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October 2018 edition of African Pilot

Rand Airshow 2018

By Charlie Hugo

Rand Airport has a long history of hosting airshows, way back to the 1930s with the airport terminal buildings being part of that history. Rand Airport is home to many of South Africa’s aerobatic display teams and this event is extremely popular with aviation enthusiasts. The 2018 airshow was awaited with great anticipation.

Airshow day dawned to a slightly chilly mid-August late winter’s day, but that did not deter the aviation enthusiasts from arriving in their droves. Although there were delays in opening the gates to the public this was resolved and the crowds streamed through to take up their preferred spots in preparation for a day’s aviation entertainment. The weather started warming up and the day turned out to be a very pleasant one.

At 10h00 the airshow commenced with a flypast of a classic De Havilland formation consisting of an immaculately restored DH-86 Dragon Rapide flown by Flippie Vermeulen and three DH Chipmunks flown by Nigel Hopkins, Jason Beamish and Steve Brown. During this period ‘Little Annie’, a Russian Antonov An-2 had clawed her way into the air, carrying her load of parachutists and climbed to altitude. Jason and Nigel then performed a sedate tight formation aerobatic display in two of the Chipmunks before landing to clear the display line for the parachutists.

October 2018 edition of African Pilot magazine

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Picture of the month by Pete van der Spek

Sunset over Sua Pan Botswana - by Charlie HugoAnton Nel Randolf sponsored Boeing StearmanInverted flight by Francois J Potgieter (September 2017)Cessna 195 by Athol Franz
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2018 night show on 26 July by Christine Brits
Sunset over Sua Pan Botswana - by Charlie Hugo
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Picture of the month competition

Sadly, due to a scarcity of good quality entries as well as the lack of a dedicated sponsor for this monthly competition, African Pilot has taken the decision to discontinue the ‘Picture of the Month’ photographic competition. However, in its place we will be publishing a double page spread of the cover article being the main feature article for the particular month.

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