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Going Solo: Derek Allen

Jul 08 2011

First fledgling of July! On a warm July day, Derek Allen took his first solo flight under the careful supervision of AeroDynamic CFI Sergey Sinyachkin. Derek is training with Erik Schmidt, and Sergey stepped in when Erik had to go on a trip. We have videos of both the takeoff and landing. Here’s the takeoff:

And here we have the landing:

Congratulations to Derek and his CFIs Sergey and Erik.

Going Solo: Anton Likhtarov

Jun 27 2011

Another fledgling leaves the nest! Congratulations to Anton Likhtarov who soloed Citabria 1806G under Erik Schmidt’s careful guidance.

Anton Likhtarov soloes Citabria taildragger at AeroDynamic Aviation flight training school San Jose Salinas San Francisco Bay Area California

Anton and Erik in front of '06G

 

Well done Anton and Erik.

New Taildragger Pilot: Jimmy Shih

Jun 18 2011
Jimmy Shih soloes a Citabria at AeroDynamic Aviation

Jimmy soloes

Congratulations to Jimmy Shih who flew a Citabria solo for the first time after being let loose by his instructor Rimas.

Jimmy is already an acomplished pilot, and he wanted to add taildragging to his skills because his next flying ambition is aerobatics.

Go Jimmy!

Going Solo: Stephane Dahan

Jun 03 2011

Another fledgling flies solo! Congratulations to AeroDynamic member Stephane Dahan who is training with CFI Mark Guerrero.

Stephane flew three great takeoffs and landings in a Citabria on his own while Mark watched from the ground. Well done Stephane and Mark!

Going Solo: Chris Barcelona

May 22 2011

Another fledgling leaves the nest! Congratulations to Chris Barcelona who soloed Champ 2791E while Blake watched anxiously from the ground. Several excellent takeoffs and landings later Chris was safely back with a gigantic grin on his face.

Well done Chris and Blake.

Going Solo: Zia Syed

May 19 2011
Zia Syed soloes a Citabria at AeroDynamic Aviation

Zia, Rich and N1806G

News from Rich Digrazzi is a first solo for Zia Syed, on May 13th at about 0900.  Under a cloudless morning sky, and with the airport maintenance crew performing right next to the runway, Zia completed 3 perfect full-stop landings and made Rich proud!

Going Solo: Robert Kwok

May 19 2011

Congratulations to Robert Kwok who soloed in a Citabria under his CFI’s Dave Gray’s careful supervision. Well done Robert and Dave.

First Solo – Dick Chang!

Apr 21 2011

Dick Chang

Congratulations to our brave CFI Dick Chang who, not satisfied with his wings being fixed, went and soloed a helicopter. Well done Dick!

Question of the day: “If helicopters are safe, how come there are no antique helicopter fly-ins?”  😉

Going Solo: Loren McKechnie

Mar 27 2011

Congratulations to Loren McKechnie who braved rain and winds on a wet day in Salinas to solo his favorite trusty Cessna 172, 968RC while his CFI Tom Conklin watched white-knuckled from the ground.

Well done Loren and Tom!

Going Solo: Guillaume De Zwirek

Mar 13 2011

Another fledgling leaves the nest! Congratulations to Guillaume De Zwirek who successfully soloed SportStar 712MF under Adam’s watchful eye. Well done Guillaume and Adam.

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