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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 7000 flight hours, over 5500 of them as an instructor. Zdravko received his initial taildragger and acrobatics training from Amelia Reid herself. 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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At Salinas: Tom Conklin , CFI, CFII Tom is our lead 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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Jennifer Delp-Mallet , CFI Jen's experience in both airliners and small planes is giving her an unfair advantage when teaching folks to fly. She has experience in all sort of planes from small trainers to passenger jets, including the CRJ 200, 700 & 900 both domestic and international, plus Pipers, Cessnas, Bonanzas, & Barons for training, and tailwheel time in Great Lakes, Super Cub, Citabria, and upset recovery/aerobatic course in an Extra 300L. Jen has completed an Associate degree in Aviation Technology and is currently a senior with Utah Valley University to complete a Professional Pilot Bachelor degree. Come fly with her and she will make an excellent pilot of you. |
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Rich Digrazzi , CFI(Airplanes and Gliders), 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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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. |
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Mark Guerrero , CFI, CFII , Aerobatics Mark has a gift for teaching and flying and earning 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 our aircraft 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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Erik Schmidt, CFI, CFII, MEI, Aerobatics 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(Airplane Land and Sea, Gliders, Helicopters, Baloons, Gyroplanes), CFII(Airplanes, Helicopters), MEI, Aerobatics Sergey loves all forms of flying and has earned CFI and Commercial Pilot ratings for virtually anything that flies. 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. 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 high-wing taildragger, and an RV-10 low wing nosedragger, both of which 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, Aerobatics Rimas loves any airplane that can turn upside down, whether that is a Citabria, a Yak, or an Extra. He has experience in competition acrobatics, but he also enjoys teaching beginners the art of straight and level flying. Come and experience his Lithuanian humor! |
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At Salinas - Edy Zareba , CFI, CFII, MEI Edy came to us from Great River Aviation in Quincy, Illinois where she worked as a CFI for over two years and more than a thousand flight hours. As well as being a CFI, Instrument Instructor and Multi-Engine instructor, she has a Bachelor's degree in Aviation from the University of Illinois, where she also placed in regional competitions as a member of the Precision Flying Team. |
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 facilities are located at Reid Hillview airport in San Jose (KRHV), at the south end of San Francisco Bay, and Salinas Municipal Airport in Salinas, a few miles east of Monterey. 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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