PHOTO JOURNAL: SA strongman goes the distance

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HEALTH | FITNESS

Words & Photos: Meghan Mccabe

PHOTO JOURNAL

SA STRONGMAN GOES THE DISTANCE The South African Air Force Museum (SAAF Museum), in conjunction with XL, the newly launched energy drink, challenged eight-time SA Strongman Champion Etienne Smit to pull a C-160 aircraft at Zwartkop Air Force Base, in Centurion, on Thursday, 12 June 2014.

IMAGE01 Ettiene Smit is strapped into a special harness for his first attempt to pull a C160 Transall plane, the only one of its kind in South Africa. Also known as the ‘Flossie’, this reliable carrier could carry 64 fully outfitted paratroopers or 94 normal passengers and rose to fame during the SA/Angola Bush War. No one has ever attempted to pull this plane on their own, manually.

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