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The End of SA Flyer Magazine
The End: The October 2025 issue of SA Flyer will be the last. In Guy’s column this month he explains: And so it ends. SA Flyer has been killed by not one, but two, fatal wounds. First, by the idiocy of the SACAA, which has forgotten that it is not
Piggybacks and Parasites
Peter Garrison One good aeroplane deserves another. The first aeroplane to cross the Atlantic was a war surplus Vickers Vimy bomber with a wingspan of 21 metres. The Spirit of St. Louis had a 14-meter wing. In 1975 I made the 3,200-kilometre trip from Gander, Newfoundland to Shannon, Ireland, by
Flying Purposefully
Guy Leitch In July I wrote a 1000 word op-ed for the general media (Why is the CAA grounding planes) on the CAA’s resurrection of the idiotic 12 year rule. In it I felt I had to note that general aviation is not just a hobby for the rich. I
Register Review June 2025
June was a bit slower than the past few months with just ten additions and eight cancellations from the register. This month we only have one regional jet, a former Mesa Airlines operated Bombardier CRJ900 ZS-CAU (41051) registered to Cemair. It is interesting that, if this is a new Cemair
People: Vuyo Wakaba
[intro] Against huge odds, Vuyo Wakaba fulfilled his dream of becoming an SAA Captain Vuyo writes: I grew up in a middle class family in Bloemfontein. What stands out to me about growing up was my desire to fly for South African Airways (SAA) from the age of 8. My
The Tiger Saga
Helicopters George Tonking It’s been a while since I put pen to paper (or finger to screen) about flying. And considering my rollercoaster career as a helicopter pilot—equal parts Top Gun and Mr. Bean—I thought it a crime not to share some recent escapades from the wild blue yonder. You
WHAT DOES THAT BUTTON DO?
Jim Davis Accident Report – precis and analysis A/C: Piper PA-46-350P, N5EQPlace: Goose Bay Airport, Newfoundland Date: 14 December 2022 This report is to advance safety – not to assign fault or liability History of the flight At 0820, the privately registered Piper PA-46-350P (with the JetPROP DLX conversion) departed SeptÎles
ANYONE CAN BE UNCOMFORTABLE
Iris McCallum As aviators, we often make the mistake of thinking that we will be coming home at the end of the day. Sometimes the Universe has a sense of humour. I remember flying 5Y-IHC, our Navajo PA31 Navajo to El- Wak very close to the Somali border with a
August 2025 Edition
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Exercise 8 – DESCENDING
Jim Davis Descending is a remarkably complicated subject and us overworked instructors have to be able to field all manner of questions about it. To ease you gently into it – here’s the story about Joe’s picture. It was 1964 when I clambered on to an SAA Skymaster at Eros
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Sun n Fun Report
Laura McDermid Whenever the annual calendar of events is put together at the beginning of the year, October always seems like a million miles away. And so inevitably the EAA Sun ‘n Fun fly-in arrives far sooner than anticipated. The Spar up the road from where I live is already