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Ray Scholar Milestones in November 2022

  • Adrian Garcia — EAA Chapter 1041 — First Solo | EAA
    Adrian Garcia — EAA Chapter 1041 — First Solo
  • Annika Bobek — EAA Chapter 67 — First Solo | EAA
    Annika Bobek — EAA Chapter 67 — First Solo
  • Austin Haubenstriker — EAA Chapter 327 — First Solo | EAA
    Austin Haubenstriker — EAA Chapter 327 — First Solo
  • Bennett Dugas — EAA Chapter 43 — Checkride
    Bennett Dugas — EAA Chapter 43 — Checkride
  • Dakota Wagner — EAA Chapter 382 — First Solo
    Dakota Wagner — EAA Chapter 382 — First Solo
  • Darin Ham — EAA Chapter 292 — First Solo
    Darin Ham — EAA Chapter 292 — First Solo
  • Eshan Kulkarni — EAA Chapter 1627 — Checkride
    Eshan Kulkarni — EAA Chapter 1627 — Checkride
  • Kristin Taylor — EAA Chapter 292 — Checkride
    Kristin Taylor — EAA Chapter 292 — Checkride
  • Lucia Crete — EAA Chapter 27 — First Solo
    Lucia Crete — EAA Chapter 27 — First Solo
  • Marcus Frederick — EAA Chapter 74 — Checkride
    Marcus Frederick — EAA Chapter 74 — Checkride
  • Matthew Melgar — EAA Chapter 34 — First Solo
    Matthew Melgar — EAA Chapter 34 — First Solo
  • Sequoia Hall — EAA Chapter 1254 — Checkride
    Sequoia Hall — EAA Chapter 1254 — Checkride
  • Shawn Benson — EAA Chapter 1365 — Checkride
    Shawn Benson — EAA Chapter 1365 — Checkride
  • Stormi Shannon — EAA Chapter 276 — First Solo
    Stormi Shannon — EAA Chapter 276 — First Solo
  • Taris Keiper — EAA Chapter 663 — First Solo
    Taris Keiper — EAA Chapter 663 — First Solo
  • Tyler Traxler — EAA Chapter 320 — Checkride
    Tyler Traxler — EAA Chapter 320 — Checkride

January 2023 – Congratulations to these Ray scholars who had their first solo flights or passed their checkrides in November 2022! EAA is proud of their success, and we thank them for their hard work and dedication.

First Solos    

Adrian Garcia

EAA Chapter 1041

November 4, 2022

Matthew Melgar

EAA Chapter 34

November 5, 2022

Annika Bobek

EAA Chapter 67

November 7, 2022

Lucia Crete

EAA Chapter 27

November 9, 2022

Taris Keiper

EAA Chapter 663

November 11, 2022

Austin Haubenstriker

EAA Chapter 327

November 13, 2022

Dakota Wagner

EAA Chapter 382

November 14, 2022

Stormi Shannon

EAA Chapter 276

November 22, 2022

Dominick Perea

EAA Chapter 1364

November 26, 2022

Darin Ham

EAA Chapter 292

November 26, 2022

 

 

 

 

Checkrides

 

 

 

Marcus Frederick

EAA Chapter 74

November 4, 2022

Kian Gackle

EAA Chapter 702

November 4, 2022

Shawn Benson

EAA Chapter 1365

November 7, 2022

Bennett Dugas

EAA Chapter 43

November 12, 2022

Sequoia Hall

EAA Chapter 1254

November 14, 2022

Kristin Taylor

EAA Chapter 292

November 15, 2022

Cruz Patzner

EAA Chapter 307

November 21, 2022

Ruthie Wriedt

EAA Chapter 22

November 21, 2022

Tyler Traxler

EAA Chapter 320

November 23, 2022

Eshan Kulkarni

EAA Chapter 1627

November 26, 2022

We are immensely thankful to the EAA chapter members who are supporting these Ray scholars and helping them achieve their dreams of learning to fly. Keep up the great work!

The EAA Ray Aviation Scholarship is a scholarship program that is funded by the Ray Foundation, managed by EAA, and administered through the EAA chapters network. Through the generous support of the Ray Foundation, EAA provides up to $10,000 to deserving youths to cover their flight training expenses and help them earn their pilot certificates.

To learn more about this program, visit EAA.org/RayScholars.

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