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Welcome to SA Power Flying

Welcome to the SA Power Flying Association, a community of aviation enthusiasts that are passionate about recreational flying in South Africa. If you are bored of the $100 burger or breakfast runs to the same old airfields, then we have great news for you. SA Power…

SA035

Number SA035 Class C (Aeroplanes) Sub Class C1-a (Landplanes: weight 300 kg to less than 500 kg) Group I (Internal combustion) Type of Record Speed over a Closed Course of 500 kilometres Course/Location Rustenberg – Bloemhof – Rustenberg (South Africa)…

SA044

Number SA044 Class C (Aeroplanes) Sub Class C1-l (Landplanes: weight 35,000 kg to less than 45,000 kg) Group III (Jet) Type of Record Speed over a Closed Course of 500 kilometres Course/Location Rustenberg – Bloemhof – Rustenberg (South Africa) Performance…

SA039

Number SA039 Class C (Aeroplanes) Sub Class C1-d (Landplanes: weight 1,750 kg to less than 3,000 kg) Group I (Internal combustion) Type of Record Speed over a Closed Course of 500 kilometres Course/Location Rustenberg – Bloemhof – Rustenberg (South Africa)…

UCAR 2009

Moments and Milestones: A Day at the Races By John Miller The words “recreational flying” are rarely, if ever, found in the same sentence with “Boeing 737,” but while two South African aviation enthusiasts, Gavin Branson and Menno Parsons, were having a few beers last…

SA042

Number SA042 Class C (Aeroplanes) Sub Class C1-g (Landplanes: weight 9,000 kg to less than 12,000 kg) Group III (Jet) Type of Record Speed over a Closed Course of 500 kilometres Course/Location Rustenberg – Bloemhof – Rustenberg (South Africa) Performance…

SA042

Number SA042 Class C (Aeroplanes) Sub Class C1-g (Landplanes: weight 9,000 kg to less than 12,000 kg) Group III (Jet) Type of Record Speed over a Closed Course of 500 kilometres Course/Location Rustenberg – Bloemhof – Rustenberg (South Africa) Performance…