What an incredible week at the South African Gliding National Championship! A huge thank you to all the pilots, organizers, and volunteers who made this event a resounding success. Your passion and dedication to the sport truly shone through. Here’s to soaring high and celebrating our shared love for gliding. Can’t wait for next year!
A special thank you goes out to our sponsors Santam Insurance and SPAR Baillie Park for making this year's SANATS extra special.
Congratulations to the following winners:
Club Class: Jason Adriaan - 3722 points
18m Class: Oscar Goudriaan - 4,075 points
2 Seater Class: Uys & Maarten Jonker - 3,885 points
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Day 6 Update: Congratulations to the winners of yesterday's flying.
Club Class: 1. Morné Strauss - 114.35 km/h
2. Nicky Oberhofer - 110.20 km/h
3. Jason Adriaan - 103.26 km/h
18m Class: 1. Pasi Pulkkinen - 126.04 km/h
2. Rene Lans - 124.99 km/h
3. Mark Holliday- 117.59 km/h
2-Seater Class: 1. Jonker & Jonker - 127.61 km/h
2. Daly jr. & Other- 108.51 km/h
3. Lessle & Stheeman
Live tracking and tasks for day 7 are available on:
www.soaringspot.com/en_gb/sanats2024potch/results
shorturl.at/NO3HL
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Pilots on the grid sharing their thoughts on the South African Gliding Nationals 2024.
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Thank you for all the behind the scenes updates. Much appreciated.
Jannie Brink thank you for good food!!😁
Day 5 Update: Congratulations to the winners of Day 5 of the South African Gliding Nationals. The results are as follows:
Club Class: 1. Morné Strauss - 119.92 km/h
2. Jason Adriaan - 104.31 km/h
3. Rene Coetzee - 99.36 km/h
18m Class: 1. Oscar Goudriaan - 128.29 km/h
2. Rene Lans - 127.12 km/h
3. Holger Karow - 126.75 km/h
2-Seater Class: 1. Jonker & Jonker - 128.66 km/h
2. Goudriaan & Geisen - 121.64 km/h
3. Lessle & Stheeman
Live tracking and tasks for day 6 are available on:
www.soaringspot.com/en_gb/sanats2024potch/results
tinyurl.com/yddf94dm
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Well done Oscar!
Day 4 Update: Congratulations to the winners of yesterday's flying.
Club Class: 1. Wayne Schmidt - 105.68 kph, 300.96 km
2. Jason Adriaan - 95.12 km/h, 300.96 km
3. Rene Coetzee - 95.32 km/h, 300.96 km
18m. Class: 1. Oscar Goudriaan - 125.81 km/h, 390.84 km
2. Mark Holliday - 115.82 km/h, 390.84 km
3. Pasi Pulkkinen - 123.52 km/h, 390.84 km
2-Seater class: 1. Goudriaan & Geisen - 123.81 km/h, 390.84 km
2. Daly jr. & Jonker - 117.30 km/h, 390.84 km
3. Jonker & Jonker - 117.33 km/h, 390.84 km
Live tracking for Day 5 is available on Glide and Seek:
tinyurl.com/4xstxjkw
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Well done
👏👏Well done
On July 27th and August 10th, 2024, Laurence Hardman, John Coutts, and Sven Olivier set out to fly from Worcester to Durban in a Janus B and two JS-1Bs.
Here’s their epic story of these ambitious flights, as told by Laurence.
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Reference to Water - water ballast to improve Penetration - speed cf better climb rate. Even in flat plains, a bump in it and the right wind direction and stable/unstable layers with increasing height can propagate wave. Hills near the top of St Vincents Gulf , The Hummocks, would produce wave , gliding at Waikerie 200 kms away could use it.
Well done Laurence. Wishing you all the best.
Matthew Lyle
Day 3 Update: Tasks canceled due to poor weather.
Wednesday 2nd of October, Aviatech FAPS - Potchefstroom will be presenting a crash course on flight safety at the Akavlieg - Potch Gliding clubhouse. The course starts at 18h00.
RSVP at info@aviatechfaps.co.za
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Update on today's tasks
18h00 pm?
Congratulations to the winners of Day 2 of the South African Gliding Nationals.
The results are as follows:
Club Class:
1. Jason Adriaan - 89,76 kph distance 157.09 km.
2. Wayne Schmidt - 88.65 kph, distance 155.14 km.
3. Albert Willemse - 86.15 kph, distance 150.76 km.
18m. Class.
1. Mark Holliday - 111.2 kph distance 222,2 km.
2. Oscar Goudriaan - 111,0 kph, distance 222,14 km.
3. Rene Lans - 108,8 kph, distance 217,6 km.
2-seater class
1. Jonker M. & U - 111.1 kph,. distance 222.3 km.
2. Daly/Jonker - 107.9 kph, distance 215 km.
3. Rendla/Muckensnabl - 79,1 kph, distance 229 km.
Glider tracking for today's tasks are available on Glide and Seek.
tinyurl.com/39furkjc
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Well done, keep the news coming for us flying in cold wet wet wet UK. Winter is upon us
Belgian beer . . .