A slideshow of 160 pictures from a variety of photographers showed work around the club, flying, post-flying, retrieves, parties, more parties, Lake Placid, ceramic work... a great summary of what makes Gatineau Gliding Club so special to us all.
Photos in this post were taken by Rob Williams (people at the Banquet) and Dan Daly (trophies, Team M7, Lake Placid clouds, and Karl), except for the last picture, which was taken by the owner, the bird picture, which was googled, and the A Badge, which came from the SSA.
We were greeted by Roger, our President:
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| We laughed, we cried... it became a part of us.... |
Then, dinner... yum, best turkey/beef/trimmings I've had for a long time - really. We have to go back there... Our roving photographer, Rob Williams, got table photos which are at the bottom of this post.
The club has 8 awards and trophies which are presented annually, in most cases. The exception is the President's Trophy, which is only awarded for truly exceptional reasons.
The Norman B Tucker Award is presented for contributions to the club of a non-flying nature.
The Award goes to:
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| Jacques Asselin - for leading the ceramic tile project |
The Wayne Dunn Memorial Trophy is awarded to recognize outstanding contribution by a tow pilot.
The award goes to:
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| Jean Marc Chadourne (not exactly as illustrated) - JM, see Martin for the trophy |
The Glen Lockhard Award recognizes the best OLC cross-country flight from Pendleton in a club-owned aircraft.
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| Rob Williams - Aug 8 in M7; 237 km at 61 kph in 4 hours |
The Louis Bisson Trophy is awarded to the Student of the Year.
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| Awarded to Norman Wong by Wolfgang Weichert (CFI). Norman joined May 7, soloed Aug 4, has passed licence checks! |
The CFI's Trophy is awarded for outstanding contribution by an instructor.
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| Awarded to Doug Laurie-Lean, who ran mid-week instruction and Freedom's Wings. He made a funny... |
The Doug Tetu Memorial Award recognizes the pilot who has shown the most progression in cross-country skills.
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| Awarded to John Wyman, who came 2nd in OLC, and flies a Ka-7 in search of a 300... a lot. |
The Gatineau Gliding Club Trophy is awarded to the highest ranked GGC pilot in the Canadian Online Contest.
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| Awarded to Nick Bonniere with 1656.8 points - 40th overall. |
Honourable mention - John Wyman, with 1565, 44th!
The President's Trophy is awarded by exception; to a person who has contributed a rare-high amount over a period of years, in various activities. It is the highest award that GGC gives.
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| By unanimous vote of the Board of Directors, the President's Trophy is awarded to Derek Brewin. |
Other significant accomplishments:
Karl Boutin - Silver Badge #1086
Sandrine Gressard - "C" Badge #3033.
Flying solo is a rare accomplishment; we had 7 students meet this milestone and thus qualify for the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) "A" Badge. Informally, it looks something like this:
But the silver-plated pin looks like this:
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| CF is the country code for Canada (Czechs are C) |
The following students qualified to wear the "A" Badge"
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| Kalen Bucknell |
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| Philip Kerrigan |
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| Norman Wong |
Also qualifying but not present to receive the mighty A Badge are:
Derek Casselman
Samuel Michaud
Claude Poulin
John Schmidt
These will be awarded at a later time by the FAI Senior Official Observer. Or CFI. Or President... whenever there is a camera around to record the event for posterity. Some qualified for their B Badges as well (30 minute soaring flight):
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| Canadian FAI "B" Badge |
The trophy for the Soaring Association of Canada Eastern Ontario Zone Championship was awarded to "Team M7" - Rob Williams and Paul Goyette, for coming 3rd in GGC MayFly 2014.
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| Half of Team M7 (Paul, you'll have to arm-wrestle him for it) |
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| Team M7 - Paul and Rob |
KB lands out... a lot. This is known, in French, as "Aller aux vaches" (Going to visit the cows). Karl distinguished himself by landing out a couple of hours north (N of the Ottawa River) and having his trailer brought to him.
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| "Just bring the trailer; it's all set" Karl - out standing in his field |
But, .. the trailer arrived without a fuselage dolly... So, the dolly was brought back the next day... a two-day retrieve. Martin participated, and found a suitable stuffed animal ("Dolly the cow") with a belly dolly attached (actually, with two quarters as wheels - so you can call in from wherever you are). Karl took it with great humour (really, he had no choice).
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| "Dolly the cow" - Karl says he'll be making a retrieve trophy from it... note the belly dolly. |
Other accomplishments:
Four Students passed Department of Transport Licence checks:
Jeff Schneider
Norman Wong
Pascal Lepage
Philip Kerrigan
Roger Hildesheim came 3rd of 14 in Club Class at the Canadian National Soaring Championship at SOSA.
Dan Daly was "King of the Hill" at Lake Placid, New York Wave Camp, with a flight to 18,077' Above Sea Level, with an altitude gain of 13, 278'.
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| Beautiful leaves, rotor, lennies... from 9,000 and climbing. |
For those who were unable to attend, here are pictures of 48 of your club-mates having a real blast. Try to make the next one, it was a hoot.
Finally, there will be a Special General Meeting at the clubhouse on December 7, at 10:30 am, to consider the purchase of an SZD-51-1 Junior, to replace one of the L-33 Solos, which has returned from repair (Roger has sent the 21-day notice as required by our ByLaws through the Yahoo Group). We need a quorum to proceed, so if you want to fly a swoopy new (to us) single, either plan to attend, or give your proxy to someone who is, with instructions on how you want to vote. An information package will be sent with enough notice for you to absorb and make an informed decision.
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| SZD-51-1 Junior |
