Hugh Pryor I have had a lot of fun during this past few years of flying. I have sneaked a Twin Otter out of Algeria, over Libya, to Tripoli and thence, across the Mediterranean, to the historic twinkling jewel box of Malta, at night. It was an exciting start toRead More →
Peter Garrison Forget it. You haven’t got a chance. So I muttered to myself as I closed a fascinating book called, The Enigma of the Aerofoil. The author, David Bloor, is an emeritus professor at the University of Edinburgh whose field is the sociology of science: how cultural and personalRead More →
Iris McCallum I remember back in 1960 being in Nairobi West (where Wilson Airport is situated) standing with my mother watching a train pass by, filled with refugees from the Belgian Congo. The train was full, with many of the people dressed in pyjamas, or whatever they could find toRead More →
Guy Leitch and Jason Beamish. Air to air Images Paul Ludick We are thrilled to bring you the most significant flight test in the past twenty years: the first practical electric general aviation plane. Love them or hate them, electric planes are the future – and now they are here.Read More →
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 ofRead More →
André Coetzee I read with interest the article by Mr Christopher Jonsson regarding his proposal for the establishment of a South African helicopter pilots’ union. Inasmuch as he clearly sympathises with a certain cohort of local freelance helicopter pilots, I argue that his assumptions and citing of non-factual beliefs areRead More →
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, myRead More →
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 IRead More →
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 whatRead More →
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, andRead More →
