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PTAR 2024 – Makhado raises the bar

By Willie Bodenstein

26.05.2024
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This year, for the first time, the PTAR goes north, far north to the delightful town of Makhado, previously Louis Trichardt in the Limpopo Province. Nestled in the in the Soutpansberg mountain range the town is located in a fertile region where litchis, bananas, mangoes and nuts are produced. Makhado is 437 kilometres from Johannesburg and one hour’s drive from the Zimbabwean border at Beitbridge.

I grew up in Limpopo and many a weekend we drove from my birthplace in Potgietersrus to Louis Trichardt, a distance of 170 km, to visit distant family and to explore. My parents where great explorers of our lovely country a fact that I will forever be thankful for.

I have been honoured to have attended PTAR races at Springs, Witbank, Ermelo, Bethlehem, Bloemfontein (three times), Rustenburg, Klerksdorp (twice), Mahikeng and Saldanha Bay. Each venue pulled out all the stops for the honour of hosting this iconic race. Hosting this year’s race was the Soutpansberg Flying Club and the set a new standard.

This year I drove up from Johannesburg leaving on Thursday at 0600 and after having travelled 433 kilometres arrived 4.50 hours later. A number of competitors were already there whilst more arrived during the afternoon.

There were however some minor challenges for the organisers: the first was a delay with the printing of the T-shirts and caps for this event and the second is that Louis Trichardt is not a stone’s throw away from Gauteng. Fortunately, Reon Wiese and Kevin Mills from Vektor Aviation came to the organisers’ rescue by acting as dedicated “air couriers” to deliver the printed T-shirts and caps, in time for the start of the event.







It has always been my contention that the smaller clubs have the most dedicated members and this year, Soutpansberg with thirteen members, proved that. The grounds were spic and span. The grass neatly mowed. Everything was in place to host a successful PTAR.

 











 

Thirty-seven entries were received. People flew from the coastal town of Mossel Bay in the south, from Hluluhwe in the east coast of KZN, From Mpumalanga, the FreeState, the Northwest Province and off course Gauteng, the heartland of general aviation in SA.

 



 

 

 

 

 

 



Nigel Musgrave again was the Safety Officer and he was kept busy as a steady stream of arrivals slotted in with those who went were test flights to establish a handicap speed for the race.

 





Present were Piet and Rowland from the CAA always helpful and always friendly they are a pleasure to have at any event.

Friday the 24th was the day when the racing officially starts and as always it was opened by an obligatory safety briefing led by Nigel Musgrave, the Safety Director. Present were Piet and Rowland from the CAA always helpful and always friendly they are a pleasure to have at any event.

 



 
 
 



Being a handicap race, theoretically, every aircraft entered have a change to win. On Friday at 10.00 the contestants took off for the first of the two legs, the fastest aircraft being the first to go. The slowest will start first in Saturday’s leg. The first arrival back were excepted at 11.00

I positioned myself so that I could theoretically capture a short video as well as a photo of each contestant taking off and landing. Video wise that did not always work. The videos are featured in the YouTube videos in the links below. Pictures of the first six away and back are featured below.


A contestant on the way to start line












The returning contestants as I captured them.











The fact that a competitor finished in first or any other position needs to verified by the judges with the track flown as per the logger recording. Any missed points or other infringements will obviously lead to penalties or exclusion.

 

 
More competitors backtracking after having completed race one.


Saturday morning and the weather was perfect for flying. When I arrived the first sight that caught my attention was of Max Kane Berman and Jaco Botma for Middelburg having a cup of “Boere Troos” under the wing of their Cessna 182N

Most of the competing aircraft were parked in their allocated departure slots. However, there were some changes that led to aircraft being moved which did not cause any delay and after the morning’s briefing it was all set for the final leg. This time it was the chance of the slowest to take to the sky first.



 





I took up position as close to as what I considered as the lift of point to capture pics as the competitors got airborne. Below are the photos of the first ten away. 

 









 

 

 
There was the first of two incidents, one when the Cessna 210N of Coert and Duaan Erasmus returned with technical issues. The other problem was experienced by John Sayers and Adrian Barry who reportedly had issues with their undercarriage of their Piper Pa-24-400. The too landed safely.
I drove to almost the end of the runway and had lunch under a typical bushveld shady thorn tree while waiting for the first aircraft to arrive. I didn’t wait long before I heard the drone as it approach and from then on, I was kept busy as at times three almost neck on neck aircraft approached.

 The following is photos of the first eight back. 








 

 

No event of this nature will ever succeed if it is not for those with a passion who will give their time and support without expectation anything in return. Organised by SAPFA and hosted by the Soutpansberg Flying Club we will need a separate report to thank all of them including the business that generously provided financial support.








All that was now to follow was the awards dinner hosted in one of the hangars at the field and it was as usual a lavish affair.








A wet and cold PTAR 2022 at New Tempe Bloemfontein

22.05.2022

Text by Rob Jonkers. Photos by Rob and Willie Bodenstein

This year’s President’s Trophy Air Race was held at New Tempe Bloemfontein and although traditionally held on the last weekend of May, but with the Botswana Air Show also taking place on the same weekend, it was decided to move it a week earlier. If we all had the perfect hindsight and with that event not happening, we could have held it on its traditional date and subsequently avoided these last few days of the most unseasonal weather that befell the race weekend.



We have had many of the planned aviation events disrupted by wet, cold, windy weather systems with the most bandied about term of “cut-off low” being used to describe the weather situation. This weekend, none the less, had a very large cold front coupled with an intense low-pressure system over the centre of the country which would affect the race.

I arrived on Wednesday in excellent weather conditions and started setting up for the race, mostly the race control room and preparing for test flights as some of the early competitors also started to arrive at the field. Thursday saw most of the aircraft arrive although some of the Cape based teams first had to wait for the front to pass before setting off, arriving just before dark. Most of the day was taken up by flight tests and registrations while also monitoring what the weather would be doing for the next day as the front was approaching.

During the first extensive Thursday afternoon briefing, which also included the SA weather services team being on hand to give us the best outlook, it appeared that there might have been an early morning flyable gap, thus the day was planned with an early 07h30 start. As Friday dawned, it looked promising: – the cloud base was at a reasonable 1000 ft and we proceeded with the pilot’s briefing. We also sent the turn point marshals to their locations, this being particularly important to get weather condition updates from them at the outermost corners of the route. As the morning progressed with a planned 10 am first take-off, the news from the turn points was not good. Light rain started and it was decided to scrub Day 1 with a debrief at 11 am to plan for the next day. The prediction for Saturday would be that the weather would improve from midday onwards. Everybody dispersed for some rest for the day.

Saturday dawned with flyable conditions and in fact, the window opened up from 11h00 onwards and the first take-off was planned for 11h00. The turn point marshals were sent out and who, from the previous day’s rain, had the challenges of negotiating almost impassable roads to get to their intersections. Fortunately, they all sent in confirmation of being in position prior to the first take-off.

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The 2021 Edition of the PTAR was held 21st & 22nd of May 2021 at Ermelo

PTAR Final Results. The PTAR final results as published at the gala dinner on 22 May 2021 contained errors emanating from the scoring system, which due to time constraints from the delayed start and logger interference difficulties resulted in hasty results preparation for the gala evening. Consequently the 1st position was in fact a tie between Race 23 & 24 using the Positional Results method of scoring. The results can be found below. To be noted is that the Positional Results method, as utilised in the speed rallies, is based on an average ranking of combined day 1 & 2 scores – which the committee decided on as the default scoring method in consultation with the Jury, while the Performance Results method considers ranking of day 1 & 2 in order of best handicap & shortest distance as the ranking method. For reference both score methods are provided as below.

As this PTAR was the first PTAR in the new format with both days flown, the final combined scoring mechanism was not fully defined and tested. SAPFA apologises for the errors made, and these will be redressed for future events. There will also be a racer meeting to review their experience of the new format, with initial feedback has been that most enjoyed the course design as flown. Suggestions for improvements would be welcome input in planning for Tempe in 2022, these can be made to chairman@sapfa.co.za.

 

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President’s Trophy Air Race 2018

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Message from the Race Director

The President’s Trophy Air Race hosted by the Bloemfontein Flying Club last weekend was, without doubt, one of the nicest ones we have had in a long time.

Firstly, a huge debt of gratitude is owed to Andre Grobler and his team at the Bloemfontein Flying Club for working tirelessly for a year to get it all together on the race weekend.

 

The fact that we were down to 40 odd entries was a blessing and caused me to have a massive epiphany. 40 entries made everything easier to manage. There weren’t long queues for food and refreshment. Results came out quicker and everything ran like clockwork. There was a noticeable air of friendliness and mutual respect between competitors and officials alike with a distinct lack of acrimony.

The final result was amazing to watch and to see once the downloads has been done. The most noticeable being the fact that, not too many years ago, the winner would come over the line 15 or 20 minutes ahead of the rest of the field. By comparison, now that we are applying the algorithm, the last 3 years comparison can be seen as

  • 2016 Bethlehem               top 10 aircraft over the line in           4 : 17 secs
  • 2017 Springs                   top 10 aircraft over the line in           2 : 12 secs
  • 2018 New Tempe            top 10 aircraft over the line in              : 92 secs

Now for my epiphany…………. Maybe chasing a huge quantity of entries is not such a good idea.  Maybe we should limit our entries to say 60 which will serve to elevate the race to its former prestigious status which is a non commercial event recognised by FAI and giving the opportunity to win provincial colours. It involves Flying Clubs whose objective is to promote sport aviation at grass roots level.

Something to think about…………..?

On behalf of my fantastic and hard working committee I would thank each and every one of the competitors who made this race the amazing event it was

Keeping the blue on top

Robin Spencer-Scarr

Presidents Trophy Air Race 2018

By Cheryl Smit, Willie Bodenstein and Rob Jonkers



This year’s PTAR which celebrated its 81st Anniversary, was hosted by the Bloemfontein Flying Club at New Tempe Airfield and it was heartening to see; by a show of hands at the Friday briefing, that more than half of the entrants were first timers and also that a large number of younger pilots had entered the iconic air race.


Liesl Damstra who did her PPL with Westline Aviation and currently resides in Bloemfontein but originally hailed from Nelspruit was one of only two lady pilots who crossed the startline. It was Liesl’s first PTAR and she flies a Cessna 182 for fun. Navigating for her was Pieter Burger.
 


This was Willie Visser’s 31st PTAR.  They are both based in Postmasburg.

The Governor General’s Cup which became the State President’s Air Race and then the President’s Trophy Air Race has been run since 1937 with only a couple of breaks during the war years but pretty much has been the leader in the world with this type of amateur air event. It invites anyone with a pilot’s licence and a bit of experience to test their skills in accurate flying and navigating at the maximum speed their aircraft is capable of doing.






Competing aircraft at Tempe on Thursday afternoon

It is the one event that allows the weekend warriors to spend three days amongst friends and peers and to experience the adrenalin rush of flying as fast as possible whilst testing their skills against those who would beat them to the line. This year there were 48 entrants, with 43 on the starting grid for day 1, where unfortunately five having had to withdraw with technical problems.


Race Director Robin Spencer-Scarr

A week or two before the race, Race Director Robin Spencer-Scarr addressed an email, “To GPS or not to GPS” to all entrants asking for their opinion on the use of GPS during the race. A number responded and the general feeling is that the GPS system should not be allowed during the race. This opinion was confirmed during the briefing when an overwhelming majority of 99.9% who voted by a show of hands to retain the current format.


Safety Officer Nigel Musgrave and Chief Marshall Hans Potgieter


Race Secretary Sharon Potgieter

Sharon Potgieter Race Secretary has always been an unsung hero behind the scenes of the PTAR Air Race for more years than I can remember, it’s the way she prefers it to be. Race Secretary has a tremendous responsibility towards the successful organising of the Race including to ensure that everything is in place for registration at the Race as the pilots and navigators arrive, including to assist with obtaining sponsors for the Race and then doing the actual registrations as the pilots and navigators arrive on the Thursday, which includes handing out their sponsor bags and accreditations at the event.



Martin Meyer, Frank Eckard and Rob Jonkers


Aero Club General Manager Alan Evan-Hanes

When we arrived Thursday midday the field was a hive of activity. Sharon Potgieter, Race Secretary was kept busy with confirming entries and issuing entrants with the sponsor’s gift bags, caps, race shirts and meal tickets.


 





A large number of entrants were cleaning and polishing their aircraft to try and get that elusive knot that will give them the edge over their competitors whilst others were socialising with friends under the large marquee.







 



The Safety briefing, led by Robin Spencer-Scarr took place in one of the hangars where after some contestants got busy with route planning whilst others relaxed.


Those that remained on the field were entertained on both Thursday and Friday night by Zak Steyn
 


Ensuring safety were the ATC Special Events Team of from left to right Peter, Ricardo, Kane and Safety Officer Nigel Musgrave
Race One. Friday 25th.

The weather predicted for the race weekend were near perfect conditions, clear skies with high pressure system over the mid country, and virtually no wind, the morning starting off at less than 5 knots, and at midday to around a maximum of 10 knots, this made for more accurate and easier flying and of course getting everybody to achieve their handicap speed without to much effect of the weather.


Race 45 the Vans RV7A ZU-LAX Flown by Eric Addison with navigator Mario Fabbraio finished 13th overall


Johan van Eeden and Cor Esterhuizen, Race 44 ZU-IHH Vans RV7A was placed 7th overall

The route for day one took contestants from Tempe to Boshof. The turn point at Boshof was a brightly coloured gazebo at which they had to turn left whilst staying above 200feet AGL and then head towards Gariep Dam. Another Gazebo erected on the shores of an Island in the middle of the dam was the next turnpoint. Another left turn and then head in the general direction of Bethulie keeping the Orange River in their sights. A third Gazebo at the end of the bridge on the Orange River was the next turn point. Turning left yet again they would then head home being mindful too keep below the TMA and the CTR boundary.


Steve and Thys van der Merwe Race 61 in ZU-FHZ the Vans RV6A


Willie Uys and Frans Maeder Race 20 in the Jabiru J430 ZU-FVA


This course was a simple four corner route, and even though it was relatively easy over the flat terrain of the Freestate, there were a few competitors having got lost or temporarily unsure of their position, and most were able to regain their track and find their way home. One competitor happened to find the Big Hole of Kimberley an interesting diversion by the number of circles flown over it before a SAPS helicopter helped them on their way to the first turning point of Boshof.


Before contestants were allowed depart they, as well as their aircraft were thoroughly searched for any devices that may assist them in navigation
 


At 10h00 Robin Spencer-Scarr waved Dieter Bock and Dale de Klerk in Dieter’s Lancair Legacy away and the PTAR has officially started.


Next to leave was Jack Onderstall and Nicholaas Janse van Rensburg in Jack’s Glasair III.


Following the Glasair was the Cirrus SR22 with Shaun Baron piloting and Steve Watkins navigating


Another Cirrus SR22 with Simon Abbott at the control and Chris Shillaw navigating was the 4th to depart

 

 

 
Other day one arrivals overhead the airfield

The first five places adjusted by handicap after the day one race was as follows:



1st Race 32 ZS-ACA Cirrus SR22 Steve Abbott and Chris Shillaw


2nd Race 56 SU-SAX Vans RV10 Stephan Fourie and Derek Bird


3rd Race 44 ZU-IHH Vans RV7A Johan van Eeden and Cor Esterhuizen


4th Race 84 ZU-KKL Jabiru Clive Louw and Leonard Hawkins


5th Race 39 ZS-KOB Piper PA-28-235 Mark Bristow and Quinteon Warne

Day two. Saturday 26th.

Day two took participants to Bultfontein. Contestants had to be mindful to keep the CTR boundary to the east. The turn point at Bultfontein was a Gazebo erected at the side of a pan near the Protespan Railway Station from where they headed towards Boshof where they again had to turn left staying above 200 feet AGL and head towards New Tempe for the cross over and then head for Jagersfontein where the turn point again was an orange Gazebo. From Jagersfontien they turned left and headed for Edenburg where they were required to turn left and head back home.


Race 63, ZU-EWL the Vans RC10 flown by Boetie Herhold and Johan Greyling was placed 12th overall


Gustave Bester and Helius Smit Race 58 finished 10th in ZS-NFI the Beech A36


With everybody now having had practice on day 1, the accuracy of navigation and flying improved dramatically on day 2, with hardly anybody having wandering tracks, and even with the Bloemfontein CTR and TMA boundaries being close and with good briefings to remain well clear, the airspace was well managed by the competitors, with ATNS having issued transponder squawks, they were fully aware of everybody’s position at all times. To give an idea of how close the race was on day two, the first 20 or so competitors were within around 20 secs of each other. The handicap system which is always a controversial topic, with this year being the 2nd year where the handicap algorithm has been used, the narrowing down of accuracy is seen to be improving given the closeness of the race results.




First to depart were Race 33 Kevin Reeves and Ken Hawkins in ZS-IXL Grumman AA-5





2nd Race 88 Danie and Yvonne Kritzinger in their Jabiru J-430 ZU-IEI


3rd Race 25 Ivan and Martin Marx in ZU-ACY Aermacchi AM 3C

The line-up on day two is where the slowest aircraft is off first and fastest last with the attempt to get everybody over the line at the same time, and some of the aircraft had very close start times of 8 seconds apart, just enough to provide take-off spacing, quite a sight to see as each was released to go.

 

 

 
Other arrivals overhead the field

Normally the race ending is planned for a 13h00 finish time, this year it was moved to 13h40 to accommodate Bloemfontein scheduled traffic timing, and at the planned time the first aircraft came over and within the first minute around 20 aircraft had crossed the finish line, quite a sight to see as they came over.



 

 







The Awards dinner, sponsored by Puma Energy, was held at the legendary Ramblers Club in Bloemfontein and what a lavish affair it was and the meal was awesome.

Master of Ceremonies Robin Spencer-Scarr had those attending in stiches with his quips and jokes before getting down to serious business, the announcing of the prize winners and the results.




The Presidents Trophy awarded to the aircraft and crew gaining the most time on handicap went to Race 76 the Beechcraft BE 33 ZS MYB flown by Joggie Prinsloo and navigator Rufus Dreyer




The Air Charter Trophy awarded to the second place crew went to Race 84 the Jabiru ZU-KKL piloted by Clive Louw and Leonard Hawkins who navigated




Third place finishers Simon Abbott and Chris Shillaw Race 84 who flew the Cirrus SR22 ZS ACA


4th Stephan Fourie and Derek Bird in Race 56 ZU-SAX Vans RV10



5th Hennie and Dandre Bisschoff in race 64 ZS-BNA Beech F33A


6th Mark Bristow and Quinton Warne Race 39 ZS-KOB Piper PA-28-235


The Saldanha Bay Flying Club will host the 2019 PTAR

Extremely well organised organised by the Bloemfontein Flying and made possible by the generous support of Puma Energy, DJA, Wings and Things, Aviation Direct as well as Comet Aviation Supplies the 2018 was incident free and lived up its name as one of the world’s premier air races. Pilot’s Post looks forward to report at the 2019 Saldanha Bay Flying Club. 

 

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Since the introduction of the Data Logger SAPFA has gathered a large amount of race data on about 340 aircraft.

We have been hard at work developing the Formula that will;

  • use the available data,
  • level the playing field so that each competitor has a reasonable chance of winning,
  • be applied consistently and fairly, without fear or favour.

 

The Formula to be used this year is detailed below and we invite competitors to use it to calculate their own handicaps either before or at any time during the weekend.

 

X=k(k.y-1(1+(y.10-4-0.01))+0.04)-1

Where:

X = your Handicap in knots

k = the course distance in nautical miles (2018 PTAR, k = 558.522 nm)

y= your best recorded 3D speed in knots

 

The 3D speed in the column listed below has come from historical data gathered by SAPFA and is your input (y) in the above formula, and is used to calculate your handicap.

 

The following adjustment will be made in terms of the PTAR Race Rules and Regulations.

If you exceed your 3D speed after a day’s racing, the new 3D speed will automatically be entered into the Formula and it will calculate a revised handicap.

 

Any competitor whose handicap has been revised will be notified by the Race Director.

 

The Formula is designed to reward competitors who give it their best shot, and will frustrate competitors, who try to outsmart the system.

 

1. Competitors are reminded that any changes or modifications to the aircraft must be noted on the Entry Form.

2. A modified aircraft is any aircraft, with any modifications, or accessories, which may have been carried out, changed or added (ie….engine blueprinting, propeller changes, speed kits, gap seals, spats …..etc)

3. Modifications or accessories must be type approved and must not hinder or limit the normal operation of the aircraft.

You may download this document at this link: PTAR 2018 – List of Provisional Handicaps.pdf

COMPETITORS START LIST
President’s Trophy Air Race 2018 Race Dist 588.521514
Race No A/C Reg Manufacture Model PILOT NAVIGATOR Starting
Best 3D		 Starting
H/Cap
0
3 ZS-ITL  Beech V35B Jan Visser Willie Visser 175.0 171.67
4 ZS-WAP  Piper PA-28R-200 Philip Jacobs Nico Smith 141.8 139.87
5 ZS-TDI  Diamond DA42 Michael Richmond Cyril Pierce 167.4 164.45
8 ZS-KHO  Piper PA44 Kojakan Thayanithy Giammario Mazzei 165.0 162.13
9 ZS-ILM  CessnaT210K Paul (Tjop) de Vries Renier Kuhn 176.0 172.62
10 ZU-DCB  Lancair Legacy Dieter Bock Dale de Klerk 224.8 218.71
12 ZS-PWC  Cessna C182P Liesl Damstra Pieter Burger 138.0 136.2
13 ZS-MLE  C172 Adel Refay Gerhard Mew 127.9 126.45
17 ZS-SVW  Cessna T210L Jaco Breytenbach Lloyd Scott 178.0 174.53
20 ZU-FVA  Jabiru J430 Willie Uys Frans Maeder 120.5 119.29
23 ZU-MEL  Jabiru J430 Arthur de Kock Graeme de Kock 125.5 124.11
24 ZS-IAG  Cessna C182N Max Kane-Berman Christopher Dawson 138.0 136.2
25 ZU-ACY  Aermacchi AM.3C Ivan Marx Martin Marx 126.7 125.28
26 ZS-LML  Cessna 182T John Lehman Judy Lehman 147.8 145.6
27 ZS-IVD  Cessna 182P Jan Randell Coetzee van der Merwe 137.2 135.39
28 ZS-LON  Piper PA28-181 Marc Krauss Tarryn Pucjlowski 130.0 128.48
29 ZS-NJC  Grummin AG-5B Willem Nieuwenhuis Pieter de Beer 132.1 130.51
32 ZS-ACA  Cirrus SR22 Simon Abbott Chris Shillaw 179.1 175.58
33 ZS-IXL  Grumman AA-5 Kevin Reeves Ken Hawkins 117.6 116.46
34 ZS-FDZ  Piper PA-28-235B Christa Greyvenstein Johann van den Berg 145.4 143.31
39 ZS-KOB  Piper PA-28-235 Mark Bristow Quinton Warne 141.6 139.67
40 ZS-JBE  Beech 33 Theo Boshoff Francois Boshoff 174.0 170.72
43 ZS-OXZ  Cessna C182T Adriaan Kleyn Elmie Kleyn 149.4 147.15
44 ZU-IHH  Van’s RV7A Johan van Eeden Cor Esterhuizen 171.8 168.65
45 ZU-LAX  Van’s RV7A Eric Addison Mario Febbraio 176.9 173.5
47 ZU-JMO  GLASAIR III Jack Onderstall Nicolaas janse van Rensburg 209.9 204.69
50 ZS-PYI  Cessna 210L Rikus Burger Louis Burger 166.3 163.4
52 ZS-CNY  Cessna 210 Phil Wakeley Mary de Klerk 155.2 152.77
56 ZU-SAX  Van’s RV10 Stephan Fourie Derek Bird 177.0 173.58
58 ZS-NFI  Beech A36 Gustav Bester Helius Smit 176.0 172.62
61 ZU-FHZ  Vans RV6A Steve van der Merwe Thys van der Merwe 160.7 158
62 ZS-NEW  Piper PA32-300R Jakes van Strijp Hein du Toit 160.0 157.34
63 ZU-EWL  Van’s Aircraft RV10 Boetie Herhold Johan van Gruting 177.0 173.58
64 ZS-BNA  Beech F33A Hennie Bisschoff Dandre Bisschoff 177.4 173.93
65 ZS-DVK  Beech S35 Carel Hoffman Alexandre Erasmus 178.0 174.53
69 ZU-DRF  Van’s RV9A Luigi Raimondo Dewan Labuschagne 165.0 162.13
72 ZS-JHH  Socata Rallye 235E Hendrik Coetsee Marnus Coetzee 131.9 130.34
73 ZS-PLE  Cirrus SR22 Shaun Barron Steve Watkins 181.9 178.2
76 ZS-MYB  Beach BE33 Joggie Prinsloo Rufus Dreyer 174.4 171.05
84 ZU-KKL  Jabiru Clive Louw Leonard Hawkins 126.0 124.61
88 ZU-EIE  Jabiru J430 Danie Kritzinger Yvonne Kritzinger 125.7 124.3
99 ZS-MTR  Cessna C210N Johan La Grange Yolande La Grange 165.0 162.13
100 ZU-KEL Samba XL Kelvin Joseph Dale Joseph 126.1 124.67

RESULTS DAY 1 DAY1 Start 10:00:00
President’s Trophy Air Race 2018 Course Dist 295.91 Nm
Race No AirReg Manufacture Model, HP, Blades, Mods. PILOT NAVIGATOR Starting
3D		 Day 1
3D		 H / Cap Dist
Flown
Nm		 EFT AFT Penalties Gain
Loss		 Comment Position
0
32 ZS-ACA  Cirrus SR22 Simon Abbott Chris Shillaw 179.11 179.03 175.58 298.17 01:41:07 01:39:56 00:00:00 00:01:11.57 1
56 ZU-SAX  Van’s RV10 Stephan Fourie Derek Bird 177.00 180.72 177.11 298.48 01:40:15 01:39:06 00:00:00 00:01:08.79 2
44 ZU-IHH  Van’s RV7A Johan van Eeden Cor Esterhuizen 171.83 171.30 168.65 297.79 01:45:16 01:44:18 00:00:00 00:00:58.35 3
84 ZU-KKL  Jabiru Clive Louw Leonard Hawkins 126.00 130.82 129.27 297.59 02:17:21 02:16:30 00:00:00 00:00:51.21 4
39 ZS-KOB  Piper PA-28-235 Mark Bristow Quinton Warne 141.59 141.92 139.98 298.42 02:06:50 02:06:10 00:00:00 00:00:40.43 5
4 ZS-WAP  Piper PA-28R-200 Philip Jacobs Nico Smith 141.80 143.43 141.44 298.75 02:05:32 02:04:58 00:00:00 00:00:33.57 6
76 ZS-MYB  Beach BE33 Joggie Prinsloo Rufus Dreyer 174.35 174.65 171.34 300.16 01:43:37 01:43:07 00:00:00 00:00:30.21 7
64 ZS-BNA  Beech F33A Hennie Bisschoff Dandre Bisschoff 177.37 175.79 173.93 298.11 01:42:05 01:41:45 00:00:00 00:00:19.82 8
63 ZU-EWL  Van’s Aircraft RV10 Boetie Herhold Johan van Gruting 177.00 175.03 173.58 298.00 01:42:17 01:42:09 00:00:00 00:00:07.96 9
10 ZU-DCB  Lancair Legacy Dieter Bock Dale de Klerk 224.78 221.63 218.71 299.49 01:21:11 01:21:05 00:00:00 00:00:06.10 10
99 ZS-MTR  Cessna C210N Johan La Grange Yolande La Grange 165.00 163.40 162.13 298.40 01:49:31 01:49:34 00:00:00 -00:00:03.97 11
58 ZS-NFI  Beech A36 Gustav Bester Helius Smit 176.00 176.32 172.93 302.15 01:42:40 01:42:49 00:00:00 -00:00:08.81 12
26 ZS-LML  Cessna 182T John Lehman Judy Lehman 147.76 146.52 145.60 298.23 02:01:56 02:02:08 00:00:00 -00:00:11.18 13
45 ZU-LAX  Van’s RV7A Eric Addison Mario Febbraio 176.92 175.28 173.50 299.51 01:42:20 01:42:32 00:00:00 -00:00:11.60 14
23 ZU-MEL  Jabiru J430 Arthur de Kock Graeme de Kock 125.48 128.56 127.08 299.84 02:19:43 02:19:57 00:00:00 -00:00:13.96 15
3 ZS-ITL  Beech V35B Jan Visser Willie Visser 175.00 171.83 171.67 297.84 01:43:25 01:44:00 00:00:00 -00:00:34.76 16
88 ZU-EIE  Jabiru J430 Danie Kritzinger Yvonne Kritzinger 125.68 124.70 124.30 298.29 02:22:50 02:23:32 00:00:00 -00:00:41.61 17
25 ZU-ACY  Aermacchi AM.3C Ivan Marx Martin Marx 126.69 125.59 125.28 298.36 02:21:43 02:22:33 00:00:00 -00:00:49.41 18
27 ZS-IVD  Cessna 182P Jan Randell Coetzee van der Merwe 137.16 135.25 135.39 297.86 02:11:08 02:12:08 00:00:00 -00:01:00.26 19
50 ZS-PYI  Cessna 210L Rikus Burger Louis Burger 166.33 162.53 163.40 298.66 01:48:39 01:50:15 00:00:00 -00:01:35.98 20
52 ZS-CNY  Cessna 210 Phil Wakeley Mary de Klerk 155.23 158.24 155.66 305.61 01:54:04 01:55:53 00:00:00 -00:01:49.03 21
43 ZS-OXZ  Cessna C182T Adriaan Kleyn Elmie Kleyn 149.37 146.38 147.15 300.36 02:00:39 02:03:07 00:00:00 -00:02:27.38 22
72 ZS-JHH  Socata Rallye 235E Hendrik Coetsee Marnus Coetzee 131.92 129.08 130.34 298.41 02:16:13 02:18:43 00:00:00 -00:02:29.46 23
5 ZS-TDI  Diamond DA42 Michael Richmond Cyril Pierce 167.43 161.83 164.45 299.67 01:47:58 01:51:06 00:00:00 -00:03:08.43 24
40 ZS-JBE  Beech 33 Theo Boshoff Francois Boshoff 174.00 167.09 170.72 299.20 01:44:00 01:47:26 00:00:00 -00:03:26.28 25
62 ZS-NEW  Piper PA32-300R Jakes van Strijp Hein du Toit 160.00 155.13 157.34 301.34 01:52:51 01:56:33 00:00:00 -00:03:42.52 26
61 ZU-FHZ  Vans RV6A Steve van der Merwe Thys van der Merwe 160.68 153.97 158.00 298.17 01:52:22 01:56:12 00:00:00 -00:03:49.27 27
29 ZS-NJC  Grummin AG-5B Willem Nieuwenhuis Pieter de Beer 132.10 133.29 131.66 307.36 02:14:51 02:18:21 -00:00:30 -00:04:00.30 High at Dirk 28
65 ZS-DVK  Beech S35 Carel Hoffman Alexandre Erasmus 178.00 169.53 174.53 298.88 01:41:44 01:45:47 00:00:00 -00:04:02.98 29
13 ZS-MLE  C172 Adel Refay Gerhard Mew 127.90 123.36 126.45 301.24 02:20:24 02:26:31 00:00:00 -00:06:06.55 30
33 ZS-IXL  Grumman AA-5 Kevin Reeves Ken Hawkins 117.60 115.67 116.46 308.70 02:32:27 02:40:08 00:00:00 -00:07:40.37 31
12 ZS-PWC  Cessna C182P Liesl Damstra Pieter Burger 138.00 134.56 136.20 309.72 02:10:21 02:18:06 00:00:00 -00:07:45.04 32
69 ZU-DRF  Van’s RV9A Luigi Raimondo Dewan Labuschagne 165.00 149.57 162.13 297.41 01:49:31 01:59:18 00:00:00 -00:09:47.55 33
28 ZS-LON  Piper PA28-181 Marc Krauss Tarryn Pucjlowski 130.00 120.65 128.48 298.75 02:18:11 02:28:34 00:00:00 -00:10:22.80 34
34 ZS-FDZ  Piper PA-28-235B Christa Greyvenstein Johann van den Berg 145.38 142.63 143.31 319.50 02:03:53 02:14:24 00:00:00 -00:10:30.71 35
9 ZS-ILM  CessnaT210K Paul (Tjop) de Vries Renier Kuhn 176.00 158.24 172.62 300.71 01:42:51 01:54:01 00:00:00 -00:11:09.98 36
73 ZS-PLE  Cirrus SR22 Shaun Barron Steve Watkins 181.86 177.15 178.20 329.18 01:39:38 01:51:30 00:00:00 -00:11:51.60 37
24 ZS-IAG  Cessna C182N Max Kane-Berman Christopher Dawson 138.00 138.09 136.30 344.36 02:10:16 02:29:37 00:00:00 -00:19:21.46 38
17 ZS-SVW  Cessna T210L Jaco Breytenbach Lloyd Scott 178.00 169.58 174.53 344.82 01:41:44 02:02:00 00:00:00 -00:20:16.45 39

RESULTS DAY 2 DAY2 Finish 13:00:00
President’s Trophy Air Race 2018 Course Dist 292.61 Nm
Race No AirReg Manufacture Model, HP, Blades, Mods. PILOT NAVIGATOR Best
3D		 Day 2
3D		 Day 2
Revised
HC		 Dist
Flown
Nm		 EFT AFT Penalties Gain
Loss		 Comment Position
0
76 ZS-MYB  Beach BE33 Joggie Prinsloo Rufus Dreyer 174.65 174.20 171.34 295.57 01:42:28 01:41:48 00:00:00 00:00:39.75 1
64 ZS-BNA  Beech F33A Hennie Bisschoff Dandre Bisschoff 177.37 175.23 173.93 294.77 01:40:56 01:40:56 00:00:00 00:00:00.42 2
84 ZU-KKL  Jabiru Clive Louw Leonard Hawkins 130.82 130.00 129.27 294.33 02:15:49 02:15:51 00:00:00 -00:00:01.80 3
29 ZS-NJC  Grummin AG-5B Willem Nieuwenhuis Pieter de Beer 133.29 133.42 131.79 296.45 02:13:13 02:13:19 00:00:00 -00:00:05.62 4
23 ZU-MEL  Jabiru J430 Arthur de Kock Graeme de Kock 128.56 128.56 128.34 296.44 02:16:48 02:16:58 00:00:00 -00:00:10.14 5
10 ZU-DCB  Lancair Legacy Dieter Bock Dale de Klerk 224.78 224.03 218.71 300.38 01:20:16 01:20:27 00:00:00 -00:00:10.55 6
58 ZS-NFI  Beech A36 Gustav Bester Helius Smit 176.32 174.41 172.93 295.82 01:41:31 01:41:46 00:00:00 -00:00:14.56 7
45 ZU-LAX  Van’s RV7A Eric Addison Mario Febbraio 176.92 174.67 173.50 295.55 01:41:11 01:41:31 00:00:00 -00:00:19.94 8
39 ZS-KOB  Piper PA-28-235 Mark Bristow Quinton Warne 141.92 140.87 139.98 295.35 02:05:25 02:05:48 00:00:00 -00:00:22.68 9
52 ZS-CNY  Cessna 210 Phil Wakeley Mary de Klerk 158.24 157.21 155.66 296.53 01:52:47 01:53:10 00:00:00 -00:00:22.89 10
32 ZS-ACA  Cirrus SR22 Simon Abbott Chris Shillaw 179.11 176.22 175.58 294.85 01:40:00 01:40:23 00:00:00 -00:00:23.84 11
50 ZS-PYI  Cessna 210L Rikus Burger Louis Burger 166.33 164.46 163.40 295.65 01:47:27 01:47:52 00:00:00 -00:00:24.77 12
56 ZU-SAX  Van’s RV10 Stephan Fourie Derek Bird 180.72 177.72 177.11 295.19 01:39:08 01:39:40 00:00:00 -00:00:31.83 13
63 ZU-EWL  Van’s Aircraft RV10 Boetie Herhold Johan van Gruting 177.00 173.71 173.58 294.43 01:41:09 01:41:42 00:00:00 -00:00:33.00 14
44 ZU-IHH  Van’s RV7A Johan van Eeden Cor Esterhuizen 171.83 169.70 168.65 296.36 01:44:06 01:44:47 00:00:00 -00:00:40.81 15
4 ZS-WAP  Piper PA-28R-200 Philip Jacobs Nico Smith 143.43 142.15 141.44 296.05 02:04:08 02:04:57 00:00:00 -00:00:49.71 16
26 ZS-LML  Cessna 182T John Lehman Judy Lehman 147.76 145.59 145.60 294.74 02:00:35 02:01:28 00:00:00 -00:00:53.16 17
3 ZS-ITL  Beech V35B Jan Visser Willie Visser 175.00 171.18 171.67 294.51 01:42:16 01:43:14 00:00:00 -00:00:57.65 18
99 ZS-MTR  Cessna C210N Johan La Grange Yolande La Grange 165.00 161.52 162.13 295.61 01:48:17 01:49:49 00:00:00 -00:01:31.54 19
24 ZS-IAG  Cessna C182N Max Kane-Berman Christopher Dawson 138.09 136.61 136.30 297.70 02:08:49 02:10:45 00:00:00 -00:01:56.74 20
25 ZU-ACY  Aermacchi AM.3C Ivan Marx Martin Marx 126.69 124.33 125.28 294.86 02:20:08 02:22:17 00:00:00 -00:02:09.08 21
73 ZS-PLE  Cirrus SR22 Shaun Barron Steve Watkins 181.86 177.59 178.20 298.02 01:38:31 01:40:41 00:00:00 -00:02:09.83 22
27 ZS-IVD  Cessna 182P Jan Randell Coetzee van der Merwe 137.16 134.25 135.39 295.00 02:09:40 02:11:51 00:00:00 -00:02:10.13 23
88 ZU-EIE  Jabiru J430 Danie Kritzinger Yvonne Kritzinger 125.68 123.66 124.30 296.24 02:21:15 02:23:44 00:00:00 -00:02:29.70 24
72 ZS-JHH  Socata Rallye 235E Hendrik Coetsee Marnus Coetzee 131.92 128.98 130.34 295.80 02:14:42 02:17:36 00:00:00 -00:02:54.37 25
5 ZS-TDI  Diamond DA42 Michael Richmond Cyril Pierce 167.43 160.07 164.45 295.39 01:46:46 01:50:44 00:00:00 -00:03:57.96 26
65 ZS-DVK  Beech S35 Carel Hoffman Alexandre Erasmus 178.00 170.76 174.53 298.65 01:40:36 01:44:56 00:00:00 -00:04:20.73 27
62 ZS-NEW  Piper PA32-300R Jakes van Strijp Hein du Toit 160.00 152.83 157.34 296.60 01:51:35 01:56:27 00:00:00 -00:04:51.52 28
17 ZS-SVW  Cessna T210L Jaco Breytenbach Lloyd Scott 178.00 169.35 174.53 298.80 01:40:36 01:45:52 00:00:00 -00:05:16.16 29
43 ZS-OXZ  Cessna C182T Adriaan Kleyn Elmie Kleyn 149.37 143.91 147.15 301.51 01:59:19 02:05:43 00:00:00 -00:06:23.82 30
34 ZS-FDZ  Piper PA-28-235B Christa Greyvenstein Johann van den Berg 145.38 141.89 143.31 308.63 02:02:31 02:10:30 00:00:00 -00:07:59.96 31
13 ZS-MLE  C172 Adel Refay Gerhard Mew 127.90 120.47 126.45 296.84 02:18:51 02:27:51 00:00:00 -00:09:00.02 32
69 ZU-DRF  Van’s RV9A Luigi Raimondo Dewan Labuschagne 165.00 149.11 162.13 295.31 01:48:17 01:58:50 00:00:00 -00:10:32.47 33
28 ZS-LON  Piper PA28-181 Marc Krauss Tarryn Pucjlowski 130.00 120.21 128.48 295.98 02:16:39 02:27:43 00:00:00 -00:11:04.54 34
9 ZS-ILM  CessnaT210K Paul (Tjop) de Vries Renier Kuhn 176.00 157.06 172.62 296.55 01:41:42 01:53:17 00:00:00 -00:11:34.90 35
40 ZS-JBE  Beech 33 Theo Boshoff Francois Boshoff 174.00 165.78 170.72 321.80 01:42:50 01:56:28 00:00:00 -00:13:37.47 36