In 2024 Boeing delivered 180 fewer commercial aircraft than 2023 after a year which began with the door plug failure on an Alaska Airline 737-9 Max. Boeing has reported that for the year 348 passenger jets were delivered to customers and there were just 57 in the last quarter. ThisRead More →
Guy Leitch There are some things about flying which fill me with awe and wonder. Flight is the most beautiful synthesis of physics and dreams. I get all choked when I hear the music from the twelve organ pipes of a Rolls Royce Merlin. SpaceX has the ability to regularlyRead More →
Guy Leitch with Murray Kester Due to the huge value and the irreplaceable nature of a real Spitfire, very few select pilots will ever get the opportunity to pilot the real thing. For lesser mortals there is the option to build and fly your own replica. This is what AustralianRead More →
In South Africa it’s been another bleak year. As I write this in early December, many people seem to be shaking their heads and wondering what the hell is going on. But in the rest of the world, things are literally going bananas. Wars Wars are big bad news –Read More →
Ron Wheeldon with Guy Leitch Flying a Hunter starts hours before actually walking out to the aircraft. This machine is a legend, but it is first of all about the highest performance machine that it is feasible for a civilian to fly. Flying it is not to be taken lightly.Read 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 →
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 →
Guy Leitch It is a tragedy for general aviation that Rand Airport is currently in a state of upheaval, if not outright war. The airport has been through three General Managers in three years and there is ‘lawfare’ between factions of the board members. In 2022, after six years onRead More →
SAA considers selling Heathrow landing rights: ‘Like selling off the family silver’Read More →
There is a widely held belief that retired pilots die younger than the general population. A question that has been argued for years in the cockpits, briefing rooms, remuneration negotiating tables and the watering holes of commercial aviation is; what is the life expectancy of an airline pilot after heRead More →
