HALL OF FAME
Celebrating milestones together — from first solos to check rides, here are the students who’ve made their aviation dreams take flight.
PATRICK LLOYD
Instrument Rating: 11-02-25
David Williams
MATTHEW GOODWIN
Solo Flight: 08-30-25
Instructor: Luke Brassard
TREVOR LARSEN
Private Pilot: 07-14-25
Instructor: Andy Haupricht
JOSHUA RICHARDSON
Private Pilot: 07-07-25
Instructor: Waverly Barham
LINCOLN BENNETT
Solo Flight: 05-25-25
Instructor: Kelsey Conci
JOSIAH JORDAN
Solo Flight: 04-13-25
Instructor: Luke Brassard
KELLEN SCRUGGS
Private Pilot: 03-03-25
Instructor: Andy Haupricht
KYLE PELLIGRA
Instrument Rating: 02-07-25
Instructor: Andy Haupricht
HAMOON AZIZSOLTANI
Instrument Rating: 11-17-24
Instructor: Andy Haupricht
ROBERT SMITH
Private Pilot: 10-12-24
Instructor: McMillan Abernethy
AIDEN MIDDLETON
Private Pilot: 08-29-24
Instructor: Andy Haupricht
TED TANSILL
Private Pilot: 08-10-24
Instructor: Lara Spencer Melo
NOAH TOMCZAK
Solo Flight: 05-29-24
Instructor: David Williams
BRET BUCKMAN
Private Pilot: 03-31-24
Instructor: McMillan Abernethy
MCMILLAN ABERNETHY
Multi-Engine: 01-05-24
Instructor: Roger Smith
TIM MERTZ
Solo Flight: 09-20-25
Instructor: Kelsey Conci
TIM HIGGIN
Solo Flight 07-29-25
Instructor: Luke Brassard
MASON BUCKNER
Solo Flight: 07-13-25
Instructor: Luke Brassard
MICHAEL STRATEMEIER
Private Pilot: 07-07-25
Instructor: Andy Haupricht
MICHAEL BRIGGS
Solo Flight: 05-19-25
Instructor: Waverly Barham
KYLE HARPER
Private Pilot: 03-25-25
Instructor: Luke Brassard
MICHAEL STRATEMEIER
Solo Flight: 02-28-25
Instructor: Andy Haupricht
JOSHUA RICHARDSON
Solo Flight: 01-24-25
Instructor: Waverly Barham
STEPHEN MELSOM
Solo Flight: 11-16-24
Instructor: Waverly Barham
TIMOTHY WATKINS
Solo Flight: 09-21-24
Instructor: Waverly Barham
DAVID BARNHARDT
Private Pilot: 08-28-24
Instructor: Sean Bligh
TREVOR LARSEN
Solo Flight: 08-05-24
Instructor: Andy Haupricht
JOHN ZWAHR
Solo Flight: 05-23-24
Instructor: David Williams
DAVID MILLER
Solo Flight: 02-16-24
Instructor: McMillan Abernethy
TRAVIS BUCHANAN
Solo Flight: 11-28-23
Instructor: Andy Haupricht
MASON BUCKNER
Private Pilot: 09-18-25
Instructor: Luke Brassard
JIMMY FRANCIS
Private Pilot: 07-18-25
Instructor: Waverly Barham
BRIAN DAVIS
Solo Flight: 07-13-25
Instructor: Kelsey Conci
JONATHAN BOORTZ-MARX
Private Pilot: 07-07-25
Instructor: Andy Haupricht
YING ZHU
Solo Flight: 04-23-25
Instructor: Luke Brassard
DAVID WHITTINGHAM
Solo Flight: 03-18-25
Instructor: Waverly Barham
NICKOLAS PAPAGIANNERIS
Solo Flight: 02-26-25
Instructor: David Williams
CHASE COX
Solo Flight: 01-02-25
Instructor: Andy Haupricht
SCOTT LEE
Solo Flight: 11-13-24
Instructor: Luke Brassard
HONGYI YU
Instrument Rating: 09-06-24
Instructor: Sean Bligh
JOSH BERGER
Solo Flight: 08-17-24
Instructor: Andy Haupricht
BEN JOHNSON
Solo Flight: 07-16-24
Instructor: David Williams
DAVID MILLER
Private Pilot: 05-10-24
Instructor: McMillan Abernethy
TRAVIS BUCHANAN
Private Pilot: 01-22-24
Instructor: Andy Haupricht
MCMILLAN ABERNETHY
CFI: 11-14-23
Instructor: Carson Willis
DAVID WHITTINGHAM
Private Pilot: 09-01-25
Instructor: Waverly Barham
INIYAN SUBRAMANIAN
Private Pilot: 07-15-25
Instructor: Luke Brassard
CAMERON COLESCOTT
Instrument Rating: 07-12-25
Instructor: David Williams
TIMOTHY WATKINS
Private Pilot: 06-29-25
Instructor: Waverly Barham
WESLEY NYAGWAYA
Solo Flight: 04-22-25
Instructor: Luke Brassard
RYAN VAN BILJON
Private Pilot: 03-03-25
Instructor: Andy Haupricht
JONATHAN BOORTZ-MARX
Solo Flight: 02-25-25
Instructor: Andy Haupricht
STRYKER STUBBS
Private Pilot: 11-21-24
Instructor: Sean Bligh
GEORG FREY
Private Pilot: 10-29-24
Instructor: David Williams
ERIC BYRD
Private Pilot: 09-05-24
Instructor: Waverly Barham
LORI LEINEKE
Solo Flight: 08-12-24
Instructor: Waverly Barham
JEFF JIANG
Commercial Pilot: 06-01-24
Instructor: Andy Haupricht
JOHN ROGERS
Solo Flight: 04-22-24
Instructor: Andy Haupricht
KELLEN SCRUGGS
Solo Flight: 01-15-24
Instructor: Andy Haupricht
LUKE VOGEL
Solo Flight: 11-02-23
Instructor: Andy Haupricht