Introducing the new Bald Eagles competition format
Great news for senior aerobatic pilots! Calling all mature, but highly experienced seniors in our club and perhaps also those slightly more wrinkled but immensely talented and capable jockeys who are not necessarily part of the regular competition scene! We have a new official class! “The Bald Eagles” Let long in the tooth, become short […]
My First World Champs were Fantastic!
A personal account of my participation at the World Advanced Aerobatic Championships held at Jean Airport, Las Vegas, USA from 24 October to 4 November 2023. By Tristan Eeles About 12 months ago, my dad (Barrie Eeles) came to me and said we should go to the World Champs. As a young aerobatic pilot, I […]
Sky Grand Prix 2023
The third edition of the Sky Grand Prix was held at Virginia airport, Durban on the 16 June 2023. Read Brian Spurr’s article published in Pilots Post for an excellent account of the successful event.
CIVA Conference 2022
Annual CIVA Conference report back After the past few years of virtual conferences, this year’s annual CIVA Plenary conference was held in Lausanne Switzerland over the weekend of 12-13 November 2022, the first in person meeting since the COVID pandemic. Some 25 nations were represented. These meetings usually begin on a Friday with a meeting […]
John Gaillard Remembered
‘A big tree has fallen’ John Gaillard 1945 – 2022 If you have attended an Aerobatic championship in South Africa, or indeed even a world championship at any time from 1970s right up to this year, then chances are that you would have seen, and certainty noticed John Louis Gaillard. If you were a […]
Nationals 2022 held at Wings Park
Nationals 2022 held at Wings Park, East London. All I can say is WOW! What a great event!I spent the last few months agonizing over how to handle the decisions involved in hosting the nationals; should we postpone, should we push through, what if it is a total disaster in terms of attendance, etc. Exhausting! […]
Nationals 2021 – Normal during a not so normal time
The year 2021 will go down in history as another year affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Nothing is as we knew it. Aerobatics has not been immune to the erratic social changes associated with the lockdowns and protocols brought about by the pandemic. Our aerobatic calendar was prepared with a whole lot of ‘maybe’ and […]
Change of Guard
A new, much larger committee was elected at the recent AGM which was held virtually as a result of the Covid-19 restrictions. Traditionally the AGM would have been held at the Nationals, which this year has had to be postponed due to the pandemic, but it was decided to go ahead with the meeting on […]
2020 National Championships
2020 will forever be remembered for the impact that the coronavirus pandemic had on the world. The virus, labelled Covid-19, spread quickly and reached every corner of the globe by March when almost every country closed their borders in an attempt to stem its tide. Only world wars and plagues had resulted in universal ‘lockdowns’ […]
Aerobatics – the South African Story 2nd edition now available
The second edition of the publication Aerobatics – the South African Story is now available. Originally intended to be published in conjunction with the Centenary celebrations of South African sport aviation during 2020, unfortunately the Covid-19 pandemic put paid to those celebrations in 2020 and the release of the book was delayed to include the results of […]