Flying_Aviation
SA Flyer Magazine
CAMEROON - BLAMES BOEING
BOEING JUST CANNOT STAY out of trouble. It has become the whipping boy for endless absurd claims.
1 min |
April 2024
SA Flyer Magazine
IRIS GOES TO SOMALIA
Having spent the last couple of years flying to a rota, I was thoroughly enjoying the freedom and randomness of flying charters at Sunbird Aviation.
7 min |
April 2024
SA Flyer Magazine
TELEPORTATION
One of the best clients for whom I ever flew was BP, the British oil giant. I was with them in Algeria for about seven years, from the very start of their large gas projects, right in the heart of the Sahara Desert, near the small towns of In Amenas and In Salah.
6 min |
April 2024
SA Flyer Magazine
FEBRUARY 2023
February has shown steady growth in the number of aircraft registered. Four fixed wing and one helicopter were added while the non-type certified (NTCA) register grew by seven.
3 min |
April 2024
SA Flyer Magazine
RIGHT SEAT RULES NO. 16 FUEL SYSTEMS WHY SO COMPLICATED?
You know those aggranoying people who say, “Oh I wouldn't fly in one of those little things - you can't just pull over and fix it if something goes wrong\"? What makes this particularly irritating is that the bastards are right.
10 min |
April 2024
SA Flyer Magazine
WHY CAN AEROPLANES FLY UPSIDE-DOWN¿
In 1945, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, precursor of NASA and source of much of our knowledge about practical aerodynamics, published a hefty compendium of aerofoil data, NACA Technical Report 824, which later appeared in book form under the title Theory of Wing Sections.
5 min |
April 2024
SA Flyer Magazine
Flying Cars A fool and his money...
There is a hoary old adage - that you can fool most of the people most of the time. And that's enough to raise lots of money for screwball ideas. The Pegasus, a VTOL business jet that is nothing more than a computer graphic comes to mind.
6 min |
April 2024
SA Flyer Magazine
TRAVOLTA'S CROOKED PILOTS?
TWO PILOTS ARE CHARGED with embezzling close to $800,000 from John Travolta.
1 min |
April 2024
SA Flyer Magazine
SAFETY FEATURE
General aviation hides behind the safety record of its big brother - the airline industry.
3 min |
April 2024
SA Flyer Magazine
STELLENBOSCH AIR SHOW
The Western Cape does not get as many airshows as the Joburg area - which is a shame as it has great airshow performers and one of the best venues in the world for a flying club airshow.
3 min |
April 2024
SA Flyer Magazine
SAA TAKATSO SALE CALLED OFF
SOUTH AFRICA’S Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan has announced that the sale of a 51% stake in South African Airways (SAA) to the Takatso Consortium has been cancelled.
1 min |
April 2024
SA Flyer Magazine
EAA AIRWEEK 2024
Having attended Oshkosh in 2023, I was looking forward to our own, miniature version in Middelburg, Mpumalanga.
5 min |
April 2024
SA Flyer Magazine
PIPER'S COMANCHE 180 - IT TICKS ALL THE BOXES
The Comanche is a fabulous plane - that was frankly just too good to be a Piper.
8 min |
April 2024
SA Flyer Magazine
INDIAN OCEAN ISLAND ODYSSEY (OR FIASCO)
Before the South African political transformation, a group of diving enthusiasts wished to extend their diving experience to the more northern reaches of the Indian Ocean.
10 min |
November 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
THE WAR AGAINST CYBERATTACKS
The recent much-publicised breach of the South African National Defence Force's (SANDF) networks by the 'Snatch' ransomware team, in which they stole multiple terabytes of files and published them online, has thrown into sharp relief the need for strong cyber security practices for African militaries, especially as they adopt more digitised processes and products such as drones and command & control systems.
6 min |
November 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
IRIS - HER EARLY YEARS.Air Kenya
Laura McDermid continues her stories about Iris McCallum in East Africa.
6 min |
November 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
ROBBIE ROBINSON
\"Hello. I am your Examiner...I am here to help you!\" Oh yeah...Really?
3 min |
November 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
CAPE TOWN SUPPLEMENT: INTRODUCTION -
Aviation in and around Cape Town is doing simultaneously well – and not so well.
4 min |
November 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
AOPA BRIEFING IS IT ABOUT THE MONEY?
Chris Martinus: President Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association South Africa
8 min |
November 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
JOHN ILLSLEY
Too often we only present tributes to remarkable people when they have died. This article is a tribute to a man who is very much alive, yet who has already made a greater impact and touched more lives in general aviation in South Africa than anyone else I can think of.
2 min |
November 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
Blackhawk's 150th CARAVAN ENGINE UPGRADE
Blackhawk Aerospace has completed its 150th Cessna Caravan engine upgrade.
1 min |
November 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
CESSNA LONGITUDE
THE LONG-AWAITED CESSNA FLAGSHIP FINALLY ARRIVES IN SOUTH AFRICA
10+ min |
November 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
RIGHT SEAT RULES NO. 11 COORDINATION
Hubie was one of those people who can't march. He was a clever guy. He had a pharmacy in Riversdale in the Southern Cape and was also mayor of the town - but the poor guy simply could not march.
5 min |
November 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
THE FUTURE OF AVGAS
The US Environmental Protection Agency EPA) has released its long-anticipated final determination on the danger of leaded aviation gasoline.
1 min |
November 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
EL TAIL WAGS DOG
‘Hinge moment’ is the technical name for the force required to deflect a control surface. In small, relatively slow aeroplanes hinge moments are not very large; pilots move the controls with ease. But as control surfaces get larger and speeds get higher, hinge moments grow rapidly.
5 min |
November 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
PILATUS UPDATES PC-24
For 2024, Pilatus has extended the payload-range capability of it PC-24 to give a maximum range with six passengers of 2,000 nautical miles.
1 min |
November 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
How the FAA is Fixing Recreational Flying
We often forget that South Africa still has some world class institutions that make our country a much better place than that supposed paragon of excellence the USA. The American banking system is archaic compared to South Africa and our restaurants and food are better and cheaper.
6 min |
November 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
INDIAN OCEAN ISLAND ODYSSEY (OR FIASCO)
Before the South African political transformation, a group of diving enthusiasts wished to extend their diving experience to the more northern reaches of the Indian Ocean.
10 min |
SA Flyer Magazine 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
THE WAR AGAINST CYBERATTACKS
The recent much-publicised breach of the South African National Defence Force’s (SANDF) networks by the ‘Snatch’ ransomware team, in which they stole multiple terabytes of files and published them online, has thrown into sharp relief the need for strong cyber security practices for African militaries, especially as they adopt more digitised processes and products such as drones and command & control systems.
7 min |
SA Flyer Magazine 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
MERCY MAKAU INDUCTED INTO HALL OF FAME
Mercy Makau founded the non-profit organisation in Nairobi called Young Aviators Club of Africa (YACAfrica).
1 min |