Flight School :: Student Accomplishments

Student Accomplishments

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!

Anthony Cruse

First Solo
January 27, 2012
Instructor: Mike Schwahn

Wacey Cathey

Instrument Rating
January 23, 2012
Instructor: Randall Holliday

Joe Bogen

CFII
January 17, 2012
Instructor: Randall Holliday

Lexi Oium

First Solo!!
November 16, 2011
Instructor: Joe Bogen

Ian Thompson

Private Pilot Checkride
November 9, 2011
Instructor: James Schaberg

Charlie Gray

First Solo!!
December 6, 2011
Instructor: Joseph Humphrey Bogen!

Kyle Miron

First Solo!
November 7, 2011
Instructor: Mike Schwahn

Derek Connery

1st Solo!! All Dressed up!!
November 10, 2011
Instructor: Nathan Hillenbrand

Mark Stelling

Private Pilot
December 18, 2011
Instructor: Joseph Humphrey Bogen

Mick Seemann

Certified Flight Instructor, Single Engine Add-On
December 18, 2011
Instructor: Mike Schwahn

Mick Seemann

Commercial Single Engine Add-on
December 18, 2011
Instructor: Mike Schwahn

Mick Seemann

Certified Flight Instructor/Multi-Engine
December 18, 2011
Instructors: Janine Nunes/Mike Schwahn

Charles Kirchmeyer

Private Pilot Checkride
December 18, 2011
Instructor: Randall Holliday

Ryan Swelland

Private Checkride
December 17, 2011
Instructor: James Schaberg

Joe Lamoureux

Commercial Checkride
December 14, 2011
Instructor: Randall Holliday

Zach Barton

First Solo!!
December 12, 2011
Instructor: Sam Steensland

Trevor Brandon

1st Solo!!!!
November 23, 2011
Instructor: Nathan Hillenbrand

Cody Fabritz

1st Solo!!
September 28, 2011
Instructor: James Schaberg

Michael Townshend

First Solo!
November 7, 2011
Instructor: Joseph Humphrey Bogen

Devlin Foubert

First Solo!
November 3, 2011
Instructor: Mike Schwahn

David Northam

1st Solo!
November 2, 2011
Instructor: Randall Holliday

Mitch Huttinga

1st Solo!
October 18, 2011
Instructor: Janine Nunes

Ward Scanson

1st Solo!
October 17, 2011
Instructor: Randall Holliday

Mark Stelling

1st Solo!
October 13, 2011
Instructor: Joe Bogen

Miles Goad

1st Solo!
October 9, 2011
Instructor: Kyle Fenn

Darald Libby-Haynes

Instrument Rating!
October 2 2011
Instructor: Mike Schwahn

Aaron Griffin

First Solo!
October 11, 2011
Instructor: James Schaberg

Johnathan McTaggart

Multi-Engine Private
October 2, 2011
Instructor: Sam Steensland

Tyler Guess

First Solo!
October 19, 2011
Instructor: Joe Bogen

Michael Barnett

First Solo!
October 13, 2011
Instructor: Randall Holliday

Johnathan Mudge

First Solo!
October 25, 2011
Instructor: Mike Schwahn

Joakim Sandor

Multi-Engine Private
October 14, 2011
Instructor: Sam Steensland

Jenn Adams

October 24, 2011
First Solo!
Instructor: James Schaberg

Jarod Daly

First Solo!
October 21, 2011
Instructor: Randall Holliday

James Foote

First Solo!
October 14, 2011
Instructor: Joe Bogen

Jackson Kuhl

First Solo!
October 14, 2011
Instructor: Janine Nunes

Charlie Kirchmeyer

First Solo
October 13, 2011
Instructor: Randall Holliday

Miles Goad

First Solo!
October 9th, 2011
Instructor: Kyle Fenn

Robert Strickland

First Solo!
October 9th, 2011
Instructor: James Schaberg

Weston Downs

First Solo!
October 1st, 2011
Instructor: Kyle Fenn

Ria Young

First Solo!
September 26th, 2011
Instructor: Sam Steensland

Jeremy Walker

First Solo!
September 30th, 2011
Instructor: Randall Holliday

Ryan Swelland

First Solo!
September 30th, 2011
Instructor: James Schaberg

Rusty Noyes

First Solo
September 8th, 2011
Instructor: James Schaberg

Chris Avery

Multi Engine Rating!
September 16th, 2011
Instructor: Janine Nunes

Michael Moholt

Instrument Rating
September 8th, 2011
Instructor: Sam Steensland

Kelley Di Berto

Multi-Engine Private
September 8th, 2011
Instructor: Sam Steensland

Joe Bogen

Single and Multi-Engine Commercial
August 31st, 2011
Instructor: Mike Schwahn and Janine Nunes

Tucker Ott

Private Pilot 1 day after his 17th birthday!
August 20th, 2011
Instructor: Randall Holliday

Micah Drury

Commercial Multi-Engine
August 11th, 2011
Instructor: Mike Schwahn

Mick Seeman

Commercial Multi-Engine
August 4th, 2011
Instructor: Scott Ervin

Steve Dodds

Instrument Rating
August 4th, 2011
Instructor: Randall Holliday

Mitch Masters

Commercial ASEL-Initial
July 21st, 2011
Instructor: Randall Holliday

Paul Sarkela

Instrument Rating!
June 28th, 2011
Instructor: Mike Schwahn

Rick Verploegen

Instrument Rating!
June 11th, 2011
Instructor: Sam Steensland

Jonathan McTaggart

Private Pilot!
June 11th, 2011
Instructor: Sam Steensland

Jason Grafel

Private Pilot!
July 8th, 2011
Instructor: Mike Schwahn

Rhonda Doyle

Multi-Engine Commercial
July 5th, 2011
Instructor: Janine Nunes

A.J. Mitchell

Instrument Rating!
May 31st, 2011
Instructor: Mike Schwahn

Joakim Sandor

Private Pilot!
May 27th, 2011
Instructor: Randall Holliday

Mike Schwahn

Multi Engine Instructor!
May 26th, 2011
Instructor: Janine Nunes

Corey Seeman

1st Solo
May 25th, 2011
Instructor: Randall Holliday

Derek Canen

Instrument Rating!
May 14th, 2011
Instructor: Mike Schwahn

John Norton

Private Pilot!
May 13th, 2011
Instructor: Randall Holliday

Michael Wellner

Multi-Engine Instructor, Commercial Single-Engine, AND CFI!!!
5/11/2011-5/12/2011
Instructors: Janine Nunes and Scott Ervin

Will Townsend

Private Pilot!
May 10th, 2011
Instructor: Matt Morley

Joe Bogen

Instrument Rating!
May 10th, 2011
Instructor: Matt Morley

Joe Griffin

1st SOLO!
May 3rd, 2011
Instructor: Mike Schwahn

Joakim Sandor

First Solo!
April 30, 2011
Instructor: Matt Morley

Eric Brangoccio

Instrument Rating!
April 25, 2011
Instructor: Mike Schwahn

John Torske

Private Pilot
April 12, 2011
Instructor: Sam Steensland

Tyler Osterhues

Private Pilot
March 25th, 2011
Instructor: Matt Morley

Thomas Chandler

Private Pilot
March 18th, 2011
Instructor: Dugan Gravage

Marcus Roddy

Private Pilot
March 18th, 2011
Instructor: Sam Steensland

Darald Libby-Haines

Multi-Engine Private
March 17, 2011
Instructor: Janine Nunes

Michael Wellner

Multi-Engine Commercial
March 17th, 2011
Instructor: Dugan Gravage

Shane Jones

Multi-Engine Private
February 22, 2011
Instructor:Dugan Gravage

Jason Grafel

First Solo!
February 14, 2011
Instructor: Mike Schwahn

Joe Bogen

Multi-Engine Private
January 27, 2011
Instructor: Dugan Gravage

Michael Moholt

Private Rating
January 27, 2011
Instructor: Dugan Gravage

A.J. Mitchell

Multi-Engine Private
January 26, 2011
Instructor: Janine Nunes

Sam Steensland

Multi-Engine Instructor
January 26, 2011

Kevin Frame

Private Pilot Rating
January 25, 2011
Instructor: Sam Steensland

Marcus Roddy

First Solo!
January 21,2011
Instructor: Sam Steensland

Cole Suek

Private Rating!
January 12, 2011
Instructor: Matt Morley

Shane Jones

Private Rating!
January 12, 2011
Instructor: Matt Morley

Steven Dodds

Private Rating!
December 22,2010
Instructor: Scott Ervin

Derek Canen

Private Rating!
December 17, 2010
Instructor: Mike Schwahn

A.J. Mitchell

Private Rating!
December 17, 2010
Instructor: Mike Schwahn

Rick Verploegen

Private Rating!
December 16, 2010
Instructor: Steensland

Darald Libby-Haines

Private Rating !
December 16, 2010
Instructor: Janine Nunes

Thane Belnap

Private Rating!
December 15,2010
Instructor: Dugan Gravage

Tom Chandler

First Solo!
December 7, 2010
Instructor: Dugan Gravage

Brandi Crawford

Multi Engine Commercial
December 7, 2010
Instructor: Janine Nunes

Josh Kryzsko

Commercial Rating
December 6, 2010

Jason Cowdrey

First Solo!
November 6, 2010
Instructor: Dugan Gravage

Jonathan McTaggart

First Solo!
October 29, 2010
Instructor: Sam Steensland

John Norton

First Solo!
October 29, 2010
Instructor: Dugan Gravage

Tyler Osterhues

First Solo!
October 28, 2010
Instructor: Matt Morley

Josh Haynes

First Solo!
October 22, 2010
Instructor: Sam Steensland

Shane Jones

First Solo!
October 21, 2010
Instructor: Matt Morley

Cole Suek

First Solo!
October 21, 2010
Instructor: Matt Morley

Wes Correa

First Solo!
October 20, 2010
Instructor: Dugan Gravage

Thane Belnap

First Solo!
October 14, 2010
Instructor: Dugan Gravage

Darald Libby-Haines

First Solo!
October 13, 2010
Instructor: Kristin Boyle

Derek Canen

First Solo!
October 7, 2010
Instructor: Mike Schwahn

Kevin Frame

First Solo!
October 7, 2010
Instructor: Sam Steensland

A.J. Mitchell

First Solo!
October 6, 2010
Instructor: Mike Schwahn

Michael Moholt

First Solo!
October 6, 2010
Instructor: Dugan Gravage

John Torske

First Solo!
October 5, 2010
Instructor: Sam Steensland

Jennifer Schofield

Instrument Rating
October 1, 2010
Instructor: Matt Morley

Kelley Di Berto

Instrument Rating
October 1, 2010
Instructor: Dugan Gravage

Rick Verploegen

First Solo!
September 28, 2010
Instructor: Sam Steensland

Joe Kenison

First Solo!
September 13, 2010
Instructor: Dugan Gravage

Jessica Dunlap

Private Pilot Rating
September 9, 2010
Instructor: Lance Clark

Chris Hurford

First Solo!
September 28, 2010
Instructor: Mike Natoli
First student to solo in Helena!

Tucker Ott

First Solo!
August 20, 2010
Instructor: Matt Morley
Tucker soloed one day after his 16th birthday!!!

Ben Broadhead

Private Rating
August 14, 2010
Instructors: Matt Morley, Dugan Gravage

Mitch Masters

Instrument Rating
August 14, 2010
Instructor: Matt Morley

Peter Owenhouse

Private Pilot!!
August 6, 2010
Instructor: Matt Morley

Mike Schwahn

CFII
August 5, 2010
Instructor: Janine Nunes

Jessica Dunlap

First Solo!
July 30, 2010
Instructor: Lance Clark

Amber Novak

Certified Flight Instructor!
July 30, 2010
Instructor: Janine Nunes

Barrett Farrell

Single-Engine Commercial
July 29, 2010

Brandon Hardesty

Private Pilot
July 29, 2010
Instructor: Scott Ervin

Sam Steensland

Certified Flight Instructor!
July 21, 2010
Instructor: Janine Nunes

Kevin Ortega

Private Pilot Rating
July 14, 2010
Instructor: Dugan Gravage

Peter Owenhouse

First Solo!
June 22, 2010
Instructor: Matt Morley

Ben Johnson

First Solo
June 15, 2010
Instructor: Dugan Gravage

Todd Swinehart

First Solo!
May 27, 2010
Instructor: Dugan Gravage

Brandon Hardesty

First Solo!
May 27, 2010
Instructor: Scott Ervin

Kristin Kludt

Commercial
Single-Engine CFI
May 13, 2010
Instructor: Janine Nunes

Chase Ellison

Private Pilot Rating
May 13, 2010
Instructor: Matt Morley

Randall Holliday

Multi-Engine Private
April 17, 2010
Instructor: Dan Hoadley

Sam Steensland

Multi-Engine Commercial
April 17, 2010
Instructor: Scott Ervin

Cole Gibson

Instrument Rating!
April 17, 2010
Instructor: Matt Morley

Mick Seemann

Instrument Rating
April 16, 2010
Instructor: Scott Ervin

Kelley Di Berto

Private Pilot!
April 15, 2010
Instructor: Dugan Gravage

Sean Caskey

Private Pilot Rating
April 9, 2010
Instructor: Dugan Gravage

Brian Sprenger

First Solo!
March 31, 2010
Instructor: Dugan Gravage

Brandon Price

First Solo!
March 25, 2010
Instructor: Janine Nunes

Brad Denley

First Solo!
March 9, 2010
Instructor: Nate Jesters

Kevin Ortega

First Solo!
March 9, 2010
Instructor: Dugan Gravage

Terry Covin

Solo!
February 21, 2010
Instructor: Scott Ervin

The airplane is Terry's own..... her name is Nadine!

T.J. Renz

First Solo!
February 9, 2010
Instructor: Dugan Gravage

Michael Buckley

Private Pilot Rating!
January 28, 2010
Instructor: Nate Jestes

Amanda Kessel

First Solo!
January 8, 2010
Instructor: Matt Morley

Casey Wheeler

Private Pilot Rating
December 31, 2009

Cole Gibson

Private Pilot Rating
December 31, 2009
Instructor: Matt Morley

Mick Seeman

Multi Engine Rating
December 22, 2009
Instructor: Scott Ervin

Jeremy Sobrepena

Multi-Engine Private Checkride
December 22, 2009
Instructor: Dan Hoadley

Kristin Kludt

Multi-Engine Flight Instructor!
December 18, 2009
CFI: Ben Walton/Janine Nunes

Sam Berg

December 17, 2009
Private Pilot!
Instructor: Nate Jestes

Mike Schwahn

December 17, 2009
Certified Flight Instructor!
Instructors: Janine Nunes & Dugan Gravage

Josh Kryzsko

Instrument Rating!
November 24, 2009
Instructor: Matt Morley

Amber Novak

Instrument Rating
November 14, 2009
Instructor: Dan Hoadley

Randall Holliday

Instrument Rating
November 14, 2009
Instructor: Dan Hoadley

Sean Caskey

First Solo!
November 4, 2009
Instructor: Dugan Gravage

Chase Ellison

First Solo!
November 1, 2009
Instructor: Matt Morley

Cole Gibson

First Solo!
October 22, 2009
Instructor: Matt Morley

Kelley DiBerto

First Solo!
October 15, 2009
Instructor: Dugan Gravage

Paul Sarkela

First Solo!
October 15, 2009
Instructor: Scott Ervin

Justin Elliott

First Solo!
September 25th, 2009
Instructor: Matt Morley

Mike Schwahn

Commerical SEL
September 2, 2009

Josh Pomerinke

First Solo
September 2, 2009
Instructor: Dugan Gravage

Sam Steensland

Instrument Rating
August 28, 2009
Instructor: Scott Ervin

Micah Drury

Instrument Rating
August 28, 2009
Instructor: Scott Ervin

Alissa Engel

Private Pilot Rating
July 31, 2009
Instructor: Zach Bowman

Taylor Erickson

Private Pilot Rating
July 10, 2009

Jeremy Sobrepena

Instrument Rating
July 10, 2009
Instructor: Zach Bowman



Kevin Grey

Instrument Flight Instructor
June 25, 2009
Instructor: Scott Ervin

Brandi Crawford

Private Pilot Rating
June 20, 2009
Instructor: Dan Hoadley

Barrett Farrell

Private Pilot Rating
June 20, 2009
Instructor: Scott Ervin

Joe Lamoureux

Instrument Rating
June 11, 2009

Renaud Donner

First Solo
April 24, 2009
Instructor: Matt Morley

Josh Andres

First Solo
February 25, 2009

Matthew Rehr

First Solo
March 12, 2009
Instructor: Zach Bowman

Randall Holliday

Private Pilot Rating
March 11, 2009
Instructor: Zach Bowman

Mike Buckley

First Solo
February 3, 2009

Amber Novak

Private Pilot Rating
February 1, 2009
Instructor: Dan Hoadley

Alissa Engel

First Solo
January 30, 2009

Morena Garcia

First Solo
January 29, 2009

Sam Harkness

First Solo
January 19, 2009

Kraig Arnaud

First Solo
November 30, 2008

Randall Holliday

First Solo
November 23, 2008

Dominique Cooper

First Solo
November 22, 2008


Anthony Covert

First Solo!
October 20, 2008

Sam Steensland

First DA-20 Solo!
October 19, 2008

Mick Seemann

First Solo!
October 17, 2008

David Shaffer

First Solo!
October 13, 2008

Jeremy Sobrepena

First Solo!
October 9, 2008

Kyle McIntyre

First Solo!
September 26, 2008
Jacob 'Snakes' Knutson

Jacob 'Snakes' Knutson

First Solo
June 2008

Scott Ervin

Single and Multi-Engine Instructor check rides
May 2008
Abby Olson

Abby Olson

First Solo!
May 2008
Jennifer

Jennifer Schofield

Private Pilot!
April 11, 2008
Russ Oleary

Russell Oleary

First Solo!
April 4, 2008
Josh Ramsey

Josh Ramsey

First Solo!
Feb 2, 2008
Cole Williamson

Cole Williamson

First Solo!
Feb 3, 2008

Eric Peterson

First Solo!
January 2008
First Solo

Jim Lineback

Private Pilot Checkride!
January 2008
Private Pilot

Ben Schreiner

First Solo!
January 2008
First Solo

Matt Morley

Private Pilot Checkride!
December 2007
Private Pilot

Larry Gardiner

Multi-engine Checkride
December 2007

Tony VanDomelen

First Solo!
December 2007

First Solo

Sam Thomas

First Solo!
November 2007
First Solo

Mike Natoli

Multi-Engine Instructor Checkride!
October 2007

Commercial Single and Multi
Instrument
CFI, CFII, MEI

Joe Lamoureux

Private Pilot!
October 2007
Private Pilot

Lorne Lovelace

First Solo!
October 2007
First Solo

Scott Ervin

Instrument Checkride!
October 2007
Private Pilot,
Unheard of amount
of Tail Wheel time, IFR

Chelsea Wagner

First Solo!
October 2007
First Solo

Kelsey Kassmier

First Solo!
October 2007
First Solo

Matt Morley

First Solo!
October 2007
First Solo

Peter Lodi

First Solo!
October 2007
First Solo

Jason Little

Private Pilot Checkride!
October 2007
Jason soloed in August 2007
and passed his Private Pilot
Checkride in October!
First Solo, Private Pilot

Tom Jandron

First Solo!
September 2007
First Solo

Jennifer Schofield

First Solo!
October 2007
First Solo

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

Kelsie Nice

First Solo!
September 2007
First Solo

Jason Burke

First Solo!
September 2007
First Solo

Adam Kramer

Private Pilot Checkride!
August 2007

Private Pilot

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

Kristin Kludt

Instrument Checkride!
August 2007
Private Pilot, Instrument Pilot
Kate Kohler

Kate Kohler

Kate Kohler-First Solo!
February 2007
Kate passed her Private Pilot
Checkride August 2007!
Way to go Kate!


First Solo, Private Pilot
Jeff

Jeff MacPherson

First Solo!!!
June 2007


First Solo
Megan and Emily

DJ Brask

DJ (Dave Junior) Brask
Private Pilot Checkride!
June 2007


Private Pilot
Landon

Landon Burgwin

Multi-Engine Checkride!
June 2007

Multi Engine Rating, MEI
Tim Dineen

Tim Dineen

Private Pilot!
June 2007


Private Pilot
Jeffrey Smith

Jeffrey Smith

Private Pilot Checkride!
June 2007


Private Pilot
Chris Schwann

Chris Schwann

Private Pilot Checkride!
June 2007


Private Pilot
Sam Berg

Sam Berg

First Solo!
April 2007


First Solo
Megan and Emily

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
Wallis and Jon

Wallis Bryan

Private Pilot Checkride!
November 2006


Private Pilot
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