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The next session of our popular Private and Sport Pilot Ground School started on May 2nd. Class meets every Wed at 6
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April 2007
- Low and Slow Poker Run May 5th: on May 5th the EAA Chapter 110 will host a "Low & Slow" Poker run for Light Sport Aircraft and Ultraflight pilots. Sealed envelopes can be picked up by pilots at the fuel pumps at So. County, Hollister, and Watsonville airports and you can start your run at any of these locations. Information is also on our web site at www.aerodromehq.com. Prizes will be awarded for the best Texas Hold 'Em poker hands at 12:30PM. EAA 110 will be serving hot dogs and drinks (Donations Welcome) from 11:30am till 1:00pm. There will also be planes and projects on display for visitor viewing and the Wings of History Air Museum ( www.wingsofhistory.org ) is close by, as well. We would like to know if you're coming so we can plan to have enough tube steaks and drinks available so please call Steve White at 408-871-7192 or email scwhite101@yahoo.com . Please post our flyer and circulate the word!
- Dominic Chan came all the way from England to earn his tailwheel endorsement. After his flight training with Patrick Cabral, Dominic successfully flew a Citabria solo and went home a taildragger pilot. He said: "I wish I had learned to fly in a taildragger!"
- Patrik Rosenast added his Multi Engine Instructor rating to his CFI certificate! After doing his multi-engine CFI flight training with Zdravko in a Piper Seneca, Patrik successfully passed the MEI checkride. Well done Patrik!
- Vess Velikov gets his Instrument Rating. After the flight training with Hank Smith, Vess took and passed his instrument rating checkride in Cessna 61637. Congratulations Vess!
- Well done to Jeff Laughrey who added a Sport Pilot Airplane rating to his Glider Private Pilot license. Jeff hails from Tennessee and he worked through many a weekend with several instructors, and then took his checkride with Zdravko. Congratulations Jeff!
- Congratulations to Matt Nicolary who soloed Champ 91E on an overcast Sunday with Vess watching carefully from the Instructors bench. Well done Matt.
- Welcome back to CFI Patrick Cabral! Patrick has finished his training with the Marines and is now a reserve member of the Corps. We hope he does not get posted anywhere so we can keep him as an instructor.
March 2007
- Congratulations to Aine Roberts who passed her FAA Part 135 checkride and qualified to fly charters around the Grand Canyon and nearby places in a monster Cessna Caravan.
- Our April FAA Wings seminar will be on Mountain Flying. Come and learn about the considerations when planning a mountain flight, including weather, density altitude, performance (or lack of it), and route selection. It will be on Tue April 3rd at 7pm in the RHV Airport Terminal building. Then you too can follow in James Alexander's and Santiago and Elsa Uzal's footsteps - see below.
- We have a newly minted pilot in our midst! Congratulations to Simran Sandhar for passing his Private Pilot checkride wih flying colors. Well done Simran.
- Another fledgling - Carrie Winegarden soloed in a Citabria under the watchful eye of Tristan Duplan. Well done Carrie!
- Well done to James Alexander for completing the Sierra Mountain Flying Checkout on March 13th with Dick Chang. Conditions were almost too nice!
- Congratulations to Elsa and Santiago Uzal. To celebrate their anniversary they planned a mountain flight with a tour round the Golden Gate on the way back. Happy Anniversary!
- Sammy Bloodhart became the latest solo pilot on March 7th when she took Citabria 32G around the pattern leaving Len on the ground watching. Congratulations Sammy!
- On Sunday the 4th Xavier Rogers took Champ 91E up for three circuits of the pattern without Vess in the back. Well done Xavier for learning to fly a plane before even learning to drive. He clearly has his priorities right!
When Xavier came back Vess ambushed him with a pair of scissors and cut off his shirttails.
- The first fledgling of March is Srikant Sharma who soloed Citabria 5032G on the 2nd under Grainne's anxious eye. Congratulations Srikant!
February 2007
- Congratulations to the San Jose State University Precision Flight Team for winning third place overall at the Region II SAFECON competition. The 11 contestants won 21 top ten places between them. Our own Jennifer Koenig placed 2nd amongst the 11 women pilots and Vess Velikov placed 11th out of 55 men. Other highlights include Vess's 2nd place in the IFR simulator and Jenny's 5th place for Short Field approach and landing. For all the results see the SAFECON web site. The team is now going on to the national competition. For more about the Team see the San Jose State University Precision Flying Team Web Site. They do not receive any financial support from the University, and rely purely on donations and their own resources. Please support them! Amelia Reid Aviation will gladly pass on any donations and we also have souvenir items for sale for their benefit.
- Aine Roberts successfully earned her CFI certificate in a gruelling two day marathon checkride with not just one but two FAA inspectors. Congratulations Aine!
- Jeremy Zawodny earned his Private Pilot certificate in his own Citabria no less. Well done Jeremy.
January 2007
- Another new fledgling leaves the nest. Luther Johnson successfully flew his first solo in Champ 2805E after expert instruction from Vess. Well done Luther. Here he is after Vess cut his shirttails off. Apparently it was Luther's wife's favorite shirt, Oops!
- Congratulations to William Scheibner on earning his tailwheel endorsement in three intensive days with Eric in the back seat. William came all the way from Luxembourg to fly a taildragger and says he had a blast doing it.
- We have a second flying Luvara! Mike Luvara followed his brother's example and has flown his first solo. No wonder Len looks a little nervous. Congratulations Mike.
- Another Jeff flies the coop. Jeff Frederick flew his first solo, in his own airplane no less, while Eric Ruhe watched nervously from the ground. Pilot and plane performed flawlessly and we have another New year's fledgling! Well done Jeff.
- Congratulations to Jeff Laughrey who soloed Champ 05E under Patrik Rosenast's watchful eye. Well done Jeff.
- We are delighted to announce that Mike Forsyth will be teaching at Amelia's. Mike has retired from TWA and has over 25,000 hours under his belt, in every sort of airplane from the big jets to a Piper Cub.
- Yo, ho, ho and greetings of the season to everyone! We already have two new certified pilots this year:
- Congratulations to Aaron Lepold for passing his Private Pilot checkride in 5032G. The blue and white Citabria proved lucky, the checkride went smoothly and Mike Shiflett was very complimentary. Well done Aaron and his instructor Patrik Rosenast.
- Well done to James Alexander who earned his Private ticket in the Cessna 172 61637. Rumour is he lands it like a taildragger, thanks to the patient instruction from Jim Grant. The weather caused James' ride to be postponed several times, but a fine stretch opened up and he took Mike Shiflett up to demonstrate his skills. Duly impressed, Mike produces the certificate. Congratulations James!
- We have a brand new Zlin Savage Cub on line as a loaner. Come and try it out. Give us your feedback. If we get enough positive feedback we may consider putting on on line permanently. See the Savage Cub Web Site
Come and fly with us in the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area of California. Our flight school is located at Reid Hillview airport in San Jose (KRHV), at the south end of San Francisco Bay and we offer ground and flight training for sport pilot, private pilot and commercial pilot license, instrument rating, CFI (certified flight instructor), tailwheel, acrobatics, and multi engine certificates and ratings.