We love visitors especially glider pilots and enjoy hearing about the news and events at other clubs. Last Sunday UK resident and glider pilot Melissa Jenkins visited SOSA whilst on a business trip. The photo shows John Brennan (getting very friendly) as well as Patricia Olivier-Martin and our CFI Lorna Novosel.
Melissa is a member of London Gliding club at Dunstable Downs north of London and has been a pilot for 4 years flying her own LS4.
Melissa remarked that she visits many clubs on her travels around the globe and that SOSA is distinctive in it’s friendliness. She was impressed at the way she was greeted and directed to the flight line. Melissa found us easily from the web site.
Melissa has travelled to some far away places for her job and has also found gliding clubs in such places as New Zealand (where she was born), Australia, Ireland, US – Minden and Canada – Invermere, and nonetheless finds that SOSA is the most welcoming for visitors. Melissa is a marketing consultant for high tech firms and although born in NZ, she studied here in Canada at Mount Albert in New Brunswick. Quite a travelled lady!
I just checked out the London Gliding Club web site and their newsletter http://www.gliding.powernet.co.uk/newsletter/latest.pdf
tells readers that Melissa is their new inter club cross country captain.
If you visit London you should check out the London Gliding Club and Melissa. Sign up for the cross country competition.
