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Opening Shot
You don’t need to be doing expensive and complex air to air photography to get a good Opening Shot. And, as we have increasingly shown, you don’t even need an expensive camera – all you need is a good eye – even if you are sitting in the back of
The engine Fire Aftermath – Part 2
Iris McCallum continues her stories about her early years with Air Kenya, and this month she shares her recovery in the aftermath of her dramatic engine fire and crash and her subsequent ‘getting back onto the saddle’. After all the documentation relating to the crash had been dealt with, my
Hugh Pryor – Sergeant Abdullah
Part 1 Hugh Pryor In 1986, I was, surprisingly, quite pleasurably employed in Colonel Gaddafi’s Libya. I was flying for the leading Utility Aviation Company in the world at that time, on contract to an oil field service company, called Schlumberger. The pre-GPS flying was challenging and the people I
Why Left?
Peter Garrison Why do we turn left in the pattern, when we could turn right? Thirsting for knowledge, I Googled why we drive on one side of the road rather than the other. I found a lot of obvious rubbish about quarrelsome knights and Roman charioteers. I suspect that what
Jannie Matthysen
Living the Dream Part 3 Heading Offshore It’s still dark outside and I’ve already worked up a sweat. We’ve been busy for almost two hours and have not yet made it to the helicopter for our scheduled flight. My fellow pilot and I have completed an extensive systems check, and
Jim’s prang analysis – A Seneca in the night time
Time of Accident ±1800Z Type of Aircraft PIPER PA 34-200T Type of Operation Private Pilot-in-command License Type: Commercial Age 24 License Valid Yes PIC Experience Total Flying Hours 1064.0 Hours on Type: 354.3 Departure Kruger Mpumalanga Airport (FAKN) Intended landing Piet Retief Aerodrome (FAPF) Accident site Runway 15 –
South Africa still considering C-390
Defenceweb reports that South African Air Force (SAAF) representatives were among a high-level government delegation given a tour of Embraer’s facilities in Brazil, including C-390 Millenium and A-29 Super Tucano production lies. The delegation comprised key representatives from Denel and the South African Air Force (SAAF). The SAAF delegation was
Boeing vs Airbus 2024
In 2024 Boeing delivered 180 fewer commercial aircraft than 2023 after a year which began with the door plug failure on an Alaska Airline 737-9 Max. Boeing has reported that for the year 348 passenger jets were delivered to customers and there were just 57 in the last quarter. This
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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