NORTH MEETS SOUTH

[Jabbanaught]

List as she Stands

1.JOHAN STEMMET
2.BUTCH BROWN
3.LEO LEVIN
4.MALCOLM TAYLOR
5.RICHARD HERBERT
6.MARIUS KRUGER
7.DICKIE HAGERMAN
8.JOHNNY DE JAGER
9.DEON MAREE
10.RUDI HEINLEIN
11.RIAAN KLOPPER
12.ANDRE SWANEPOEL
13.JOHAN SPIES
14.JOHAN VON LUDWIG
15.FRANS STRYDOM
16.THEUNS ELOFF
17.SAREL PRETORIUS
18.ANDRE BEZUIDENHOUT
19.LEN GOBEY
20.LEN GOBEY
21.LEN GOBEY
22.PHILLIP SMITH
23.LOURENS TERREBLANCHE
24.MARCEL VD MERWE
25.Mark Bellingham
26.Ian Peter Corder
27.Paul Roux
28.Gerrit Roux
29.Len Klopper
30.Thinus Enslin
31.Louis van Wyk
32.Helgaard Raubenheimer
33.Paul Ackermann
34.Louis Willers
35.Francois Marais
36.Glen Poley
37.Patric Owen
38.Abrie le Roux
39.Eben Mocke Jnr
40.Eben Mocke Snr
41.Gavin Mocke
42.Pieter Smith
43.Carel Kruger
44.Steve Thornton Smith
45.Dennis Venter
46.Odin Knutsen
47.Jonathan Mylrae
48.Andrew van Wyk
49.Gerhard Burger
50.Johan van der Merwe
51.Dave Lehr
52.Johan Froneman
53.Cilliers Burger

Possible others

Johan Froneman
Weidi Vorster
Eric Torr (we should find him a Gyro )

Eben the Others ?

PLease Help Guys !!

[Gyronaut]

WONDERFUL!

For the record, Both Louis van Wyk and I have 2 airworthy Gyro's each and will have all four there for the day on Saturday! That makes it at least 55! Hooray!

Dit gaan 'n ding wees!

[Grumpy]

Suggestion............
GYRO CARNIVAL DAY?
Flip underprivileged?
ANY interest 'Intro Flips'?
Sponsor?
Radio, TV, Press Coverage?

Or are you gyr 'ous' just gonna stand around and compare 'sizes'

[Trikenut]

Or are you gyr 'ous' just gonna stand around and compare 'sizes'

Grumpy, you know these Gyro jockeys! All they do is talk to much and fly to little....

[Gyronaut]

How wrong you are Trikenut.

I know of only one bird - the parrot - that talks; and it can't fly very high.
Wilbur Wright, declining to make a speech in 1908
US airplane designer & aviation pioneer with brother Orville Wright (1867 - 1912)

No parrots amongst us!

Are we going to see both the 'Nuts' there on the day?

Great Ideas Grumpy!!

This is going to be a MAJOR event and while Johan Stemmet is arranging TV coverage, it will be aired after the event. We need some promotion before the time to make it really big. Come on guys, between us we must have huge contacts to get some promotion. An event like this can go a very long way towards dispelling the ignorance about Gyro's that abounds out there. Even high time aviators/instructors that have not been exposed to Gyro's have the wrong idea and consider them to be "garden furniture" Lets begin to set the record straight with this event.

Dave Lehr (for one) is in Advertising/promotion and should step up to the plate. Come on LearJet, get Barcardi or someone to sponsor something - maybe prizes or... Toyota to donate transport to bring underprivileged kids for a flip? Some of our esteemed members own wine farms - how about a few bottles/cases? Louis/Jonathan/Paul - kom nou manne! a wine auction comes to mind - proceeds of which half goes to SAGPA and half to charity perhaps? Surely gyro pilots around the country can assist in making this an event to remember?

Jumping Castles, Mechanical bulls, Stalls, Vintage Cars, competitions ? - lets make it a Gyro Jamboree to be remembered!

Any more ideas?

I am in discussion with ATNS Cape Town International establishing the do's and don'ts for peninsula flights on the day, through their zone, and will publish this as soon as it is complete.

Len

[Grumpy]

I know of only one bird - the parrot - that talks; and it can't fly very high.

So then 'a guy who talks a lot and flies very little (if any) is a parrot??.........
I know one!!

[Gyronaut]

ai Grumpy

Bel liewer jou maatjies om die Gyro Jamboree te sponsor of te bemark... toe!

[gyrosa]

Bliksem Grumpy, ek wil jou ontmoet. Te minste is jy baie meer positief as iemand anders wat ek ken. Sien jou op Stellenbosch.
Groete
Eric

[Jabbanaught]

Ladies and Gentlemen

THe biggest surprise for this event .....

Coming out of retirement ................................

Our entertainment for the evening ..........................................

And a BIG BIG THANK YOU.......................................................

GRUMPY

Thanks again my friend you truly am a real piece of work

[THI]

Any feedback on the name tag suggestion?

[FO Gyro]

Can I please make an important appeal for all those flying down, for the sake of the families, and also the gyro community, to the leaders of each group of gyro's, that they emphasize to the rest of the group that flying at 20ft AGL is not cool, and brings a tremendous amount of grief when it all goes wrong when they hit a telephone or powerline. When the terrain is flat, you can have just as much fun at 300ft, without having to worry about obstacles. When flying in valleys, give it much more of a margin for those lines dangling across the valley.

I've been on numerous long trips where the guys fly for extended periods at less than tree top height. Guys, we want you to have an awesome trip down, and nobody wants to spoil you fun, but your loved one's would also like to see you return safely. Too many accidents are caused by bad judgement by the pilot.

Have a beautiful trip down!

[FLYNOTE]

Guys , Top Billing and Kwela on Kyknet are both sending down tv teams to cover the event on Saturday. Please please please be a boytjie and be there with your gyro. Fly high or fly low but make sure that you go.We need much more support from the North. Please guys BIG APPEAL. The trip down is a walk in the park. It's a lovely memorable flight which you will hangar talk about for years to come. Please be part of this one. Talk to anyone you know who flies a gyro and GET THERE. Make a special effort. If this works it could become a great yearly event. The ducks are all in a row down in fash. We are taking off first light on Thursday,sleeping over Carnavon. Friday and Saturday Stellies, back. Sunday , home Monday. Please guys MAKE THE EFFORT. The weather is great next week. We want to put on a great gyro event that if we manage 60+ gyros we could get a spot on an sabc prime time news bullie. Please please please Kitty Hawk. Rhino Park Panorama Springs FLYIN. ANTHONY!! come on Ela ! You go guys. See you next Friday and Saturday. DO IT ! O yes high or low. High is fine. Low is Vfr 500. Do not miss this great event. Ebie get all the Raffies you can and bring Doppies and all those other Kalahari manne along. Please guys we need at least 20 more gyros to look good on the day. Kom ons slaan daai slag vir gyros in SA en Wys die manne n ding internasionaal. Let's do it ! ...phwewww...

[THI]

Any updates on the wx?

[Pieter Smith]

Nou toe, die week het uiteindelik aangebreek en ek kan nie meer wag nie. Sterkte aan almal wat Stellenbosch toe vlieg, veilig vlieg en sien julle daar. Ek begin my trip al more oggend tot by Eben op Upington en dan join ek die Upington groep woensdag oggend. Ek wonder of daar iemand meer noord as ek daar gaan wees. My GPS wys my (1008 miles) Alldays-Stellenbosch. Geniet en asb weer eens, VEILIG VLIEG aan almal sien jul saterdag.

[FLYNOTE]

IT'S GO, GO, GO !(^^)
Bit of a drizzle for us on Thursday to get out of the Gauteng but after that tailwinds and blue skies ! Stellies here we come !!
Are you Southerners ready for the invasion from the North? We are coming in force. Callie jou blerrie fader ! Jy kan nog jou mind change. Wat help dit n man het n mind en hy kan hom nie change nie. I'll keep a rooie on standby for you. Klim in jou %$#@#$ gyro en vlieg Stellies toe!
Any other mind changers...let's go . It's going to be the event of all events. You just have to be there.
Kom manne ...klim en ry See you at Stellies.