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First solo: Claire

THIS weekend saw another of Ivan’s students make her very first solo flight. A big congratulations goes to Claire S who flew a fantastic circuit. Looking at the video she didn’t look nervous at all and the landing was really good. Claire now goes on to work on more solo flights including some touch-and-gos, adding… Read more »

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The vacation is over

THOSE of us who have been operating flight training flights from the Island for a while know the last year and a half has been a different experience to the years prior. As far as real estate goes, CYTZ is a very small airport and Porter Airlines took up most of the room. So those… Read more »

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First solo: Val

Another late announcement here, but definitely one to be proud of is the first solo of another Student last month – Val. Val has been learning with Ivan and flew his first solo circuit on his fourteenth lesson. He had 18 hours of flight time when he took off as the sole occupant of the… Read more »

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First Solo: Karim

Better late than never, I’m happy to report another student reaching that important milestone of their first solo flight. Karim has been learning with Ivan as his instructor and I’m happy to be able to report that he flew his first solo circuit at about the twenty hour mark and on his sixteenth lesson. Looking… Read more »

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Flight test pass: Chan

Congratulations to my student Chan, who last week passed his PPL flight test. The examiner told me afterwards it was one of the best test scores he’s ever seen, which is quite a complement to Chan’s flying. Chan needs a little more instrument flight experience and to pass his PPAER written exam – then I… Read more »