Garth Calitz- The amazing Children’s Flight was born in 2016 when pilot Felix Gosher was assisting on a music video shoot for the song ‘Paper Plane’, by musician Michael Ferguson. The song, about a young boy with a dream to fly, inspired Felix to offer this dream to underprivileged children.Read More →
South Africa produced an outstanding all-round performance at the 37th FAI World Gliding Championships, held in Szeged, Hungary in August. THE WORLD Gliding Championships produced an outstanding standard of flying. Writing from Hungary, Jason Adriaan reports that, “The level of flying here is on another level totally, the smallest mistakeRead More →
In August over 400 delegates gathered at Gallagher Estate in Midrand to address the development of women in aviation. IN RECOGNITION of the work the husband and wife team of Clinton and Michelle Carroll are doing in advancing women in aviation, Aeronautical Aviation’s CEO Clinton Caroll was the only maleRead More →
The Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) exhibition is taking place between 21 to 25 September 2022, and will once again bring together aviation suppliers from across the world to South Africa to exhibit the latest technological innovations in the aviation and defence sectors. AAD IS THE LARGEST GATHERING of theRead More →
Guy Leitch, September 2022 – THIS MONTHS’ LONG DELAYED African Aerospace and Defence Expo (AAD) is a welcome shot in the arm for the South African aviation industry. AAD walks the tricky line of combining both the civilian and military sectors. This year there is a special emphasis on GA.Read More →
The Parys Airshow held in the last weekend of May was an extraordinary event which looks set to define a new genre for country airshows. COMMENTATOR BRIAN EMMENIS of Capital Sounds waxed lyrical, saying that it was, “The best airshow he has seen in his 38 years of airshow broadcasting.”Read More →
The Presidents’ Trophy Air Race has been contested annually since 1937, baring the war years and 2020, which had to be scrapped due to Covid. THIS YEAR THE WEATHER tried its best to cancel the race with South Africa plunged into extreme cold and wet by an unseasonable cut-off lowRead More →
Story and pictures by Chris Sheppard Imagine flying low level over the Zambezi River on a cold, clear winter’s morning with a bright sun lighting up spectacular water and land views in front of you? Sharply delineated water separated from a brown shore edged with green trees and strangely shapedRead More →
Barring the impossible again, (which actually happened last year because of COVID-19), Reno could be back… The Reno Air Racing Association (RARA) announced that following its successful ‘Save The Races’ fund raising campaign, the National Championship Air Races will be returning this year September. 2021 will mark the 57th yearRead More →
South Africa. May 20th. After been cancelled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it is being held this year in Ermelo, and marks 100 years since the race first began. Organised by Robert Paul Jonkers and his SAPFA team, many thanks go to the Ermelo Aeronautical Society for theirRead More →
