Flight Test Guy Leitch I have been privileged to have flown the most fantastic variety of planes – from the Denel Cheetah for an air-to-air refuelling mission, to a ninety-year-old Tiger Moth. So I suppose it’s natural that I occasionally get asked an impossible question by a young bright-eyed aviationRead More →
Guy Leitch One of the world’s most eagerly awaited piston single engine aircraft designs has finally arrived in South Africa. ZU-KTR is a long awaited Panthera, proudly owned by Bertus Kritzinger, a Free State trucker, and based at New Tempe in Bloemfontein. Pipistrel have won many prizes for efficient planesRead More →
PRECAUTIONARY LANDINGS Hello happy instructors. You may not believe this, but I invented precautionary landings. I had never heard of them when I did my first one. So I invented one for myself. Let me explain – there is much to learn from the story. After that I’ll get onRead More →
Guy Leitch Sometimes it seems that the CAA really loses the plot and sets out to destroy general aviation. (And thus living up to its moniker the Commission Against Aviation). We are in the middle of one of those moments, and for many this is a life or death struggle.Read More →
Laura McDermid Warren Eva is the kind of aviator who brings as much passion to the sky as he does to the summits of the world’s highest mountains. Born and raised in Benoni, he still calls it home 43 years on. His life is grounded in aviation and elevated byRead More →
By Ms Laurie Less and Dr Mpho Modisane We now inhabit a world where disruption is not the exception, but the rule. Welcome to the age of permacrisis. There was a time, not so long ago, when risk managers and business leaders could afford to think in terms of cycles,Read More →
By Fabrice Morlon In place of the original Lycoming, two RV builders and RV supremo Robin Coss, supported by engine manufacturer Continental, installed a CD-155 diesel engine on a Van’s RV-9. Their aim was to counter the gradual disappearance of Avgas 100LL. This project was a godsend for Continental, whoRead More →
REAL FORCED LANDINGS Jim Davis If you were ferrying a 235 Cherokee across an extensive lump of vertical scenery in the Southern Cape when the engine suddenly became intermittently rebellious, you would be faced with some serious decision making. Would it be a good idea to pull the power rightRead More →
Guy Leitch The pilot shortage will hasten the move, which many see as inevitable, to single pilot cockpits. And here’s a thought – single pilot flightdecks are much the same as no-pilot flightdecks. To deal with the shortage, airlines are making profound changes to pilot employment contracts. In South Africa,Read More →
