Congratulations!

It is my pleasure to begin with congratulations to those who have completed their First Solo Flights or qualifying Flight Tests. As all pilots know, this first flight alone becomes forever imprinted on your memory—the moment of taking a flying machine into the air by yourself, and landing it safely. Similarly, pilots know that the successful completion of a qualifying Flight Test is the paramount event built on many months of hard work, sweat, and commitment.

 

Congratulations to Forian James, who successfully completed his Commercial Pilot Flight Test with Pilot Examiner John Laing on October 12, 2011; congratulations also to Florian's Flight Instructor, Nam Vu.

 

Congratulations to Jojhar Gill who successfully completed her Private Pilot Flight Test on January 13, 2012 with Pilot Examiner John Laing, and congrats to Jojar's Flight Instructor, Nam Vu .

 

Congratulations to Mayank Sunda, who completed his First Solo Flight on December 22, 2011 in Cessna GPUK; congrats also to Mayank's Flight Instructor, Hoowan Nam.

 

Congratulations to Esther Karunakar who successfully completed her Private Pilot Flight Test on December 22, 2011with Pilot Examiner John Laing, and congrats to Esther's Flight Instructor, Mayank Mittal.

 

Congratulations to Jatinder Grewal, who completed his First Solo Flight on December 17, 2011 in Cherokee GUKG, and congratulations to Jatinder's Flight Instructor, Nam Vu.

 

Congratulations to Sean (Si-Wan) Yoo, who successfully completed the qualifying flight test for his Flight Instructor Rating with Transport Canada Inspector Al Balogh. It was to recommend Sean for his flight test, and it is also my pleasure to welcome Sean as a staff Flight Instructor.

 

Congratulations to Steven Heston, who successfully completed his Private Pilot Flight Test on December 12, 2011with Pilot Examiner John Laing, and congrats to Steve's Flight Instructor, Mayank Mittal.

 

Congraulations to Allison Heathcote, who successfully completed her Commercial Pilot Flight Test on December 11, 2011 with Pilot Examiner John Laing; congrats also to Allison's Flight Instructor, Hoowan Nam.

 

Congratulations to Marwan Alnabulsi, who successfully completed the flight test for the Group 1 (Multi-engine) Instrument Rating with Pilot Examiner Todd Pezer on December 5, 2011; Nam Vu and I had the pleasure of coaching Marwan during his IFR training.

 

Congratulations to Rick Hunter, who successfully completed the flight test for the Group 1 (Multi-engine) Instrument Rating with Pilot Examiner Todd Pezer on December 1, 2011; Nam Vu and I had the pleasure of coaching Rick during his training.

 

Congratulations to Chris Johnson, who successfully completed his Private Pilot Flight Test on November 18, 2001 with Pilot Examiner John Laing, and congratulations also to Chris' Flight Instructor, Hoowan Nam.

 

Congratulations to Lucas Greulich, who successfully completed his Commercial Pilot Flight Test on November 15, 2011 with Pilot Examiner John Laing, and congrats also to Lucas' Flight Instructor, Mayank Mittal.

 

Congratulations to Marwan Alnabulsi, who successfully completed his Multi-engine Class Rating Flight Test with Pilot Examiner John Laing on November 1, 2011; I again had the pleasure of coaching Marwan during his training.

 

Congratulations to Gary Long, who successfully completed his Private Pilot Flight Test with Pilot Examiner John Laing on November 1, 2011; congrats also to Gary's Flight Instructors, Beda Grunder and Hoowan Nam.

 

Congratulations to Jonn Banner, who completed his First Solo Flight on October 29, 2011, and congratulations to Jonn's Flight Instructor, Beda Grunder.

 

Congratulations to Joel Hunt, who completed his First Solo Flight on October 20, 2011; congrats to Joel's Flight Instructor, Carl Tingstad.

 

Congratulations to Darryl Reid, who successfully completed his Private Pilot Flight Test on October 19, 2011 with Pilot Examiner John Laing; congratulations also to Darryl's Flight Instructor, Hoowan Nam.

 

Congratulations to Siddhant Pednakar, who successfully completed his Multi-engine Class Rating Flight Test on October 18, 2011 with Pilot Examiner John Laing; it was my pleasure to help Siddhant get ready for this.

Congratulations to Hargun Singh, who successfully completed his Private Pilot Flight Test on October 14, 2011 with Pilot Examiner John Laing. Congratulations also to Hargun's Flight Instructor, Rita Methorst.

 

Congratulations to Shivam Garg, who completed his First Solo Flight on October 13, 2011; congratulations also to Shivam's Flight Instructors, Nam Vu and Carl Tingstad.

 

Congratulations to Ulrich Baum, who successfully completed his Multi-engine Class Rating Flight Test on September 21, 2011 with Pilot Examiner Todd Pezer. It was my pleasure to be Uli's coach.

 

Mayank Mittal . . . We'll miss you

I wish to take the opportunity to wish Mayank Mittal the greatest sucess in what will no doubt be a very exciting and eventful pilot career. Mayank came from India to train with us back in the summer of 2007, graduating with a Commercial Pilot Licence in July of 2008, and eventually an Instructor Rating in the fall of 2009. Mayank has connected with dozens of students during his time with us and we now wish him even greater future success. We will miss his dynamic and enthusiastic teaching styles, which are clearly grounded on his passion for flying.

 

Ulrich Baum earns double-header Bursaries, including the prestigious Adam Katigiri Commercial Pilot Award, in addition to the Ed Huggett Instrument Pilot Award

It is with great pleasure that I get to congratulat Ulrich Baum on his great success with Transport Canada written examiantions, securing first the Ed Huggett Instrument Pilot Award, awarded to those obtaining 90% on more on the Transport Canada Instrument Rating Examination, and then, approximately three weeks later, the elusive Adam Katigiri Commercial Pilot Award, awarded to those obtaining 90% or more on the Transport Canada Commercial Pilot Examination. Uli scored an unprecedented 99% on the Transport Canada's CPL exam. While the Ed Huggett Instrument Pilot Award has been won by students on three previous occasions (Peter Waddington, Raman Srivastava, and Sagar Canakapalli), the Adam Katigiri Commercial Pilot Award has only been claim once—by Commercial Pilot Graduate Darren Kroeker.

 

Final Accreditation paperwork to be submitted before the end of January

Just to keep everyone up to date on this, Allison Heathcote has completed all of the final preparation leading to the qualfying event, and we anticipate the paperwork will be submitted before the end of January. Accreditation is required by private schools in order for their students to have access to government student loans; the process requires the school to meet established standards of administration centered on "quality assurance"—annual internal reviews, as well as yearly external audits, to ensure administrative standards established by the school are maintained. The primary tool of quality assurance is regular use of student and staff surveys as a measure of administrative effectiveness.  The cost of initial accreditation is estimated to be just over $6000.  When Langley Flying School was accreditted by Provincial Governement in 2000, the cost as comperable—about $5000 then. To re-qualify, Langley Flying School must successfully pass an audit by the accreditation team. The audit team will focus on records review, as well as interviews with students and staff.  Participation by students in central to the audit visit and everyone’s participation will be appreciated.  The date of the visit will be announced in advance.

 

Fly Safe everyone,

 

David Parry,

President and Chief Flying Instructor,

Langley Flying School

dparry@langleyflyingschool.com