N.T. takes to the skies all on his own 4-5-2019. It was a cloudy day, but the visibility and winds were great! N.T.’s CFI, Tom Peterson, watched from the sidelines as he made his 3 landings on Runway 30L. His family also shared in the excitement of his first solo. Congratulations N.T.!
Mega congrats to Aaron Hacker on the occasion of his first solo! CFI Fred said he did a great job. Now on to more advanced training, solo cross countries, then the checkride. Way to go, Aaron!!
Congratulations to Todd Sweaney for passing his Private Pilot Checkride on January 20 with DPE Donna Webster. Todd is a local homebuilder, and plans to fly for both business and pleasure. His go-to places to fly are KSBP and KSBA for lunch and sightseeing. Todd plans to go right into training for his instrument rating, and thinks airplane ownership is a definite possibility. Way to go, Todd!Catalina runway closed for repairs from December 11th 2018 to April 15 2019.
For more information…
https://www.catalinaconservancy.org/index.php?s=visit&p=visit_airport_in_the_sky
Congratulations Jason Starr! Solos in N73977!
Jordan Shepherd soloed at KMIT on May 15th, 2018.
A big 16th birthday excitement for BFC member Zachary! Zachary and CFI Fred Webster went up for a flight to make sure Zachary was up to the task of flying solo today on his birthday. CFI Fred said Zachary did an awesome job flying up to Minter Field for some pattern work. They did a few landings at Meadows as well before CFI Fred hopped out and told Zachary to go have some fun solo. The Bakersfield tower wished Zachary Happy Birthday and said he did awesome on this 3 landings! Mom, Dad, brother and Grandfather were all in attendance for the big day, Congratulations from the BFC!
