We are proud of all the members of Hood River Soaring who have become new glider pilots since we began flying in 2016.
Scroll all the way down to see the very first!
2020
Ian Wiebke
Private Glider Pilot
Checkride: June 20, 2020
2019
Eric Hamada
Private Glider Pilot
Checkride: October 27, 2019
Seth Gilchrist
Private Glider Pilot
Checkride: October 27, 2019
Chris Ames
1st Glider Solo
October 2, 2019
Victoria Ervin
Private Glider Pilot
Checkride: July 12, 2019
Russ Werner
1st Glider Solo
June 30, 2019
Dwayne Troxel
Com. Glider Pilot
Checkride: June 28, 2019
Bill Boyd
Private Glider Pilot
Checkride: May 31, 2019
Dwayne Troxel
1st Glider Solo
Checkride: June 9, 2019
Eric Hamada
1st Glider Solo
April 24, 2019
Ian Wiebke
1st Solo!
April 20, 2019
Joe Thomas
1st Glider Solo
April 20, 2019
2018
Stan Voynick
1st Glider Solo
November 9, 2018
Seth Gilchrist
1st Glider Solo
November 8, 2018
Gideon Stasak
1st Solo!
November 3, 2018
Victoria Ervin
1st Solo!
October 27, 2018
Bill Boyd
1st Solo!
September 29, 2018
Mark Stanfield
CFIG
Checkride: April 29, 2018
Mike Kingen
Com. Glider Pilot
Checkride: April 22, 2018
2017
Mark Stanfield
Com. Glider Pilot
Checkride: October 29, 2017
Ron Montague
Private Glider Pilot
Checkride: October 28, 2017
Russ Read
Private Glider Pilot
Checkride: October 6, 2017
Mark Johnson
Private Glider Pilot
Checkride: October 22, 2017
Mark Johnson
1st Glider Solo
October 18, 2017
Al Creigh
Private Glider Pilot
Checkride: September 15, 2017
Russ Read
1st Glider Solo
September 10, 2017
Mark Stanfield
1st Glider Solo
August 27, 2017
Cory Roesler
Com. Glider Pilot
Checkride: August 12, 2017
Nathan Fuentes
Private Glider Pilot
Checkride: August 11, 2017
Ron Montague
1st Glider Solo
July 9, 2017
Al Creigh
1st Glider Solo
May 21, 2017
2016
Cory Roeseler
Private Glider Pilot
Checkride: October 8, 2016
Francisco Naylor
1st Solo!
September 18, 2016
Cory Roeseler
1st Glider Solo
September 4, 2016
Nathan Fuentes
1st Solo!
July 2, 2016
Hood River Soaring opened for its first official day of operations on Sunday, May 29, 2016. Among the student pilots who queued up for instruction that day were Nathan Fuentes, Francisco Naylor, and Cory Roeseler. In July, Nathan became the first member of HRS to solo. He was also the first of the youth members, quickly followed by Francisco Naylor in September. Cory, who soloed in September, became the 2nd President of HRS.