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Accepting A Clearance

Some of you may have read or heard about a recent off runway excursion by an American Regional Jet at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport.

2 mins

South Africa's Move Into The 21St Century With The Airbus A350 XWB

There was a time when air travel over Africa was an odyssey about flying “low and slow” over unchartered terrain and stopping en-route for refreshments and rest. Intercontinental flights were responsible for expanding links between South Africa and England.

5 mins

At What Point Is A Flying Car Just A Bigdr One You Can Sit In?

Is it a flying car, or just a really large drone? Japan's NEC Corp. just unveiled a prototype with four propellers that was able to smoothly hover for about a minute.

2 mins

Better Than Ever: Pilatus Reveals The PC-12 NGX

Today, at the National Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA-BACE) in Las Vegas, Pilatus took the wraps off the industry’s most advanced and versatile single-engine turboprop – the PC-12 NGX.

2 mins

Ethiopia Business - Charter And Travel

Parallel to its great sporting successes that has helped spotlight the country internationally, is the 80s famine that killed millions and up until recently civil wars.

10+ mins

Leonardo AW109

The Leonardo AW109 is a lightweight, twin-engine, eight-seat multi-purpose helicopter built by the Italian manufacturer Leonardo S.p.A. The rotorcraft has the distinction of being the first all-Italian helicopter to be mass-produced

9 mins

Honour The Brave-George Thompson VC

New Year’s Day 1945 dawned as a brutally cold affair, typical of a Northern European winter’s day.

5 mins

Bloodhound LSR Team Lands In Desert And Gears Up For High Speed Runs

Bloodhound LSR team arrives at Hakskeenpan desert in South Africa for testing · Car assembly begins after a successful journey overland from Johannesburg · Painstaking process of clearing desert floor for safe high-speed runs completed

3 mins

Querying Exam Results

Some learning experiences in aviation take place when you're actually flying, perhaps in an emergency situation in which your decision has to be made quickly, even immediately. But other learning situations take place on the ground, and these are just as important – and often not much talked about. This is one of those...

7 mins

Flying Trikes In South Africa

Flying in an open cockpit with the wind in your face is little short of exhilarating, whether over coastal waters, bushveld or open country.

5 mins

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Global Aviator Magazine Description:

• SAA accidents from 1937 - 1987
• Changes in Store for Pilots during 2013
• Batteries can fly - dreamliners cannot
• The value of a good CRM
• Final data from Red Bull Stratos freefall.
• USS Harry S Truman - Multifunctional taskforce in the Arabian sea
• Handover of Botswana Defence Force PC-7 MkII
• Nigel Hopkins - Aerobatics and Airliners do go
• Denel Pilots spread their wings into Africa
• The growing potential of Russian Helicopters in Latin America
• Snake on a plane!
• The anmanned problem
• Airborne Insurance and Aircraft Finance Coporation Student of the year award
• Rolls Royce Trent 1000 visited
• Gulfstream G280 sets 15 new city-pair speed records as part of the reliability demonstration program

And lots more!!