New Certificated Flight Instructor – William Sun

May 16 2022 0 comments
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CFI Checkride: April 18, 2022
Instructors: Jen Watson & Dick Chang
Aircraft: Cessna N6796H
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)

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AeroDynamic is very proud to welcome our newest instructor to the family. William trained for his CFI with our Chief Instructor Jen and senior instructor Dick Chang. Everyone’s hard work earned William a first-time pass on his CFI checkride with DPE Richard Conte. Very well done, all. That’s quite the achievement!

First Solo Flight – Gordon Lo

May 09 2022 0 comments
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Solo Date: April 22, 2022
Aircraft: Cessna N54102
Instructor: Thao Do
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)

“I thought I would be nervous, but once I got the engine started, flying the airplane became second nature. Learning to fly is a constant learning process but I am lucky and grateful to have found an instructor who understands the importance of flying by feel. Thanks, Thao, I would not have made it this far without your patience and energy.” ~ Gordon

New Private Pilot – Shaohuang “Daniel” Mo

May 05 2022 0 comments
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Private Pilot Checkride: April 10, 2022
Instructor: Skyler Tan
Aircraft: Cessna N54102
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)

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Daniel began training in Pennsylvania but after a move to the west side of the country, he came to AeroDynamic to finish his Private Pilot training with CFI Skyler. Congrats on earning your first official set of wings!

New Private Pilot – Mena Abdelmalak

May 03 2022 0 comments
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Private Pilot Checkride: April 3, 2022
Instructor: Skyler, Daniel & Thao
Aircraft: Cessna N54102
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)

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From the cabin to the flight deck, Mena is making moves! Currently a flight attendant with a major airline, Mena is looking to transition to flying large aircraft for his career. We are all for it! Congrats on earning your first pilot belt on the way to the ATP certificate needed to fly for the airlines. It won’t be long now. Thanks for making us part of your journey!

New Tailwheel Endorsement – Kenny Behlen

Apr 27 2022 0 comments
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Date: March 29, 2022
Tailwheel Endorsement
Aircraft: Citabria N2508Z
Instructor: Jen Watson

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Hip-hip hooray! Kenny’s friends can now call him a “real aviator” after earning his tailwheel endorsement today with our Chief Instructor Jen. She put Kenny, who is an AeroDynamic Aviation CFI, through his paces to earn the privilege of flying taildraggers. He met her high standards in windy conditions for 3-point, wheel, short- and soft-field landings. Way to go, Kenny!

First Solo Flight – Charith Wickramaarachchi

Apr 26 2022 0 comments
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Solo Date: March 25, 2022
Aircraft: Cessna N968RC
Instructors: Thao Do & Graham Harbman
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)

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“Flight training: I initially trained with Graham and then with Thao. Training has been a great experience and I feel it trained my brain to look at the world in a completely new eye. Training with Graham helped me learn the basics of flying.  Training with Thao helped me a lot to stabilize my flying. She is being very patient with me and methodically trained me to develop the skills needed for a safe solo flight.
Solo: It was a great evening. We had really great weather.  I felt confident about the landing and felt really good after the first. I kept reminding myself to go though every details of the checklists. It was a very fulfilling experience.
Goal: Keep training to be a great general aviation pilot.” – Charith
Congrats on a job well done!

New Private Pilot – Sicheng Xin

Apr 09 2022 0 comments
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Private Pilot Checkride: March 21, 2022
Instructor: Zibin He
Aircraft: Cessna N968RC
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)

CFI Zibin is on a roll with a second Private Pilot who successfully completed his checkride and earned a first-time pass with DPE Jon Thornton. Congrats to both!

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New Private Pilot – Yipeng Zhou

Apr 07 2022 0 comments
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Private Pilot Checkride: March 14, 2022
Instructor: Zibin He
Aircraft: Cessna N98485
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)

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Congrats to Yipeng and CFI Zibin for a first-time pass of his Private Pilot checkride with DPE Jon Thornton!

First Solo Flight – Lillian Shen

Mar 31 2022 0 comments
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Solo Date: March 24, 2022
Aircraft: Cessna N968RC
Instructor: Skyler Tan
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)

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Congrats to Lillian and CFI Skyler on all their hard work! The first solo flight is in her logbook and checkride prep has begun. Whoot whoot! We love making pilot dreams happen.

New Instrument Instructor (CFII) – Chris Bonneau

Mar 05 2022 0 comments
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Instrument Instructor Checkride: February 25, 2022
Instructor: Thao Do & Lynzie Hudson
Aircraft: Cessna N6796H
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)

CFII, CFI-I, checkrideCongrats to AeroDynamic Instructor Chris! He is now a Certified Flight Instructor-Instrument Rating (CFII). Chris loves flying IFR and has many hours flying in the clouds in actual IMC. He is excited to share his passion with his Instrument students. Well done on a first-time pass of this thorough checkride with DPE Richard Conte.

 

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