Active since 1984 in the "Liga van Vlaamse Zweefliegclubs" (League of Flemish Gliding Clubs), Patrick Pauweis has represented his country at the FAI International Gliding Commission since 1992 and is a board member of the European Gliding Union. As the administrative coordinator of the Royal Belgian Aero Club, he is highly appreciated for his devotion and for his competence in his handling of many different air sports.
 

A glider pilot since 1949, Jacques Servais has also been a gliding instructor, examiner, tug pilot and an Officer of the Royal Verviers Aviation. In his role as long time administrator in the Belgian Gliding Federation and the Royal Belgian Aero Club - of which he was President of the Sporting Commission for several years - he is particularly appreciated for his ability and his perseverance in negotiations with the Belgian aeronautical authorities.
 

A glider pilot since 1950 and still flying actively, his great merits are associated with his duties as Air Cadet instructor , and the initiatives he has taken to help and promote young aeromodelists.
 

A retired military pilot, he entered the Aviation department of the Army Museum in 1981, and since then has been responsible for the photographic archives. Thanks to him, these archives have become very extensive and are universally exploited.
 

Born in 1926, a glider pilot since 1961 and still active, he has participated in the organization of no less than 33 national and international competitions and continues to be very active as an administrator and coordinator in his aero club.
 

After an air force career during which he worked with air cadets in the holidays, this person created the Belgian Microlight Association, of which he is still president. For over 20 years he has trained new generations of microlight pilots. In addition to being Administrator and Vice President of his NAC, he represents his country at the FAI Microlight Commission and is on the Board of Europe Airsports as Vice President and Belgian delegate. He has made an outstanding contribution to microlight aviation.
 

This Diploma is awarded for André Litt’s remarkable performances during a period of over 50 years, as a glider pilot both in Belgian national championships, and as a national record holder, as a gliding and powered flying instructor, and as administrator and work-horse of Royal Verviers Aviation.
 

M. Jean-Pierre Awouters is extremely active in youth education and schools. He has devoted himself for over 20 years to aeromodelling, occupying a continuous series of varied administrative and sporting responsibilities. His initiatives to educate young people through this discipline of aeromodelling have been especially effective. He is the son of Richard Awouters, a 1972 Tissandier winner.
 

The success of two round the world balloon flights and 4 Gordon Bennett Cup winners are largely due to Luc Trullemans intervention. The pilots themselves are the first to admit this. In recognition of his exceptional meteorological contribution to the success of world-class aerostatic achievements, Luc Trullemans richly deserves the Tissandier Diploma.
 

A brilliant glider pilot since 1963, and President of the Diest Aero Club for 25 years, Mr Peeters is recognised by the entire Belgian gliding community first and foremost for his exceptional qualities as an instructor (since 1966) and examiner (since 1984)
 

Mr Vandermeulen has committed himself during the last 20 years to defend the cause of microlight aviation. During the 14 years of his presidency of the Fédératiion Belge d’Aviation Microlégère, he introduced numerous innovations and initiatives, helping to develop this air sport into what it has become today