BREAKING NEWS! Starlite Training Academy are once again increasing their training fleet with another Sling. Their 7th Sling 2 has already arrived at the Durban Academy on the Friday 12th March. This stylish aircraft sporting a bright new colour pallet, made her grand entrance into Virginia Airport with many studentsRead More →
The South African Police Service in the Eastern Cape have had their wings clipped, with no air support at all, as their helicopters are grounded, thus severely restricting their ability in fighting crime. Four helicopters were assigned to fighting crime and assisting the SAPS in the Eastern Cape. Criminals usedRead More →
YOUTUBE’S MOST WATCHED FLIGHT REVIEWER. His view on female representation in aviation. Although there has been a steady growth in the number of female pilots in the last few decades, the percentage of female pilots globally remains incredibly low. Recent statistics released in 2020 paint a grim picture of anRead More →
Candice Turner – An amazing story for International Woman’s Day, 8 March 2021. An all-female crew took off from the capital Kabul and the documentary for this incredible moment for women’s rights has just been released. Click on the link for the video: http://bit.ly/JoshCahill What is so historic about this moment isRead More →
Candice Turner – An amazing story for International Woman’s Day, 8 March 2021. An all-female crew took off from the capital Kabul and the documentary for this incredible moment for women’s rights has just been released. Click on the link for the video: http://bit.ly/JoshCahill What is so historic about this moment isRead More →
Sometimes it takes an event or experience to make you understand the true weight a word carries; like ‘plummeting’ during your first spin. Today I was going to learn to fly ‘complex aircraft’. One of the requirements (a fun one) for the Commercial Pilot Licence is to complete five hoursRead More →
This report was compiled in the interest of the promotion of aviation safety and the reduction of the risk of aviation accidents or incidents and not to establish legal liability. Aircraft Registration: ZS-JOA Date of Accident: 13 November 2010 Time of Accident: 1007Z Type of Aircraft Piper-PA-31P-350 Chieftain Type of Operation: TestRead More →
As times get increasingly tougher I find increasing evidence of aircraft insurance companies looking for any excuse not to pay. There are good insurance brokers – and underwriters – and er… some not so good ones. This is a story of good insurers not paying – and how things went downhill from there. Read More →
I’ve been trying to figure out how the five personality traits recognised by psychologists affect the safety and harmony of a flight. Here they are again. Conscientiousness Agreeableness Neuroticism Openness to experience Extraversion You have three main lines of defense against them: Brief them properly. Treat them like talking cargo. Never trust the buggers. Read More →
As we find ourselves commencing another Gregorian Calendar-defined trip around the sun on Space Ship Earth, a review of expectations for this orbit may be in order. In our over-optimistic, typically human assumption of being able to control, regulate and measure everything around us, the Gregorian Calendar evolved from theRead More →
