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Our Next Events
ANR & SA Landing Championships - Brakpan
Event: ANR and Landing Championships
Date: Saturday 19th October 2019
Where: Brakpan Airfield
Programme: Arrivals & Breakfast 8.00,
ANR Briefing 8.00 am, First take-off 9.30 am,
Safety First Aviator lunchtime talk 13h00
Landing Briefing 13h30
Prize Giving at 16h00
This event will consist of an ANR of 2 rounds, followed by the National Landing Competition. With the Protea team fresh back from the World ANR Champs held in Portugal in August, and the excitement of watching the whole competition in live format, we will have the team on hand to mentor local teams in how to fly an ANR. There will be 2 rounds, with a precision landing.
Thereafter, the National Landing Championships with one round of 4 landings will be held with those that wish to enter can enter in Sportsman or Open Class.
Live tracking will be done for all to see on the airfield and anybody at home as well.
Organiser – Contact Jonty Esser e-mail: jonty@promptroofing.co.za cell: 082 855 9435
Entry Form Here:
http://www.sapfa.co.za/index.php/component/competition/?view=pilot
Rally Training in Stellenbosh - with International Participation
Rally Training will be held at Stellenbosch Airfield from Tuesday 29th Oct to Sat 2 Nov 2019. This is the first of two events leading up to the World rally Flying Championships that will include International team participation who are coming out for training and familiarisation of the Western Cape area, there will be teams from Austria, Switzerland, Poland, France. This is also a great opportunity to learn from these world champions.
Event: Rally Training as pre-cursor to Nov 2020 WRFC
Where: Stellenbosch Airport
Dates: 29 Oct – 2 Nov 2019
Programme: Arrivals & Breakfast 8.00
Daily briefings: 09:00
Training Rallies: 09:00 – 14:00 daily
Competition & Fun Rally: 2 Nov 09:00 – 14:00
Organisers – Frank and Cally Eckard
Contact frank.eckard@mweb.co.za Tel: 083 269 1516
Contact cally.eckard@mweb.co.za Tel: 079 695 366
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List of South African Speed and Altitude Records.
You can sort the table by clicking the column heading.
| Sub-Class | Type of Record | Record Holder | Aeroplane | World Record? | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C1-g - III (Jet) | Speed over a Closed Course of 500 kilometres - Rustenberg - Bloemhof - Rustenberg (South Africa) - 877.732 km/hr -15/08/2009 | Ron Wheeldon/Gary Hughes | Hawker Sideley Hunter T68 (ZS-HUN) - 1 Rolls Royce Avon 207 (10 150lbs) | No | Past Record |
| C1-b - I (Internal combustion) | Speed over Recognised Course - London (United Kingdom) to Cape Town (South Africa) - 265.873km/h - 11/05/2009 | Chalkie Stobbart | Osprey GP 4 (ZU-CLC) - 1 Lycoming IO-375 (195 hp) | Yes - 15412 | Past Record |
| C1-b - I (Internal combustion) | Speed over Recognised Course - Durban (South Africa) to Johannesburg (South Africa) - 176.806km/h - 11/05/2009 | Frank Eckard | Cessna C172 (ZS-MOC) - 1 Lycoming O-320 (160 hp) | Yes - 15318 | Past Record |
| C1-b - I (Internal combustion) | Speed over Recognised Course - Johannesburg (South Africa) to Durban (South Africa) - 186.957km/h - 08/05/2009 | Frank Eckard | Cessna C172 (ZS-MOC) - 1 Lycoming O-320 (160 hp) | Yes - 15317 | Past Record |
| C1-b - I (Internal combustion) | Time to Climb to 3 000m - Lichtenburg South Africa (FALI) - 00:37:13 - 26/08/2008 | Chris van Hoof | Cozy Mk IV (ZU-CZZ) - 1 Lycoming IO360-A2A (200hp) | No | Past Record |
| C1-b - I (Internal combustion) | Speed over Recognised Course - Pretoria (South Africa) - Bloemfontein (South Africa) - 212.04 km/h - 08/12/2006 | Ron Stirk | Yes | Past Record |