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New Tailwheel Endorsement – John Keegan

Sep 24 2022
Date: September 22, 2022
Tailwheel Endorsement
Aircraft: Citabria N2508Z
Instructors: Lynzie Hudson, Ivan Stanojevic,
Scott Williams, Grainne Gilvarry & Jen Watson

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A big “way to go!” shout out to our newly minted tailwheel pilot. John Keegan is the first recipient of our Jason Brown Memorial Scholarship. He put the funds to good use flying with most of our tailwheel instructors. He immediately went for a solo flight after our Chief Instructor Jen signed his tailwheel endorsement. He’s well on his way to the goal of becoming a backcountry pilot.

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New Private Pilot – Shaohuang “Daniel” Mo

May 05 2022
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!

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First Solo Flight – Charith Wickramaarachchi

Apr 26 2022
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!
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AeroDynamic Aviation on World’s Greatest TV!

Aug 31 2021

We are incredibly honored to be featured on World’s Greatest TV show for their choice of Flight School. Our historic school began in 1960 and has trained thousands of pilots since then. We are thankful to every student, pilot, instructor, mechanic and office person who contributed to make us the World’s Greatest Flight School!

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First Solo Flight – Khauri Bainha

Aug 13 2021
Solo Date: August 5, 2021
Aircraft: Cessna N53456
Instructor: Cheryl Mitrus
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)

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Congrats to Khauri and CFI Cheryl on this major milestone in a pilot’s life!

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New Private Pilot – Jonathan Soda

Aug 12 2021
Private 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!

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New Flight Instructor – Joseph Oberholtzer

Jan 06 2021
Date: December 10, 2020
Certification: Certificated Flight Instructor (CFI)
Instructor: Lynzie Hudson
Aircraft: N54102

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“I am looking forward to sharing my love of flying with others and continuing to improve my abilities as a pilot and now as an instructor”~ Joey

Welcome to our family of instructors! Joey completed his final checkride to become a flight instructor with us. We are so proud to have been with him through this journey and can’t wait for him to share his love of flying with others. Congrats from all of us!

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New Instrument Rating – Daniel Henriks

Dec 30 2020
Date: 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!

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First Solo Flight – Andrew Wilson

Oct 30 2020
Solo Date: September 9, 2020
Aircraft: Cessna N9027H
Instructor: Mitchell Templeton
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)

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First Solo Flight – Joshua Shinavier

Jun 18 2019
Solo Date: June 1, 2019
Aircraft: Citabria – N2508Z
Instructor: Scott Holland
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)

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“I am an engineer at Uber, where I build the company’s knowledge graph. When I was little, I built flying contraptions. I would put a board across my shoulders like a wing and run really fast, or make spinning rotors which, unfortunately, did not produce enough lift to heft me into the sky. It took me a long time to climb into the cockpit of a real flying machine, but it has been a dream come true. I can’t wait for my first cross-countries.”

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