Raptors Aerobatic Team

Civilian Formation Aerobatic Team committed to safe and structured formation flying with sound and tested protocols.

Pierre Gouws No.1 (Team Leader)
Ryan Beaton No.2 (Right Wing)
Dion Raath No.3 (Left Wing)
Trevor Warner No.4 (Box)
Johan von Solms (Alternate)

The Raptor Formation use home-built Vans RV 7 or RV8's, the RV range of aircraft are the brainchild of American based Richard van Grunsven.

The Raptor formation is made up of civilian pilots flying their own aircraft and all practising is done between their normal working times which makes it very challenging to get all the members together for practises, they are also based at airfields all over Gauteng adding to the difficulty. The team has adopted Kitty Hawk airfield in Pretoria as their home base and regularly get together early in the morning for practices.