2016 National Rally Championships in Brits

By Cally Eckard

The rally championships were hotly contested this year, with the prize being a place in the South African team to represent the country in the World Rally Championships in Portugal in September. 

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Stellenbosch Fun Rally

By Alewyn Burger

27 February 2016 was a beautiful day and one of those days that if you had a flying machine you just had to get airborne! So we made the flying even more fun by having our first Fun Rally for the year. Tony Russel from SAPFA (South African Power Flying Association) as always did not disappoint and worked out a cracker of a route, the hardest one to date! 17 teams from across the Western Cape and one from the Big smoke met at 8am for a briefing on proceedings. a Safety Briefing was then held by Space du Preez our resident Chief Flight Instructor. Maps and Clue sheets were then handed out and the confusion began!

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Virginia Navigation Rally 2016

Virginia Navigation Rally 2016

Durban Wings Club hosted the annual Virginia Navigation Rally on Saturday the 5^th March. While the skys were clear and sunny, a very strong wind was blowing down the coast, this challenged the competitors to slow their aircraft down while flying south and trying to get the most speed while returning  up the coast.

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PTAR 2016 - Provisional Handicaps

In an unprecedented move,

The South African Power Flying Association releases the 2016 PTAR Handicaps before Entries open

Chairman of the South African Power Flying Association, Frank Eckard stated that ....” due to the constant improvement in systems, methods and technologies, SAPFA is able to publish a List of Handicaps, for more than 260 aircraft that have competed in the PTAR over the last seven years, before entries open….…and 12 weeks before the race”

Competitors are encouraged to Click Here to view their handicaps.