November 2017

CALL OUT

SPRINGS

HAVE CALLED OUT

SECUNDA

AND

ERMELO

AND

ALL RALLY PILOTS!!!

Springs Fun Rally will be held on the 25th of November 2017. ———-> MAKE A NOTE TODAY IN YOUR DIARY. 

Club Championships – Springs challenge all other clubs to come compete in this Annual event.

 

Great Prizes and enjoyable company

 

This is an even not to be missed.

 

Agenda:

24th November 2017

17h30 – Arrivals

18h00 – Class starts ( maps will be handed out to work out the route for the next day and Jonty Esser will give a full briefing on how to fly the rally. )

20h30 – Braai and Social

 

30th September 2017

 

08h30 – Briefing

09h00 – Short 1 hour class for the Pilots that could not make the evening class

10H30 – First Aircraft

15h30 – Prize Giving 

 

See you all there!!

 

The Chairman

 

 

Report on the Meeting of the FAI General Aviation Commission (GAC)

held in Paris, France from Thursday 9th to Saturday 11th November 2017.

By Frank Eckard

The meeting was attended by delegate Hans Schwebel and alternative delegate Frank Eckard.

South Africa will host the 2020 World Rally Flying Championships and World Air Navigation Race Championships. Our organisation will be celebrating its centenary in 2020. As part of the 100 year celebrations the SAPFA committee decided to bid for these two prestigious competitions. France gracefully postponed their bid and our bid was unanimously approved.

We would like to encourage all South African pilots who have aspirations to obtain their Green and Gold to start their campaign and training in order to qualify to represent their country in these two prestigious World Championship events. Please speak to any SAPFA committee members for more information.

The Rally Flying Sub Committee. The chairman had through the year obtained the majority opinion and drafted a new set of rules for our future competitions. The new rules will allow the crews to plot their maps before the start point, however still challenging them with accurate navigation, timing and observation.

The next World Rally Flying Championships will be held in Dubnica, Slovakia from the 5 – 11 Aug 2018.

The Precision Subcommittee With the advances in GPS equipment installed in the modern cockpit, the precision committee decided to lift the ban on using GPS devices for these competitions, this will mean that pilots will no longer miss the turn points, but map reading skill will still ne required to win the competition.

The next World Precision Flying Championships will take place Castellon, Spain – June 2019

The Air Navigation Race Subcommittee Following the experience at the 1st World Air Navigation Race Championships in Spain, they decided to amend the rules and the clock will now continue to run when you are out of the parcour, and not stop at 300 points.

The second World ANR Championships will be held in Santa Cruz, Portugal – September 2019.

The calendar therefore was accepted as follows.

 

2018 – World Rally Championships – Dubnica nad Váhom, SLOVAKIA 5 – 11 Aug 2018

2019 – World Precision Flying Championships – Castellon, Spain – June 2019

2019 – World Air Navigation Race Championships – Santa Cruz, Portugal – September 2019

2020 – World Rally Flying Championships – Venue TBA, South Africa – Date TBA

2020 – World Air Navigation Race Championships – Venue TBA, South Africa – Date TBA

2021 – World Precision Flying Championships – France

2022 – World Rally Championships – France.

Election of officials.

Hans Schewbel will continue to serve as Vice President and Frank Eckard as the Chairman of the Rally Flying Subcommittee.