by Frank Eckard | Sep 21, 1995 | Articles Precision
Held in Brits – 22- 24 September 1995 By Mary de Klerk and Adrian Pilling By Thursday 21 September, the Brits skies were full of aircraft practicing Navex’s and landings. Everyone was hyped up and ready to go. That night a dinner was arranged at a...
by Frank Eckard | Jul 17, 1994 | Articles Precision
Held at Karlovay Vary, Czech Republic – 17 July to 31 July 1994 By Adrian Pilling The team assembled at Jan Smuts from all over the country on Saturday 16th July. Here a cocktail party was held for family and friends before departing. The flight was on SAA to...
by Frank Eckard | Mar 25, 1994 | Articles Precision
Held in Tempe – 25-26 March 1994 It was time to fly to Bloemfontein, or more precisely Tempe Airfield, and all those wonderful people, the hosts for the 1994 National Precision Flying Championships held in March from Friday 25th to Saturday 26th. Everything in...
by Frank Eckard | Jun 23, 1989 | Articles Precision
By Peter Norton There was thunder and lightning of all types at the recent Precision Flying Nationals held on 23-24 June at Tempe airfield near Bloemfontein. The weather-gods organised an out-of-season thunderstorm, that was matched only in ferocity by the thunder and...
by Frank Eckard | Mar 10, 1988 | Articles Precision
By Johan Swart Fog and poor visibility test the precision flying champions at Stellenbosch This year’s precision flying championships was a historic occasion for Western Province because, for the first time, the event took place at Stellenbosch. Maybe the pilots...
by Frank Eckard | Feb 27, 1988 | Articles Precision
By Vic Kaiser The abovementioned championship was held at Grand Central on Saturday 27th February 1988 with disappointingly few entries. Only three contestants made it to the start on a somewhat chilly and overcast morning. To add to this there was a fresh 15 –...
