Summit Aviation would like to extend big congratulations to these students!
Featured below are a handful of our students who have made the jump from bystander to pilot. What are you waiting for? Your picture could be next!
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Anthony Cruse
First Solo
January 27, 2012
Instructor: Mike Schwahn
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Wacey Cathey
Instrument Rating
January 23, 2012
Instructor: Randall Holliday
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Joe Bogen
CFII
January 17, 2012
Instructor: Randall Holliday
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Lexi Oium
First Solo!!
November 16, 2011
Instructor: Joe Bogen
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Ian Thompson
Private Pilot Checkride
November 9, 2011
Instructor: James Schaberg
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Charlie Gray
First Solo!!
December 6, 2011
Instructor: Joseph Humphrey Bogen!
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Kyle Miron
First Solo!
November 7, 2011
Instructor: Mike Schwahn
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Derek Connery
1st Solo!! All Dressed up!!
November 10, 2011
Instructor: Nathan Hillenbrand
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Mark Stelling
Private Pilot
December 18, 2011
Instructor: Joseph Humphrey Bogen
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Mick Seemann
Certified Flight Instructor, Single Engine Add-On
December 18, 2011
Instructor: Mike Schwahn
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Mick Seemann
Commercial Single Engine Add-on
December 18, 2011
Instructor: Mike Schwahn
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Mick Seemann
Certified Flight Instructor/Multi-Engine
December 18, 2011
Instructors: Janine Nunes/Mike Schwahn
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Charles Kirchmeyer
Private Pilot Checkride
December 18, 2011
Instructor: Randall Holliday
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Ryan Swelland
Private Checkride
December 17, 2011
Instructor: James Schaberg
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Joe Lamoureux
Commercial Checkride
December 14, 2011
Instructor: Randall Holliday
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Zach Barton
First Solo!!
December 12, 2011
Instructor: Sam Steensland
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Trevor Brandon
1st Solo!!!!
November 23, 2011
Instructor: Nathan Hillenbrand
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Cody Fabritz
1st Solo!!
September 28, 2011
Instructor: James Schaberg
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Michael Townshend
First Solo!
November 7, 2011
Instructor: Joseph Humphrey Bogen
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Devlin Foubert
First Solo!
November 3, 2011
Instructor: Mike Schwahn
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David Northam
1st Solo!
November 2, 2011
Instructor: Randall Holliday
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Mitch Huttinga
1st Solo!
October 18, 2011
Instructor: Janine Nunes
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Ward Scanson
1st Solo!
October 17, 2011
Instructor: Randall Holliday
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Mark Stelling
1st Solo!
October 13, 2011
Instructor: Joe Bogen
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Miles Goad
1st Solo!
October 9, 2011
Instructor: Kyle Fenn
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Darald Libby-Haynes
Instrument Rating!
October 2 2011
Instructor: Mike Schwahn
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Aaron Griffin
First Solo!
October 11, 2011
Instructor: James Schaberg
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Johnathan McTaggart
Multi-Engine Private
October 2, 2011
Instructor: Sam Steensland
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Tyler Guess
First Solo!
October 19, 2011
Instructor: Joe Bogen
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Michael Barnett
First Solo!
October 13, 2011
Instructor: Randall Holliday
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Johnathan Mudge
First Solo!
October 25, 2011
Instructor: Mike Schwahn
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Joakim Sandor
Multi-Engine Private
October 14, 2011
Instructor: Sam Steensland
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Jenn Adams
October 24, 2011
First Solo!
Instructor: James Schaberg
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Jarod Daly
First Solo!
October 21, 2011
Instructor: Randall Holliday
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James Foote
First Solo!
October 14, 2011
Instructor: Joe Bogen
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Jackson Kuhl
First Solo!
October 14, 2011
Instructor: Janine Nunes
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Charlie Kirchmeyer
First Solo
October 13, 2011
Instructor: Randall Holliday
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Miles Goad
First Solo!
October 9th, 2011
Instructor: Kyle Fenn
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Robert Strickland
First Solo!
October 9th, 2011
Instructor: James Schaberg
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Weston Downs
First Solo!
October 1st, 2011
Instructor: Kyle Fenn
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Ria Young
First Solo!
September 26th, 2011
Instructor: Sam Steensland
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Jeremy Walker
First Solo!
September 30th, 2011
Instructor: Randall Holliday
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Ryan Swelland
First Solo!
September 30th, 2011
Instructor: James Schaberg
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Rusty Noyes
First Solo
September 8th, 2011
Instructor: James Schaberg
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Chris Avery
Multi Engine Rating!
September 16th, 2011
Instructor: Janine Nunes
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Michael Moholt
Instrument Rating
September 8th, 2011
Instructor: Sam Steensland
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Kelley Di Berto
Multi-Engine Private
September 8th, 2011
Instructor: Sam Steensland
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Joe Bogen
Single and Multi-Engine Commercial
August 31st, 2011
Instructor: Mike Schwahn and Janine Nunes
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Tucker Ott
Private Pilot 1 day after his 17th birthday!
August 20th, 2011
Instructor: Randall Holliday
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Micah Drury
Commercial Multi-Engine
August 11th, 2011
Instructor: Mike Schwahn
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Mick Seeman
Commercial Multi-Engine
August 4th, 2011
Instructor: Scott Ervin
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Steve Dodds
Instrument Rating
August 4th, 2011
Instructor: Randall Holliday
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Mitch Masters
Commercial ASEL-Initial
July 21st, 2011
Instructor: Randall Holliday
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Paul Sarkela
Instrument Rating!
June 28th, 2011
Instructor: Mike Schwahn
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Rick Verploegen
Instrument Rating!
June 11th, 2011
Instructor: Sam Steensland
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Jonathan McTaggart
Private Pilot!
June 11th, 2011
Instructor: Sam Steensland
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Jason Grafel
Private Pilot!
July 8th, 2011
Instructor: Mike Schwahn
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Rhonda Doyle
Multi-Engine Commercial
July 5th, 2011
Instructor: Janine Nunes
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A.J. Mitchell
Instrument Rating!
May 31st, 2011
Instructor: Mike Schwahn
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Joakim Sandor
Private Pilot!
May 27th, 2011
Instructor: Randall Holliday
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Mike Schwahn
Multi Engine Instructor!
May 26th, 2011
Instructor: Janine Nunes
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Corey Seeman
1st Solo
May 25th, 2011
Instructor: Randall Holliday
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Derek Canen
Instrument Rating!
May 14th, 2011
Instructor: Mike Schwahn
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John Norton
Private Pilot!
May 13th, 2011
Instructor: Randall Holliday
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Michael Wellner
Multi-Engine Instructor, Commercial Single-Engine, AND CFI!!!
5/11/2011-5/12/2011
Instructors: Janine Nunes and Scott Ervin
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Will Townsend
Private Pilot!
May 10th, 2011
Instructor: Matt Morley
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Joe Bogen
Instrument Rating!
May 10th, 2011
Instructor: Matt Morley
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Joe Griffin
1st SOLO!
May 3rd, 2011
Instructor: Mike Schwahn
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Joakim Sandor
First Solo!
April 30, 2011
Instructor: Matt Morley
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Eric Brangoccio
Instrument Rating!
April 25, 2011
Instructor: Mike Schwahn
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John Torske
Private Pilot
April 12, 2011
Instructor: Sam Steensland
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Tyler Osterhues
Private Pilot
March 25th, 2011
Instructor: Matt Morley
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Thomas Chandler
Private Pilot
March 18th, 2011
Instructor: Dugan Gravage
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Marcus Roddy
Private Pilot
March 18th, 2011
Instructor: Sam Steensland
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Darald Libby-Haines
Multi-Engine Private
March 17, 2011
Instructor: Janine Nunes
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Michael Wellner
Multi-Engine Commercial
March 17th, 2011
Instructor: Dugan Gravage
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Shane Jones
Multi-Engine Private
February 22, 2011
Instructor:Dugan Gravage
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Jason Grafel
First Solo!
February 14, 2011
Instructor: Mike Schwahn
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Joe Bogen
Multi-Engine Private
January 27, 2011
Instructor: Dugan Gravage
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Michael Moholt
Private Rating
January 27, 2011
Instructor: Dugan Gravage
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A.J. Mitchell
Multi-Engine Private
January 26, 2011
Instructor: Janine Nunes
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Sam Steensland
Multi-Engine Instructor
January 26, 2011
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Kevin Frame
Private Pilot Rating
January 25, 2011
Instructor: Sam Steensland
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Marcus Roddy
First Solo!
January 21,2011
Instructor: Sam Steensland
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Cole Suek
Private Rating!
January 12, 2011
Instructor: Matt Morley
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Shane Jones
Private Rating!
January 12, 2011
Instructor: Matt Morley
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Steven Dodds
Private Rating!
December 22,2010
Instructor: Scott Ervin
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Derek Canen
Private Rating!
December 17, 2010
Instructor: Mike Schwahn
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A.J. Mitchell
Private Rating!
December 17, 2010
Instructor: Mike Schwahn
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Rick Verploegen
Private Rating!
December 16, 2010
Instructor: Steensland
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Darald Libby-Haines
Private Rating !
December 16, 2010
Instructor: Janine Nunes
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Thane Belnap
Private Rating!
December 15,2010
Instructor: Dugan Gravage
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Tom Chandler
First Solo!
December 7, 2010
Instructor: Dugan Gravage
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Brandi Crawford
Multi Engine Commercial
December 7, 2010
Instructor: Janine Nunes
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Josh Kryzsko
Commercial Rating
December 6, 2010
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Jason Cowdrey
First Solo!
November 6, 2010
Instructor: Dugan Gravage
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Jonathan McTaggart
First Solo!
October 29, 2010
Instructor: Sam Steensland
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John Norton
First Solo!
October 29, 2010
Instructor: Dugan Gravage
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Tyler Osterhues
First Solo!
October 28, 2010
Instructor: Matt Morley
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Josh Haynes
First Solo!
October 22, 2010
Instructor: Sam Steensland
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Shane Jones
First Solo!
October 21, 2010
Instructor: Matt Morley
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Cole Suek
First Solo!
October 21, 2010
Instructor: Matt Morley
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Wes Correa
First Solo!
October 20, 2010
Instructor: Dugan Gravage
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Thane Belnap
First Solo!
October 14, 2010
Instructor: Dugan Gravage
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Darald Libby-Haines
First Solo!
October 13, 2010
Instructor: Kristin Boyle
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Derek Canen
First Solo!
October 7, 2010
Instructor: Mike Schwahn
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Kevin Frame
First Solo!
October 7, 2010
Instructor: Sam Steensland
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A.J. Mitchell
First Solo!
October 6, 2010
Instructor: Mike Schwahn
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Michael Moholt
First Solo!
October 6, 2010
Instructor: Dugan Gravage
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John Torske
First Solo!
October 5, 2010
Instructor: Sam Steensland
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Jennifer Schofield
Instrument Rating
October 1, 2010
Instructor: Matt Morley
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Kelley Di Berto
Instrument Rating
October 1, 2010
Instructor: Dugan Gravage
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Rick Verploegen
First Solo!
September 28, 2010
Instructor: Sam Steensland
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Joe Kenison
First Solo!
September 13, 2010
Instructor: Dugan Gravage
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Jessica Dunlap
Private Pilot Rating
September 9, 2010
Instructor: Lance Clark
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Chris Hurford
First Solo!
September 28, 2010
Instructor: Mike Natoli
First student to solo in Helena!
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Tucker Ott
First Solo!
August 20, 2010
Instructor: Matt Morley
Tucker soloed one day after his 16th birthday!!!
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Ben Broadhead
Private Rating
August 14, 2010
Instructors: Matt Morley, Dugan Gravage
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Mitch Masters
Instrument Rating
August 14, 2010
Instructor: Matt Morley
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Peter Owenhouse
Private Pilot!!
August 6, 2010
Instructor: Matt Morley
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Mike Schwahn
CFII
August 5, 2010
Instructor: Janine Nunes
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Jessica Dunlap
First Solo!
July 30, 2010
Instructor: Lance Clark
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Amber Novak
Certified Flight Instructor!
July 30, 2010
Instructor: Janine Nunes
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Barrett Farrell
Single-Engine Commercial
July 29, 2010
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Brandon Hardesty
Private Pilot
July 29, 2010
Instructor: Scott Ervin
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Sam Steensland
Certified Flight Instructor!
July 21, 2010
Instructor: Janine Nunes
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Kevin Ortega
Private Pilot Rating
July 14, 2010
Instructor: Dugan Gravage
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Peter Owenhouse
First Solo!
June 22, 2010
Instructor: Matt Morley
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Ben Johnson
First Solo
June 15, 2010
Instructor: Dugan Gravage
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Todd Swinehart
First Solo!
May 27, 2010
Instructor: Dugan Gravage
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Brandon Hardesty
First Solo!
May 27, 2010
Instructor: Scott Ervin
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Kristin Kludt
Commercial
Single-Engine CFI
May 13, 2010
Instructor: Janine Nunes
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Chase Ellison
Private Pilot Rating
May 13, 2010
Instructor: Matt Morley
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Randall Holliday
Multi-Engine Private
April 17, 2010
Instructor: Dan Hoadley
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Sam Steensland
Multi-Engine Commercial
April 17, 2010
Instructor: Scott Ervin
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Cole Gibson
Instrument Rating!
April 17, 2010
Instructor: Matt Morley
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Mick Seemann
Instrument Rating
April 16, 2010
Instructor: Scott Ervin
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Kelley Di Berto
Private Pilot!
April 15, 2010
Instructor: Dugan Gravage
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Sean Caskey
Private Pilot Rating
April 9, 2010
Instructor: Dugan Gravage
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Brian Sprenger
First Solo!
March 31, 2010
Instructor: Dugan Gravage
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Brandon Price
First Solo!
March 25, 2010
Instructor: Janine Nunes
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Brad Denley
First Solo!
March 9, 2010
Instructor: Nate Jesters
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Kevin Ortega
First Solo!
March 9, 2010
Instructor: Dugan Gravage
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Terry Covin
Solo!
February 21, 2010
Instructor: Scott Ervin
The airplane is Terry's own..... her name is Nadine!
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T.J. Renz
First Solo!
February 9, 2010
Instructor: Dugan Gravage
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Michael Buckley
Private Pilot Rating!
January 28, 2010
Instructor: Nate Jestes
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Amanda Kessel
First Solo!
January 8, 2010
Instructor: Matt Morley
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Casey Wheeler
Private Pilot Rating
December 31, 2009
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Cole Gibson
Private Pilot Rating
December 31, 2009
Instructor: Matt Morley
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Mick Seeman
Multi Engine Rating
December 22, 2009
Instructor: Scott Ervin
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Jeremy Sobrepena
Multi-Engine Private Checkride
December 22, 2009
Instructor: Dan Hoadley
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Kristin Kludt
Multi-Engine Flight Instructor!
December 18, 2009
CFI: Ben Walton/Janine Nunes
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Sam Berg
December 17, 2009
Private Pilot!
Instructor: Nate Jestes
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Mike Schwahn
December 17, 2009
Certified Flight Instructor!
Instructors: Janine Nunes & Dugan Gravage
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Josh Kryzsko
Instrument Rating!
November 24, 2009
Instructor: Matt Morley
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Amber Novak
Instrument Rating
November 14, 2009
Instructor: Dan Hoadley
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Randall Holliday
Instrument Rating
November 14, 2009
Instructor: Dan Hoadley
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Sean Caskey
First Solo!
November 4, 2009
Instructor: Dugan Gravage
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Chase Ellison
First Solo!
November 1, 2009
Instructor: Matt Morley
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Cole Gibson
First Solo!
October 22, 2009
Instructor: Matt Morley
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Kelley DiBerto
First Solo!
October 15, 2009
Instructor: Dugan Gravage
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Paul Sarkela
First Solo!
October 15, 2009
Instructor: Scott Ervin
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Justin Elliott
First Solo!
September 25th, 2009
Instructor: Matt Morley
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Mike Schwahn
Commerical SEL
September 2, 2009
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Josh Pomerinke
First Solo
September 2, 2009
Instructor: Dugan Gravage
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Sam Steensland
Instrument Rating
August 28, 2009
Instructor: Scott Ervin
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Micah Drury
Instrument Rating
August 28, 2009
Instructor: Scott Ervin
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Alissa Engel
Private Pilot Rating
July 31, 2009
Instructor: Zach Bowman
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Taylor Erickson
Private Pilot Rating
July 10, 2009
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Jeremy Sobrepena
Instrument Rating
July 10, 2009
Instructor: Zach Bowman
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Kevin Grey
Instrument Flight Instructor
June 25, 2009
Instructor: Scott Ervin
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Brandi Crawford
Private Pilot Rating
June 20, 2009
Instructor: Dan Hoadley
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Barrett Farrell
Private Pilot Rating
June 20, 2009
Instructor: Scott Ervin
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Joe Lamoureux
Instrument Rating
June 11, 2009
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Renaud Donner
First Solo
April 24, 2009
Instructor: Matt Morley
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Josh Andres
First Solo
February 25, 2009
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Matthew Rehr
First Solo
March 12, 2009
Instructor: Zach Bowman
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Randall Holliday
Private Pilot Rating
March 11, 2009
Instructor: Zach Bowman
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Mike Buckley
First Solo
February 3, 2009
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Amber Novak
Private Pilot Rating
February 1, 2009
Instructor: Dan Hoadley
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Alissa Engel
First Solo
January 30, 2009
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Morena Garcia
First Solo
January 29, 2009
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Sam Harkness
First Solo
January 19, 2009
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Kraig Arnaud
First Solo
November 30, 2008
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Randall Holliday
First Solo
November 23, 2008
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Dominique Cooper
First Solo
November 22, 2008
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Anthony Covert
First Solo!
October 20, 2008
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Sam Steensland
First DA-20 Solo!
October 19, 2008
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Mick Seemann
First Solo!
October 17, 2008
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David Shaffer
First Solo!
October 13, 2008
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Jeremy Sobrepena
First Solo!
October 9, 2008
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Kyle McIntyre
First Solo!
September 26, 2008
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Jacob 'Snakes' Knutson
First Solo
June 2008
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Scott Ervin
Single and Multi-Engine Instructor check rides
May 2008
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Abby Olson
First Solo!
May 2008
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Jennifer Schofield
Private Pilot!
April 11, 2008
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Russell Oleary
First Solo!
April 4, 2008
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Josh Ramsey
First Solo!
Feb 2, 2008
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Cole Williamson
First Solo!
Feb 3, 2008
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Eric Peterson
First Solo!
January 2008
First Solo
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Jim Lineback
Private Pilot Checkride!
January 2008
Private Pilot
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Ben Schreiner
First Solo!
January 2008
First Solo
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Matt Morley
Private Pilot Checkride!
December 2007
Private Pilot
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Larry Gardiner
Multi-engine Checkride
December 2007
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Tony VanDomelen
First Solo!
December 2007
First Solo
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Sam Thomas
First Solo!
November 2007
First Solo
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Mike Natoli
Multi-Engine Instructor Checkride!
October 2007
Commercial Single and Multi
Instrument
CFI, CFII, MEI
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Joe Lamoureux
Private Pilot!
October 2007
Private Pilot
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Lorne Lovelace
First Solo!
October 2007
First Solo
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Scott Ervin
Instrument Checkride!
October 2007
Private Pilot,
Unheard of amount
of Tail Wheel time, IFR
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Chelsea Wagner
First Solo!
October 2007
First Solo
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Kelsey Kassmier
First Solo!
October 2007
First Solo
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Matt Morley
First Solo!
October 2007
First Solo
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Peter Lodi
First Solo!
October 2007
First Solo
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Jason Little
Private Pilot Checkride!
October 2007
Jason soloed in August 2007
and passed his Private Pilot
Checkride in October!
First Solo, Private Pilot
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Tom Jandron
First Solo!
September 2007
First Solo
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Jennifer Schofield
First Solo!
October 2007
First Solo
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Lance Clark
Instrument Checkride
September 2007
Lance started the MSU
two year degree program
in fall of 2006. He soloed
in October 2006 and
passed his Private Pilot
Checkride in December 2006.
Private Pilot, Instrument
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Kelsie Nice
First Solo!
September 2007
First Solo
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Jason Burke
First Solo!
September 2007
First Solo
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Adam Kramer
Private Pilot Checkride!
August 2007
Private Pilot
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Wes Dembek
First Solo!
August 2007
Wes is one of our ROTC students
on his way to flying the big
iron for the US Air Force!
First Solo
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Kristin Kludt
Instrument Checkride!
August 2007
Private Pilot, Instrument Pilot
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Kate Kohler
Kate Kohler-First Solo!
February 2007
Kate passed her Private Pilot
Checkride August 2007!
Way to go Kate!
First Solo, Private Pilot
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Jeff MacPherson
First Solo!!!
June 2007
First Solo
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DJ Brask
DJ (Dave Junior) Brask
Private Pilot Checkride!
June 2007
Private Pilot
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Landon Burgwin
Multi-Engine Checkride!
June 2007
Multi Engine Rating, MEI
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Tim Dineen
Private Pilot!
June 2007
Private Pilot
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Jeffrey Smith
Private Pilot Checkride!
June 2007
Private Pilot
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Chris Schwann
Private Pilot Checkride!
June 2007
Private Pilot
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Sam Berg
First Solo!
April 2007
First Solo
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Megan Giese
First Solo! Girls Rule!
March 2007
Megan aced her Private Pilot
checkride one month later,
proving once again,
Girls Do Rule!!
First Solo, Private Pilot
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Wallis Bryan
Private Pilot Checkride!
November 2006
Private Pilot
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