Jim Davis So if you know how to climb, and you know how to turn, then a climbing turn has to be pretty simple – yep? And if you can glide and turn, then is a gliding turn somehow special? Yes and no to both questions. If you are anRead More →
Laura McDermid Sling Aircraft was awarded the coveted August Raspet award at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh this year. The award is given annually to a business or person that has made an outstanding contribution to aircraft design. Highly regarded for their durability, fuel efficiency and excellent performance, Slings are theRead More →
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 alreadyRead More →
Morné Booij-Liewes The September registration updates is a mixed bag of imports and exports. We see five type-certified fixed wing planes being registered during September, but no helicopters. A brand-new Pilatus PC-24, ZS-NID, was delivered for the transport and logistics company Ni-Da, replacing their earlier model PC-24 that has beenRead More →
Guy Leitch There are some subjects which create massively heated debate and then just go quiet. So, for a bit of excitement, I thought I would prod one of them back into life. A particularly inflammatory topic is airline pilots comparing their flight time to pilots who fly short charters,Read More →
Laura McDermid continues her stories about Iris McCallum’s early years in East Africa. When the Kenyan Police Air Wing could not fulfil a mission, they would charter Air Kenya. As a result I had the great fortune of discovering remote places like Garissa, Wajir, El Wak and Mandera. El WakRead More →
[intro] SA Flyer owned a Saratoga II TC and this top of the range model has trended to overshadow the early basic Togas which were Piper Lances with the tapered wing. It may have been a basic beginning, but Jim Davis reckons it’s still a great plane. [body] Jim DavisRead More →
https://www.ewn.co.za/2024/11/04/flysafairs-licence-under-threat-due-to-breach-of-foreign-ownership-rules Stephen Grootes interviews Guy Leitch, SA Flyer Magazine Editor. FlySafair’s Licence Under Threat: Foreign Ownership Rules Breached 04:25/04:25 Budget-airline FlySafair is not compliant with foreign ownership rules, according to the Air Service Licensing Council. According to current regulations, foreign ownership of a domestically registered airline is limited to 25%.Read More →
Laura McDermid Laura McDermid continues her stories about Iris McCallum’s early years in East Africa. Originally founded in 1970 from the merger of Wilkenair and other smaller operators, Air Kenya underwent several significant changes in the 1980s. Through his extensive entrepreneurial knowledge and vast experience in various business ventures, ownerRead More →
Morne Booij-Liewes We start this month with a new Air Tractor AT-502B, ZS-XKB. The manufacturer describes this model as “the world’s most popular ag plane with over 1000 of these aircraft having been manufactured since 1987. Several of these are already in service in South Africa in agricultural, firefighting andRead More →
