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New Private Pilot – Heather Hayden

Nov 10 2020
Date: October 31, 2020
Instructors: Jen Watson & Ivan Stanojevic
Aircraft: Citabria N2508Z

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The challenge of learning in a conventional airplane (aka tailwheel or taildragger) is worth the time and dedication when you turn out pilots as accomplished as Heather. Despite various setbacks throughout training (a broken wrist from playing sports, forest fires, weather challenges, a pandemic, etc.), she persevered to become a lady taildragger pilot on her first checkride attempt. We love having Heather as part of our family and hope she enjoys many years flying around and exploring California. CONGRATS!!!

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New Private Pilot – Matthew Liu

Sep 12 2020
Date: August 31, 2020
Instructor: Mitchell Templeton
Aircraft: Cessna N9027H

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“I’ve been fascinated about aviation for my entire life. When I was little, I used to beg my parents to take me to airports to watch the big airliners arrive and depart to places around the globe. When I grew up, I was different from my peers in that I knew exactly what I wanted to be: a professional pilot. When I started college at The Ohio State University, I got to work on my PPL but had to put my plans on hold for the COVID-19 pandemic. I elected to finish my license at Aerodynamic Aviation back home and finally earned my PPL. My future plans are to continue to earn my ratings and pursue my dream of becoming a career pilot, either in the airline, corporate, or cargo fields.” ~ Matthew

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New Private Pilot – Brian Kuhl

Sep 03 2020
Date: August 17, 2020
Certification: Private Pilot
Instructor: Ivan Stanojevic
Aircraft: Citabria N9091L

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“Thank you to all the folks at Aerodynamic Aviation for making my journey to become a private pilot so enjoyable. Training with Ivan in the Citabrias has been an awesome experience. Ivan has transformed me into a confident, safe, and skilled tailwheel pilot. I also want to give special shoutouts to Kat and Matt; the casual conversations in the office have taught me so much about aviation. I’m looking forward to continuing my training here and eventually getting my instrument rating later this year.” ~ Brian
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New Private Pilot – Randy Rerucha

Aug 29 2020
Date: June 22, 2020
Certification: Private Pilot
Instructor: Scott Holland
Aircraft: Citabria N2508Z

PPL, Citabria, tailwheel

“I dedicate this milestone to my dad who learned to fly Champs at a young age.”

New Private Pilot – Joe Streeper

Aug 22 2020
Date: August 2, 2020
Certification: Private Pilot
Instructor: Kat Hanlon
Aircraft: Cessna N54102

“Thank you Aerodynamic Aviation for the great training over the last two years. You have helped me become a safe and skilled pilot. I look forward to new flying adventures with family and friends.” ~ Joe

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New IFR Instructor – Josh Larson

Aug 22 2020
Date: August 7, 2020
Certification: Certificated Flight Instructor – Instrument (CFII)
Instructor: Jen Watson
Aircraft: Cessna N54102

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Our instructors are on a roll! Congrats to another AeroDynamic CFI, Josh, for studying hard to add an instrument rating to his Flight Instructor certification. We are so proud of all the hard work our instructors are putting in to make themselves even better teachers. Nice job!

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New Multi-engine Instructor – Claudio Basile

Aug 21 2020
Date: July 31, 2020
Certification: Multi-engine Instructor (MEI)
Instructor: Jen Watson
Aircraft: Twin Comanche N40DA

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Congratulations to our newest multi-engine instructor! Claudio trained with our Chief Instructor Jen to earn his Commercial AMEL and now MEI certifications. He did an amazing job on his checkride with a first-time pass with DPE Richard Conte. Claudio will be flying his newly purchased Baron twin-engine aircraft around the west coast with his new ratings and doing a little teaching with us, too. Whoot-whoot!

 

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New Private Pilot – Edgar Xiong

Aug 12 2020
Date: July 30, 2020
Certification: Private Pilot
Instructors: Grainne, Jason, Lynzie & Ivan
Aircraft: Citabria N9091L

tailwheel, checkride, Citabria

“Finally a Private Pilot! (A tailwheel Private Pilot for that matter!) Took my checkride with DPE Richard Conte in my favorite citabria, N9091L.

A HUGE thank you to the wonderful folks at AeroDynamic Aviation for putting up with me these past few years and helping me achieve my dream. Now……Who wants to go fly?! ????” ~Edgar

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New Multi-Engine Pilot – Mitchell Templeton

Aug 09 2020
Date: July 28, 2020
Certification: Commercial Multi-engine
Instructor: Jen Watson
Aircraft: Twin Comanche N40DA

CPL, AMEL, checkride

One of AeroDynamic’s instructors, Mitchell, has nailed a first-time pass of his Commercial AMEL add-on rating with DPE Eric Cook. Mitchell is continuing on to earn his MEI (Multi-engine instructor) certificate in the next couple of months and will soon be teaching in our Twin Comanche, affectionately known as “Twinkie.” Way to rock the checkride, Mitch!!

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New Instrument Instructors – Cheryl Mitrus & Zibin He

Aug 07 2020
Date: July 28, 2020
Certifications: Certificated Flight Instructor – Instrument
Instructor: Jen Watson
Aircraft: Cessna N54102

A huge congratulations to two of our instructors for earning an instrument rating on their flight instructor certificates. These new CFIIs trained with our Chief Instructor Jen on our new Redbird sim and Cessnas with Garmin 530 and 650. They are very qualified and well-trained on our aircraft and simulators to help you add an instrument rating to your certificate. Way to nail a first-time pass of your checkride with Richard Conte, Cheryl & Zibin!!!

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