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New Commercial Pilot – Daniel Henriks
Feb 22 2021Date: February 6, 2021
Instructor: Stephanie, Anton & Bentley
Aircraft: Cessna N915L
Congrats to Daniel on his newest pilot certificate! Next month he will become a Certificated Flight Instructor as well. Thanks for letting us be part of your journey. Way to go!

First Solo Flight – Sandor Nagy
Feb 12 2021Solo Date: January 16, 2021
Aircraft: Cessna N915L
Instructor: Stephanie Procive
Location: Monterey, CA (KMRY)
Our Monterey flight instructors are doing an amazing job! To prove it, they produced 6 new pilot certificates/ratings last month and a bunch of new pilots and solo flight this month. Wow! Congrats to Sandor on his first solo flight around KMRY, a class C airport with parallel runways and airline traffic.

New Private Pilot – Adeniji Adeleye
Jan 21 2021Date: December 21, 2020
Instructors: Steph, Marc, Bentley, Nathaniel & Daryll – aka “The Village”
Aircraft: Cessna N915L
Congrats to Ade on earning his Private Pilot Certificate at our Monterey location!

New Instrument Rating – Daniel Henriks
Dec 30 2020Date: December 7, 2020
Certification: Instrument Rating
Instructors: Nathaniel & Anton
Aircraft: Cessna N915L
Congrats on one of the more challenging pilot ratings! IFR is hard work but so incredibly rewarding. Well done!

First Solo Flight – Ahmed Alsunaidy
Dec 20 2020Solo Date: November 30, 2020
Aircraft: Cessna N53456
Instructor: Daryll Manzano
Location: Monterey, CA (KMRY)
CFI Daryll is keeping those solo traditions alive and thriving! The classics: cutting the tail off the shirt and dumping the water jug over a student.

First Solo Flight – Daniel Cervantes
Dec 20 2020Solo Date: September 29, 2020
Aircraft: Cessna N53456
Instructor: Daryll Manzano
Location: Monterey, CA (KMRY)
Congrats on your first solo flight!

New Private Pilot – Scott Davis
Nov 06 2020Date: October 29, 2020
Instructor: Stephanie Procive
Aircraft: Cessna N968RC
Thank you for helping make my dream become a reality.” ~ Scott

First Solo Flight – Adenji Temitope Adeleye
Nov 05 2020Solo Date: October 20, 2020
Aircraft: Cessna N915L
Instructor: Stephanie Procive
Location: Monterey, CA (KMRY)

New Instrument Rating – Mike Fritsche
Jun 12 2020Date: April 14, 2020
Certification: Instrument Rating
Instructor: Nathaniel Thorpe
Aircraft: Cessna N53456

Our Chief Instructor, Jen Watson, earns “Master CFI”
Jan 24 2020AeroDynamic’s Chief Flight Instructor, Jen Watson, has been awarded Master CFI accreditation by the National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI). This distinction is held by only an average of 300 flight instructors per year!
“The NAFI Master Flight Instructor designation is a national accreditation for aviation educators that is based on a system of advanced professional standards and peer review. The designation is granted by NAFI and has two levels: the NAFI Associate Master Flight Instructor, and the NAFI Master Flight Instructor or Master Ground Instructor. These accreditation’s publicly recognize aviation educators who demonstrate an ongoing commitment to excellence, professional growth, and service to the aviation community, and they set professional standards to which all professional aviation instructors and educators can aspire.
Both levels of the accreditation process focus primarily on the individual’s training activity and evaluation of pilots as well as his or her experience—the foundations of what an instructor is able to pass along to his or her students. They emphasize active instruction and pilot evaluation, not simply taking courses or the tenure of an individual’s instructor certificate. They are not honorary awards that recognize long-time service; rather, they are recognition for the individual who continues to practice aviation education at the highest level.
Accreditation requires a rigorous process of on-going professional activity. Like a flight instructor certificate, NAFI Master Instructor accreditation’s must be renewed every 24 months to assure a dedication to continuous involvement.”