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SPEED
RALLY
MARY DE KLERK – NAVIGATOR
AND PHIL WAKELEY – PILOT
– IN A CESSNA 210 ZS-CNY Eventually at 4pm the results were
LINE UP OF AERIES WITH CREWS BUSY PLOTTING – IN ZS-PED A CESSNA 172 IS PILOT ALAN
BUSEWIL AND NAVIGATOR MD ROKAN FROM THE MACH 1 FLYING SCHOOL
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RALLY
weather guru, confirmed it would swing
but ever so slowly. By 9h30 the wind
started to die down and it was decided
to continue.
Scrutineers Chareen, Lizelle, Karen, Ar-
dyn and Alex then sealed up all portable
GPS capable devices, and handed out
papers, and checked the fuel tanks were
full. A Grand Prix style flag was used to re-
lease the aircraft line up with Christian du
Plessis doing the honours. Everyone was
under starters orders from Mark Clulow.
Each team received their envelopes
with their loggers at 20 minutes prior
take-off time. Then they had to taxi to
the starting line within 10 minutes of
take-off time. First take-off was at 09h56
for the slowest aircraft and last take-off
at 10h40, with planned arrival at 11h30.
With all the competitors off towards
the northwest, the route had a mix MARGA LOMBAARD –
of easy and challenging turn points, NAVIGATOR AND FIFE DELPORT
especially TP 1 and 6 which required a – PILOT – IN A SLING ZU-STT
descent into the Loskop valley, and then
some hard to spot turn points 7,8 and 9 Race master le Roux and main sponsor For the handicap results, a double win winning school being the Mach 1 Training
in amongst the mielie and coal fields. The Franz Smit from Pilot Insure handed out the for Hendrik and Jandre Loots, in second School who are becoming consistently bet-
wind had also picked up in the interim trophies. First up was the winners of the place was Piet Meyer and Adrienne Visser in ter at improving their results at each event.
starting to favour those already heading most accurately flown with father and son their Jabiru ZU-DUU and in third place was This weekend’s overall results has ZU-IHK
in the westerly direction. Just before team and that went to Hendrik and Jandre Michael Blackburn and Steve Briggs in their in the lead followed by ZU-DUU and ZS-FVV.
11h30 the first aircraft over the line was Loots in their Sling ZU-IHK, in second place Sling ZU-IBM. The overall season points standing has
a Sling ZU-IHK. The landing sequence was was another Sling ZU-JAR with David Ross For the GPS event the winner was Witbank ZU-IHK in the lead followed by ZU-FVV and
fairly easy to do with everybody joining and James Braid, and in third place son crew Chris and Adriaan de Beer in their ZU-JAR.
right hand down wind onto Rwy 22 with and father team Quintin Kruger and Johan C182RG ZS-KUN. The club trophy was
good spacing. Whiteman in their Cherokee 235 ZS-FVV. handed to chairman Fife Delport, with the Our next speed rally event will be in Beth-
After all teams returned, the scoring lehem on March 22. Q
team then analysed the results, with the
tracks for a number being quite accurate.
Some had wobbles with only two who got
a bit lost.
With the changes in the scoring system
there were some gremlins that had to
be fixed and that required extra time.
announced.
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