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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…
1938 Governor-General’s Cup Air Race – Full Result
1938 Governor-General’s Cup Pos Race No A/c Reg Aircraft Pilot/s 1 12 ZS-AKG HORNET MOTH J. J. OOSTHUIZEN, D. P. McKEOWN 2 18 ZS-ANN HORNET MOTH W. T. B. TASKER 3 8 ZS-AKA HORNET MOTH L. R. SPOOR 4 21 ZS-AMT MAGISTER E. N. DONNELLY 5 16 ZS-AHG HORNET MOTH…
1938 Governor-General’s Cup Air Race – Exclusions
1937 Governor-General’s Cup – Exclusions Race No A/c Reg Aircraft Pilot/s Reason 15 ZS-AOT HORNET MOTH C. ERASMUS Disqualified 3 ZS-AIX CESSNA C.34 C. F. KALLENBACH Retired 5 ZS-ANM DRAGONFLY D. A. de R. LABISTOUR Retired 11 ZS-ANX BUCKER JUNGMANN…
1937 Govenor-General’s Cup
Thanks to Alan Taylor, renown South African aviation historian, the full results and exclusions of the 1937, 1938 and 1939 Governor-General’s Cup have now been published on this site. Alan has also written a short biography on Roy Coull, the winner of the first…
1937 Governor-General’s Cup Air Race – Route
Day 1 From To Distance Statute Miles Cumulative Distance Durban (Stamford Hill) Ladysmith Ladysmith Baragwanath Day 2 From To Distance Statute Miles Cumulative Distance Baragwanath Bloemfontein (landing) Bloemfontein Kimberley (Fuel stop) Kimberley Bethlehem (landing)…
1937 Governor-General’s Cup Air Race – Full Result
Pos Race No A/c Reg Aircraft Pilot/s 1 15 ZS-AFZ HORNET MOTH W. H. HULETT, R. M. COULL 2 6 ZS-AFH WACO CJC J. T. SLABBERT 3 13 ZS-AHG HORNET MOTH F. R. SLABBERT, R. NICHOL 4 10 ZS-AHF HORNET MOTH W. STERNE, A. H. DOWNING 5 11 ZS-AIV LEOPARD MOTH H. CALDERBANK 6 19…
1937 Governor-General’s Cup Air Race – Exclusions
Exclusions Race No A/c Reg Aircraft Pilot/s Reason 4 * REARWIN 90 F. W. I. MAXWELL Scratched 21 * BUCKER JUNGMANN H. MASSER Scratched 25 * REARWIN 90 J. THERON Scratched