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TRAINING

SAPFA RALLY PRACTICAL

TRAINING CAMP – BRAKPAN

By Rob Jonkers

fter learning the theo-

Areti cal side of Navigati on
plo�ng at the training camp

held at Aerosud on the 18th of

January, it was time to put into

practice what was learned with a

practical flight.

SAPFA national coach Jonty Esser
put together a short route in the
Brakpan Heidelberg area with 4

turn points to be flown by partici-

pating teams.
MILAN, CAROLINE AND ANDY BUSY WITH THEIR PLOTS The weather however did not
play ball at all, restricting partic-

ipants to arrive by air, however
many decided to drive in, to at
least do some ground school. At
the end there were 9 teams that

participated.
On hand from the SAPFA Protea
members were Jonty Esser, Frank
Eckard, Sandi Goddard and Rob
Jonkers imparting their knowledge

to the teams.
The theme of the morning was to

gain knowledge on practical flying,

how to accurately bingo each turn

point in time, how to approach the
start, this always being the most
difficult part of any rally, firstly to

JONTY ESSER – HOW TO SET UP YOUR AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT find it, and then to get there at the
start time.

FRANK ECKARD – STRATEGIES OF FLYING A RALLY

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