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First Solo Flight – Bohao Li

Sep 24 2022
Solo Date: September 14, 2022
Aircraft: Cessna N12234
Instructor: Skyler Tan
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)

first solo, flight, KRHV

Congrats to Bohao on his first time flying solo! He took Cessna One-Two-Two-Three-Four for the obligatory laps in the pattern at Reid-Hillview Airport while proud CFI Skyler supervised from below. Now on to those fun cross-country flights and night flying over the sparkly bay area.

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First Solo Flight – Sunny Haight

Sep 20 2022
Solo Date: September 5, 2022
Aircraft: Cessna N53456
Instructor: Daniel Henriks
Location: Monterey, CA (KMRY)

Congrats to Sunny and CFI Daniel on a successful first solo at Monterey’s class C airport! What an amazing accomplishment.

First Solo Flight – Ann Yun

Sep 19 2022
Solo Date: September 4, 2022
Aircraft: Cessna N61253
Instructor: Scott Holland
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)

Whoot Whoot! Another bird spreads her wings to fly solo for the first time. Like a proud papa, CFI Scott watched student pilot Ann make her first 3 takeoffs and landings without him sitting beside her. Nicely done, you two!

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First Solo Flight – Siyuan Zhang

Sep 11 2022
Solo Date: September 1, 2022
Aircraft: Cessna N61637
Instructor: Nir Chen
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)

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Another one leaves the nest! We are so proud of all our solo student pilots. CFI Nir watched as Siyuan made his first laps around the traffic pattern without him. Siyuan is making quick work of his private pilot training, and we expect to see him holding his certificate before too much longer.

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First Solo Flight – Christine Vandayar

Sep 03 2022
Solo Date: August 27, 2022
Aircraft: Citabria N2508Z
Instructor: Scott Holland
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)

Congrats to Christine on her first solo flight!!! This monumental accomplishment was celebrated in the traditional style, with CFI Scott cutting the tails off her shirt. Way to spread your wings and fly!

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First Solo Flight – Yuanchen Li

Jul 26 2022
Solo Date: June 22, 2022
Aircraft: Cessna N61637
Instructors: Skyler Tan & Sergey Kataev
Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)

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When he’s not learning to fly an airplane, he’s jumping out of them in a wingsuit! Congrats to Yuanchen for flying an airplane by himself and staying inside the whole time. He’s on track to earn his Private Pilot certificate very quickly.

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New Private Pilot – Ching-Chi Chang

Jun 27 2022
Private Pilot Checkride: May 16, 2022
Instructor: Thao Do
Aircraft: Cessna N54102
School Location: San Jose, CA (KRHV)

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“I finally achieved the goal I’d been dreaming of – becoming a pilot! A lot of thanks to the staff and instructors in Aerodynamic Aviation, especially to Thao for her high standard and tireless training!” ~ Ching-Chi

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First Solo Flights – Chad & Amber

Jun 10 2022
Solo Dates: Feb 28 and May 6, 2022
Aircraft: Cessna 172
Instructor: Daryll Manzano
Location: Monterey, CA (KMRY)

The couple who trains together stays together, at least we really hope so! Congrats to couple Chad Peabody and Amber Roach. They are working toward their Private Pilot certificates and both recently soloed with CFI Daryll. What a cool adventure for you to take as a couple! Congrats!

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First Solo Flight – Gordon Lo

May 09 2022
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

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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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