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Lennert von Clemm, CFI, CFII, MEI, ATP, Aerobatics,
Chief Pilot Lennert offers flight training in tailwheel, mountain flying, aerobatics and confidence maneuvers. His 20,000+ hours include flying bush, canyons, mountains, rivers, lakes and ocean crossings. He can teach you to spin your world around or give you a calm check out in most any aircraft single or multi-engine, landplane or seaplane. He is also a corporate pilot and holds type ratings in eight Jets and even a Ford Tri-Motor! To him, there are thirty-minute airplanes and all-day airplanes, but no bad airplanes. |
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Zdravko Podolski, Master CFI, CFII, AGI, IGI, Gold
Seal instructor, Aerobatics, Assistant Chief Pilot and owner
of AeroDynamic Aviation Zdravko's first flight was in a DC 3 airliner when he was two weeks old. More recently, he is now a flight instructor with over 6000 flight hours, over 4500 of them as an instructor. Zdravko received his taildragger and acrobatics training from two generations of Reids. Taildragger and acrobatics from Amelia Reid herself, and back seat flight training from Robin Reid. He enjoys the back seat of a Citabria as much as a front seat in a Bonanza. Whether you like straight and level, or loops and rolls, Zdravko will be happy to fly with you. Read more about Zdravko on http://www.goodflying.com. |
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Dick Chang , CFI, CFII Having retired from the world of high tech, Dick has been successfully teaching pilots for their Private, Commercial and CFI certificates, and their Instrument Ratings for quite a few years. Dick also volunteers with the FAA Safety Program. Call us or email us and we'll get you flying with Dick. |
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David Chmelir , CFI, AGI, IGI David's true passion is flying. After a demanding work week as an engineer for Apple Computer, he finds solace and relaxation in the air or even just at the airport. You can find him wandering around the airport or teaching whenever he can. Specializing in new aircraft checkouts, mountain flying or complex transitions, David will get you where you need to be. With a goal of landing at every airport in the state of California, he has landed at many airports, from small to large and everything in between. Give David a call and you'll be on your way to trying something new! |
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Tom Conklin , CFI, CFII (SALINAS) Tom is our man in Salinas. He has been flying almost as long as he can remember. He has several thousand hrs in a variety of airplanes including light sport planes, as well as several hundred hours in ultralights. He enjoys teaching and will help you get your license, instrument rating or assist with getting your skills sharp again. |
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Kyle Cooper , CFI, CFII, MEI, ATP Kyle enjoys sharing his love of flying with you. He focuses on your needs and how to effectively teach you all the maneuvers and decision making skills you will need to be a safe and proficient pilot. He learned to fly when he was 15 at Sonoma Skypark and soloed a 1946 Aeronca Champ when he was 20. His major accomplishments in aviation include flying a 65hp Champ coast to coast, building an RV-8 and flying the Boeing 737 and A-320 for United Airlines. Although he has flown numerous airplanes, his favorite airplane is a Bucker Jungmeister. |
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Rich Digrazzi , CFI, CFI Glider, CFII, MEI, ATP Rich is a 7000 hour pilot, with experience flying everything from sailplanes to jets. As a CFI, he's taught primary, commercial, multi-engine, instrument, gliders, and aerobatics. With his varied background, he can teach you how to fly by listening to the sound of the engine and looking outside, or how to fly a tight approach to "minimums" in the weather. He loves sharing his dedication to the art of flying well, especially flying tailwheel airplanes! |
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Tristan Duplan, CFI, CFII, MEI, ATP, Aerobatics If you want to fly, it's your lucky day because Tristan wants to fly too! Tristan started his flying dreams at the nearby San Jose airport and quickly transitioned to taildraggers at Amelia's. Born in France, he relocated to California as a software engineer for Cisco Systems. Tristan has been personally trained in the back seat of a Citabria by Zdravko and Len. So don't hesitate a second, call Amelia Reid Aviation and schedule your flight training today. |
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Grainne Gilvarry, CFI, Aerobatics |
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Jim Grant, CFI, Aerobatics Jim Grant took his initial flight training and received his private pilot license in 1987. After a career in Engineering, Marketing and Business, Jim got his CFI in 2004 in a desperate attempt to keep ahead of his two young boys. He has over 1150 hours, including some 800 plus hours in tail wheel airplanes with over 200 hours of that being aerobatics. |
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Dave Gray, CFI, Aerobatics Dave Gray has been an instructor so long none of us can remember when he started or how many hours he has. Let us just say that he has plenty, in many different airplanes. He is just as happy giving flight training to a new student how to fly as he is teaching advanced aerobatics. Dave's philosophy is that flying should above all be fun for both the student and the instructor. |
| Picture coming soon | Mark Guerrero , CFI, Aerobatics Mark is in his final year at University, yet he has already earned the trust and respect of his students, young and old. Mark has many an hour in a variety of taildraggers, including Piper Cubs, Aeronca Champs, as well as Citabrias. Mark is also a proficient Bonanza pilot, flies recreational acrobatics for fun and is enjoying teaching. |
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Blake Hannigan , CFI, CFII, Aerobatics With almost 4000 hours most of them tailwheel, he instructs private through CFI. Blake started flying with us in 1986. He received his private, instrument, commerical and CFI with Amelia Reid herself. He was the last student to receive his CFI rating from Amelia. She told him that when he was able to teach in all of her aircraft she would sign him off for the check ride. This involved more than 20 airplanes of various types and makes. He pilots all of the aircraft at Amelias in addition to his own. He has an interest in a Cessna 170B, a J3 Cub, a Yak 52 and a KR21 1929 Bi plane. |
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Daniel Most , Sport Pilot CFI - Airplane Daniel has a passion for flying that shows in his fun style. His skills belie his age. Whether it is an antique Taylorcraft or the latest Evektor Sportstar LSA, Dan is your man to help you get your Sport Pilot license. So don't wait, call AeroDynamic Aviation and schedule your flight training today. |
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Larry Reed, CFI, CFII, MEI, AGI, IGI, BS in Professional Aeronautics, Embry Riddle Larry is our popular Sport and Private Pilot Ground School instructor. Larry had his first airplane ride at six and has loved airplanes and flying since. He began flying lessons in 1964 at the Navy Memphis Flying Club, soloed in 1966 at RHV and became a CFI in 1977, also at RHV. He admits to having his taildragger skills improved by Len von Clemm who also taught him aerobatics in 1978. He taught in tail-draggers and tri-cycle geared airplanes at Amelia Reid Aviation and other flight schools since 1977. |
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Patrik Rosenast, CFI, CFII, MEI, AGI, IGI, Aerobatics Patrik is the instructor with the strange Swiss-accent at Amelia Reid Aviation. Originally born in Switzerland, he relocated to the Bay Area in 1999 to attend San Jose State University Majoring in Aviation and to pursue flying. He finished school in December 2003 and is now a licensed A&P mechanic. He got all (nearly all) his flight training and certificates and ratings with Len von Clemm, who he considers one of his greatest mentors. Len taught him the basics and a lot more, which he is now trying to pass on to his students. If you ever fly with Patrik and don't understand his humor or accent then just keep flying and have fun, because that is what he thinks is the most important thing about being up there in the blue sky. |
| Picture coming soon | Eric Ruhe, CFI, CFII, MEI, ATP Eric has been flying taildraggers since he started, and has thousands of hours in a multitude of tailwheel airplanes from the Aeronca Champ to the DC3. He has also flown many other airplanes including turboprop and jet airliners. Despite all that Eric is just as delighted to be doing flight training in the back seat of a Champ. Eric is also a qualified airplane Airframe and Powerplant mechanic. We are very happy to have him with us. |
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Erik Schmidt, CFI, CFII, MEI, Acrobatics A patient yet demanding instructor, Erik began his flying career in US Navy Aviation where his first flight was aerobatics in a T34C. He's been avoiding straight and level flight ever since. Much of Erik's flying has been in Alaska and the upper Midwest in a variety of good aircraft and bad weather. Erik received his tailwheel endorsement in a Pitts S2B at the Sean Tucker Aerobatics School, but he also has many hours in Extras, Decathlons and bush planes like the Piper Cub and Cessna 185. In addition, Erik has lots of "Glass Cockpit" experience and is factory certified to teach in Rolls Royce Turbines. Erik loves to instruct and can take you from Private through to Multi-Engine. He will teach you the mechanics and the practical application of theory safely and efficiently. |
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Sergey Sinyachkin , CFI, CFII, MEI, Acrobatics Sergey loves all forms of flying and has earned ratings for single and multiengine land and sea airplanes, as well as helicopters and instrument ratings for airplanes and helicopters. He still especially enjoys teaching in a taildragger, whether straight and level or acrobatics. |
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Roger Standley, CFI Roger soloed in a Super Cub at age seventeen while working to pay for flying lessons at his hometown FBO in Charlottesville, VA. He earned his Private, Commercial, Instrument and CFI ratings and became an Instructor for the Mach Tenths Flying Club based at Palo Alto Airport, later coming to Amelia Reid Aviation to fly taildraggers with the legendary Amelia Reid. Now currently at over 2000 flight hours, Roger is pursuing his life-long love of teaching others to fly. In addition to flight training in the Citabrias, he pilots a KitFox Model IV-1200 experimental high-wing taildragger that he built and flight-tested himself. He also instructs new KitFox builders in preparation for test-flying their own airplanes. |
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Rimas Viselga, CFI, Acrobatics Rimas loves any airplane that can turn upside down, whether that is a Citabria, a Yak, or an Extra. He has experience in competition aerobatics, but he also enjoys teaching beginners the art of straight and level flying. Come and experience his Lithuanian humor! |
Prices and rates are subject to change without notice. All training and rentals are subject to the terms and conditions in the Renters' Agreement. Come and fly with us in the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area of California. Our flight school is located at Reid Hillview airport in San Jose (KRHV), at the south end of San Francisco Bay and we offer ground and flight training for sport pilot, private pilot, commercial pilot, instrument rating, CFI (certified flight instructor), tailwheel, acrobatics, and multi engine certificates and ratings. |
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