AeroDynamic Aviation is a flight school at Reid Hillview Airport in San Jose, California

San Jose, California

San Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay...

. It was founded in 1960 by Amelia Reid

Amelia Reid

Amelia Reid was a pilot, flight instructor, businesswoman, airshow performer and airport advocate.In 1960 Reid founded Amelia Reid Aviation, a flight school at Reid-Hillview Airport in San Jose, California. She ran the business out of her 1959 Ford and later, two trailers...

 as Amelia Reid Aviation and originally run out of the trunk of her 1959 Ford. Following Reid's death in 2001, the school continued operation under the ownership of one of her former students, Zdravko Podolski.

The school offers flight and ground training for Sport Pilot, Private Pilot

Private Pilot

A private pilot is the holder of a Private Pilot License. They are able to fly to almost anywhere in the world, but are limited in the type of aircraft that they can fly...

 and Commercial Pilot certificates, Instrument rating

Instrument rating

Instrument rating refers to the qualifications that a pilot must have in order to fly under IFR . It requires additional training and instruction beyond what is required for a Private Pilot certificate or Commercial Pilot certificate, including rules and procedures specific to instrument flying,...

, as well as tailwheel

Conventional landing gear

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 endorsement, complex endorsement and aerobatics

Aerobatics

Aerobatics is the practice of flying maneuvers involving aircraft attitudes that are not used in normal flight. Aerobatics are performed in airplanes and gliders for training, recreation, entertainment and sport...

. It also rents airplanes.

AeroDynamic Aviation's fleet includes Aeronca Champ 7ACs, Zlin

Zlín

Zlín , from 1949 to 1989 Gottwaldov , is a city in the Zlín Region, southeastern Moravia, Czech Republic, on the Dřevnice River. The development of the modern city is closely connected to the Bata Shoes company...

 Savage Cub, Evektor SportStar, Taylorcraft L2s, Citabria

Citabria

The Citabria is a light single-engine, two-seat, fixed conventional gear airplane which entered production in the United States in 1964. Designed for flight training, utility, and personal use, it is capable of sustaining aerobatic stresses from +5g to -2g...

 7ECAs, Citabria 7KCABs, Super Decathlon, Cessna 170

Cessna 170

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 and 172

Cessna 172

The Cessna 172 Skyhawk is a four-seat, single-engine, high-wing fixed-wing aircraft. First flown in 1955 and still in production, more Cessna 172s have been built than any other aircraft.-Design and development:...

s and Piper Arrow and Warrior airplanes.

The flight school's alumni include Rod Machado

Rod Machado

Rod Machado is a pilot and author of aviation flight training materials. He is ATP rated, and a member of the Aviation Speakers Bureau.- Biography :...

, Sean D. Tucker

Sean D. Tucker

Sean D. Tucker is an American aerobatic pilot who performs in airshows worldwide for Team Oracle. Tucker is a leader in the airshow business as well as in the larger aviation industry. He is the only civilian performer ever to be allowed to fly close formation with the Blue Angels and the...

 and Jason Dahl who was First Officer on the ill-fated United 93

United Airlines Flight 93

United Airlines Flight 93 was United Airlines' scheduled morning transcontinental flight across the United States from Newark International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, to San Francisco International Airport in California. On Tuesday, September 11, 2001, the Boeing 757–222 aircraft operating the...

 flight on September 11, 2001.