DURBAN North beach will be transformed as it prepares to host the inaugural Durban Land, Sea and Air Festival during the Human Rights Day long weekend, 21 to 23 March.
The event will include the Sky Grand Prix of Aerobatics with five of the world’s top aerobatics pilots and SA’s top 10 participating in a ‘first of its kind’ event.
Besides the aerobatic competition, event organisers will keep the public entertained with an impressive line-up of display aircraft that will put on their own air show.
The displays will also include SA Air force planes and the rumblings of large Boeings in a fly-past.
Event organiser Brian Emmenis said, ‘It’s exciting to be putting on a festival like this for the public especially as it is free for all to attend.
‘The acts are some of the best in the world including the Sky GP of aerobatics, which is internationally endorsed. It really means we’re putting on a world-class event, unbelievably without charging people to watch it,’ he said.
The Durban Land, Sea and Air Festival will also include the SA Navy and SA Air force displays, which is a major scoop.
Durban beach is the ideal location for the event which will see planes racing past pylons erected on the piers as they attempt to beat the clock while executing precision aerobatic routines.
With the long golden beaches and a world class promenade Durban residents and visitors will be able to catch the action from anywhere between Bay Gardens and Bantry Bay.
More information can be found at www.landseaairfestival.co.za or www.facebook.com/durbanskygrandprix.
