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New Private Pilot: Matt Claudius
Oct 18 2012A brand new Private Pilot takes to the skies! Congratulations to Matt Claudius who successfully passed his Private Pilot checkride in a Citabria.
Matt, Erik, and Citabria 1806G
Well done Matt, and his CFI Erik.
Going Solo: Reza Zadeh
Oct 14 2012Congratulations to Reza Zadeh who soloed Citabria N1806G. Well done Reza and his CFI Grainne Gilvarry!!
CFI Grainne and Reza
New Private Pilot: Nick Collison
Sep 18 2012Congratulations to Nick Collison who earned his Private Pilot Certificate with Examiner Sherry Diamond. Well done Nick and his CFI Rimas Viselga!!
Nick Collison and Examiner Sherry Diamond
New Private Pilot: Matthew Lai
Sep 02 2012Congratulations to Matthew Lai for passing his Private Pilot checkride with Examiner Sherry Diamond. Way to go Matthew and his CFIs Erik Schmidt and Rich Digrazzi.
Matthew Lai and Examiner Sherry Diamond
New Private Pilot: Ahrash Aleshi
Aug 08 2012Congratulations to Ahrash Aleshi for passing his private pilot checkride with Examiner Sherry Diamond. Way to go Ahrash and his CFI Erik Schmidt!
CFI Erik Schmidt, Ahrash Aleshi and Examiner Sherry Diamond
Going Solo: Nick Collison
Jul 24 2012Congratulations to Nick Collison who soloed Citabria N5032G. Well done Nick and his CFI Rimas Viselga!!
CFI Rimas Viselga and Nick Collison
Going Solo: Matthew Lai
Jul 21 2012Congratulations to Matthew Lai who soloed Citabria N990WY!! Well done to both Matthew and his CFI team of Dave Gray, Erik Schmidt, Sergey Sinyachkin, and Rich Digrazzi!
CFI Dave Gray, Matthew Lai, and CFI Erik Schmidt
N88353 to KOSH Day 1
Jul 20 2012Preflghted at 0700 to avoid winds/turbulence over the mountains. Oops…Flat tire. Fixed the valve stem and got off the ground at the crack of 1030.
Over the Sierras via Donner Pass in glass smooth air at 12500. I know… wrong altitude… but as high as we could get before descending into Reno Stead field. Winds 15 gusting 28. 
Jets at Stead
Chris at Stead
Tower at Stead
Off Stead at 1330 for Wendover, UT (KENV). Bounced across the desert at 11500 in continuous mountain turbulence. Popcorn Cumulus building up ahead. Landed early at Elko, NV to avoid T-storms near Wendover. 
Over Winnemucca, NV
On the ramp at Elko, NV (dust devils in the background)
Super nice FBO at Elko gave us $.60 per gallon discount on fuel because we were enroute to KOSH.Dinner at The Star Hotel. If you ever find yourself in Elko, stop here! Great, homey Basque restaurant with amazingly good food.
The Star Bar
Chris at The Star
Plan to depart Elko at 0 dark thirty tomorrow morning enroute to Grand Island, NE. Maybe even further.
Going Solo: Michael Busch
Jul 09 2012Congratulations to Michael Busch who soloed Citabria N9091L. Well done Michael and his CFI Erik Schmidt!
CFI Erik Schmidt and Michael Busch