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TRAINING FOR THE The final results for all competitors were:
WORLD RALLY FLYING 1st Nov 2019 | Stellenbosch | Southern Route
RESULTS

CHAMPIONSHIPS

POS Pilot Name Navigator Name Aircraft Make Aircraft NAV ALT. TRACK OBS LANDINGS OTHER TOTAL
Registration

By Mary de Klerk 1 Olivier Riviere Jerome Jireau C152 ZS-KEO 66 0 0 75 10 0 151
Photos by Mary de Klerk and Rob Jonkers 2 Michal Wieczorek Mary de Klerk C152 ZS-PLU 51 0 0 75 30 0 156
had to snake their way over the top, and then into the Caledon valley 3 Alexis Fuchs Adele Schramm C152 ZS-MXS 189 0 0 45 60 0 294
up to the Theewaterskloof dam, and then back over the ridge of the 4 Stéphane le Camus Charles Chauve C152 ZS-MXS 237 0 0 135 10 0 382
Hottentots-Holland mountains to find the sharp bend in the railway

outh Africa and the South African Power Flying Association line that goes up Sir Lowry’s pass, then to the finish point through 5 Paul Upravan Marjorie Perrissin-Fabert C152 ZS-PLU 385 0 0 105 60 0 550

S(SAPFA) has won the bid to host the 2020 World Rally Fly- Kleinnek which is just abeam the Helderberg. This was a very scenic 6 Werner Unold Esther Rimensberger C152 ZS-POY 324 0 0 245 10 0 579

ing Championships and Stellenbosch airfield in the Western Cape route, as the whole Cape is, with many of the competitors being

has been selected as the airfield of choice. distracted from flying the route because of the amazing scenery. 7 Sebastien Anquetil Benoit Letellier C152 ZS-KEO 374 0 0 190 60 0 624

Previously SAPFA hosted the 7th World Rally Flying Champion- The French team was well supported by their French sporting 8 Antony Russell Pamela Russell C172 ZS-OHI 150 0 0 300 200 0 650

ships– Stellenbosch Airfield in 1991, the 13th World Rally Flying federation had to stick strictly to the team managers rules for 9 Jonty Esser Sandi Goddard C172 ZS-SMS 343 0 0 460 120 0 923
Championships– Pilanesberg Airfield, 2003 and 20th World Preci- training with little ‘free time’ to play. This discipline showed up

sion Flying Championships – Brits Airfield in 2011. in their final results with all six French teams finishing in the top 10 Mauritz du Plessis Nicola C172 ZS-OHI 578 0 100 150 170 0 998
Next year the Aero Club of South Africa and the South African 10 positions. 11 Hans Schwebel Ron Stirk C172 ZS-SLM 509 0 100 440 0 0 1049

Power Flying Association will be celebrating their 100th centenary The South African rally flying national championships will take 12 Ashleigh Prinsloo Marko Nel C152 ZS-SLM 618 0 100 530 20 0 1268

birthday. This World Championship competition will take place place at the Stellenbosch flying club from 2-4 April 2020 from

15th to 21st November 2020. where the final Protea team to represent South Africa at the World 13 Shane Britz Karen Stroud Savannah ZU-FNF 769 0 0 480 60 0 1309

The sport of rally flying is aimed at improving fundamental flying Championships will be 14 Rob Jonkers Martin Meyer Harmony ZS-SMS 434 0 0 635 300 0 1369

skills to enable a team (rally crew of two) to navigate and handle selected. Ideally SAPFA
their aircraft under visual meteorological conditions (VMC) as inde- are hoping to select 15 Andre Kluyts Don Lucas C172 ZS-MCW 889 0 200 735 120 0 1944

pendent of technical subsystems as possible. an “A” team and a “B” 16 Leon Bouttell Karyn Purchase Savannah ZU-FNF 1120 0 100 725 40 0 1985
Up to 80 teams from the following countries are expected to team to give some
participate: Austria, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hun- newbies the opportuni-

gary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, ty to experience a real
Russia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland and United Kingdom. World Championships ㄰ ㄰

Each country will also bring additional crew in the form of internation- Event. Jonty Esser
al judges, team managers, judge observers, engineers, supporters and has been appointed 㤵 㤵
families. In total in excess of 300 of the “crème de la crème” of interna- as chief Protea team

tional aviators and their families are expected to visit South Africa. coach and will be ㄰ ㄰
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In preparation for this event, SAPFA decided to hold a ‘mini train- publishing a training
ing session’ in Stellenbosch from 30th October to 2nd November. schedule soon. Any 㤵 㤵
further information

The objective was to bring all parties together in order to execute a

‘mock event’ utilising all available services in order to iron out any and be mailed to info@ 㜵 ㈵ 㜵 ㈵
potential wrinkles ahead of the main event next year. wrfc2020.com Q

The opportunity to practice in Stellenbosch was snapped up by RIGHT: Celebrating 㔀 㔀

the French, Polish, Swiss and Austrian international teams. The Rally Veteran Ron

South African teams including current and potential Protea mem- Stirk’s 70th Birthday ㈵ ㈵

bers also participated. An interesting mix of two united teams from on 1st Nov 2019

different countries also took part. Michal Wieczorek from Poland 㔀 㔀
flew with Mary de Klerk from South Africa and Mauritz du Plessis

flew with Nicola from France. The picturesque Stellenbosch Airfield

Some teams arrived a few days early to take advantage of some

tourism opportunities. The plan was to run open practice days

from Wednesday to Friday and then the competition on Saturday

2nd Nov. But no one had considered SA would get to the World

Cup rugby finals so the plan was changed.

The competition was flown on Friday 1st November to allow

all participants to watch the game live in the various SFC hosting

restaurant facilities. Training then resumed after the match on
Saturday 2nd November.
The competition route was to the south east of Stellenbosch, with

high overcast weather predicted with strong upper winds of up
to 20 kts. The route took the teams just south of Sir Lowry’s Pass,
remaining in the high ground and mountain areas until a steep de-

scent to the coast to Voelklip, then along the coast all the way past

Hermanus, with whales visible just off the river mouth in Walkerbay. ABOVE: First placed Olivier Riviere and Jerome
From there the surprise steep climb up Maanskynkop, everybody Jireau with Colin Jordaan and Frank Eckard
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