making Bob’s dream of becoming a pilot a reality! Bob earned his Sport Pilot certificate in our Evektor SportStar, a 2-seat light sport airplane. We hope you are enjoying your newfound freedom in the sky!
New Commercial Pilot – Stefan Schaeuble
Jul 17 2021Commercial Checkride: June 17, 2021
Aircraft: Cessna N98485
Instructors: Dick Chang and Thao Do
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
“After getting my instrument rating last year, I thought it’s time for my next challenge without foggles / hood. Thanks, Thao and Dick, for teaching me all the maneuvers and skills to be a commercial pilot. I’m looking forward to my next aviation adventures and fortunately, there are a lot of options at AeroDynamic to keep adding new skills like high performance, multi-engine or CFI.” ~ Stefan
First Solo Flight – Craig Stanley
Jul 06 2021Solo Date: June 15, 2021
Aircraft: Cessna N737ZD
Instructor: Thao Do
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
“After hang gliding for 10 years I have decided to increase my useful load so I can bring family with me and explore new places. Thanks to Thao and the Aerodynamic team for helping me get in the air! I hope to get my mountain and instrument training next and start flying to California skiing destinations.” ~ Craig
New Multi-Engine Instructor – Evgenii Sikachev
Jun 29 2021Date: June 15, 2021
Certification: Multi-engine Instructor (MEI)
Instructor: Lynzie Hudson
Aircraft: Twin Comanche N40DA
Welcome to the family! Evgenii completed all his training from Private Pilot, Instrument Rating, Commercial Pilot, Certificated Flight Instructor (CFI), Instrument Instructor (CFII) and now Multi-engine Instructor (MEI) with AeroDynamic Aviation. We are so delighted to welcome him to our instructor roster. He is already hard at work on training to fly from the backseat of our Citabria to add teaching tailwheel to his credentials!
New Private Pilot – Ken Takeuchi
Jun 26 2021Date: June 2, 2021
Instructor: Graham Harbman
Aircraft: Cessna N54102
A big wahooooooo to Ken and CFI Graham for passing the Private Pilot checkride and earning that first license. Oh, the places it can take you! Enjoy exploring the skies, Ken.
New Multi-Engine Pilot – Daniel Sims
Jun 24 2021Date: May 25, 2021
Certification: Commercial Multi-engine
Instructor: Lynzie Hudson
Aircraft: Twin Comanche N40DA
