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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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Grand Central 2015 Fun Rally
Saturday 3rd October on the Highveld dawned with excellent weather prospects, no rain forecasted and no wind, a real perfect day out for flying, especially for rally pilots. Teams started to arrive before 8 am, with the competition directors Rob Jonkers and Martin Meyer setting up the maps and route packs at the Harvard Café function room.
Durban Wings Club SAPFA Fun Rally - Virginia airport - 26 September 2015
By Mike Wright
SAPFA designed a Flying Competition to introduce Pilots and Navigators to the exciting world of Competition Flying and thereby improve their general flying skills.
The competition is loosely based on the FAI Rally and Precision competitions but with many of the complications removed.
As this competition is designed for the new comer, those pilots who have already obtained Provincial or National Colours assist the newcomers with their preparation or to compete as Navigators. Pilots with Provincial or National Colours compete in a separate open class.
Bethlehem Aero Club Fun Rally 2015
By Francois and Caroline Marais
It was an exciting day at the Bethlehem Airfield on Saturday 29 August 2015 when the Bethlehem Aero Club hosted another fun Navigation Rally in conjunction with The South African Power Flying Association (SAPFA). The rally was organised by Martin Meyer and Rob Jonkers who did a sterling job preparing the flight maps, photographs and everything else needed. Frank Eckard, who had organized more rallies than he cares to remember, was present in an advisory position.
14 teams entered the event - 3 from Harrismith, 1 from Springs, 1 from Reitz, 1 from Brits and 8 Bethlehem residents.
Air Navigation Race 2015
by Mary de Klerk
The first ever ANR was held on the 8th August 2015 in Brits.
Air Navigation Racing (ANR) is a recently developed aviation discipline introduced to attract more aviators into the sport that is positioned somewhere between Rally Flying and Air Racing. It has been accepted by GAC (General Aviation Commission) as a recognised sport and falls under the auspices of FAI (Federation Aeronautique Internationale) It is probably the newest most exciting International aviation competition discipline for many reasons. SAPFA (South African Power Flying Association) under the guidance of its Chairman, Frank Eckard, has ventured to introduce the very first event into South African skies.