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Project 200 / 2006
MASS FLY PAST PRACTICE 22 April:
The mass fly past practice and pilot authorisation will take place at Tedderfield airfield on the 22nd of April at 07h30 (Co-ordinates 26°21’11.6”S 027°58’11.7”E , Radio 125.800 at present; a special frequency has been applied for and will be posted as soon as it is available. This coincides with the Tedderfield breakfast fly in so breakfast and coffee/ tea etc. will of course be available.
You MUST attend this practice to be able to take part in the mass fly past as your airshow waiver will be granted on this day; Karl Jensen, the EAA airshow safety officer will be on hand to process these.
A practice fly in will be held at Wonderboom on the 8th of April. The aim of the practice is to allow pilots to fly into Wonderboom as a practice run before the airshow day itself, when there will be more pressure as many aircraft arrive to land at the show. Aim to arrive between 07h30 and 08h00 and join us for breakfast.
(See below for joining and landing details)
Project 200 was initiated by Rob McFie in 2004 to attract as many microlights as possible to the EAA airshow that was to be held in 2005 at Wonderboom airport.
For the 2006 EAA airshow (6, 7 May 2006) we would once again like to see as many as possible microlights (trikes, 3 axis, gyros an’ all) land and stay for the show.
In 2005 we had over 20 aircraft arrive (not close to 200 you might say, but a more than 600% increase in attendance compared to the 2004 show…). 17 of these aircraft partook in the mass fly past – we were the biggest fly past at the show!
The purpose of Project200 is to show our GA counterparts that we exist; to also show CAA that we exist, and that we can hold our own with GA aircraft in terms of flight discipline, radio work and so forth.
In 2005 the fly past was impressive in these terms; we all lined up, flew the formation as practiced, with dogged determination (it was 10h30 so one had to be determined to face the air at that time…) and discipline. So much so that I was complimented by the show organisers who were taken aback by the discipline that these ragged microlighters exhibited (I was told that the CAA officials on hand were also impressed by this). With any luck we went a long way in dispelling that ‘un-disciplined’ reputation that we micros have.
In addition, Rob put a lot of work into liaising with the tower staff at Wonderboom and agreeing on an approach procedure for trikes- and a departure procedure to get us out of there quickly. All of this worked very well, thanks to both the cooperation of the ATC staff and the micro pilots.
ATC learnt that we could follow procedure and listen to the radio, and micro pilots learnt that doing so was not such a hassle. Heck, it was almost fun.
This year we’d like to do it again- with even more microlights. Please get your buddies together and make an outing of it; there is great camping at the parachute club, and the airshow itself to gape at.
The general idea is that pilots should group together into gaggles of 3 – 6 aircraft and one pilot should handle the radio traffic into Wonderboom; details on how to approach and Join at Wonderboom have been posted on the popular microlight internet sites/ lists (www.microlighters.co.za and SAMicro@yahoo.com).
They are:
Fly along the ridge south of the airfield at circuit height 5100 ft. Call tower 5km out. Fly in gaggles of around 3 to 6 aircraft with one pilot doing the radio work for each gaggle. You will be directed to land on 06 most likely. You can land on the grass next to 06 if preferred, keeping your own safe distance- remember to discuss how you will break out of the gaggle and land before arriving; before take off even!
Remember also that all turns at an airfield should be left had turns unless otherwise instructed by an air traffic controller.
ALL microlights are most welcome.
Co-ordinates 2539SE02813E
Tower 120:60
Watch this space and plan your flight!
Jay Hyde
aka Oddball
article posted on 07 April 06 by Glen Wilson
