James Gilliland Award for the Most Meritorious Flight

Recently I nominated five of our CGC pilots, Sven Olivier, Martin Grünert, Reinhold Lawrenz, Peter Farrel and Alan O'Regan for the Aeroclub "James Gilliland Award for the Most Meritorious Flight". This I considered deserving in view of the momentous flights these pilots flew on 20th November, 2004:

* Martin Grünert (1001km - DG505M – Open Class),
* Reinhold Lawrenz (997km - DG505M - Open Class),
* Alan O’Regan (1171km - LS8 - Standard Class),
* Sven Olivier (1007 – ASW27 – 15m Class) and
* Peter Farrel (824km - Ventus C – 15m Class).

At an Aeroclub meeting last night, the nomination was accepted and I am very proud to announce that these five pilots are the recipients of this prestigious award.

The award will be presented at the Aeroclub Gala Evening in Mark Beckley's hanger at Rand Airport on the 5th November, 2005.

Well done guys, we are very proud of you!

Alison Navarro