Airbus A321 production in Toulouse, Boeing 777X completes first flight, Airbus A330 successful wide body, Airbus vision-based take-off, Boeing NMA, Comair navigates strong headwinds, Garmin GFC 600H approved, Ceramic Pro, Garmin Pilot app, Cessna Voyager Propeller, Cessna 210 gear problems, UAVOS at UMEX, DJI fi ght against coronavirus, Rostec delivers Mi-38 helicopter, Bell Electric anti-torque system, Boeing FARA helicopter, Boeing T-7A Red Hawk, Rare three-Harrier aircraft for sale, SB>1 Defiant programme, Russia signs contracts for PAK-DA, SAPFA 2020 Brakpan Airport Rally, Wonderboom National Airport, Turboprop Aircraft 2020, Collings Foundation, UP commemorates 100 years, Virgin Galactic, ZS-CAR Prelimary Accident Report, Jet engines not supposed to fail, IATA: carbon emissions decrease, Airbus using Biomimicry, Fly like a professional?, After the prop stops

nside this month:
Special Feature
Helicopter operations 2022
According to the latest figures from the General Aviation Manufacturers Association 2021 saw the rebound of the helicopter industry from the woeful pandemic days. Turbine helicopter sales plummeted 16.9% in 2020 and piston helicopter sales did even worse, with a 20.7% drop. However, this all turned around in 2021, with piston helicopter increasing 27.5% in 2021 to 181, while turbine helicopter deliveries increased 24.8% to 645. The value of helicopter deliveries for 2021 was $3.7 billion, an increase of approximately 28%. (Read more on page 94)

Special Feature
Piston Aircraft 2022
Within this edition of African Pilot we have produced our annual Piston Engine aircraft feature, complete with engines, propeller types and AMOs. This has once again been an interesting exercise as certain European piston engine Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) are still without any African representation. (Read more on page 85)

The March edition featuring Business Jets, Fixed Base Operators (FBOs), maintenance, aircraft sales and Business Jet Charters. The feature only includes Business Jets that are currently in production and does not contain any jets that have been proposed or envisaged. However, as part of the feature, we have included the future of ‘Supersonic Business Jets,’ the production and test flying of which are still likely to be many years into the future.
 
Inside this month:
Africa's most powerful airforce?
Africa is home to some of the world’s longest-running conflicts and for many African countries having a military force is paramount. But which country is the dominant force in the air? (Read more on page 234)

90 Years of the Tiger Moth
The 22nd of January 2022, was the date for the belated 90th Tiger Moth anniversary Fly-In at Luskintyre, NSW, Australia. We had postponed this event for a further 3 months from the original first flight 90 years ago in October, 1931 in the UK. (Read more on page 268)

Singapore Airshow
The Asia-Pacific aviation industry’s slow recovery from the pandemic amid government restrictions cast a shadow over the Singapore Airshow. The biennial event has bookended the pandemic, with the 2020 edition disrupted by the virus emerging from China and the latest show coming as the industry attempts to plot a way out of its biggest-ever crisis. (Read more on page 252)

The February edition featuring Turboprop Aircraft, Turboprop Engines and Turboprop Propellers. With the exciting developments of at least two new clean sheet Turboprop designs that will enter the market in the coming year, this is an exciting feature published for African Pilot’s audience.
 

Inside this month:
2022 Prospects: Will North America lead the aviation industry?
The catastrophic impact of the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic, which was declared in March 2020, is still being felt in the aviation industry in 2021. (Read more on page 24)

Top new business aircraft models announced in 2021
After the turbulence in the aviation industry during 2020, many had hoped that 2021 would bring better days. While the industry still faced supply-chain challenges, COVID-19 cancellations and regulation changes, aircraft manufacturers still managed to bring innovative airframes to the market. Here are a few of the top new aircraft models announced in 2021. (Read more on page 54)

An engineering marvel...NASA's Webb Telescope
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope team fully deployed its 21-foot, gold-coated primary mirror, successfully completing the final stage of all major spacecraft deployments to prepare for science operations. (Read more on page 220)

Become an African Pilot Expert
January 2022 - Volume 21 No. 01
Featuring Aviation Insurance, Aircraft Finance,Aircraft Sales and so much more in the January edition of African Pilot Magazine with over 196 pages of content. Cover image supplied by Rolls-Royce.
 
Inside this month:
Hypersonic Aircraft Prototype
American start up Hermeus, which aims to build the world’s first hypersonic airliner, has unveiled a full-scale prototype of a Quarterhorse aircraft. During the presentation, the engine was fired at full afterburner, giving credence to Hermeus’ claim that the aircraft is ‘much more than just a showpiece’. (Read more on page 25)

Rolls-Royce claims electric speed record
Experimental electric aircraft smashes existing records by 132 MPH. Last month Roll-Royce announced that its all-electric ‘Spirit of Innovation’ aircraft is the world’s fastest, setting three new world records. (Read more on page 134)

The future is now
What is your perception when you think about flying cars? Is it a perpetual cliché that is only seen in science-fiction movies, that is actually light-years away in terms of real-life adoption? (Read more on page 188)

Featuring Drones 2021, Urban Mobility, Dubai Air Show 2021 and so much more in the December edition of African Pilot Magazine with over 270+ pages of content including the new Pilatus PC-7 MKX.
 
Inside this month: 25 videos, 16 galleries and 1 download
Special Feature

Drones 2021
The Drones’ industry is closely allied to Urban Mobility, especially with the testing of larger ‘freighter drones’ that will gradually replace tens of thousands of petrol / diesel burning smaller vehicles that continue to pump noxious gasses into the air in our cities. (Read more on page 70)

Urban Mobility
Within this edition, we have also covered the exciting developing world of Urban Mobility, which within a few short years we will see flying taxis offering their services within the world’s larger cities. (Read more on page 236)

Dubai Air Show 2021
Dubai’s last international airshow, in November 2019, feels like another era. Just a few months before the COVID-19 pandemic turned the aviation world upside down, the biennial aviation event celebrated an industry that looks very different today. However, nearly two years after the travel and airline industries came to a near standstill, the market is picking up again. (Read more on page 188)

The November edition featuring African Airlines, Gifts for Pilots and Aircraft Leasing is complete and will go into its world distribution phase this week. This edition is 334 pages long (gosh this is a book!) due to 108 pages being devoted to the 94 African Airlines. The Gifts for Pilots feature has been planned for the pilot shops and on-line companies to market their merchandise with direct clicks on the product they are marketing (another first).

The October edition featuring aircraft / helicopter maintenance. This 256-page edition has 21 embedded videos and 25 picture galleries making African Pilot the largest aviation monthly publication in the world. Within this edition African Pilot has showcased many AMOs and aircraft refurbishing companies where no single company shares any part of a double page spread with any other company. In addition, African Pilot is the only South African aviation magazine that presents embedded videos and picture galleries to increase its advertisers exposure to the market.

Inside this month:
Special Feature
EAA AirVenture 2021 - The World's Largest Aviation Event
For seven days each Northern Hemisphere summer, the aviation community focuses on the Experimental Aircraft Association’s (EAA) AirVenture, Oshkosh. The event is a testament to the profound passion and diverse interests of aviation enthusiasts in the world and the ways in which AirVenture Oshkosh encompasses this amazing tradition.
 Plus:
Other Features
Rehiring and retraining cockpit crews after the pandemic
Cirrus Approach South Africa
Sling High Wing Prototype
New search and rescue drone can detect cries for help
Steyn City Ultimate Helistop
And much more....

This month’s main feature: Avionics and Instrumentation 2021
This extensive annual Avionics and Instrumentation guide from African Pilot has been produced two months earlier than in 2020, because of the numerous announcements that were made at EAA AirVenture in preparation for the world’s largest aviation event.
Plus, other features

The July edition of African Pilot will be featuring: Light Sport Aircraft types (LSA), South African designed and manufactured light aircraft and South African light aircraft assembled from kits.

The 260-page publication is the largest we have ever produced and incorporates 25 embedded picture galleries and 28 embedded videos, also another record. This year the LSA and South African manufactured aircraft feature is a whopping 80 pages long.

The exciting 236-page June edition featuring Aviation Training Schools and Aviation Careers is complete and has entered its circulation phase. This edition has 36 feature articles, 18 embedded videos and 15 picture galleries, significantly more than any other aviation magazine

The exciting 282-page May edition featuring helicopters from all over the world as well as helicopter operators and training schools is complete and is available by clicking the link below. Within the same edition we also featured Insurance and Financing of all aircraft types. This edition also has 21 embedded videos as well as 13 embedded picture galleries many of which the African Pilot team have prepared.
 
With its extended reach throughout the world, African Pilot as set the benchmark for digital aviation publishing, not just in South Africa, but all over the world. With this edition, African Pilot now has almost more pages that all the other South African aviation magazines put together.

The April edition featuring Business Jets, FBOs and Jet engines was completed last week and sent to the world on Saturday 27 March. This edition also features companies involved in the Charter and Maintenance of Business Jets not just in southern Africa, but throughout the world. In the past, advertisers have reported excellent reaction resulting in sales due to the African Pilot aircraft features, since the magazine provides genuine information, with excellent editorial content accompanied by superb pictures.

I would like to present African Pilot’s March 2021 edition to you. This edition has been tailormade to be read on any laptop computer or any other electronic device such as a smart phone, iPad or desktop computer.
 
This March 2021 edition, with 41 illustrated articles is available to anyone throughout the world FREE of charge, whilst this magazine has set the standard for digital publishing, not just in South Africa, but throughout the world. At 242 pages this edition has 19 embedded videos, 9 embedded picture galleries.

The February edition of African Pilot is complete and has also been completely distributed. This edition features Piston engine aircraft over 650 Kg as well as the piston engines and propellers that drive piston aircraft. At 280 pages, the February 2021 edition has set a new record for aviation publishing not only in South Africa, but for the entire world. As you examine the varied content, beautiful pictures and outstanding layout, you will also appreciate that there is no other aviation publication that supplies as much to its readers anywhere. This edition also includes the most recent aviation news from all over the world as well as historical aviation features.

In this issue Boeing  737 Max back into service, Alsims 100th Simulator and CAASA awards 2020

November issue featuring gifts for pilots and the Leonardo AW109 and AW119 Trekker

Glimpse of hope for cargo operators, Europe’s airline graveyard, How commercial airliners are tested, How much value have aircraft lost?, South African Airlines, Virgin Galactic unveils Mach 3 aircraft design, Daher’s emergency autoland system certified on the TBM 940, Total South Africa honours our wildlife warriors, Jetfly accepts 5th PC-24 and 1st PC-12 NGX, Bombardier delivers first US-Based Global 5500, Second Cessna Skycourier takes to the skies, Piper aircraft order, X-57 modified P2006T, Tecnam unveils P2010 TDI, Pradera Verde Aviation of the Philippines choses Tecnam aircraft, Top propeller programme offers Hartzell Odyssey for Cirrus SR22 series, Beechcraft King Air 360, Bell’s APT achieves milestone, American made UAS completes its first flight, Diehl Aviation enters urban air mobility market, Schiebel monitoring ship emissions in Danish waters, Montenegro Air Force to purchase two Bell 505s, Robinson delivers its 1000th R66 turbine helicopter, Leonardo lands success with its AW109 Trekker, Ansat flights start in Mexico, Leonardo’s M-346 attack embarks on its maiden flight equipped with Grifo radar, Dassault Rafale fighters come under fire, ATAC Mirage F1s ready for US training contract, Bell Boeing delivers first V-22, Chinook helicopter heading for US Army Special Operations, Japan cleared to buy Lockheed Martin F-35, Future of AHRLAC is secured, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, New portable autopilot could save lives, Virgin Galactic reveals its $250K a seat, NASA astronauts splash down safely, Warp Drive LX7 establishes time and speed records, Texas Aircraft, SAPFA aviation navigation rally, The need for speed, Are you ready for automated flight?, Flying out of the pandemic, Everything you need to know about ejecting from a fighter jet

Aviation and its exclusive chase of sustaninability, Avolon cancels another 27 Boeing 737 MAX Airlines, Lufthansa closes Germanwings, Safety and mental health, Dassault’s Falcon 6X, Embraer delivers first new enhanced phenom 300E, Blackhawk unveils new XR upgrade kit for King Air 350, Bombardier announces Global 5500 business jet, Stratos aircraft announces the first flight of 716X, The Magical Mooney, ZeroAvia conducts UK’s first electric flight, US-Swiss agreement reached, Australia awarded $1m, ‘Made in Israel’ flying car, Japan’s NPA orders five new helicopters, Airbus H160 receives EASA approval, Airbus forms Team Nightjar, Boeing delivers 2,500th AH-64 Apache helicopter, Sikorsky-Boeing SB-1 Defiant reaches 200 knots, Flying 1,500 miles with fumes in the cockpit, Diamond - DA50-RG, Cubcrafters’ nosewheel XCub ‘NX’, Pipistrel teams up with Green Motion, Mother of all cubs, Bristell High Wing, Lanseria International Airport 2020, Unbelievable survivors, Aircraft fabric covering, Coronavirus is forcing aviation to go digital, Aviation courses, Book Reviews

The Piper Cherokee PA 28 Series, Bombardier says good-bye as Mitsubishi acquires CRJ Series, Emirates announces job cuts, Ryanair gives ultimatum to French Pilots, Administrators see ‘reasonable’ prospect of SAA rescue, Us Airbus A220 production, Rolls-Royce has delivered its 8,000th engine from Dahlewitz, Germany, Aerion lays out vision for clean-energy supersonic and hypersonic flight, Epic Aircraft begins deliveries, First autoland equipped aircraft, Pilatus delivers first PC-12 NGX advanced turboprop, Century Avionics dual Garmin G600 Txi King Air upgrade, Cessna 172 celebrates 65 years, Police helicopter collides with drone, Airobotics approved to fly automated commercial drones over Singapore, How a missing child was found, Beta Technologies unveils its ‘Alia’ aircraft, Diehl Aviation enters UAM market, FAA approves Shadin fuel flow meter on Robinson R66 turbine helicopters, Five-bladed H145 receives certifification, Helitrans accepts first helicopters, Dambusters – the development of
modelling, simulation & precision strike, US Navy takes delivery of Super Hornet, 400th V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft delivered, Boeing rolls out Loyal Wingman unmanned aircraft, Bell focuses on US Army future attack, EASA certifies Pipistrel Velis Electro, New Sling Next Generation Trainer, Bearhawk Aircraft introduces six-place aircraft, Tecnam unveils Jet / diesel powered P2010 TDI, Aviation Training Supplement 2020, Five ‘Sky-rocketing space start-ups’, Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo completes first flight from Spaceport, Can there be these many engines?, Why and when pilots decide to ‘go-around, MCC Aviation flies Makokou the gorilla, Accident Probe: Professionalism

Fuel injection Lycoming vs Continental, Airlines explore alternative business, Comair business rescue, EasyJet 9 million customers data leaks, Cessna SkyCourier makes first flight, Daher adding automated to TBM 940, Garmin® unveils Area 760 GPS, Voltaero unveils Cassio hybrid-electric,
Gulfstream G600 receives approval, CVS residential drone delivery service, Primoco UAV model one 150 record, Sabrewing roll-out the Rhaegal,
Uganda and Nigeria to operate UAVs, Bell reveals its 5-seat Nexus Air Taxi, Robinson Helicopters to China, Rostec delivers first Ansat, Dr David Rose’s ‘Renegade’, Former Swiss Air Force Mirage IIIRS, Why do Boeing models start with the number 7?, Group Captain John Cunningham RAF, Bronco II light attack aircraft returns, Leonardo M-345 Jet, Rafale ride ejection by passenger, Elixir Aircraft, Blackwing the Swedish speed machine, About2Stall, Light Sport Aircraft Types 2020, Nature’s Landing Estate, Bird strikes an airplane, An increase in drug use by pilots, Are single pilot risks real?

Specifi c carburetion issues, Everything about Boeing 777X, Air Canada waves goodbye to its A320, Airlines shutdown risk 25 million jobs, Birth of the Boeing 737, Etihad to test airport technology, SAA did not stand a chance, Airlines affected by COVID-19, End of her ‘Majesty’, Cessna Skycourier ground engine tests, First Tecnam P2012, Aero Commander flight to SA, Drones to seek out surviving koalas, Cargo delivery UVH-170, Manfred von Richthofen - ‘Red baron’, Japan Coast Guard orders H225, Draken’s Mirage F1s begin fl ying in US, Bell V-280 will continue in future, Royal Thai Air Force adds six H135, Boeing to receive $882 million, Airbus completes first automated in-flight refuelling, Boeing’s latest F-15QA variant, Germany selects Boeing F-18, Equator Aircraft enters ‘Air Race E’, Pipistrel Alpha Electro, Why do spins scare pilots?, Helicopters 2020, Cracked windscreens and windshields, The first mid-air collision, Pilots make a deal with the devil, Digital transformation in aviation

Air Mauritus 2019 Travel ‘Oscar’ Awards, Garmin unveils fourth generation GPS / NAV / COMM, Pipistrel electric aircraft production, UFC Tecnam ﬂeet, Viking Twin Otter Guardian 400, Schiebel Camcopter S-100 Heathrow Airport anti-drone system, Airbus eVTOL Vahana, CityAirbus conducts ﬁrst ﬂight, HAI Heli-Expo, Leonardo wins US Navy deal, Lockheed Martin C-130Js, SAAF annual ‘Prestige Day’, Spanish Air Force purchases PC-21, SAPFA Witbank grand prix race, PilotInsure Witbank Speed Navigation Rally, 16th Rand Airport Challenge 2020, SAPFA Rally training day, Rand Aiport 2020
Business Jets 2020, Helicopter in the tree, Garden Route Aviation

Airliners 2020,Airbus A350-1000,Russia’s Aviadvigatel PD-14,737 MAX production suspended,First Embraer E175-E2 jet,World’s largest jet engine, Century Avionics STEC 3100,Cessna Skywagon owners review,Flexjet new Embraer Praetor 500,Garmin approves transponders,Lockheed JetStar,Night Vision Goggles,Rolls Royce electric plane,Viking Twin Otter Series 400,Jet-powered VTOL drone,South Korea’s Pablo Air,Regulators and industry unite,Possibility or pipe dream?,EHang debuts in-city demo flight,Airbus teams up with Aston Martin,Tiltrotor prototype milestone flight,Botswana Police Air Support,KC-46A Pegasus first flight,Top five fighter jets 2020,Bell V-280 Valor,Germany certifies Tecnam P2002,Bristel new High Wing,Bill Harrelson breaks record,Edward Sharp’s Yak-52,The story of Long EZ,Piston engine aircraft types 2020,Grand Central Airport 2020,SACAA Awards,Short Flight of the Baron,Stumbling into IMC without a plan,FIDAE 2020,VoltAero Cassio,NASA’s X-59 supersonic aircraft,Crunch time for credit card fraud,Professional Aviation Services

EASA certifies Airbus BelugaXL,BA fl ight from Durban to Heathrow,The perfect pilot myth is finished,The end of the Airbus A340,Qantas promises zero emissions by 2050,Diamond Aircraft DA42 MPP,Cirrus SR 22 G6 ferry flight,VSR700 prototype,Helicopter manufacturers - urban air mobility market,That gut feeling may save your life,Draken’s Dassault Mirage F1,Morocco - Apache helicopters,Patrick Davidson Aerobatics’ Champion,SAPFA Springs Speed Rally,Springs Speed Rally Grand Prix,SACAA International Civil Aviation Day (ICAD) 2019,CAASA 2019 awards,Professional services,Aero Club Awards 2019,One hundred years since South Africa’s first commercial charter flight,Supermarine S.6B,Saab J29 Tunnan,Flash in the night sky,OR Tambo ACSA Feather Awards,The discipline to say no!,The D.B. Cooper story,Bunker Uxbridge, England,Emergency: declare immediately,Dirtiest germ ridden planes,Elder’s Flight at Rand Airport

AASA 49th Annual General Assembly, Boeing 747-8, Department of Transport and SACAA - grounding 46 airliners, Re-engined Boeing 767, Europe overcrowded skies, IndiGo signs for 300 Airbus A320s, Nacelle, Embraer / Flexjet $1.4 billion deal, Hartzell 5-blade composite, NBAA-BACE Las Vegas, Pilatus PC-12 NGX, Hartzell’s new Voyager Propeller, Garmin autoland, CFA - Solo at 16 with 16 hours, AeroVironment new Puma LE, Schiebel Camcopter S-100, Wing drone trial with FedEx, Alti unmanned VTOL fixed-wing, Safran / Uber - eVTOL mock-up at NBAA-BACE, Samson Sky agreement with ASR, Lilium footage of air taxi testing, Absolute Leonardo announcement, Sikorsky introduces RAIDER X, France and Germany future fighter jet agreement, British F-35Bs, Russian Tu-160 Bombers in SA, EAA Chapter 322 Chairman’s dinner 2019, Extra Aircraft’s next generation, EAA Sun ‘n Fun 2019, SAPFA Brakpan ANR, OR Tambo International Airport, Dassault’s Mirage III, The 727 that vanished, Lanseria International Airport multi-story building opening, Gordon Dyne’s deceptive Mirage, Misfuelling, NASA supersonic X-59 QueSST, Aerosmena

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