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First Solo Flight – Jenna Graham
Oct 18 2022Solo Date: October 7, 2022
Aircraft: Citabria N990WY
Instructor: Scott Williams
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
A female taildragger pilot slipped the surly bonds of her flight instructor and ascended into the sky to experience the freedom of flying solo. Considering the student pilot is an amazing woman who leads firefighters, we are overjoyed to honor the accomplishment of earning a tailwheel endorsement to solo. She is a student pilot working diligently to become a Private Pilot in our Citabrias. Jenna, there’s seems to be nothing you can’t master. We are proud to be part of your pilot journey. Try not to leave Scott in the dust once you get there 😉
New Instrument Rating – Mark Zhu
Oct 18 2022Instrument Checkride: September 28, 2022
Instructor: Benny He
Aircraft: Cessna N54102
Location: Hayway, CA (KHWD)
First Solo Flight – Hao Wan
Oct 18 2022Solo Date: September 24, 2022
Aircraft: Cessna N12234
Instructors: Skyler Tan & Shaz Widhani
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
Congrats to Hao for completing his first solo! Hao has put in countless hours of hard work and for the first time he was by himself at the controls on a beautiful afternoon. Great work!
First Solo Flight – Rahul Gaikwad
Oct 14 2022Solo Date: September 25, 2022
Aircraft: Cessna N61637
Instructor: Shaz Widhani
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
Congrats to Rahul for completing his first solo! After taking a break for family, Rahul came back, knocked off the rust, and enjoyed his three solo laps in the pattern on a beautiful Sunday morning. Now on to cross country flights!
New Private Pilot – Yujie Xu
Oct 14 2022Private Pilot Checkride: July 25, 2022
Instructor: Zibin “Benny” He
Aircraft: Cessna N54102
School Location: San Jose, CA (KSJC)
A bit late, but a big we send a big “well done” out to Yujie and his CFI Benny for making the trek to Sacramento’s McClellan airport and passing a checkride with DPE Richard Conte.
Mr. Conte passed away in October and is extremely missed. Yujie was very fortunate to have a checkride with Richard before he left us.
New Commercial Pilot – Sara Gagne
Sep 24 2022Commercial Pilot Checkride: September 23, 2022
Instructors: Skyler, Tyler, Rebecca & more
Aircraft: Cessna N98485
School Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
Our office manager Sara is now able to be hired as a pilot! Sara earned her Commercial Pilot certificate with DPE Eric Cook at Salinas Airport. A graduate from San Jose State’s aviation program, Sara’s next move is to prepare for the flight instructor checkride and eventually teach our students. She’s on the fast track, and we couldn’t be more happy for this latest accomplishment of hers. We are all rooting for you, Sara! Be sure to congratulate Sara when you see her.
New Tailwheel Endorsement – John Keegan
Sep 24 2022Date: September 22, 2022
Tailwheel Endorsement
Aircraft: Citabria N2508Z
Instructors: Lynzie Hudson, Ivan Stanojevic,
Scott Williams, Grainne Gilvarry & Jen Watson
 
A big “way to go!” shout out to our newly minted tailwheel pilot. John Keegan is the first recipient of our Jason Brown Memorial Scholarship. He put the funds to good use flying with most of our tailwheel instructors. He immediately went for a solo flight after our Chief Instructor Jen signed his tailwheel endorsement. He’s well on his way to the goal of becoming a backcountry pilot.
First Solo Flight – Bohao Li
Sep 24 2022Solo Date: September 14, 2022
Aircraft: Cessna N12234
Instructor: Skyler Tan
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
Congrats to Bohao on his first time flying solo! He took Cessna One-Two-Two-Three-Four for the obligatory laps in the pattern at Reid-Hillview Airport while proud CFI Skyler supervised from below. Now on to those fun cross-country flights and night flying over the sparkly bay area.
First Solo Flight – Han Luo
Sep 20 2022Solo Date: September 10, 2022
Aircraft: Cessna N54102
Instructors: Skyler Tan
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
FAA Gold Seal instructor Skyler Tan is doing an excellent job empowering and finishing his students before he heads off to be an airline pilot with Skywest. Another of his students hits a milestone with a first time solo at Reid-Hillview airport. Cessna 54102 is staying busy with these fast-paced student pilots. Congrats, Han!
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?!