This year, for the first time, the PTAR goes north, far north to the delightful town of Makhado, previously Louis Trichardt in the Limpopo Province. Nestled in the in the Soutpansberg mountain range the town is located in a fertile region where litchis, bananas, mangoes and nuts are produced. Makhado is 437 kilometres from Johannesburg and one hour's drive from the Zimbabwean border at Beitbridge.
Thirty-seven entries were received. People flew from the coastal town of Mossel Bay in the south, from Hluluhwe in the east coast of KZN, From Mpumalanga, the FreeState, the Northwest Province and off course Gauteng, the heartland of general aviation in SA.