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New Commercial Pilot – Mike Fritsche
Sep 02 2021Commercial Pilot Checkride: August 18, 2021
Instructors: Steph and Bentley
Aircraft: Cessna N968RC
Location: Monterey, CA (KMRY)
Congrats to Mike on all the hard work and dedication it takes to make it to Commercial Pilot status! We look forward to seeing him fly tours of Monterey Bay with us and eventually continue on to Flight Instructor 🙂
New Private Pilot – Lainey Rogers
Sep 01 2021Private Pilot Checkride: August 17, 2021
Instructor: Skyler Tan
Aircraft: Cessna N54102
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
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- First solo on July 28
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- Licensed pilot on Aug 17
Way to rock it out! Lainey did an amazing job with studying and flying during her summer break from college, and she capped it off with a first-time pass of her Private Pilot checkride. Lainey’s dad also flies with us, and we all couldn’t be more proud of her. Oh, the places you will go! Hope to see you next summer for the instrument rating.
New Private Pilot – Mandy Hatfield
Aug 24 2021Private Pilot Checkride: August 8, 2021
Instructor: Bentley Mundle
Aircraft: Cessna N53456
Location: Monterey, CA (KMRY)
“The past year and half has been an life altering, whirlwind for many of us. While I saw many lose there jobs or have they’re jobs put on on hold, I also watched my coworkers work tirelessly to care for sick patients, exhausting themselves both physically, mentally and emotionally. I had several coworkers retire early, quit, or have to go out on medical leave because of the emotional toll the pandemic took on many of us in healthcare. In October of last year I took a break from my job and went to Alaska and flew with a female pilot through the massive expanse of Denali National Park, landing on top of one of it many glaciers. It was at this point that I decided I wanted to learn how to fly as I knew it would give me a focus, a goal, and a passion to follow during a time in which many in my field felt tired, lost and hopeless. I am extremely grateful to have been able to learn and experience all that aviation has to offer. It definitely gives some perspective to the worlds problems as everything looks much smaller from seat of a Cessna, and more peaceful with headset.:)” ~ Mandy
New Private Pilot – Ashray Gogte
Aug 23 2021Private Pilot Checkride: August 5, 2021
Instructor: Sara Stumpf
Aircraft: Cessna N9027H
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
Congrats to Ashray and CFI Sara for earning his first set of wings with DPE John Ewing!
New Private Pilot – Jonathan Soda
Aug 12 2021Private Pilot Checkride: July 31, 2021
Instructor: Graham Harbman
Aircraft: Cessna N98485
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
Congrats to Jonathan and CFI Graham on a first-time checkride pass!
New Private Pilot – Ruslan Mubarakzyanov
Aug 10 2021Private Pilot Checkride: July 27, 2021
Instructors: Mitchell Templeton & Thao Do
Aircraft: Cessna N9027H
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
“I’m excited to pass my private checkride! I plan to continue my training to earn my instrument, commercial, and ATP certificates and fly for the airlines. I also dream to buy my own small airplane and fly in Alaska someday.
I started flying because I enjoy seeing the beauty of the world from the sky. I completed stage checks with Graham, Sara, and Cheryl, and trained with Mitchell and Thao. I liked that training was structured and instructors were truly interested in your success. The training at Aerodynamics has been outstanding!” ~ Ruslan
New Commercial Pilot – Taylor Donato
Aug 08 2021Commercial Pilot Checkride: July 10, 2021
Instructor: Thao Do
Aircraft: Cessna N98485
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
Congrats to Taylor on earning his Commercial Pilot certificate! He is well on his way to earning his instructor licenses as well and we can’t wait to have him teaching with us. Whoot whoot!
New Private Pilot – Kenton Roberts
Jul 31 2021Private Pilot Checkride: July 9, 2021
Instructor: Zibin “Benny” He
Aircraft: Cessna N61637
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
A big shout out to Kenton for passing his Private Pilot checkride with DPE John Ewing this month. Whoot whoot!
New CFI – Chris Bonneau
Jul 27 2021CFI Checkride: July 10, 2021
Instructor: Lynzie Hudson
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)
A big congrats and welcome to our newest certificated flight instructor (CFI), Chris Bonneau!
“I always knew I wanted fly since I was a young kid. My great grandfather was a Navy Pilot and I was always obsessed with his pictures and his model airplanes. I guess you can say he is the one who sparked my initial interest. Over time, my inserts grew and I saved up for what seemed like forever and bought a flight sim for my laptop and was playing around with it every chance I could. Fast forward into adult life and I found my self working in Tech working for Verizon Wireless in San Francisco, which at that point, I decided I was going to give flying a real shot, and without a thought, bought a discovery flight and ever since…I knew flying was going to be my new career…and as some would say, the rest is history. My journey continues as I am always wanting to learn something new.” ~ Chris
New Private Pilot – Prajesh Praveen Anchalia
Jul 26 2021Date: June 27, 2021
Instructor: Thao Do & the AeroDynamic Team
Aircraft: Cessna N9027H
“I always had a thing for engines since I was a kid. I’ve driven at race tracks, ridden motorcycles. All that was left was flying. After my intro flight with Benny at Aerodynamic. I knew right away, that this is it. I need to learn the art of flying. I flew with CFIs Benny, Kat, and Ryan, completed my stage checks with Sara and Mitchell, and completed my training with Cheryl and Thao. Five months after my intro flight, I am now a private pilot. It doesn’t stop there, I plan to take it further with instrument, multi-engine and more.” ~ Prajesh