Flying-Aviation
SA Flyer Magazine
MARK TIERNEY'S CAFE PROPOSAL
One of the many challenges faced by African airlines is access to cost effective finance.
6 min |
December 2024
SA Flyer Magazine
ENGINE FIRE!
Iris McCallum's continues her stories about her early years with Air Kenya, and we get to revisit one of her more dramatic moments.
6 min |
December 2024
SA Flyer Magazine
GOING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
I'm sure you are familiar with the 'Leave Bug'. It's a little worm which lives in calendars. It hatches in cycles of two. Just before you are due to go on leave it grabs the last five days of duty and makes each one last for 48 hours.
9 min |
December 2024
SA Flyer Magazine
AVIATION'S GOT THE CAREERS - BUT ARE YOU READY?
Now that Covid is receding into being a bad dream and the aviation industry is bouncing back strongly, the aviation press, blogs and websites are abuzz with predictions that we're facing a massive skills shortage. The only way to address this is by dramatically ramping up training to ensure an ongoing flow of new professionals into the industry
4 min |
December 2024
SA Flyer Magazine
FLYING AROUND THE KZN AIRFIELDS
In less time than it takes to drive from one side of Johannesburg to the other, you can fly to beautiful KZN to experience amazing scenery and some fantastic airfields and hospitality.
5 min |
December 2024
SA Flyer Magazine
OCTOBER 2024
The end of the year is fast approaching and so spare a thought for airline staff as this is one of the busiest times for them!
4 min |
December 2024
SA Flyer Magazine
WHAT ARE FRENCH CESSNAS?
IN THE LATE 1950S GENERAL AVIATION WAS BOOMING IN THE UNITED STATES. CESSNA HAD EMERGED AS A LEADER IN THE LIGHT AIRCRAFT MARKET, RIDING THE SUCCESS OF THE CESSNA 140 AND 170 SERIES INTO THE EVEN MORE POPULAR CESSNA 172.
5 min |
December 2024
SA Flyer Magazine
RIGHT SEAT RULES NO.24 SLIPPING IT IN
What a graceful thing a sideslip is. When you watch an aeroplane slip gently onto the very threshold of a grass field and straighten out just before the wheels brush the turf, you know you are looking at an aviator - not an aeroplane driver.
10 min |
December 2024
SA Flyer Magazine
The Amazing PT6A Story
The famous slogan says - 'Trust in God and Pratt & Whitney'. And it is largely thanks to the ubiquitous PT6A that this statement is still true.
6 min |
December 2024
SA Flyer Magazine
VAN CELEBRATES HIS 85TH BIRTHDAY
RICHARD “DICK” VAN GRUNSVEN celebrated his 85th birthday by flying the RV-15X. This event was a celebration of decades of passion, innovation, and dedication to aviation.
1 min |
December 2024
SA Flyer Magazine
AERO CLUB OF SOUTH AFRICA AWARDS: 2024
General aviation is a dynamic and multifaceted pursuit that celebrates the freedom and exhilaration of flight. From piloting aeroplanes and helicopters to soaring with eagles in a glider, it offers a rich tapestry of experiences.
5 min |
December 2024
SA Flyer Magazine
SOLAR CHARGING FOR PLANES
Saxon Air has completed the installation of what it calls a 'pioneering electric charging point' at its Business Aviation Centre in Norwich, believed to be the first of its kind at a UK regional airport, with the purpose-built infrastructure featuring a solar energy array specifically tailored for electric aircraft.
1 min |
December 2024
SA Flyer Magazine
ORYX MEDICAL EVACUATION MISSION
ON SUNDAY, 10 NOVEMBER, a 22 Squadron SAAF Oryx helicopter was mobilised for a critical offshore medical evacuation mission. A German tourist had encountered a sudden medical emergency while aboard a cruise liner off Cape Agulhas.
1 min |
December 2024
SA Flyer Magazine
SLING H2 - HYDROGEN FLIGHT
A team of aeronautical students and their lecturers in Switzerland are building a Sling High Wing with hydrogen propulsion.
2 min |
December 2024
SA Flyer Magazine
FRENCH FLIES
Like it or not, the French know how to make great planes - even if their cars are funny. So imagine what you get when you take French flair to the world's best-selling plane.
4 min |
December 2024
SA Flyer Magazine
Iris - her early years: IRIS FLIES ACROSS SUDAN
Laura McDermid continues her stories about Iris McCallum's early years in East Africa and the Sudan. In part 1 of this story she recounts how she had to fly a bunch of Belgian Missionaries to Aweil, a city in northwestern South Sudan, from Wilson in Nairobi in her old mate 'ARN', the Piper Aztec 5Y-ARN.
6 min |
June 2024
SA Flyer Magazine
UGLY IS PRETTY: LEAR 25 VS PILATUS PC-6
When you go to a party where you don't know anybody, you should always go for the 'Ugly' girl, because she will be happy that you chose to spend time with her.
4 min |
June 2024
SA Flyer Magazine
CIRRUS G7 LAUNCHED IN AFRICA
What makes one aircraft better than another? Range, Speed, or carrying capacity, short field performance, operating costs, high wing, low wing, side stick, traditional control yoke?
2 min |
June 2024
SA Flyer Magazine
PRESIDENT'S TROPHY AIR RACE 2024
The annual Presidents Trophy Air Race (PTAR) is the highlight of the year for many competitive general aviation pilots.
2 min |
June 2024
SA Flyer Magazine
THE ABSA LOWVELD AIRSHOW 2024
This year marked the thirtieth edition of the Lowveld airshow – and it was widely acclaimed as the best ever.
2 min |
June 2024
SA Flyer Magazine
PREVIEW: AFRICAN AEROSPACE AND DEFENCE EXPO(AAD)
Guy Leitch finds out from AAD Exhibition Director, Ms Nakedi Phasha, how the buildup to this year's biennial expo is going, and what visitors and exhibitors can expect.
4 min |
June 2024
SA Flyer Magazine
APRIL 2023
April has been a very quiet month on the local aviation marketplace with only nine new registration allocations and three deletions, according to the officially-supplied register review.
2 min |
June 2024
SA Flyer Magazine
PIPISTREL PANTHERA FINALLY HERE
One of the world's most eagerly awaited piston single engine aircraft designs has finally arrived in South Africa. ZU-KTR is a long awaited Panthera, proudly owned by Bertus Kritzinger, a Free State trucker, and based at New Tempe in Bloemfontein, where the well-known Ferriera Aviation has assembled it.
9 min |
June 2024
SA Flyer Magazine
STAGGERWING - ALREADY OLD WHEN NEW
The Staggerwing was the climax, and the end, of an era.
5 min |
June 2024
SA Flyer Magazine
The Aim of Bombing
In modern warfare it's not the soldiers who die - it's the civilians. One of the best examples of this is carpet bombing.
6 min |
June 2024
SA Flyer Magazine
SACRIFICE
John continues his anecdotes about the sacrifices he has had to make in the course of his helicopter bush flying career.
6 min |
April 2024
SA Flyer Magazine
KENYA - SAA PARTNERSHIP DELAY
KENYA AIRWAYS AND South African Airways announced the establishment of a highly anticipated Pan-African Airline Group three years ago.
1 min |
April 2024
SA Flyer Magazine
TO PARIS FOR LUNCH
One morning I arrived back at Lanseria from a two day charter to a dreary Northern Cape iron mine. Entering the terminal, I removed my wings and epaulets, thrust them into my flight bag, and headed for the restaurant.
7 min |
April 2024
SA Flyer Magazine
ASCA'S MPUMI MPOFU: READY FOR TAKE-OFF
Ms Mpumi Mpofu has occupied the hot seat as Chief Executive of ACSA, the Airports Company of South Africa for a tumultuous past four years.
5 min |
April 2024
SA Flyer Magazine
HYDROGEN POWERED PLANE TESTED
WORLD’S LARGEST liquid hydrogen-powered aircraft, using a 1 MW fuel cell engine, has been tested.
1 min |