Chairmen & Flight Instructors

Chairmen of the LASC: Norman Holford (1955/8); Bob Snaddon(1958:9); Vie Tonetti (1959/60); Bob Snaddon (1960/61); Henry Greenway (1961/6); J an du Toit (1966/9); Dennis Smorenburg (1969:70); Denys de Bruyn (1970/1); Jan du Toit (1971/4); Adriaan Cloete (1974); J an du Toit (1975/78); Sakkie Redelinghuys (1978/80); Dave Snaddon (81/82); Dawie Wille (83/84); Ken Humphreys (1985); André Swanepoel (86/87); Simon Bezuidenhout (88/89); Mark Jackson (90/91); Jeremy Greeff (91-96); Jock Coetzer (97/98); Jeremy Greeff (99/2000); Zlatko Reder (2001/05); Marcel Maré (2005/-)

Flying Instructors

Pat Egan (1955/8) - Asst Norman Holford; Allan Sansom (1958/63) - Asst Danie Brink and then Martin Ferreira from 1962; Martin Ferreira (1963/5) - Asst Gideon Strydom from 1965; Gideon Strydom (1965/69); Martin Ferreira (1970/2) - Asst Arnot van der Schaar; Des Baker (1973/4) - Asst Arnot van der Schaar; Arnot van der Schaar (1975/7). In 1977 the Club appointed its first fulltime instructor Richard Aschenborn and in 1979 Mrs Val Humphreys. Pam Tillbury was flight instructor as well.

Apart from Mark Funston, who was instructor in 1992, the others after 1980 were Frans Erasmus, Mervin Victor, Arthur Simberger, Fritz van der Westhuizen, Mike Gough and Piet Uys. Brian Monthé as Chief Flight Instructor, Danie Schoeman, Charmaine Vincent (néé Joubert), Chris Hepher, Peter Knobel. Tony Smith (freelance)

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