Rick Hunter receives the Ed Huggett Instrument Rating Award, while Dean Bicknell and Darren Kroeker receive Samuel Ruiz Private Pilot Awards

The year 2010 has only just started, but three students have already claimed student awards for outstanding achievement on Transport Canada Instrument Rating written examination. The first award was claimed by Rick Hunter who claimed the Ed Huggett Instrument Pilot Award.  Rick is enrolled in Langley Flying School’s Professional Pilot Program and is currently preparing for his Commercial Pilot Flight Test.  Rick is the fourth student to receive the Ed Huggett Award and its cash prize of $700; previous recipients include our own Peter Waddington, Raman Srivastava, Sagar Canakapalli.

Shortly after Rick claimed his prize, two students from our Private Pilot Program scored top marks on the Transport Canada Private Pilot Licence written examination—Dean Bicknell and Darren Kroeker became the sixth and seventh recipient of the Samuel Ruiz Private Pilot Award and its $700 prize.  Previous recipients include Sean Walker, Alan March, Ville (Will) Tuokkola, Kevin Mickelby, and Ryan Ostermeier.

Only the Adam Katagiri Commercial Pilot Award has yet to claim a recipient—awarded to Langley Flying School Students who achieve 90% or more on the Transport Canada Commercial Pilot Examination, the Adam Katagiri Award also has attached a $700 cash prize.