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Sylvain Bourque is the Eastern Zone Director since 2005, VP from 2006 to 2009, and President since 2010.
Sylvain first flew a glider in summer 1994 with AVV Champlain.
He is involved with accounting, as an instructor, and as a tow
pilot. He holds a CPL-A IFR and a level 1 complex operations
drone pilot certificate with a flight reviewer rating. He also
is an aeronautical radio examiner and an authorized person for
glider licensing.
Jay Allardyce – Prairie Zone Director since 2012 and Treasurer since 2018. Also served as SAC Secretary from 2014 to 2017.
Jay began hanging around the airfield at the age of seven and
started taking lessons as soon as he was able to reach the rudder
pedals. He has been flying gliders since 2001 and is particularly
passionate about cross-country soaring. He is the CFI and a tow
pilot at the Winnipeg Gliding Club. He has flown in several soaring
competitions and was the junior OLC champion for Canada
for several seasons. Jay owns a share in an ASW-19 with two
partners and enjoys flying cross-country whenever possible.
To fund his addiction, Jay works as an aviation consultant. He
enjoys playing hockey and golf when he can’t be in the air.
Stan Martin is the Southern Ontario Zone Director since 2023.
Like many, I dreamed of flying from an early age. After college I got my chance and took power lessons at Maple Airport. In 1978 I was invited to take my motorcycle for a destination ride to a glider club (York Soaring). I knew nothing of gliding, but after my first ride I was hooked. I left gliding for university and did not get back to it until the late 80’s. I joined Erin Soaring in 89. There I became an instructor and eventually president. In 2002 we merged Erin Soaring with York Soaring. I served on York’s Board and as president for three years. My club is now Toronto Soaring. I fly a Mini-Nimbus and a Twin Lark. I have flown many other glider types, participated in Regional, National and Pan-American competitions. I’ve organized wave camps at Sugarbush Soaring in Vermont. I also organize in Florida for winter destination opportunities by staging York equipment at Seminole Gliding. There it is flown by other regional clubs as well as York members.
Office Manager since 2021.
Tom started gliding in 1980 at the SOSA Gliding Club and became an instructor in 1988. He has held many Board positions over the years. He still finds time to do some cross-country flying. Tom has a CPL and is a tow pilot. Before retiring, Tom worked in the aviation industry as a software designer.
Pacific Zone Director since 2024.
In 1970 my father took me to Hawkesbury for a half hour introductory flight in a Blanik. My next glider flight was 45 years later after finishing a long career in fixed wing aerial forest fire msuppression. I finally had summers free so I started my glider conversion in Port Alberni in 2015. On my third solo flight my instructor told me to take a tow to 3000 feet and see if I could find some lift. I found plenty of sink and had almost given up when I stumbled into a thermal and climbed back up to 3000.
At that point I was hooked! I have continued to work to be a better pilot including completing my Glider Instructor Rating in 2018. I have always been interested in promoting flight safety so I have volunteered to be the Safety Officer at the Alberni Valley Soaring Association, BC since I joined the club. In 2023 I started working with the SAC Flight Training & Safety Committee and then in 2024 I became the Pacific Zone Director.
