SPORT AEROBATICS VEREENIGING 2 DEC 2013 By Willie Bodenstein Competing at Vereeniging was the second last change competitors had of being selected to from part of the South African Team that would represent the country in the World Aerobatic Championships set to take place in Yugoslavia in 2014. Seventeen pilots entered and the weather was perfect except for a strong wind that fortunately stayed on the nose for most of the day. Three pilots contested the Graduate Class: Derek Bird in the Robin R2 160i Conrad Botha in the RV7 Mark Voget in the Sbach Four in the Sportsman Class: Jason Alexander in the Yak 52 Pierre du Plooy in the Giles 202 Riaan Prinsloo in the Yak 18T Trevor Warner in the RV7 Two in the Intermediate Class: Justus Venter in the Pitts S1S Rob du Plooy in the Giles 202 As was to be expected the competition was fierce, especially so in the hotly contested advanced class which had seven entries. Cliff Lotter in the Zlin 50 Charles Urban in the Extra 300 Leigh Le Gonidec in the Sbach Cliff Pike in the Giles 202 Elton Bondi in the Extra 300 Neville Ferreira in the Slick 540 Bertus du Preez in the Slick 360 Whilst Barrie Eeles was the sole participant in the Unlimited Class in the Sbach. The contest director was Barrie Eeles and John Gaillard the Chief Judge. Judges and assistants The results were not available when this was published but will be published in the Midweek Update of Wednesday 4 December 2013.

Events 2013 SAC

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