African Pilot
ENSTROM HELICOPTER CORPORATION
With crisp handling, well-appointed features, incredibly smooth ride, beautiful style and roomy interior, Enstrom’s line of helicopters offers the attributes of the ultimate luxury sports car and for an unexpectedly affordable price
1 min |
May 2023
African Pilot
HILL HELICOPTER HX50
THE LIGHT HELICOPTER REVOLUTION IS HERE
2 min |
May 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
Squeezing Out Every Last Cent
I have been writing about the CAA for sixteen years and the more time passes, the less I’m able to make much sense of it.
6 min |
May 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
HERE COMES THE PITCH
Writing about a fatal accident that resulted from the pilot’s mishandling of a balked landing, I reflected that I had never assessed the behaviour of my own aeroplane in that manoeuvre. My idea of flight testing is to take trips and wait for something strange to happen, and, as luck would have it, I have never yet had a balked landing in Melmoth 2.
5 min |
May 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
THE AMAZING ELDERS FLIGHT: 2023
As just one person, Felix Gosher does more to develop aviation in South Africa than any number of Cadet Schemes or CAA outreaches.
2 min |
May 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
BLUE LASER ATTACK GETS TWO YEARS
A Minnesota USA man whose lasered a Delta Air Lines flight was sentenced to two years in jail.
1 min |
May 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
AERO FRIEDRICHSHAFEN 2023
Aero Friedrichshafen is Europe’s premier general aviation Expo. Unlike conventional airshows, it is an expo as it uses static displays inside the hangars, rather than flying displays, as for instance Oshkosh Airventure does. Given the German weather and a train strike, it is perhaps appropriate that the organisers were not relying on the gee-whizz crowd pull of an airshow.
4 min |
May 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
JMB AIRCRAFT VL-3 EVOLUTION
Speed and small sexy bodies may be cute for supercars – but they can be a dangerous cocktail for inexperienced pilots. Beech had this problem with the V-tail Bonanza, Piper with its Malibu and Cirrus with the SR-22. The good news is that in time, all these problems were solved.
10+ min |
May 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
COBRA IN A BARON
RUDOLF ERASMUS and four friends were flying in his Baron 58 when he felt something cold under his shirt near his hip.
1 min |
May 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
CAA INDUSTRY AWARDS 2023 NOW OPEN
In the spirit of developing excellence in aviation, the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) is again sponsoring a major awards event.
1 min |
May 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
THE ROTAX 916
You may have to forgive us for listing a whole new aero engine as a mere gadget – and thus suitable for review in our Gadget of the Month series. But the Rotax 916iS so small, yet so powerful it represents the ultimate gadget.
1 min |
May 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
RAND AIRPORT AVIATION COMPANIES GUIDE
A Management era at Rand Airport has ended. Six years since his appointment, Rand Airport General Manager, Stuart Coetzee has ‘been retired’. It is notable that he has not resigned for greener pastures but was essentially forced into retirement due to advancing age.
3 min |
May 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
THE LONG JOURNEY OF A MISSION PILOT
Eivind Lindtjørn is a typical Mission Aviation fellowship pilot flying in Africa, in that he combines a higher calling with a passion for flying.
5 min |
May 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
SANSA: SUPPORTING MOON SHOTS AND WATER RESOURCES
The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) has become a world class resource for aviation and space missions. SANSA is now supporting projects as diverse as the first Arab moon landing to monitoring water resources in the Eastern Cape.
2 min |
May 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
MARCH 2023
March has been a pretty average month with regard to aircraft movements on to and off the register, however there are some exciting new arrivals.
2 min |
May 2023
Future Flight
ZIPLINE UNVEILS NEW AUTONOMOUS SYSTEM CAPABLE OF QUIET, FAST AND PRECISE HOME DELIVERY
Last month Zipline unveiled its new platform that provides quiet, fast and precise autonomous delivery directly to homes in cities and suburbs. The company’s next-generation home delivery platform is practically silent (designed to sound like wind rustling leaves) and is expected to deliver up to seven times as fast as traditional automobile delivery, completing 10-mile deliveries in about 10 minutes
3 min |
April 2023
Future Flight
US GOVERNMENT EMPHASISES SPEED AND SUSTAINABILITY AS TOP AERONAUTICS PRIORITIES
The Administration’s vision for continued global leadership notes supersonic flight’s emerging commercial interest and underscores the criticality of sustainable aviation
3 min |
April 2023
Future Flight
SUPERSONIC TRAVEL WITHOUT THE SONIC BOOM
Imagine flying faster than the speed of sound. With its X-59, NASA could re-open the door to supersonic travel, this time without the explosive boom. For decades, flying faster than the speed of sound has meant speeding across the skies in an aircraft that creates a powerful sonic boom, a significant noise that travels down to the ground below like a crack of thunder
6 min |
April 2023
Future Flight
MALIAN AIR FORCE COMMISSIONS BAYRAKTAR TB2 UAVs
Mali’s Air Force continues to expand through new equipment deliveries, with the most recent batch of hardware accepted into service including Bayraktar TB2 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from Turkey and L-39 trainer and light attack jets from Russia
1 min |
April 2023
Future Flight
TURKISH AKSUNGUR UAVS FOR ANGOLA
Becoming the first confirmed African nation to order Aksungur medium-altitude, long endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) Angola has ordered the drones from Turkish Aerospace Industries
1 min |
April 2023
Future Flight
JETBLUE AND SHELL AVIATION ANNOUNCE LAX SAF AGREEMENT
On 14 March 2023 the US low-cost airline JetBlue, currently at odds with the Biden administration over its proposed acquisition of Spirit Airlines and Shell Aviation announced that the two companies would collaborate to bolster the Los Angeles International Airport’s (LAX) supply of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). JetBlue and Shell Aviation look to commence SAF deliveries to LAX in the first half of 2023
3 min |
April 2023
Future Flight
ARTEMIS II ASTRONAUTS NAMED
NASA and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) made public the names of the four astronauts selected to serve as the Artemis II mission’s primary crew
3 min |
April 2023
Future Flight
JEKTA SIGNS LETTER OF INTENT WITH GAYO AVIATION FOR TEN PHA-ZE 100 AMPHIBIOUS AIRCRAFT
THE JEKTA PHA-ZE 100 ELECTRICALLY POWERED AMPHIBIOUS AIRCRAFT IN 19 seat configuration and on water
3 min |
April 2023
Future Flight
HEART AEROSPACE TO EXPLORE EARLY USE CASE FOR ELECTRIC ES-30 AIRPLANE WITH ÅLAND ISLANDS
On 23 March Swedish electric airplane maker Heart Aerospace and the Government of Åland announced a collaboration to explore the use of Heart’s electric regional airplane, the ES-30, in developing sustainable air services for the Baltic Sea group of islands
2 min |
April 2023
Future Flight
AIRBUS ACHIEVES IN-FLIGHT AUTONOMOUS GUIDANCE AND CONTROL OF A DRONE FROM A TANKER AIRCRAFT
Airbus Defence and Space and the company's wholly-owned subsidiary, Airbus UpNext, have achieved in-flight autonomous guidance and control of a drone using an A310 MRTT
2 min |
April 2023
Future Flight
FLYH2 ANNOUNCES THE SUCCESSFUL MAIDEN FLIGHTS OF DRAGONFLY V
Cape Town based FlyH2 Aerospace has announced the successful maiden flights of its hydrogen-electric Dragonfly V, a commercial UAV (or drone) designed for a range of applications requiring long endurance or payload flexibility. The flight tests took place last week in Citrusdal, approximately two hours outside of Cape Town, South Africa
2 min |
April 2023
Future Flight
NORWEGIAN FOUNDATION COLLABORATES WITH AIRBUS ON EVTOL
With more than 40 years of experience in emergency medical response, the Norsk Luftambulanse supports pre-hospital care across the country. It is working alongside Airbus to come up with eVTOL solutions
2 min |
April 2023
Future Flight
eVTOL TECH TO BRIDGE INDIA'S AIR CONNECTIVITY GAP
The creation of an electric Vertical Take-off and Landing (eVTOL) ecosystem in India aligns with the Indian government’s Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik (UDAN) (Hindi: Let the common citizens of the country fly) initiative, a regional airport development programme undertaken for purpose of upgrading underserviced air routes and improving the Indian population’s access to air transportation. The UDAN initiative is part of the Indian government’s Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS)
2 min |
April 2023
Future Flight
HONEYWELL AND WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC PARTNER ON H2 AERO FUEL-CELL SOLUTIONS
A new partnership between Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), USA and Honeywell Aerospace aims to reduce the aviation industry’s carbon footprint by examining means by which hydrogen fuel-cells may be utilized to power future generations of aircraft
2 min |
April 2023
Future Flight
AUSTRALIA's FIRST COMMERCIALLY PRODUCED ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT UNVEILED
South Australia will be home to Australia’s first commercially produced electric aircraft, with Adelaide-based Bader Aero already taking orders for their new plane. The E22 Spark aircraft was unveiled to the public for the first time at Adelaide Motorsport Festival as part of RAA’s e-motions display in Victoria Park
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