Pilot and Student Accomplishments
Here at Leighnor Aircraft LLC, we take special pride in our pilot's and student's accomplishments. Our tagline is "Accomplish More - Fly with Leighnor!" and our students and pilots do accomplish more. This page is our celebration of our pilot's and student's successes.
Our Most Recent Accomplishments
We have a new Private Pilot to celebrate today! This morning, Ruby Tessman successfully completed her Private Pilot check ride with DPE Josh Donaldson in N249K. Ruby is pictured with flight instructor Arinola “Rain” Ojehomon and both are wearing big grins!
Congratulations Ruby!
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Congratulations are due to Matthew O’Connell for completing his first solo flight on November 16th in N249K. Matthew is working with flight instructor Russ Ebaugh. Way to go Matthew!
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That's awesome! Congratulations!
Well come to airman’s world‼️ Another one more step please!
Atta boy Russ!
We have a new Private Pilot to celebrate! On November 7th, Blair Niemela, flying N821ST, successfully completed his Private Pilot check ride. Blair’s instructor is Luke Miller.
Congratulations Blair on your new Private Pilot certificate!! We’re all very proud of you!
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We have a new flight instructor to celebrate! On November 1st, Steven Shi, flying N239K, completed his flight instructor’s check ride. His flight instructor is Roger Chen.
Congratulations Steven on this tremendous accomplishment!
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Congratulations!
We have a first solo flight to celebrate! On October 28th, Oliver Miles, flying N402ER, completed his first solo flight. Oliver’s flight instructor is John “JJ” Johnson.
Congratulations Oliver! He is pictured here with Jordan Owens who also had his first solo the same day.
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We have a first solo flight to celebrate! On October 28th, Jordan Owens had his first solo flight flying N60594. His flight instructor is Arinola “Rain” Ojehomon.
Congratulations Jordan on your first solo!
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We have a new Private Pilot to celebrate! On October 29th, Justin Manley completed his Private Pilot check ride flying N249K. His instructor was Arinola “Rain” Ojehomon.
Congratulations to Justin on his new Private Pilot certificate!
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Rain has become a solid CFI!
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Congratulations to both !
On Friday October 14th, Sydney Webb completed her first solo flight flying N249K. Sydney was working with flight instructor Hunter Vandertol.
Congratulations Sydney on your first solo flight!!
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On Saturday morning October 1st, Ruby Tessman celebrated her first solo flight in N249K. This is the first big step in every pilot’s flying career! Ruby is a student of flight instructor Arinola “Rain” Ojehomon. Congratulations Ruby!
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We have a new CFI (Certified Flight Instructor) to celebrate! This morning, David Ayala-Lindeman passed his instructor’s check ride flying N402ER. His DPE was Marilyn Terry and David was working with flight instructor Brad Hayman. Congratulations David, we are all very proud of you and your accomplishment!
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We have a new Private Pilot to celebrate! On September 3rd, Mary Ajodah passed her FAA check ride flying N60594. Her DPE was Josh Donaldson and Mary was working with flight instructor Arinola “Rain” Ojehomon. Congratulations Mary, we are all very proud of you and your accomplishment!
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We have a new Private Pilot to celebrate today! Lucas Reed, flying Skycatcher N60594 successfully completed his check ride with DPE Josh Donaldson. Lucas was working with flight instructor Hunter Vandertol.
Congratulations Lucas!
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We’d like to congratulate our newest flight instructor Russ Ebaugh! On September 9th, flying N239K, Russ passed his CFI check ride with DPE David Vangnuess. Russ was working with CFI Ed Kalabus.
Russ is also Leighnor Aircraft’s newest CFI! Congratulations Russ!
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We have a new Private Pilot to celebrate! On August 21st, Orion Beardsley passed his FAA check ride flying N402ER. His DPE was Ryan Albrecht and he was working with flight instructor Arinola “Rain” Ojehomon. Congratulations Orion, we are all very proud of you and your accomplishment!
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We have a new Private Pilot today! Gregory Grant passed his check ride this morning with SE Mark Rebholz flying N6282D. Gregory was working with flight instructor Przemi. Congratulations Gregory!
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We have a new Private Pilot to celebrate! Michelle Thibault completed her Private Pilot check ride flying N249K on Friday July 15th. Michelle was working with flight instructor Arinola “Rain” Ojehomon and her DPE was Josh Donaldson. Congratulations Michelle!
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And great job Rain.
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We have a new instrument rated pilot! Mike Ulissey completed his instrument check ride with DPE Josh Donaldson on 7/9/22. Michael was working with flight instructors Ed Kalabus and Maxwell Denney to get ready for his check ride. Congratulations Michael!
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We have a new Private Pilot to celebrate! Zachary Mello completed his check ride on 6/22/22 flying N92428 with Ryan Albrecht as his DPE. Zachary was a student of flight instructor Ed Kalabus. Congratulations Zachary!
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We have a first solo to celebrate today! Jim Partridge soloed in N35628. Jim is a student of flight instructor JJ Johnson. Congratulations Jim!
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We also had a new Instrument Instructor pass her check ride yesterday. Arinola “Rain” Ojehomon passed her check ride flying out brand new 172, N239K. Congratulations Rain!!
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Congratulations Rain ! Use it often so you don’t lose it!
We have a new instrument rating to celebrate today! Zach Huff completed his instrument rating flying N402ER this morning. Zach was working with flight instructor Przemi for his instrument rating. Congratulations Zach!!
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We have a brand-new Private Pilot to celebrate today! Patrick Baize completed his check ride this morning flying N6282D. Patrick was working with flight instructor Brad Hayman. Congratulations Patrick!
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We have a first solo to celebrate today! Aleana Cricks, who is EAA Chapter 952’s Ray Scholarship winner, took her first solo flight in N3436R. Pictured left to right are Tina Behr-Andres, EAA Chapter 952 President, Aleana Cricks, flight instructor Josh Gressly, and Larry Batin, EAA Chapter 952’s Young Eagles Coordinator.
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Congratulations! Welcome to the wonderful, crazy world of aviation.
We have a first solo flight to celebrate today! Nicholas Bronson had his first solo flight in N6282D this morning. Nick is working with flight instructor Hunter Vandertoll.
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We have a first solo flight to celebrate! Bryce Stevens on May 23rd soloed in N6282D. Bryce is working with flight instructor JJ Johnson.
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We have a first solo to celebrate today! Matt Maxwell is pictured here after his successful solo flight with flight instructor Przemi and Cessna Skycatcher N7027F.
Congratulations Matt!
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We have another brand new CFI to celebrate! On Wednesday 4/20/2022, Ashley Carlson successfully completed her CFI check ride. She was flying N821ST and working with flight instructor Przemi. SAE Mark Rebholz was her examiner.
Congratulations Ashley!
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We have a first solo cross-country flight to celebrate! On Monday, 4/20/2022, Bill Pitz successfully completed on of the big milestones in student pilot's learning - his first solo cross-country flight! Bill was flying Skycatcher N60020 and working with flight instructor Maxwell Denney.
Congratulations Bill!
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Thanks to Max and the entire Leighnor Aircraft family for helping to make my childhood dream a reality!
We have another Private Pilot to celebrate! On Wednesday, 4/20/2022, Patrick Curtis completed his check ride for a fixed-wing Private Pilot add-on. Patrick was flying N402ER and working with flight instructor Cody Gamble.
Congratulations Patrick!
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We had a second first solo over the weekend on Sunday! Roark Wolfe, flying Foxbat N226AM completed his first solo flight. Roark is working with flight instructor Ken Crawford.
Congratulations Roark!
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We have a first solo to celebrate today!
Austin Siler, flying N35628, completed his first solo flight. Austin is working with flight instructor Przemi and you can see it here live!
Congratulations Austin!
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We have a new instrument rated pilot to celebrate today! Yesterday, Michael Brewer flying N821ST, completed his instrument rating check ride with DPE John McLaughlin over in Cottonwood. Michael, CFII Chris Reinhardt and N821ST are pictured on the South Ramp after his return to Prescott.
Congratulations Michael!
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We have a first solo flight to celebrate today! Tyson Gillette successfully completed his first solo flight fly N6282D. Tyson is working with flight instructor Cody Gamble.
Congratulations Tyson!
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It’s a twofer today! We have a newly minted Certified Flight Instructor Instrument (CFII) today. Maxwell Denney completed his check ride with SAE Mark Rebholz flying N402ER. This was truly a team effort as many of our CFII’s helped Maxwell achieve this goal.
Congratulations Maxwell!!
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Truly a team effort! It has been amazing flying at Leighnor, a company that has, at it’s heart, general aviation. It’s been wonderful working with other CFIs from super sharp Embry Riddle folks, to seasoned Airline Captains, to hard working professionals who instruct because of the love of the sport and want to share their passion of flying. I am grateful for our diversity, it makes us very special and allows us all to grow as aviators and professionals.
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We have another new Private Pilot to celebrate today!! James Hauke successfully completed his check ride today with SAE Mark Rebholz while flying N6282D. James was a student of flight instructor Maxwell Denney.
Congratulations James!!
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Congratulations James! Was a pleasure flying with you, can’t wait for you to share the love of flying now with your fiancé.
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We have a new Certified Flight Instructor (CFI) to celebrate! Hunter Vandertoll passed his check ride today with DPE John McLaughlin flying Cessna 172 N35628, otherwise known as “Lucy”. (The airplane color is a hint…) Hunter was a student of flight instructor Ed Kalabus.
Congratulations Hunter!!
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If you’re a flight student and your CFI program start date is months away… ours isn’t. Start flying today! Why wait?
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We have ANOTHER Private Pilot to celebrate today! 👏👏👏
Nicholas Henderson did his check ride with DPE John McLaughlin in N821ST this morning over at Cottonwood Airport and is our newest Private Pilot! Nicholas was working with flight instructor Ed Kalabus.
If you've been following this page for a while, the pace of pilots and ratings has tremendously picked up! That's what Leighnor Aircraft does! We get you to your ratings and through your check ride.
Today was also special - N821ST, our brand-new roughly 200 hour Cessna 172 had her very first check ride as well and will no doubt be the first of many successful rides yet to come!
Congratulations Nicholas, we are all very proud of you!
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We have a brand-new Sport Pilot to celebrate today!
Jason McClain had his check ride this morning over at Cottonwood with DPE John McLaughlin in Skycatcher N7027F and successfully completed his practical test. Jason was a student of flight instructor Ken Crawford.
Congratulations Jason!
N7027F is a special little airplane to us. She's the first aircraft we owned and got this show we called Leighnor Aircraft off the ground in 2017; she's running on her second engine (over 3300 hours on the aircraft); and this little plane has produced dozens if not over a hundred pilots since she took to the air for the first time as a trainer in 2011. She produced another new pilot today in Jason.
For those of you that might wonder what a Sport Pilot certificate is; the answer is that it's a more restricted pilot's certificate that restricts the pilot to a specific class of airplanes, such as a Cessna 162 as well as activities - for example, you can't fly at night. However the cost and time to get a Sport Pilot certificate is quite a bit less than the Private Pilot certificate.
Leighnor Aircraft is the only company in North Central Arizona that trains Sport Pilots and has Light Sport Aircraft (LSAs) available for rent.
So if you want to get in the air, there ARE less costly options out there!
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We have another new Private Pilot to celebrate!
Scott Burns took his check ride with DPE John McLaughlin on 3/11/2022 and passed. Scott was flying N6282D and working with flight instructor JJ Johnson.
Congratulations Scott!
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We have a new Private Pilot today!
One of our own, Leighnor Aircraft's very first employee, Eric Sepulveda, passed his Private Pilot check ride this morning with DPE John McLaughlin over at Cottonwood Airport.
Eric started flying with Leighnor Aircraft in 2018. Like many pilots, he had to stop taking lessons for a while and started back up again last year and into this year, really hitting it hard with flight instructor Przemi “Shemy” Biniszkiewicz.
Due to the poor weather on Saturday, Eric sat for his oral with John on Saturday - passing that exam with flying colors. This morning, he realized a long term goal of getting his license!
His check ride was in Skycatcher N60594, who along with her sister N7027F, have created dozens of pilots since taking to the air in 2011 and 2012. Eric is pictured on the ramp in Cottonwood after his check ride, then back over here at the Leighnor Aircraft ramp with flight instructor Przemi “Shemy” Biniszkiewicz.
Congratulations Eric!
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We have a first solo flight to celebrate! Gregory Blake Grant soloed on March 6th in N6282D! Gregory was working with flight instructor Przemi “Shemy” Biniszkiewicz and they're pictured on the Leighnor Aircraft ramp with N6282D! Congratulations Gregory!!
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13 is generally considered an unlucky number, but not for Daniel-Paul Roberts! On Sunday, February 13th, in Foxbat N226AM Daniel-Paul successfully completed his Private Pilot check ride with DPE John McLaughlin. Daniel-Paul is a 4th generation pilot and he started flying with us in Cottonwood while a high school student. Daniel-Paul was a student of flight instructor Ed Kalabus.
Congratulations Daniel-Paul Roberts!
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