Thursday, March 06, 2008

SOSA Awards Banquet

Joe Stubbs, Luke Szczepaniak and Tomas Rezek receive certificates recognizing the completion of the their Instructor Ratings



Lukas Rezek and Ryan Maloney receive certificates recognizing the completion of the their first solo glider flight



Joerg Steiber receiving the Doug Winger 500 trophy for the fatest 500 km triangle flown from SOSA during 2007


Eric Gillespie receiving the Dr Wolf Dietrich Leers Award as the SOSA Instructor of the year. In his second year of Instructing, Eric flew 111 instructional flights arriving at the field by 8 am every weekend.




Tom Sands receiving the Rienhard award for contribution to the non-flying operation at SOSA for single-handedly painting the exterior of the clubhouse.





Diane Maloney receiving the Ken Larmour award for a significant contribution by a non-licensed pilot for organizing an on-going support system for the Rezeks.


The Junior All-round Trophy was awarded to Alan Grant for his back-to-back 50 km flights

The SOSA Flight Achievement Trophy was awarded to Adam Zieba for his outstanding 803 km flight from SOSA

The Royal Crown Cola Trophy was awarded to Greg Finlay for his 509 km flight - the best flight by a Silver Badge pilot

The Douglas C. Winger Trophy was awarded to Adam Oke for his significant contribution as a tow pilot