A long time ago…right here in Ellington, one of our instructors was approached by a young guy named Han Friedman who wanted to hone his flying skills. The instructor explained that the best flying skills to be had were obtained by learning to fly helicopters. Well long story short, young Mr. Friedman signed up for lessons with us and really took to flying well. We dug up an old photo of Mr. Friedman just in time for the holidays and just thought it would be nice to share. Ordinarily we hear back from our alumni, but this is one guy we never heard from…now what could he be up to?

Han “Solo” Friedman - 1st Solo in the Aluminum Falcon - Great job!

We also found these notes from his instructor:

- “always asking about how to convert knots to parsecs…must look this up for him.”

- “Solo cross-country to “Kessel”…well planned, but fly slower next time.

- “Note…a little too interested in the smuggling capabilities of the R22…may need to bring this up with the chief if it continues.”

Posted on December 17th, 2008 by Mike
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