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SA Flyer Magazine
HUGH’S FIRST FLIGHT EVER
Some of my friends say that am a slow reader and a late developer. Maybe they are right, but I find that when I read something, I tend to remember it better than some of the high-speed readers of my acquaintance do, and when, a bit later in life than some of my contemporaries, I spot some new enthusiasm I tend to fall for it, big time.
5 min |
November 2022
SA Flyer Magazine
FLYING FOR FREEDOM
AS THE FOUNDER and driving force behind his registered and approved non-profit organisation, Flying For Freedom SA (FFFSA), Tokkie Botes has donated over 1,000 hours of flying in his Bell 206 to the service of conservation in Southern Africa.
1 min |
November 2022
SA Flyer Magazine
AVIATION COMPANY PROFILES GUIDE 2023
AVIATION COMPANY PROFILES GUIDE
3 min |
November 2022
SA Flyer Magazine
PARAMOUNT QUALIFIES ENGINEERS
Addressing the pending skills shortage, Paramount Aerospace Systems PAS), has qualified fifteen students as aircraft technicians and engineers.
1 min |
November 2022
SA Flyer Magazine
TECNAM’S P2012 STOL
Tecnam has introduced the new P2012 STOL dedicated to Short Take Off and Landing (STOL) operations.
1 min |
November 2022
SA Flyer Magazine
SEPTEMBER 2022: This month, although not quite as exciting as last month, nevertheless contains a few delicious items.
FIRST OF ALL, there is an Embraer 145 added to the register which was seen operating in Russia with her South African registration, ZS-ABB, applied in the last month. Unfortunately, nobody that I know has been able to photograph her as yet. This Embraer takes up the former registration of an Avro Avion which was written off in 1947.
2 min |
November 2022
SA Flyer Magazine
CESSNA 206 CFIT
AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT REPORT
6 min |
November 2022
SA Flyer Magazine
ZS-VCE - A PERSONAL HISTORY
In 1949 an Ercoupe, the 415-E model, with the serial number 4975 was born. I'm not exactly sure how she got into South Africa, but she started her life as ZS-BSJ as early as 1950. As with all Ercoupes of the time, she had no rudder pedals and was fitted with the Continental C-85 85 hp) engine.
7 min |
November 2022
SA Flyer Magazine
ERCO ERCOUPE A WONDERFUL LITTLE PLANE!
With its low wing, tricycle gear and safe car-like handling, the Ercoupe was a genuinely revolutionary aircraft.
10+ min |
November 2022
SA Flyer Magazine
FROM THE WAODANIS To WEAPONS WAR.
What have a missionary with a bucket and a fisherman with a Bonanza, got to do with the future of military drone technology?
10 min |
November 2022
SA Flyer Magazine
AIRLITE PRO
It’s been a while coming but finally we have a handheld radio scanner with GPS.
1 min |
November 2022
SA Flyer Magazine
SHORT FINALS
Inthe October 2018 edition of SAFlyer, regular readers of the magazine would have noticed a new Heli Ops” column appear on page 46. In that first column, introduced myself, The Silver Fox,” as well as several themes that would build on as the magazine moved from its printed version, through a Covid-19 induced lockdown, to where it is now, online.
3 min |
November 2022
SA Flyer Magazine
REVISITING A PC-12 CRASH
Sometimes it's not the speed that breaks aeroplanes, it's the slowing down.
6 min |
November 2022
SA Flyer Magazine
CORSIA, SAF & Poppy Mania
Who wudda thought it? According to ICAO, the biggest crisis facing the airline industry today is not the sky-high price of fuel or the problems of actually getting it to the airports when gas pipelines are being blown up and tankers get caught in storms.
6 min |
November 2022
SA Flyer Magazine
SOLAR-POWERED DRONE CRASHES
The Airbus Zephyr's 'unexpected termination' comes after 64 days in the air. The Zeyphr surpassed all known uncrewed aircraft endurance records.
1 min |
September 2022
SA Flyer Magazine
STARLITE TRAINING'S VALUE CHAIN
IN ADDITION TO THIS LATEST MISSION training system, Starlite Academy's full value chain is now able to provide training on the full range of Airbus helicopters in the Starlite holding company SAF Group's fleet.
1 min |
September 2022
SA Flyer Magazine
THE GLIDING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
South Africa produced an outstanding all-round performance at the 37th FAI World Gliding Championships, held in Szeged, Hungary in August.
2 min |
September 2022
SA Flyer Magazine
LIQUID EIGHT
I am now 60 years old, so I am out of Part 135 operations. However, there is still some fire left in the hearth and so there may still be some sparks which I could offer to the Part 121 side of the aviation industry, if required.
6 min |
September 2022
SA Flyer Magazine
AAD 2022 PREVIEW
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.
4 min |
September 2022
SA Flyer Magazine
JULY 2022
For the first time in many years a brand-new Cessna 172 has been registered in South Africa. How things have changed.
2 min |
September 2022
SA Flyer Magazine
HEART TRANSPLANT!
Upgrading a C182 to a 300hp Conti 10-550.
5 min |
September 2022
SA Flyer Magazine
ZS-NJX AND ZU-MMI MOUNTAIN CRASH
AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT REPORT
6 min |
September 2022
SA Flyer Magazine
BOMBARDIER GLOBAL 6000 - SMOOTH OPERATOR
The market for large business jets in Africa is fiercely contested. Bombardier has done particularly well in this tough environment with its Global 6000. We look at its features - and what its operators like, and dislike, about it.
10 min |
September 2022
SA Flyer Magazine
THE KNYSNA TRIANGLE
Knysna is a very odd place - there's no airfield near the town. But when I was there, there were three active ones in walking distance of the CBD. And all within a few hundred yards of each other.
10 min |
September 2022
SA Flyer Magazine
HI HO SILVER, AWAY!
Some helicopters are more memorable than others. For instance, the Hughes 500 has an acute feeling of claustrophobia in its cosy cockpit, while a Squirrel almost always has a way of humbling even an experienced pilot with a wiggle of its skids on landing.
3 min |
September 2022
SA Flyer Magazine
REQUIEM FOR A DREAM
The Bugatti 100P was a beautiful blend of art and engineering.
6 min |
September 2022
SA Flyer Magazine
Prepare to Meet thy Boom by 2030?
Aviation has a fascinating ability to suck people, who should know better, into investing in fundamentally absurd ideas.
6 min |
September 2022
SA Flyer Magazine
STARLITE AVIATION TRAINING ACADEMY - Now Training Mission Networked Pilots
Advanced network flight training simulators have become a core part of pilot development. They provide an environment that fully immerses the student in the entire mission, and not just the actual aircraft flying.
4 min |
September 2022
SA Flyer Magazine
THE SECOND AERO SOUTH AFRICA EXPO
The second edition of AERO South Africa took Wonderboom Airport in from 7 - 9 July 2022 at Tshwane (Pretoria).
3 min |
August 2022
SA Flyer Magazine
ULTIMAX AVIATION - EVERYTHING ABOUT HELICOPTERS
ULTIMAX AVIATION is a Cape Town based Approved Maintenance Organisation (AMO), renowned for its top-level experience in helicopter maintenance.
2 min |