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2017 Region 11 Soaring Awards
2017 Awards
Here are the 2017 Award Winners. View the 2017 Award Presentation file. (PDF)
These PASCO members won PASCO Awards for their contribution to soaring or their soaring achievement.
Specific award page links on the left have a complete list of all the previous winners.
2017 - For the Love of it! |
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PASCO Egg |
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OLC R11 Champion (best 6 flts) |
1st-Keith Essex |
7601 pts
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OLC R11 - All Flights |
RamyYanetz |
30116 pts |
OLC R11 - Speed Champion |
Keith Essex |
1011 pts |
OLC R11 – BHC Champion |
Walt Rogers |
906 pts |
Most Improved XC Pilot |
Thomas Green Hill | 2016 longest 2017 longest |
Most Rides Given |
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Most Commercial |
1st: Stefan Valentin (Minden) |
93 rides |
2nd: Ben Mayes (Williams) |
78 rides |
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3rd: Rex Mayes (Williams) |
20 rides |
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Region 11 Service Safety Award - 2017 |
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Region 11 Contest Results - 2017 |
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| Region 11 Sports |
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| Region 11 Combined FAI - Truckee |
1 - Gary Ittner |
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2 - Luke Ashcraft |
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3 - Jonathan Fitch |
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| Air Sailing Sports Class |
1- Jackson / Lee |
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2 - Aland Adams |
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3 - Kerry Richards |
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| Avenal Spring Contest |
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PASCO Distance Awards - 2017 |
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Longest Distance Up to 3TP |
Uwe Kleinhempel Ely to Idaho to N of Austin to S of Ely |
613 sm OLC 1007 km |
Longest Out & Return |
Morgan Hall Tonopah to Idaho |
595 sm OLC 1006 km |
Longest Straight Out #1 ( 2 gliders on same flight path) |
Pilot: David Anisman Crew: Noy, Hadas, Oz Anisman Truckee, CA to Bend, OR |
356 sm 570 km |
Longest Straight Out #2 ( 2 gliders on same flight path) |
Pilot: Matt Gillis Crew: Danica Vocansek-Cerne Truckee, CA to Bend, OR |
356 sm 570 km |
Longest Silver Distance |
Philip Lee |
133 sm |
Sawyer Award - 2017 |
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Sawyer Award |
Thomas Greenhill |
19,064 points |
Les Arnold Award - 2017 |
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Awarded 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. |
Richard Pearl |
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Exceptional Service to Soaring Award - 2017 |
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Region 11 RASP providers |
Valentin Mayamsin |
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SSA Exceptional Service Award - 2017 |
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Awarded by Jay McDaniel, Region 11 SSA Director for Excepton Service for support of the Perlan Project's requirements for tracking altitude records. |
Todd Walter Duncan Eddy |
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Records Granted or Claimed - 2017 |
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National Open Class singleplace
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Keith Essex 1000 km triangle speed: 97.74 mph |
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World Open class multiplace Absolute Altitude
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Jim Payne and Morgan Sandercock 52,171 ft |
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World Open class multiplace Altitude Gain:
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Jim Payne and Morgan Sandercock 41,804 ft
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Hollister League Award - 2017 |
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Longest flight from Hollister |
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PASCO AWARDS
The Pacific Soaring Council (PASCO) presents two kinds of annual awards:
- Flight Awards
- Merit / Recognition Awards.