Jan Driessen hits 25,000

On 4/9/2016 12:52 PM, wrote:
I learned yesterday that Jan Driessen flew his 25,000th glider flight at
Seminole Lake glider port in Florida...
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He has soloed and recommended literally hundreds of glider pilots. We tend
to recognize record and competition achievements in this sport when, in
fact, the greatest contributors are the often the teachers. Bravo!

Indeed the "quietly spectacular" typically fails to be recognized as much as
the "obviously spectacular."

Studly!!!

Bob W.

Must be close to 16,000 hrs too.

Jan is a great instructor, fine fellow and I enjoy his stories.

He was almost shot by a spitfire when he was a boy. He was walking past a German convoy that had stopped. A German soldier was shot in the leg and taken into his house.

Way to go..........Chili Pepper!
JJ

At 14:11 10 April 2016, BobW wrote:
On 4/9/2016 12:52 PM, wrote:
I learned yesterday that Jan Driessen flew his 25,000th glider flight
at
Seminole Lake glider port in Florida...

He has soloed and recommended literally hundreds of glider pilots. We
tend
to recognize record and competition achievements in this sport when, in
fact, the greatest contributors are the often the teachers. Bravo!

Indeed the "quietly spectacular" typically fails to be recognized as much
as
the "obviously spectacular."

Studly!!!

Bob W.
awesome Jan...I remember #10,000 in Durango, Colo...your the Man. Loye
Hilton