Author: Jason Hernandez

Squadron 2’s first checkride pass of the year goes to Ally Golez who passed her Private Pilot Checkride on 1/5/25 with DPE Jon Thornton and her proud recommending instructor Jason Hernandez!

A huge month to end the year!

• 12/1: Samuel Yi – Commercial ASEL – CFI Ariel Conrad – N23841 – DPE Jon Thornton
• 12/2: Angel Sandoval – Instrument – CFII Ariel Conrad – N23841 – DPE Jon Thornton
• 12/4: Bubba Sullivan – First Solo – CFI Hanna Rigby – N925MM
• 12/6: Ram Sethuraman – First Solo – CFI Hanna Rigby – N925MM
• 12/6: Christian Legaspi – Private Pilot – CFI Sam Soltani – N564MM – DPE Rich Batchelder
• 12/8: Katie McMahon – First Solo – CFI Jason Hernandez – N546MM
• 12/11: Luc Ferro – First Solo – CFI Jason Hernandez – N39546
• 12/11: James Noto – First Solo – CFI Makai Snyder – N5093K
• 12/15: Vedant Kapadia – Private Pilot – CFI Andrew Duff – N5130E – DPE Jon Thornton
• 12/18: John Mahmoudi – Commercial ASEL – CFI Sam Soltani – N564MM – DPE Jon Thornton
• 12/18: Douglas Yeang – Commercial ASEL – CFI Sam Soltani – N55JD – DPE Rich Batchelder
• 12/18: DA Villalobos – First Solo – CFI Hyle Aldabashi – N925MM
• 12/19: Bryan Potter – Instrument – CFII Ron Vlaslelica – N23841 – DPE Jon Thornton
• 12/31: Sebastian Sevilla – First Solo – CFI Ben Son – N925MM
• 12/31: Johnny Wright – Private Pilot – CFI Ariel Conrad – N65658 – DPE Jon Thornton

• 11/4: Joseph Edwards – Instrument – CFII Sam Soltani – N3151E – DPE Rich Batchelder
• 11/8: Joseph Cameron – First Solo – CFI Sam Soltani – N925MM
• 11/12: Halle Patzer – Private Pilot – CFI’s Jason Hernandez and Hanna Rigby – N546MM – DPE Jon Thornton
• 11/16: Eddie Gamez – First Solo – CFI Hyle Aldabashi – N5130E
• 11/24: Scotland Shen – First Solo – CFI Jason Hernandez – N39546
• 11/29: Andrew Tijani – Private Pilot – CFI Alan Guo – N23841 – DPE Eric Cook

• 10/2: Zoja Janhar – First Solo! – CFI Proud Father Ales Janhar – N23841
• 10/8 Dongsheng Zhao – Commercial SE – CFI’s Joon Song and Ariel Conrad – N9389L – DPE Wanda Collins
• 12/8: Julia Sutter – Commercial SE – CFI Ales Janhar – N23841 – DPE Ken Cobb
• 10/15: Elijah Hernandez – First Solo! – CFI’s Hanna Rigby & Makai Snyder – N925MM
• 10/25: Minh Tonthat – First Solo! – CFI Sam Soltani – N5093K
• 10/29: Tushar Arora – Private Pilot – CFI Andrew Duff – N3151E – DPE Rich Batchelder
• 10/30: Liam McCarroll – First Solo! – CFI Hyle Aldabashi – N5130E

• 9/6: Solomon Wu – First Solo – CFI Henry Choi – N446SP
• 9/12: Tram Do – Commercial ASEL – CFI Ariel Conrad – N3151E – DPE Jon Thornton
• 9/14: Jacob Greenmun – First Solo – CFI Hanna Rigby – N564MM
• 9/14: John Mahmoudi – Instrument – CFII Sam Soltani – N3151E – DPE Rich Batchelder
• 9/14: Makai Snyder- CFI Initial – CFI Clayton Conrad – N5130E – DPE Dr. James Duvall
• 9/19: Tanveer Kaur – First Solo – CFI Eric Zhang – N564MM
• 9/21: Brian Truong – Instrument – CFII Steve Canby – DPE Rich Batchelder
• 9/30: Kaden Smith – First Solo – N39546 – CFI Hanna Rigby

It was a very busy month for us!

• 8/1: Amit Pal Singh Singh Bali – First Solo! – CFI Andrew Duff – N5130E
• 8/13: Andrew Hernandez – Private Pilot – CFI Pang Hsaio – N3151E – DPE Rich Batchelder
• 8/16: Aidan Adair – Private Pilot – CFI Hanna Rigby – N446SP – DPE Jon Thornton
• 8/19: Sean Erman – Commercial Pilot – CFI Jean Jimenez – N23841 – DPE Jon Thornton
• 8/20: Hanna Rigby – CFII – CFII Sam Soltani – N23841 – DPE Dr. James Duvall
• 8/25: Douglas Yeung – Instrument – CFII Sam Soltani – N3151E – DPE Rich Batchelder
• 8/26: Ben Son – CFII – CFII Sam Soltani – N3151E – DPE Rich Batchelder
• 8/27: Yash Patel – Commercial Pilot – CFI Joon Song – DPE Andrew Reischauer
• 8/28: Janet Li & Ethan Shen – First Solo! – CFI Pang Hsaio – N564MM
• 8/29: Hyle Aldabashi – CFI Initial – CFI’s Jason Hernandez & Clayton Conrad – N5130E – DPE Dr. James Duvall

Congratulations to our many pilots with their different achievements!!

• 7/2: Alex Chaing – Commercial ASEL – CFI Ariel Conrad – N23841 – DPE Dr. James Duvall
• 7/9: Colin Zhao – Commercial Multi Engine – MEI Joon Song – N2100D – DPE Ken Cobb
• 7/14: Jason Hernandez – CFII – CFII Steve Canby – N39546 – DPE Dr. James Duvall
• 7/16: Kaveesh Passari – First Solo! – CFI Hanna Rigby – N564MM
• 7/20: Markus Guittap – Private Pilot – CFI Sam Soltani & Hanna Rigby – N3151E – DPE Rich Batchelder
• 7/24: Piter Van Santvliet – Private Pilot – CFI Steve Canby – N39546 – DPE Rich Batchelder
• 7/25: Anni Zheng – First Solo! – CFI Pang Hsiao – N564MM
• 7/25: Johnny Wright – First Solo! – CFI Ariel Conrad – N9389L
• 7/29: Shantanu Gautam – First Solo! – CFI Neeraj Katwani – N3151E
• 7/31: Trevor Nunes – First Solo! – CFI Sam Soltani – N5093K

• 6/4: Taha Khattabi – First Solo! – CFI’s Hanna Rigby & Jason Hernandez
• 6/13: Benson Troung – Commercial ME – MEI Ales Janhar – DPE Ken Cobb
• 6/19: Frank Torres, Jr. – Private Pilot – CFI Joon Song – DPE Ken Cobb
• 6/22: Denton Long – First Solo! – CFI Jason Hernandez
• 6/22: Matthew Trip – CFII – CFII Clayton Conrad – DPE Carol Zerbe
• 6/23: Hyle Aldebashi – Commercial SE- CFI Clayton Conrad – DPE Jon Thornton
• 6/25: Rujul Desai – First Solo! – CFI Neeraj Khatwani
• 6/26: Jessie Castillo – First Solo! – CFI Jason Hernandez
• 6/28: Leon Takahashi – Private Pilot – CFI Hanna Rigby – DPE Jon Thornton

• 5/7: Maxwell Mobley – First Solo! – CFI Jason Hernandez
• 5/7: Steve Canby – Gold Seal CFI!!!
• 5/9: Jason Hernandez – HP Endorsement – CFI Sam Soltani
• 5/11: Sargiz Gevargiz – First Solo! – CFI Pang Hsaio
• 5/13: Conor Donnelly – First Solo! – CFI Sam Soltani
• 5/15: Mengkai Yang – First Solo! – CFI Sam Soltani
• 5/17: Mitch Laugharn – Commercial ASEL – CFI Jean Jimenez – DPE Carol Zerbe
• 5/18: Sydney Eliff – Multi-Engine Commercial – MEI Ales Janhar – DPE Ken Cobb
• 5/19: Flor Gonzales – Commercial ASEL – CFI Eric Zhang – DPE Jon Thornton
• 5/22: Rian Jackson – First Solo! – CFI Eric Zhang
• 5/28: Zachary Lott- First Solo! – CFI Hanna Rigby
• 5/31: Colin Zhao – Commercial ASEL – CFI Joon Soong – DPE Ken Cobb
• 5/31: Cameron Sanayoa – Private Pilot – CFI Hanna Rigby – DPE Rich Batchelder

Congratulations on all of our achievements from this past month!

4/2: Jack Maggiora – First Solo – CFI Jason Hernandez

4/3: Troy Calderon – Private Pilot Written – 97%

4/5: Jason Hernandez – CFII Written – 90%

4/10: Tram Do – Instrument Rating – CFII Ariel Conrad – DPE Jon Thornton

4/10: Ariel Conrad – Gold Seal CFI!!

4/10: Douglas Yeung – Private Pilot – CFI Sam Soltani – DPE Rich Batchelder

4/14: Abbas Hadded – First Solo – CFI Marcel Trimpl

4/15: Dongsheng Zhao – Instrument Rating – CFII’s Ariel Conrad and Joon Song – DPE Carol Zerbe

4/17: Yoka Namiki – Private Pilot – CFI’s Ariel Conrad and Hanna Rigby – DPE Jon Thornton

4/21: Sofia Goodwin – Commercial ASEL – CFI Joon Song – DPE Ashley Snider

4/29: Shane Russell – Private Pilot – CFI’s Joon Song and Jason Hernandez – DPE Ernie Pitts

4/29: Lucas Komarek – Commercial ASEL – CFI Joon Song – DPE Ernie Pitts