News

• 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

• 3/6: Muhammad Fawzi – First Solo – CFI Henry Choi
• 3/8: Sam Soltani – CFII – CFII Steve Canby – DPE Rich Batchelder
• 3/10: Leo Mascaro – Instrument – CFII Ales Janhar – DPE Ken Cobb
• 3/11: Chunyang Zhou – Commercial ASEL – CFI Steve Canby – DPE Rich Batchelder
• 3/14: Yash Patel – Instrument – CFII Joon Song – DPE Earnie Pitts
• 3/17: Troy Calderon – First Solo – CFI Joon Song
• 3/21: Alexandra Golez – First Solo – CFI Pang Hsaio
• 3/26: Michael Yo – First Solo – CFI Joon Song
• 3/26: Lance Villamore – Instrument – CFII Joon Song – DPE Ken Cobb
• 3/26: CFI’s Hanna Rigby, Jason Hernandez, & Sam Soltani all earned their Commercial Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificates with the assistance of CFI Steve Canby
• 3/31: Keyla Sifuentes – First Solo – CFI Joon Song

On March 26, CFI/CFII Ariel Conrad and CFI/CFII/MEI Joon Song both were promoted by the San Jose FSDO to Assistant Chief Pilots of SQ2’s 141 Flight School!

Another wet month, but that doesn’t mean there’s nothing to celebrate!

• 2/14: Colin Zhao – Instrument Rating – CFII Joon Song – DPE Ken Cobb
• 2/27: Samuel Yi – Instrument Rating – CFII Ariel Conrad – DPE Ashley Snider
• 2/29: Nisha Radtke – First Solo on her 16th Birthday! – CFI’s Ariel Conrad and Hanna Rigby

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