Global Aviator
Rostec offer South Korea modernisation of Ka-32 helicopter fleet
The Rostec State Corporation have offered its partners from South Korea the modernisation of the Ka-32 multipurpose helicopter fleet.
3 min |
January 2020
Global Aviator
REMOTE TOWERS WILL ENHANCE AIR TRAFFIC SAFETY
Collaboration between stakeholders vital to promote efficiency
3 min |
January 2020
Global Aviator
OPS NORMAL AND BUSINESS AS USUAL FOR AIRLINK
Despite the uncertainty and possible downturn in the economy following South African Airways being placed in business rescue, SA Airlink has re-affirmed that its flights and schedule will continue to operate as normal.
2 min |
January 2020
Global Aviator
AVIATION IN AFRICA
Home to 17% of the global population, yet Africa accounts for less than 3% of the world’s air traffic and loses an average of $1.54 per passenger carried while globally, airlines earn $6.12 per passenger carried.
8 min |
January 2020
Global Aviator
AVIATING VS MANAGING
So many of you by now may have seen the video or two of the Boeing 727 approaching an airport that seems pretty remote.
3 min |
January 2020
Global Aviator
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 min |
December 2019
Global Aviator
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 min |
December 2019
Global Aviator
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 min |
December 2019
Global Aviator
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+ min |
December 2019
Global Aviator
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 min |
December 2019
Global Aviator
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 min |
December 2019
Global Aviator
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 min |
December 2019
Global Aviator
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 min |
December 2019
Global Aviator
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 min |
December 2019
Global Aviator
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 min |
December 2019
Global Aviator
First Flight Over Frozen Wasteland
Antarctica is the southern most continent on Earth and definitely the coldest as approximately 98% of the land is covered by ice that averages 1.9km in thickness, and extends to all but the northernmost reaches of the Antarctic Peninsula.
4 min |
Global Aviator - November 2019
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First Batch Of Tecnam P2012 Travellers Arrives In The US
It was an historical day for Tecnam and for the P2012 program when the first two Traveller aircraft were ready to depart Tecnam headquarters in Capua, Italy, and wing their way across the world to Massachusetts, US.
2 min |
Global Aviator - November 2019
Global Aviator
Munich Airport
Munich Airport is the international airport of Munich, the capital of Bavaria.
4 min |
Global Aviator - November 2019
Global Aviator
Collecting My Aircraft
In the last few days I was privileged enough to make an addition to the DogBox at Morningstar in the shape and form of a Whisper X350.
3 min |
Global Aviator - November 2019
Global Aviator
Volocity Undertakes First Public Proof Of Concept Flight
Volocopter made aviation history with the first manned flight of an electrically powered vertical take-off and landing aircraft in 2011.
3 min |
Global Aviator - November 2019
Global Aviator
Be Prepared
I was originally going to call this article “In Search of a New Radio”, as that's what I thought it was going to be about at first.
5 min |
Global Aviator - November 2019
Global Aviator
MAKS 2019
MAKS is held at Zhukovsky International Airport, the home of the Gromov Flight Research Institute in Zhukovsky, 40 km southeast of Moscow, Russia. The event was organized by the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade until 2009, more recently by the Government of Moscow and Aviasalon. The first show, Mosaeroshow-92, was held in 1992. Since 1993, the air show was renamed as MAKS and is held biennially on odd years.
8 min |
October 2019
Global Aviator
Flying Wing
I’ve just moved office at the university, and in line with the latest policies over here, we’re all being moved into big open plan offices where full professors often sit at the next desk to PhD students.
5 min |
October 2019
Global Aviator
Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird
A long-range, Mach 3+ strategic reconnaissance aircraft, the Lockheed SR-71 "Blackbird" is still regarded as the fastest air-breathing manned aircraft. Since 1976, it has held the world record for the fastest air-breathing manned aircraft, a record previously held by the related Lockheed YF-12.
6 min |
October 2019
Global Aviator
Introducing The New Praetor 500 And 600 Different By Design
Embraer has launched two new aircraft: the Praetor 500 midsize jet and the Praetor 600 super-midsize business jet.
3 min |
October 2019
Global Aviator
Cypriot National Guard
The Cypriot National Guard's Mi-35 Hind and SA342 Gazelle attack helicopters are very rarely reported on. Dirk Jan de Ridder and Menso van Westrhenen visit what may well be the European Union's most exotic attack helicopter squadron, a unit that has never left national territory for operations or training exercises
6 min |
October 2019
Global Aviator
ANGARA: Will It Replace Russia's Proton Launch Vehicle?
A remark made by an industry official at a recent aerospace conference in the city of Kazan, it seems likely that the Angara rockets could fully replace Russia’s long-serving Soviet-era Proton launch vehicles as early as 2024.
2 min |
October 2019
GQ South Africa
The Aviation Revolution
How AI is making private jetting more accessible to the average man
5 min |
May 2019
Robb Report Singapore
Putting The Fight In Flight
Military aircraft and their bizjet counterparts share more than meets the eye-to the benefit of both.
4 min |
June 2024
Robb Report Singapore
The New Space Race
Cabin size and comfort level have become as critical as range and speed - and it's a game of inches.
4 min |