ALSIM is pleased to announce the sale of an AL250 to Starlite Aviation Training Academy, based in Durban and Mossel Bay, South Africa. Impressed by all the possibilities offered by this fast reconfigurable and very compact simulator, the ATO decided to choose ALSIM’s solutions to respond to the growing demandRead More →
South African flight schools find themselves in increasing demand to train students from around the world. The great flying weather the use of English and the high standard of our regulator are all key aspects of this surge in popularity in learning to fly in South Africa. China has beenRead More →
Skip Stewart is best known for his high-energy aerobatics routine, which includes very low and slow knife-edge passes. His performances most often involve transitioning into slow knife-edge flight immediately after take-off, followed by an outside-banked turn as he sets up for his routine. The performances themselves involve extreme positive and negative G-manoeuvres,Read More →
1950: Dick Martin flies his AT-6 plane trailing smoke through Tillamook Naval Air Station Airship Hangar “B”, and Norman William “Swede” Ralston Sr. pulls up for a loop beside the hangar to line himself up, and flies through right after Dick (no smoke). As explained by “Swede’s” son, Norman WilliamRead More →
“The HX50 will deliver a truly desirable, attainable and capable aircraft that will re-launch general aviation.” Concept type helicopters have been proposed before … but this one has a better chance than most of flying in the real world. Dr Jason Hill (Ph.D), a helicopter aerodynamicist, is the designer ofRead More →
Vertical Aerospace announced the launch of their new aircraft, VA-1X. Capable of carrying up to five people (four passengers and a pilot), the VA-1X is set to be the world’s first certified winged all-electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft, and is on course to start commercial flights in 2024. NoRead More →
Over a hundred years ago, Captain Carlo Piazza climbed onto his spindly Blériot XI and made military history. On October 23, 1911, Captain Carlo Piazza climbed onto his spindly Blériot XI and made military history by spying on the enemy below. At the start of the Italo-Turkish War, the ItalianRead More →
