South African pilot, Glen Dell, has been chosen to fly in the 2008 Red Bull
Air Race World Series and will be joining the eleven pilots from last year.
In October l2006, Glen was invited to attend a
qualifications camp in Arizona , USA for the third season of the championships.
Pilots in attendance not only had to demonstrate their flying skills, but also
how precisely, fast and safely they could fly through the course of inflatable
pylons.
Glen's choice of aircraft is the South African designed and
manufactured Super Slick. The Super Slick originates from the Slick 360 and
externally there is very little difference, however, a peek under the engine's
cowl reveals a 330 hp Monty Barrett modified Lycoming engine mated to a slightly
larger three bladed MT-Propeller. The power to weight ratio of the Super Slick
is approximately 30% greater than that of the Slick 360.
23 000+ hours on some 250 different types of aircraft.
Profession:
Airline Pilot:
In 1988 Glen joined South African Airways and flew Boeing 747 and 767's for
a number of years and thereafter moved on to the Boeing 737 fleet as
training captain. Glen recently did an Airbus aircraft series conversion and
currently flies the Airbus A340.
Hobby's:
Aerobatic Flying
Achievements:
1994 - World Aerobatic Championships in Hungary
1995 - 13th overall at the very first AWAC held in
Cape Town 1999 - 5th overall at AWAC in the Czech Republic
2000 - 20th overall at AWAC in Debrecen , Germany
2002 - 10th overall at AWAC in Slovenia 2004 - 1st overall at AWAC in Ljungbyhed , Sweden
.
In 2003 Glen started an aerobatic aircraft
manufacturing project. Seeing the gap that aircraft manufacturers
such as Sukhoi, Cap, etc left in the market after ceasing aerobatic
aircraft production, inspired Glen to design, create and develop the
Slick 360 aircraft.
