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Despite the adverse weather that was present throughout the month, we were able to get a few pilots who were able to accomplish their first solos!!

1/8/24: Kenny Tran – First Solo – CFI Sam Soltani

1/17/24: Jack Ackohen – First Solo – CFI Eric Zhang

12/4: Aman Pawha – First Solo – CFI Bob Ethcell

12/8: Andrew Hernandez – First Solo – CFI Pang Hsaio

12/5: Christian Legaspi – First Solo – CFI Sam Soltani

11/10: Alex Sutton – First Solo – CFI Sam Soltani

11/15: Yi Li – First Wings Scholarship!!!

11/22: Tushar Arora – First Solo – CFI Andrew Duff

11/22: Vedant Kapadia – First Solo – CFI Andrew Duff

11/28: Tyler Bell – Private Pilot – CFI’s Henry Choi & Alan Guo – DPE Scott Rohlfing

Huge congratulations to SQ2 member and SJSU students Reena Ilao and Sofia Goodwin for being the proud recipients of the SCAPA Scholarship due to their academic accomplishments and flight training experience. Reena is working on her Instrument Rating and Sofia is working on her Commercial Certificate.

The club had three different CFI checkrides passed this month!

10/4: Douglas Yeung – First Solo – CFI Sam Soltani

10/5: Jonathan Chen – Private Pilot – CFI JJ Jimenez – DPE Robert Frankovich

10/13: Hanna O’Connor Rigby – CFI Initial – CFI Ales Janhar – DPE Robert Frankovich

10/17: Steve Canby – Multi-Engine Instructor – MEI Ales Janhar – DPE Jim Brannan

10/23: Jason Hernandez – CFI Initial – CFI Clayton Conrad – DPE Dr. James Duvall

9/2: Pieter Van Santvliet – First Solo – CFI Steve Canby

9/5: Justin Kim – First Solo – CFI Ian ONeal

9/12: Ariel Conrad – CFII – CFII Her Proud Father Clayton Conrad – DPE Dr. James Duvall

9/14: Andrew Duff – CFI Initial – CFI Bob Ethcell – DPE Rob Davids

9/16: Lucas K – Instrument – CFII’s Joon Song and Emily Tram – DPE Ken Cobb

8/1: Colin Zhao – Private ASEL – CFI German Reyes – DPE Ken Cobb

8/4: Tram Do – Private ASEL – CFI Ariel Conrad – DPE Jon Thornton

8/9: Sam Soltani – CFI Initial – CFI Steve Canby – DPE Rich Batchelder

8/17: Frank Torres, Jr. – First Solo – CFI Ian ONeal

8/22: Kim Kyunghe – First Solo – CFI Joon Song

7/4: Sofia Goodwin – Instrument – CFII Emily Tram & CFII Joon Song – DPE Ken Cobb

7/6: Aaron Tjin – Instrument – CFII Antonio Gonzalez & CFII JJ Jimenez – DPE Jon Thornton

7/9: Arya Raghavan – First Solo – CFI Vijay Raghavan

7/9: Reena “44” Ilao – Private ASEL – CFI Ian ONeal & CFI Clayton Conrad – DPE Jon Thornton

7/9: Hanna O’Connor Rigby – Advanced Ground Instructor – CFI Clayton Conrad – DPE Scott Rohlfing

7/17: Yoka Namiki – First Solo – CFI Joon Song & CFI Ariel Conrad

7/21: Kim Hansun – CFI Initial – CFI Joon Song – DPE Robert Frankovich

7/24: Julia Sutter – Instrument – CFII Antonio Gonzalez & CFII Ales Janhar – DPE Ken Cobb

7/24: Noah S. – Private ASEL – CFI’s Emily, Ian, German, & Joon – DPE Ken Cobb

7/31: Aiden Adair – First Solo – CFI JJ Jimenez

6/4: Neeray Khatwani – CFI Initial – CFI Bob Etchell – DPE Tom Hornak

6/5: Jung Jaehoon – Commercial ASEL – CFI Joon Song – DPE Ken Cobb

6/9: Athar V. – First Solo – CFI Eric Zhang

6/15: Christian Lapera – First Solo – CFI Henry Choi

6/22: Arun Rao – Private ASEL – CFI Joon Song – DPE Ken Cobb

4/4: Emily Tram – Commercial ME – MEI Joon Song – DPE Ken Cobb

4/6: Reza Pirouz- First Solo – CFI Ariel Conrad

4/6: Chunyang Zhou – Instrument – CFII Steve Canby – DPE Ken Cobb

4/12: Loay Turki – Multi-Engine Instructor – MEI Clayton Conrad – DPE Dr. James Duvall

4/13: Peng Yang – First Solo – CFI Eric Zhang

4/14: Ariel Conrad – Commercial ME – MEI Clayton Conrad – DPE Dr. James Duvall

4/16: Jason Hernandez – Advanced Ground Instructor – CFI Clayton Conrad – DPE Scott Rohlfing

4/20: German Reyes – Commercial ME – MEI Ales Janhar – DPE Ken Cobb

4/24: Aiden Lacap – First Solo – CFI Ian ONeal

4/24: Noah Sucharczuk – XC Solo – CFI Emily Tram

4/26: Angel Sandoval – Private SE – CFI Ariel Conrad – DPE Jon Thornton