La Mercy 1985

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TOURNAMENT AND R3,oo n WON DERBOOM AI RPORT/LUGHAWE SAT. 19 OCTOBER 1985 OFFICIAL PROGRAMME o AMPTELIKE PROGRA/V| MERCY FARM 7 -12 OCTOBER 1985
WORLD AEROBATIC MASTERS
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Exec ut i ve rou r nam"nt

I was once asked: "What makes a successful venture?" The answer is simply that after your . research, you believe in it and you have got to commit yourself fully.

With commitment, comes planning and only the impossible will persuade yo, to let go of the venture.

After the conception of the World Aerobatic Masters Tournament 1B months ago, it was uphill all the w?/, - authorisations, logistics promotions, economic and political p-roblemstoo numerous to mention

But like any mar.riage, while consuming a sack of salt, now and then, a plumb makes its appearance. It is these plumbs that make all the stress and strain worthwhile.

To name and thank everybody for their tremendous input will be impossible - they know of my gratitude. I must however thank my family, my personnel, the Sports Aerobatic Club and above all, the overseas pilots and officials.

These people are true friends. Despite their fears and pressures not to come to South Africa, they made a commitment to compete here and no matter what, they honoured their commitments.

lcan assure them that all South Africans irrespective of race colour or creed, will go out of their w.ay to make them welcome and I am sure that they will be pleasantly suiprised by what they experience in our beautiful country.

Last-but by no means least, I would like to thank the public who support this magnificent venture.-'you.are the sponsors..You are the people who will ensure that international sport will again return to the tip of Africa.

For you as the public and for us as the aviators, Iet sport be the wi.nner.

Again my sincere thantsl','

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BRIAN ZEEDERBURG

Chairman Sport Aerobatic Club of South Africa

1985 World Champion - Tiger Moth Aerobatics

Aerobatics is almost as old as powered flight, but only in recent years has it evolved into a rapidly growing recreational activity. The Sport has grown from the isolated pursuit of a few sportsmen and "flying fools" into an art pursued by thousands of pilots worrd wide.

At small airports around the world there are men and women building, servicing and, most of all, flying a very special breed of machine, the aerobatic aeroplane. ln thls machine, these people find a deep sense of personal satisfaction and endless challenges.

Aerobatic skills are usually finest learned with someone else, then brought to ultimate perfection alone. These skills are then tested starting off at CIub level and progressing through Regional, Provincial and National Championshipsthe ultimate being and lnternational or World Championship.

Aerobatic flying is the purest form of flying, done only for personal satisfaction. lt is not done for travel from one place to another, to nrake a living or to clefend the country; rather, it is done for the pure pleasure of what it brings to the pilot individually.

Competition Aerobatics is the ultimate test of pilot and machine.

BRIAN ZEEDERBURG

ProgrammeLa Mercy o Masters Airfield

7 - 12 October

Monday & Tuesday 7 &B October Practice days.

Wednesday 9 October

09h0017h00 Contest

18h00 Start of Ox-Braai, Dance & Disco.

Thursday 10 October

09h0017h00 Contest

15h0023h00 Start of RADIO 5 MUSIC FESTIVALBANDS THAT TOP THE PRESENT CHARTS

Friday 11 October

09h0017h00 Contest

18h0023h00 Octoberfest TRUE TO CERMAN TRADITION

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Saturday 12 October

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16h1s

16h2s

16h3s 16h45 17h00 17h15

Compulsory briefing : All airshow pilots and person nel

Clider Aerobatics

Pylon circuits

Crob demonstration

Mass Fly By : EAA vintage and classic types

Aer.obatic Display

Mass Fly By : EAA homebuilt aircraft

Aerobatic Display

Official finish of Johannesburg to Durban

Microlight Race

Aerobatic Display

Winfield Pitts Aerobatic Display

Harvard Aerobatic Display

Aerobatic Display

Fournier Tail Chase

Radial engined aircraft fly-by

Aerobatic Display

.J 3 CubWorld Spinning Record Attempt

de Havilland Formation .: Rapide, Hornet, Tiger, Chipmunk

Silver Falcons Jet Aerobatic Team

WORLD AEROBATIC MASTERS TOURNAMENT:

Official welcome Speeches by Dr. Piet Koornhof

Prize giving ceremony. Parachute drop with flag and three Pitts circling

10 man Army speed record parachute attempt

Harvard Aerobatic Display

Truck Top Landing

3RD PLACED MASTERS CHAMPION AEROBATIC DISPLAY

Boeing Fly By

Spitfire Display

Mass Parachute Drop

Rautenbach Air Circus

2ND PLACED MASTERS CHAMPION AEROBATIC DISPLAY

Vampire Jet. Display

WORLD MASTERS CHAMPION AEROBATIC DISPLAY

Old Man crazy flying - J 3 Cub

Junkers |U.52 Display

F 1 Mirage

FINISH

NOTE:

1) All displays subject to weather and aircraft availability;

B. Zeederburg

K. Heinz

Rautenbach and Co.

Peter How

Popplewell. Cill.

Spain

Popplewell. Cill.

U.K.

Alan Blain

Cermany

Levin, Birch, Rademeyer

SAAF Central Flying School

Switzerland

Munnikhuis, Coldin

Ewing

USA Call

English

SAAF

'1 Recce Bat. Durban

Winfield

SAAF Central Flying School

Levin, Olthoff

South African Airways

Barnett, Lu rie

1 Recce Bat. Durban

Clive and lvan Rautenbach

SAAF Museum

Levin

South African Airways

SAAF

2) As information about additional aircraft is received, minor adjustments to the above programme will be made.

The
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10h00 10h30 10h4s 10hs5 11hos 11h20 11h30 11hsO 12h00 12h1s 12h25 12h3s 12hs0 12h55 13h05 13h15 13h2s 13h35 13h4s 14h00 14h20 14h40 1sh00 1sh1s 15h25 1sh3s 15h45 15hs5 16h0s
Saturday 12 October -
Big Day -
Airshow

Aerobatic Aircrafta machine of beauty and power

More and better aerobatic aircraft are being built today than ever before. These aircraft vary ir.,'rir"pL ,oJiti.utions of basic trainert t6 snarling, ipecialized competition machines' It *! ,rE to talk about aerobatic aircraft, we need !o f nor,rlwhat they are and what sets them apart'

The most important factors are structural strength, freedom from adverse control characteristics anJ ierodynamic performance. For an airplane.to"be truely.safe for aerobatics, it must demonstrate by_design, construciio" "ra performancethat it can do certain types of manoeuvers with an ample satety margln.

Structural strength is measured in terms of the load factor, also called C force' Load factor is the ratio of the rpp"r"nt weight of the aircraft to its true weight. Load.factors result from moving ifre aircratt in a d'irection diiferent from that favored by- its momentum' ' W"'"rp"ii"n.. a "uJ ir.to, of one in siraight and level iligl,t. Yh"T y1l:'I^th" airplane rapidly or rapidly change to " f ighingle of attack, wJexperience a liBher load factor because the airplanes'

'iT,il;':l iilit[lPit.*:?3r" sensation comes rrom abrupt changes l? g:*n*ard rlight.and are associated with neguiiu"iora factors. High positive and negativeload factorswhether from intentibnal or unintentional manoeuvrescan cause an aircr-aft to bear an apparent weight far in excess of its design strength. "'n""-n.ti. rii.i"ti ire Jesig"ned with limit load factors of plus six and at least minus three G's, which means that ihi; *;GE of values can be experienced without structural damage' n"yonJ ihe timit load factor, up tg 50 percent more, the aircraft will possibly sustain perman"nt'du*uge. neyonJlnir ,.rngu'(plus nine and minus six G's), the air-craft may bre.ak up'

A"ron"tic"aircraft comes in b"oth'the bi-plane and monopla.ng types. Structural and power to *"ignt-*tio th"r" liitle aircraft ar.e three times more powerful.than a Bo,eing je.tairliner' -, With their invertej:oil and fuel systems they are cafable to fly inverted as well as erect. The wing; *itf-, ry*retrical aerofoils assist the pilot to have the same manoeuverability and performance upside down as the right way up.

The monoplane like this Zlin is favoured by many u"tn"ii. pilotsasked why the mono and not the ;;i;;;;"il;i i. u.ruttv thar it5 the same difference as between a Porche and Ferrarithe pilot teels more comfortable in the one than the other'

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The Pitts Special is the most famous of the aerobatic aircraft. A bi-plane with a history of reliability'

Aerobatics - Competition and the pilot

Aerobatics is the ultimate form of manned fliSht. It is the nearest man has ever come to the age old dream of flying like a bird.

A competition class aerobatic aircraft is literally worn by its piiot, and when he straps into the cockpit the pilot and the aircraft become one.

Upright, inverted, rolling, looping, or spinning, thede [ilots bring to airshow audiences unequalled experience in the air and the ultimate in imagination and flair in their performances.

The aerobatic pilot is a highly self-disciplined athletehe has to be master of his aircrafthis life depends on it.

World competition type Aerobatics is f lown only in the unlimited classwhich means that only the most advanced aerobatic pilots can compete in the World Aerobatic Masters tournamenl.

The contest will be flown using three sequences (within the frame and. rules as laid down by the world body C.l.V.A.). The compulsory, designed by C.l.V.A., the second sequence is the freestyle, designed by the pilot himself. The last sequence is the unknown which gets designed by the judges and is only handed to the pilots 24 hrs. before flight.

Aerobatics can be compared with gymnastics or ice skating where the pilots overall impression of precision gets judged and is awarded a point out of ten.

The manoeuvres that the pilots execute consists basically out of four manoeuvres, the spin, the loop, the roll, and the stall-turn. These manoeuvres are combined in various sequences like the vertical stall-tu rn added to vertical rolls, the hesitation roll to half rolls or quarter rolls etc.

The whole sequence in the end consists of between -'15 and 22 manoeuvres which the pilot must execute as a unity.

The competition is flown in an airspace of one kilometer by one kilometer by 3000 vertical feet. The pilot must stay within these perimeters. lf he moves outside of this box, he gets penalized or disqualified if he moves too far out of the box.

THE BOX

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A typical unlimited sequence that nrust be performed by the aerobatic pilot with his aircraft. This diagramatic language was designed by a Spaniard, Dr. Aresti. When designing an aerobatic sequence the Aresti system is used throughout the world.

The aerobatic box consists of an airspace of one kilometer by one kilometer by 3000 vertical feet. The pilot must stay within these perimeters or get disqualified.

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The lnternational Pilots

THE INTERNATIONAT PILOTS THAT WILL COMPETE IN THE WORLD AEROBATIC MASTERS TOURNAMENT ARE THE BEST IN THE WORID. THEY COME FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE BUT ONE THINC THEY HAVE IN COMMON _ THE LOVE OF FLYING.

MANFRED STOSSENREUTHER37 years old, Cermany, Flying lnstructor. Currently Vice World Champion. He has won the Cerman Aerobatic Championships 4 times and won the international Cerhard Fieseler Trophy in Kassel (1983) and Paderborn (1984). Has flown about 2 000 aerobatic f lying hou rs.

KERMIT WEEKS31 years old, U.S.A. Owner of Kermit Weeks Air Museum. Third overall World Aerobatic Championships. Started aerobatics in1987 and has since been in the top three in all'major tournaments. Captain of U.S.A. men/s aerobatic team.

HENRY HAICH60 years old, U.S.A. Retired Industrialist. Fourth overallWorld Aerobatic Championships. 1980 U.S.A. NationalAerobatic Champion. Member of U.S.A. Aerobatics team since 1974 and rated as one of U.S.A.'s best aerobatic pilots.

ERIC MULLER - Switze.rland, Architect. Sixth overall World Championships, currently holds the title of European Aerobatic Champion ih the Reestyle programme. Writer of the book "Flight Unlimited't.

PATRIC PARIS30 years old, France, Pilot French Air Force. 14th overall world championships. Flight instructor on Fouga Magister f rom 1975 till 1979. Awarded medal of "Aeronautique" in 1q84.

CUIDO LEPORECanada, Commercial Pilot. Canada's top aerobatic pilot. Has been involved in Airshows since 1982. Director of aerobatiis in Canada, President of Vancouver Aerobatic Club.

WALTER ECCER38 years old, Austria, Sales Manager. Member of the Austrian National Team. Competing with a Zlin and P'itts aircraft. The only Austrian comp.etitor in the 12th Wbrld Aerobatic Championships in 1984 and winner of the Fair-Play cup.

ALBERT HACE47 years.old, Belgium, Manager. Top Belgium aerobatic pilo_t. 1981-1982 second place Belglum champi6nshipb. toa": second prace - Coupe "Les Cigognes". 1983second place Chdrmpionnut de Frhnce. A private pilot and mountain and glacier pilot since'1977.

LINDA MEYERS30 years old, U.S.A. Director of Air Museum. Started Aerobatics in.1979, has since then been the top Aerobatic lady pilot. Won the gold medal in Hu.ngary in 1984 for the known compuls6ry and also received a silver medal as part of the second placed tbam.

FERNANDO ADRADOS,3! yearl old, Spain. Best Aerobatic pilot of the new generation in Spain. Spanish unlimited Champion in 1980, 1982 and 1984. DC-g Captain for Aviace Airlines Charter Company. Over 10 000 hours of Flying.'He became a pilot in the Spanish Ai.my.

CARLOS VALLE TORRALBO36 years old, Spain. Spanish Unlimited Champion in 1983. DC-10 Co-pilot for Iberia Airlines bf Spain. Became pilot in the Spanish Army. 9 000 hours of flying.

!U^l! C^ABRF -^32 years old, Spain. Spanish Unlimited Champion in 198-1. DC-9 Co-pilot for Aviaco Airlines. Became pilot as civil pilot ih Las palmas Air-Club. Member of the spanish AerobdLtic team since 1982. Amateur Bu Ilf ighter

Walter Igger Eric Miiller Sergio Dallan Cuido Lepore Henry Haigh Kermit Weeks

SERCIO DALLAN40 years old, ltaly, Engineer. -l 200 Flying hours (Aerobatics700 hours) on 30 different aircraft. Has won the ltalian Masters for 5 consecutive years. 1983-Eurobatics (Ravenna)3rd in Unlimited.

PHILIPPE WOLFF36 years old, Belgium, Airline Pilot. Has been a clider pitoisince 1965, becanie a private piiot and glider instructor in1971 and a commercial pilot since 1978. Competed in.numerous Slider competitions in Belgiuin as well as outside. lhvolved inv arious training sessions in Europe afiO U.S.n. on Extra; Stampe; Pitts S2A; Zlin; Decathlon and Cap 20.1981 First place Belgium Cham'pionships.

FRANK VERSTEEC Holland, .Dance lnstructor. Top Netherlands Aerobatic Pilot.

JEAN BECCS - U.S.A., Airline Pilot. One of the top rated American Aerobatic Pilots. 1gB4u.s.A. Tema member at world Championships. Author of various flying books. fhe world's biSSest authority on aircraft spinning.

DEBBIE RIHNU.S.A. Top female pilot and member of World Champion U.S.A. t'eam in 1984.

HERALD CHAPPELU.S.A. Top rated American Aerobatic Pilot. Member of U.S.A. team at World Championships 1984

BRIAN LE COMBER -- U.K., Airshow Pilot. Top England Aerobatic Pilot. Does 40 Airshows a year in England. Author of flylng instructor books.

TOR ANDRE FUSDAHL - Norway, Computer Executive. Top Norwegian Aerobatic Pilot.

CLINT MC HENRY - U.S.A., Airline Pilot. Many times U.S.A. Aerobatic team member, one of the best aerobatic pilots in the world. Described as a true sportsman perfectionist and gentleman.

Springboks from left: Pieter Celliers, Andre van Kraayenburg and Brian Zeederbu rg.

The south African Aerobatic team has not competed internationally since 1982. W'ith the World Aerobatic Masters Tournament this year, they will be able to judge themselves against the world's best aerobatic pilots. The event is for the fiist time held iniide South A{rica and currently enjoys the status of a category one event and the biggest Masters ever held in the history of aerobitics. South Africa wish these three Springboks the best of luck.

PIETER CELLIERSSouth Af rica, Businessman. Received Springbok colours '1982. Member of South African team at World Championships in Austria 1982. 1983 South African Unlimited Aerobatic Champion. 1985 South Af rican Unlimited Aerobatic Champion. Rated as one of the world's top pilots.

ANDRE VAN KRAYENBURCSOUth AfTiCA, FATMET. CTCAT NCW tAIENt iN the South African aerobatic field. Vice-champion 1985 Unlimited Aerobatics. Will receive Springbok Colours for World Aerobatic Masters Tournament.

BRIAN ZEEDERBURCSouth Africa, Businessman. Received springbok Colours 1980. Captain of the Springbok Aerobatic team at World Aerobatic Chamoionshios in Austria in 19B2l Competed in 1980 in World Aerobatic Chambionshibs in U.S.A. South African Champion 1981-1982 Current World' Champion in Vintage Aerobatic Championships.

PhilippeWolff Albeit Hage Patric Paris Linda Meyers Manf red Sttissenreuther

Mirage FI

The resemblance to its world famous predessor, the Delta Wing Mirage Ill is there, but the Fl has a more conventional wing and tailplane. lri ability it outperforms the Mirage lll in range, agility and weapons load.

Although it has been in SAAF service for ten years, it is still a superb performer and a match for a large number of the newer fighters that have appeared subsequently.

The Mirage Fl equips two SAAF fighter squadrons. the FICZ is operated by:1 Sgn at Hoedspruit and this version is optimised for ground attack and strike duties. No 3 Sgn at Waterkloof uses the FICZ which is the interceptor version. South Af rica was the first country outside of France to use the Fl and such is the success of this aircraft that the air arms of Libya, Creece, Spain and lraq, amongst others, have also acquired them. lraq uses them in the protracted war against Iran and by accounts filtering through, the Fl seems to give a good account of itself against Iran's Phantom jets.

South Africa's primary air defence rests on the FI's. Reaction time to a possible threat picked up on radar screens is under 2 minutes. A few years ago 2Fl's intercepted a defecting Mig'lr7 from Mocambique and escorted it to a SAAF base when the Mig entered SA air space.

Earlier this year, a Zimbabwean Air Force aircraft carrying a peaceful load of soccer players to Maputo strayed into South Africa. FI's did a quick intercept and escorted the aircraft to an air base. The Zimbabwean Air Force aircraft was however allowed to continue to Maputo after things were cleared up. It is not known whether the soccer team arrived in time for their match in Maputo.

SA designed avionics and missiles, add to the FI's capability and despite the arms embargo, the FI will be capable of looking after the SAAF's intercept and strike needs for some time to come.

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The Silver Falcons

Equipped with lmpala MKl aircraft, the SAAF's aerobatic team, the Silver Falcons, have astounded spectators at many air shows over the years with their precision formation flying and formation aerobatics.

The Silver Falcons are based at Langbaanweg, which is the home of the air forces' -Flying Training School. Here pupils, after liaving done their basic flying on Harvards, continue turther tratntng if .-they are destined for jet .fighter squadions. The Silver Falcons pilots are instructors and fly as a team only after hours and over and above their normal duties, unlike some other air forces, like the USAF and RAF which entertain full time aerobatic team squadrons.

1970. Before this date the four ship'aerobatic team at Langebaanweg was known as the'Bumbling Bees' ' and various other now forgotten adhoc names.

Arguably some of the possible dramatic effect has been lost because the Silver Falcons is a four aircraft team, unlike the Red Arrows who flY 9 aircrafts. To a certain extent the adoption of a distinctive colour scheme in late 1984 gives the Silver Falcon more Pizzazbut it is reallY their sequence, which is well thought out and execu ted superbly that makes the most of the fact that

The Silver Falcons came into being in only 4 aircraft are in the team. present leader of the team is Kommandant Johan Reuken, a previous Mirage F1 pilot. His predecessor was Col Allie Holmes. For many p.eople however, th9 m1n who fought long.and hard to make the Silver Falcons team really profesiion'al, was Col Mickey Brand,.who tragically passed ,*uy "ft", a long illness. Mickey initiated new sgque.nces and his legacy of total professionalism has'been kept io the highest level by both Col Holms and Komdt Reuken.

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1985 World Masters Air Show Wonderboom

Saturday 19th October

10h00 Compulsory briefing : All airshow pilots and person nel

10h55 Crob demonstration

11h05 Mass Fly By : EAA vintage and classic types

11h20 Aerobatic Display

11h30 ,N1ass Fly By : EAA homebuilt aircraft

1-1h50 Aerobatic Display

12h00 CIider Aerobatics

12h15 Aerobatic Display

12h25 Winfield Pitts Aerobatic Display

12h35 Harvard Aerobatic Display

12h50 Aerobatic Display

12h55 Fournier Tail Chase

13h05 Radial engined aircraft fly-by

13h15 Aerobatic Display

13h25 J 3 CubWorld Spinning Record Atempt

13h35 de Havilland Formation : Hornet, Tiger, Chipmunk

13h45 Silver Falcons Jet Aerobatic Team

14hOO WORLD AEROBATIC MASTERS TOURNAMENT: Official welcome

Parachute drop with flag and three pitts circlino

14h20 10 man Army speed record parachute attempt

14h40 Harvard Aerobatic Display

15h00 Truck Top Landing

15h15 3RD PLACED MASTERS CHAMPION AEROBATIC DISPLAY

15h25 Boeing Fly By

15h35 Spitfire Display

15h45 Mass Parachute Drop

15h55 Fiesler Storch

16h05 2ND PLACED MASTERS CHAMPION AEROBATIC DISPLAY

16h15 Vampire Jet Display

16h25 WORLD MASTERS CHAMPION AEROBATIC DISPLAY

16h3s

16h4s

17h00

17h1s

Old Man Crazy Flying - J3 Cub

Junkers )U.52 Display

F 1 Mirage

FINISH

BRIAN ZEEDERBURC

Peter How

C. Popplewell

Spain

C. Popplewell

U.K.

Karl Heinz

Cermany

Levin, Birch, Rademeyer

SAAF Central Flying School

Munnikhuis, Coldin

Ewing

USA

Call English

SAAF

-1 Recce Bat Durban

Winfield

SAAF Central Flying School

Levin, Olhoff

South African Airways

Barnett, Lurie

1 Recce Bat. Durban

SAAF Museum

SAAF Museum

Levin

South African Airways

SAAF

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The South African Air Force uses the Harvard as its basic trainer, and is probably one of the last major users of this ambiguitous trainer. Clue of the reasons for this is the arms embargo against South Af rica, which precludes the availability of a more modern trainer. But, says the SAAF, "once again you can fly the Harvard, you can fly anything", and one suspects that even if another training aircraft could be procured, flying training in the SAAF would still commence on the Harvard.

The Air Force has over a hundred Harvards and they are based at the Central Flying School at Dunnottar. South AFrica obtained its Harvards during the Second World War under the Commonwealth Joint Air Training Scheme. Some 633 Harvards had been delivered by the end of the war. A large number were returned to the USA but enough remained in SA to become the main equipment of SAAF training units and regular and Citizen force squadrons. The SAAF received further numbers of Harvards from the USA during the early'1950's. These however were AT-6 TexansandSNJ's,theUSAFandUSNavydesignationsfortheHarvard. "Harvard" wasthename applied to the large numbers of these aircrafts supplied to Britain under the lend-lease scheme of World War II. ln the USA "Texan" was its official name.

South Africans are Iucky that they can still see this venerable trainer so often. In many parts of the world a Harvard is being viewed with the same nostalgia as a Mustang or Spitfire. lt is hoped that should the SAAF ever retire its Harvards, and that is very unlikely in the near future, considering the relatively low hours and excellent condition of these aircraft, many of these would pass onto civilian owners who would keep them flying. The Harvard is indeed as much of South Africa as biltong, braaivleis and sunny skies.

CFS Dunnottar is a dependable participant in airshows around the country. They usually supply a Harvard solo aerobatic show with a backup aircraft for two-ship formation flying. The team leader is Major Terry Pike who displays the old "Spammy" (lrom the nick-name "Spam Lan" which in turn refers to a tinned meat dish of the war years. The connection is the Harvards round portly shape) with polished nerve. Not only is the Harvard lovely to watch bechuse of its striking aayglo pain,t job, it is also very much an audio-visual show. The radial Pratt and Whitney 550 f,orr"power engine goes through a tremendous decibel range during a show and its famous blatting sound will always make spectators at an airshow turn their gaze skywards.

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