Someone onced asked me just how many trike pilots have I soloed and I'm afraid to say that I don't know with any certainty.  So I'm going to start a list, beginning with my first student, who is still flying today.  Maybe someday I will get a chance to embellish upon these people and what a pleasure it was to work with them.  I will not list anyone who ALMOST soloed with me and then went off to solo by themselves or with someone else, or in many cases never completed their flight training, only those I'm sure soloed with me.   Of course, there are thousands of them.  There are also a few who soloed with me but in their own craft that I may have forgotten.  If your name appears on this list and you feel inspired to post a few comments please send them to me.  If your name does not appear on this list but should, forgive me and please let me know!  
Scroll down to the bottom for the newest trikers...
My instructor was  Patrick Juin, Bahia de Tenacatita, Jalisco, Mexico, 1983.
 

Name

 Year

Location

 Comments
1 JB Fish  1992 Rimrock Airfield, AZ I don't think JB knew that he was my first real student until after I'd soloed him.  I was working for Kemmeries Air. Still flying
2 Monty Stone   Bothell, WA Monty has the wildest homebuilt trike any of us have ever seen, also the only Hirth triker I know. Still flying and is a BFI.  I expect a visit any day.
3 Dave Thompson  1992 Phoenix, AZ Dave was one of my first. Not flying, sold his trike to Bill Comstock.
4 Archie Butler  1998 Bothell, WA Used to be my partner in Arlington. Still flying- a BFI
5 Larry Haverstock 1998 Arlington, WA I soloed his wife too.  It was a pleasure working with them both. Larry just quit flying- said he had realized his dream and can now get on with life!
6 Donna Haverstock  1999 Arlington, WA Donna was one of the few women I have soloed and we had a great time. Does not fly now, I guess.
7 Davis Straub  2000 Seattle, WA Davis is a glidehead extraordinaire, has the World's Greatest web site www.DavisStraub.com. Still very enthused about flying.  On the US HG team.
8 David Schack   Seattle, WA
9 Paul Grindall   Bothell, WA
10 Jerry Hebert   British Columbia
11 Don Reinhard Chelan, WA
12 Grant Smith   Seattle, WA
13 Paul Maritz   Seattle, WA
14 David Maritz Camano Island, WA
15 Robert Bismuth Seattle, WA
16 Rob 'Beto' Lyons Duvall, WA
17 Andrew 'Hum Daddy'  Culver Duvall, WA
18 Ken DeRussey   Anacortes, WA
19 Dennis Olson   Arlington, WA
20 Ryan Harmon   Arlington, WA
21 Brad Snethen   Portland
22 Tony DeFreece   Vancouver, WA
23 Marty Luther
24 Cliff
25 Butch Jones
26 Brian Douma   Arlington, WA
27 Glenn Woodbury
28 Ken Strong
29 Jim Jovle   Everett
30 Bob Hall   Seattle, WA
31 Claude Lapoint   Vancouver Island
32 John Baird   Anacortes, WA
33 John Winkenwader   Duvall, WA
34 Craig Shoemaker   Sikna, AK
35 James Taylor   Everett
36 Dave Sharafinski   Seattle, WA
37 Tim Copsey   Olympic Peninsula
38 Geir Andersen   Arlington, WA
39 Carl Ryder   Concrete, WA
40 Pat Johnson
425 335-5847		   Everett
41 Jess Gipson   Bothell, WA
42 Gary Emrick   Pennsylvania
43 Chris Howard   Buckeye Powered 'Chutes
44 Jeremy Sneed   Buckeye
45 Dave Hermel  ?   Minnesota Dave- did I solo you?
46 Nayo   Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
47 His amigo also from...   Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
48 Guillermo Camus   Hermosillo
49 Tom White   Long Island
50 Eric Koenig   Long Island
51 John Robinson   San Francisco
52 Fernando   Cabo San Lucas
53 Lou Gulman   Seattle, WA
54 Jack Coleman   Bothell, WA
55 John Berry   Arlington, WA
56 Tom Trapp
57 Rob 'Beto' Lyons   Duvall, WA
58 George Zurcher   Rhode Island
59 Scott Burgess Summer 2004 Incline, NV  
60 John Shoop
530 582-9375		 Summer 2004 Truckee, CA  
61 Ken Buchannan   Chehalis, WA
62 Bill Wiebe   Ferndale, WA  
63 Jim Jovle   Bothell, WA
64 Jeff Hunt- glidehead   Austin, TX
65 Dave "Chip" Henley   Laytonville, CA Chip is an old amigo, a glidehead and member of Telluride Air Force.
66 Steve Rowe   Chicago, IL The latest- give him a call!
67 John Newkirk   Evergreen, CO Soloed in 1994 at Kemmeries Aviation
68 Matthew Furlong   Omaha, Nebraska April 10, 2005
69 Gary Stolte  Air Creations Buggy 582 IXESS   Phoenix, AZ Gary says he's addicted to landings! I taught Gary in his new wagon.  I can teach you in yours too!
70 Nick Franklin    Phoenix, AZ  Air Creations Twin 582 Kiss 450. Nick soloed in 14.5 hours
71 Roger Crossman
Indian Hills Airpark
Salome, Arizona		 Bought a SkyCycle 447/Northwing. Roger flew tail draggers for 52 years,  sold his Cub and bought a trike!
72 Marlin Siebens   Goodyear, AZ  Also bought a SkyCycle 447/Northwing. Another GA pilot switches over to push-and-shove!
73 Jonathan Barraclough     Cosmos SAMBA/Topless. Soloed Jonathan in Tehachapi, a very windy place!
74 Dan Delker     Dan soloed our Twin 503 F450. Greasy landings!
75 John Winn    February 8, 2006   Soloed the Tanarg 582 IxessT.  Soloed in just under 30 hours
76 C J McDermott  February 28, 2006   Solo wagon: Air Creation Twin 503, Fun 450.  Next, we'll set him up in a Tanarg! C J's training was interrupted a number of times by work and life in general.  Congratulations C J!
77 Lee Haxthausen 1995 Red Bluff, CA I'm not sure what we soloed...  a Cosmos? He walked in the hangar, explained that first I gave him 11 hours dual, then John gave him a check ride and we cut him loose.
78 Pamela Pryzbylo  April 22, 2006 Phoenix, AZ Pam's from Oklahoma. Soloed in an Air Creation Twin 503 Fun 450. After 27.5 hours dual, then went out and GREASED those landings!
79 Derek Schwartz May 14, 2006 Phoenix, AZ Air Creation Twin 503 F-450. Derek's going to need a PPL- he wants to be a tug pilot. Soloed in just under 20 hours!
80 Tom Trenary   May 18, 2006 Phoenix, AZ Air Creation Tanarg 582 K-450. He soloed in 23.7 hours, and gave me two beautiful low passes, and three greasy landings!
81 Luke Akins  
22 years old 		May 21, 2006   Air Creation Twin 503  Fun-450. Luke soloed in just nine hours, and he was probably good to go even sooner. Oh to be  a kid again...! 
82 Tori "Bird" Wade,  23 years old October 15, 2006 Rodeo, NM Air Creation Twin 503. She caught on very quickly, went to the head of her class, and is my first solo at Amigos del Cielo, 
83 Briggs Wood,  November 13, 2006 San Manuel, AZ Air Creation TANARG 912. Briggs is old leather who flew Sukois and EXTRA 300s.   Now he's a triker! Briggs and I started training at Kemmeries Aviation, continued with the Sky Gypsies in Rodeo, NM, and finished up in Arizona.
84 Ric Demas, Jerome, Arizona PD,    November 18, 2006  San Manuel, AZ Air Creation Buggy 582 XP-12I soloed Ric back in 1995 and then forgot about him.  We got together again when Ric bought this hot rod, and got him 8.5 hours of touch 'n goes in San Manuel,  Arizona. This is the hottest trike I've ever drooled on, now I want an XP-12!
85 Dr. Darrell Smith   January 23, 2007   Air Creation TWIN 503 Fun 450. Darrell is also flying the Tanarg 582 IXESS. Darrell has a license from the CAA!
86 Paul Grignot April 19, 2007 Florida Paul is a fighter jet jockey, something like 10,000 hours.  He loves trikes!
87 Ben Andersen March 31, 2007 Sierra Vista, AZ Ben and I overloaded a Tanarg!
88 Idaho Guy Many Years Ago Kemmeries Aviation, Phoenix, AZ This guy emailed me, told me to put him on the list, then I lost the details.  Who are you?  Help!
89 Bill Allred October 19, 2007 Payson, AZ Billy bought an AC Tanarg 582 that I had already soloed several students in.
90 Golda Ivashkov December 2, 2007 Rodeo, NM Goldie's shirt-cutting ceremony may have been the pinnacle of my flight training career!
91 David Duke February 14, 2008 Hidden Paradise David is an old glidehead, that makes it easy!
92 Dane Hauser February 16, 2008 Hidden Paradise Dane is another glidehead.
93 Don Bluh February  2009 Matanchen Bay, Mexico Don and his wife Jo came down to Mexico and learned to fly on a Cosmos Phase II 503 in Mexico. Way to go Don!

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