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New Tailwheel Pilot: Bruce La Fountain
Jan 01 2012Congratulations to Bruce La Fountain who earned his tailwheel endorsement, and also the distinction of the last AeroDynamic endorsement in 2011, with CFI Rich Digrazzi.
Well done Bruce and Happy Taildragging in the New Year!
News: The Winners of the Holiday Quiz
Dec 27 2011It was not easy, was it? Indeed some questions were positively fiendish.
Nobody managed a perfect 100% score but even so, several people got close. Here are the results:
1st place with 98%: Rick VanderKam
2nd (joint) place: Aaron Lepold and Dejan Vucinic with 94% each
3rd (joint) place: Heather Paunet (89.5%), Andy Werback (88%) and Scott Thomas (87%)
Why so many winners? Some of the questions were set up poorly and folks did not get credited by the software. For example, the alcohol concentration question did not accept “.04” as a valid answer. So when we found good answers that a “normal” human would accept, we adjusted the score.
But at the same time, we did not want to eliminate the people who would otherwise have been in the prizes, so we are giving away extra t-shirts.
The highest of the instructors was Sergey Sinyachkin who scored 89%. Pretty good, especially as he was in frozen Russia at the time. Maybe if we add an incentive for our CFIs more would attempt next time?
Well done everyone, and we will post the answers soon.
CFI Godfrey Watson joins AeroDynamic
Dec 24 2011A warm welcome to Godfrey Watson who is joining us as an instructor. Godfrey has been flying taildraggers for many years and was one of the very few people Amelia Reid would let fly even if they missed their 30 day tailwheel currency.
Godfrey has airplane single and multi engine land and sea on his Commercial Pilot license and he is a Certified Flight Instructor, Instrument Instructor, Advanced Ground Instructor and Instrument Ground Instructor.
We are delighted that Godfrey has joined us!
New Taildragger Pilot: Jumpei Tani
Dec 24 2011Congratulations to Jumpei Tani who earned his tailwheel endorsement with AeroDynamic CFI Rich Digrazzi.
Jumpei is already a Commercial Pilot in Single and Multi engine airplanes, and his next goal is to get an Airbus 320 type rating.
Go Jumpei!
Going Solo: Tyler Nieland
Dec 17 2011A new fledgling has fled the nest! Congratulations to Tyler Nieland who sucessfully completed three solo takeoffs and landing in Citabria 5032G under AeroDynamic Instructor Jim Grant’s watchful gaze.
Well done Tyler and Jim.
New taildragger: Steve Huston
Dec 11 2011We have a new tailwheel pilot, Steve Huston. Steve flew with AeroDynamic instructor Jim Grant and earned his tailwheel endorsement in Citabria 1806G.
Well done Steve and Jim.
New Pilot: Maggie Gales passes Private Pilot checkride!
Dec 09 2011Maggie Gales passes Private Pilot checkride with Examiner Sherry Diamond in Citabria 5032G. Congratulations Maggie!! And to her CFI Mark Guerrero. Don’t eat the whole cake all at once!
Going Solo: William Lo
Nov 25 2011On a beautiful sunny morning, while his instructor, Jim Grant, waited below, William Lo made three great take offs and landings in Citabria N1806G. William is the latest AeroDynamic Aviation student to fly solo!
Congratulations to William and Jim!
New Private Pilot: Stephane Dahan
Nov 23 2011We have a brand new certified Private Pilot!
Congratulations to Stephane Dahan, who passed his checkride with Examiner Sherry Diamond, on a fine Tuesday morning in Citabria 5032G.
Well done Stephane, and also well done to his AeroDynamic instructor Mark Guerrero.
Going Solo: Matt Claudius
Nov 22 2011Congratulations to Matt Claudius, who took to the skies on his own for the first time on November 20, 2011.
While his watchful CFI, Rich Digrazzi, paced the ramp, Matt took Citabria 9091L for three successful takeoffs and landings.”