New Glider Pilots
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!
2023

Jeff Barnson
1st Glider Solo in 43 years!
September 13, 2023

Henry Mason
1st Solo!
August 24, 2023

Brian Hart
Private Glider Pilot
Checkride: June 21, 2023

Isabel Ulland
1st Solo!
June 18, 2023

Brian Hart
1st Solo!
June 1, 2023

Fox Gossett
Private Glider Pilot
Checkride: January 7, 2023
2022

Rome Carse
1st Solo!
November 23, 2022

Kylan Mullis
1st Solo!
November 12, 2022

Fox Gossett
1st Solo!
September 26, 2022

Christian Crespell
1st Solo!
July 24, 2022

Jonathan Hart
Private Glider Pilot
Checkride: July 19, 2022
2021

Ethan Ready
1st Solo!
September 26, 2021

Geoff Curtis
CFIG Rating
Checkride: May 7, 2021

Jonathan Hart
1st Solo!
January 10, 2021
2020

Steve Frisby
CFIG Rating
Checkride: Nov. 22, 2020

Gideon Stasack
Private Glider Pilot
Checkride: Nov. 21, 2020

Steve Frisby
Comm. Glider Pilot
Checkride: Nov. 10, 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.