Note
Ovila "Shorty" Boudreault was a prominent member of the Canadian gliding community in the 1940s and 1950s, as recognized by the award of Honorary Life Membership in the Soaring Association of Canada. The citation for that award reads: Ovila (Shorty) Boudreault est un membre fondateur de l’Association Canadienne de Vol à Voile en vertu de son appartenance, il y a plus de cinquante ans, aux McGill Gliding Club et Gatineau Gliding Club. Ovila Boudreault est membre à vie et le plus ancien membre actif de Gatineau Gliding Club. Monsieur Boudreault est entré dans l’histoire du vol à voile au Canada en devenant le detenteur du premier insigne C d’Argent de la Fédération Aéronautique Internationale merite
au Canada.Note
"Shorty" Boudreault was a driving force in the formation of the Gatineau Gliding Club, and trained as a glider pilot with the GGC in 1942/43. He went on to earn Canadian Fédération Aéronautic International (FAI) Gliding Certificate No. 1 and Canadian FAI Silver ‘C’ Badge No. 1. He set the Canadian record (citizen) for straight distance to a declared goal in 1952, with a flight of 123.9 km while representing Canada at the World Contest at Quatro Vientos, Spain.Note
Further reading about Shorty can be found in https://www.wgc.mb.ca/static/freeflight/95_01.pdf and https://www.wgc.mb.ca/static/freeflight/04_05.pdf