UP COMING EVENTS
Our Next Event
President's Trophy
Air Race
24th to 26th May 2018
Come and join us and claim your bragging rights !
With only days to go and deadlines looming, our race organising team with the Bloemfontein Flying Club are working towards making this event better than before, and in the background have been working on quicker race result outputs with the intention to be able to debrief teams on their scores as they come to hand to ensure agreement of results prior prize giving.
We have also appointed Ron Stirk as Jury Member to be the PRO for the event, and any queries will be welcome to take up with Ron at any time.
Entries are still OPEN and we are waiting for you to Sign Up
Once you have registered online, further instructions will be communicated
While the entry fee is R3500 and we are required to ensure all competitors are members of SAPFA and Aero Club as well as have a FIA licence, the winners have an opportunity to not only have bragging rights but also to walk away with a number of sponsored prizes.
Although this event has changed over the years, this race has had an esteemed history since 1937.
Please help us keep the Spirit of Aviation alive for PTAR !
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EAA Brits Sun & Fun 2015 Adventure Rally
This year’s EAA Sun & Fun flying event was planned somewhat differently from previous years where precision rallies were held, with a view that for EAA members a more fun flying event was needed to be tried out.
This task was left to Rob Jonkers and Martin Meyer to devise a new kind of rally format, a big risk to take in the realm of the tried and tested rally formats. The prime objective was to make it real fun, with easy to follow routing.
Thus over the last four weeks, a route schedule was hatched with a route proving flight undertaken to check that the route would be do-able and interesting to fly. The outcome was a route through the scenic Magalies valley, north up through the platinum belt, then south-eastwards along the crocodile river into game bush country.
The format was in the form of a pre-defined route map that was available prior to the event starting for everybody to either plan their route with traditional map plotting tools or to program their GPS’s.
Grand Central 2015 Fun Rally
Saturday 3rd October on the Highveld dawned with excellent weather prospects, no rain forecasted and no wind, a real perfect day out for flying, especially for rally pilots. Teams started to arrive before 8 am, with the competition directors Rob Jonkers and Martin Meyer setting up the maps and route packs at the Harvard Café function room.
Durban Wings Club SAPFA Fun Rally - Virginia airport - 26 September 2015
By Mike Wright
SAPFA designed a Flying Competition to introduce Pilots and Navigators to the exciting world of Competition Flying and thereby improve their general flying skills.
The competition is loosely based on the FAI Rally and Precision competitions but with many of the complications removed.
As this competition is designed for the new comer, those pilots who have already obtained Provincial or National Colours assist the newcomers with their preparation or to compete as Navigators. Pilots with Provincial or National Colours compete in a separate open class.
