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Simon Tladi, Kurt Stockton, Conrad Klintworth

The Model Gliding Association of South Africa (MGASA) under the guidance of the South African Model Aircraft Association (SAMAA) together with the Aviation Development Programme are proud to be associated with the South African Junior and Senior team to represent South Africa at the 5th F3J World Championship to be held in Martin, Slovakia.

The First F3J World Championships was held in the United Kingdom in 1998, South Africa had a full Senior team and 1 junior team member representing us. Our Team was placed 10th with our top position, Dion Liebenberg, being 10th. Our Junior, Craig Baker, came 20th. At the 2000 World Championships in Greece, South Africa was represented by a Senior Team only. Our top pilot, Craig Goodrum, came 6th overall Then in 2002 at the event held in Finland we once again had 1 junior represent us. Our final Team placing was 12th, and out top pilot, Michelle Goodrum, was 28th. Our Junior, Ian Lessem, was placed 12th.

SA National Colours

The Championship in Canada in 2004 was once again only represented by a Senior Team. Final Team Placing was 15th. Our top pilot, Craig Goodrum, was placed 4th.

Incredible achievements, especially considering the fact that we do not have as much competition exposure as the European contenders.

The next Championships to be held in the Slovak Republic will be a first for South Africa:

• We intend to have a Full Senior Team and a Full Junior Team, proudly wearing the Green and Gold, represent us;
  AND
• the Junior Team will have a member on the team* that has come through the development and transformation programme (Aviation Development Programme).

What is F3J?

The original concept for F3J was developed in England. The idea behind the format was to eliminate the dependence on winches and retrievers and put the emphasis on pure thermal duration.

More information on F3J

Typical Launch - Two man tow

Junior Team

The Junior Team will be made up of three pilots:* Conrad Klintworth, Kurt Stockton and Simon Tladi. Simon Tladi is the pilot who has come through the Aviation Development Programme. The team manager is Ilma Stockton who also heads up the Aviation Development Programme. There will also be two tow men.

	Conrad Klintworth 13 Years of Age Grade 8 Pretoria Boys High School   Qualified to participate in the Senior Team trials Fly off. Made it to 6th position amongst the seniors.
	Kurt Stockton 13 Years of Age Grade 7 Bryandale Primary School
	Simon Tladi 15 Years of Age Grade 10 Bryanston High School

Team Manager
Ilma Stockton runs the Aviation Development Programme. The programme is divided into two main areas:

• Awareness: In conjunction with the Siyandiza Project (Air Force Awareness Programme), the Aviation Development Programme sets up interactive stands at the Air Force Base when ever they have an awareness event. This year the Aviation Development Programme has been present at both the June 16 event and the event held by the Air Force museum in September. The Aviation Development Programme was present at the AAD2004 show, this is where contact was made with Simon Tladi.
• School Programme: Currently there are two schools participating in the school programme. Hatfield Christian College in Pretoria and St Johns College in Johannesburg. This programme is heavily reliant on individuals donating their and their employers time to enable them to assist the schools with the programme. The programme is set up to become self sustainable in year three, until then our dedicated individual is very hands on, the learners get taught the basic theory of flight, they learn to fly on a simulator while also building a model plane. Once the model plane is complete, they are taken to learn to fly their model.

  We are still very much in the early stages of the programme and with dedication the programme will continue to show results of transformation and development.

  
  Building Glider Darts at Swartkop Awareness Day

Senior Team:

The senior team will be made up of three pilots: Craig Goodrum, Mark Stockton and Chris Adrian. Paul Carnall is the reserve. Team manager is Michelle Goodrum, and Lionel Brink being one of the two Tow-men.

	Craig Goodrum Our No1 pilot. Came 4th at the World Championships held in Canada in 2004. Craig has represented us at every F3J World Championship held to date.
	Mark Stockton Mark was Team Manager for the F3J team that represented South Africa in Corfu in 2000. This will be his first time represented South Africa as a Pilot.
	Chris Adrian Chris has represented South Africa in 1998 and 2004. This will be his 3rd time representing South Africa at a F3J world Championship.