Region 11 PASCO Service Awards

Dr. Jack Glendening

Lifetime Achievement for the BLIPMAP soaring forecasts.

Bob "Chukar" Spielman

Lifetime Achievement

Harry Fox

Years of devotion and efforts at keeping BASA going and helping with Air Sailing camps

Dan Gudgel
Continual service to the soaring community in both Region 11 as well as 12 and nationally with his contest weather forecasts and monthly weather articles.

Sergio Colacevich

Years of consistent devotion and voluntary efforts at organizing events, contests, tasks, coaching, TAGARs, Alby and publicity

Jan Driessen

For the better part of twenty seasons he has been a driving force at Soar Truckee as a Manager, Flight Instructor, glider ride pilot and overall positive, enthusiastic supporter of our sport of soaring. His hard work, dedication, attention to detail and warm sense of humor make him a role model for anyone who is involved with the Sierra soaring community.

Larry Suter

For his untiring devotion and personal time and resources put forward to training NCSA pilots at Byron, Truckee, and ASI. For making NCSA a fully functional organization, ensuring that there are gliders and tow planes available for all. For having served as NCSA president and the 'man behind the scenes' in the club.

Crew chief for the tow plane, roving instructor to mountain sites, cheerleader for budding pilots, and generally fixing whatever needed attention. He also served as the chief instructor at the NSA thermal camp for the past three years, then stayed on as lead pilot for cross-country camp

Richard Pearl

For many years of service to the local soaring community: Instructor at NCSA, Thermal Camps at ASI, and more recently serving as Mr Truckee, shepherding the organization into its' present incarnation as TTSA.

Kempton Izuno

For many years of XC mentoring in his personal glider and other contributions, such as organizing XC camps at Tonopah, and support of the soaring community with presentations and forecasts alerts.

Charlie Hayes

For his many years of untiring devotion to the sport of soaring. Over 20 years of working with several glider/soaring operators in Region 11 as FBO, instructor and tow pilot. He instructed and mentored many, many pilots throughout Region 11 in all aspects of soaring and XC skills.

Work Completed

(Multiple awards possible each year)

Sergio Colacevich

Alby Project

Rex & Noelle Mayes

2009 Montague Nationals and Regionals

Rick Walters

Life Time Contribution to Soaring in Region 11

Doug Lent

Soar Truckee Management

Bruce Roberts

Airshow displays

Jim Wallis

PASCO WestWind Newsletter

Laurie Harden

Fred Lasor

Reno SSA Convention

Haven Rich

Years of exceptional service at Hollister fixing towplanes and gliders and introducing hundreds to the sport through glider rides

Sergio Colacevich

Tony Gaechter

For managing the Truckee contests two years in a row, and work on the apron at Truckee

Buzz Graves

For his effort at mentoring new cross country pilots at Air Sailing, Byron and Hollister

Ty White

For serving as PASCO membership officer for 30 years, the longest PASCO committee member

Morgan Hall

For his extensive mentoring efforts and his service to revive Avenal in recent years

Marianne Guerin

For her efforts this year to expand opportunities for new and intermediate pilots and reviving the Hollister League

John Scott

For towing at ASI and Byron above and beyond the call of duty and for exceptional service by accepting responsibilities - tow plane maintenance chief, safety - at both of those locations

• Valentin Mayamsin
• Ace Lewis
• Bart Klusek
• Dmitry Chichkov

Region 11 RASP Providers (We forgot to recognize Andy Hogben)

For his support and actions taken to promote cross country mentoring, promote youth soaring, and organizing the Youth Soaring event at Avenal.

For his initiative, leadership and personal work to generate specifications, software and hardware and a master plan for installation of OGN (Flarm) receivers in Region 11.