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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…
2008 SA National Precision Flying Championships
2008 National Precision Flying Championships Held at Parys on 12/13 March 2008 SA National Precision Flying Championships 2008 Pos Reg Pilot Fplan Foto Mkrs Nav Tot Day 1 Fplan Foto Mkrs Nav Tot Day 2 Landings TOTAL 1 KNA Adrian Pilling 0 40 0 162 202 0 80 0 360 440…
2007 SA National Landing Championships
2007 SA National Landing Championships Story by Johan Naude A cosy fire was crackling in the fireplace, while the organizers of the National Spot Landing Championships discussed the final preparations for the event in the clubhouse of the Bloemfontein Flying Club. The…
SA008
Number SA008 Class C (Aeroplanes) Sub Class C1-b (Landplanes: weight 500 kg to less than 1,000 kg) Group I (Internal combustion) Type of Record Speed over Recognised Course Course/Location Kimberley (South Africa) – Johannesburg (South Africa) Performance 341.18…
2007 President’s Trophy Air Race
Article by Robin Spencer-Scarr, Pictures by Dirk de Vos & Chris Briers The morning was crisp, clear and freezing cold. The nervous energy on the Klerksdorp Airfield could be felt miles away as the sound of more than 100 aero engines combined with the smell of…
2007 PTAR – Route
Day 1 From To Distance Nm Cumulative Distance Klerksdorp Boskop Dam 29.42 29.42 Boskop Dam Orient 40.29 69.71 Orient Rustenberg 29.99 99.70 Rustenberg Zeerust 66.34 166.04 Zeerust Leeupan 59.05 225.09 Leeupan Rietspruit Dam 64.01 289.10 Rietspruit Dam Klerksdorp 27.94…
2007 PTAR – Full Result
2007 President’s Trophy Air Race Held at Klerksdorp – 24 to 26 May 2007 Total Distance:649.93 Nautical Miles Pos Race No A/c Reg Aircraft HP H/Cap Knots Speed Knots Gain(-) Loss Pilot Navigator Province Club 1 53 ZS-BAI Cessna 172S 180 119.80 123.54…