Flying-Aviation
SA Flyer Magazine
SAVING THE GIANT SABLE IN ANGOLA
The giant sable bull arrived dangling beneath legendary wildlife pilot, Barney O'Hara's MD500 helicopter, the antelope's four-foot-long horns curving back toward its flanks like the scythe of a backhoe.
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SA Flyer Magazine 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
AKBAR AL BAKER RETIRES - NEW QATAR CEO ANNOUNCED.
Qatar Airways controversial CEO, Akbar Al Baker, is stepping down after 27 years.
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SA Flyer Magazine 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
IRIS - HER EARLY YEARS.Air Kenya
Laura McDermid continues her stories about Iris McCallum in East Africa.
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SA Flyer Magazine 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
TAAG ADDS FOUR 787S
TAAG Angola Airlines is adding the Boeing 787 Dreamliner to its fleet with an order for four of the wide-body jets.
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SA Flyer Magazine 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
ROBBIE ROBINSON
\"Hello. I am your Examiner...I am here to help you!\" Oh yeah...Really?
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SA Flyer Magazine 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
KEEPING TIME
Sometimes, late at night, I pass the time by searching for the names of friends and acquaintances on the Internet.
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August 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
QUESTION BANK
Status Aviation has consolidated its position as the leading provider of theoretical knowledge to the aviation sector by acquiring the industry's most popular teaching and examination aid: Question Bank.
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August 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
LANSERIA FLIGHT CENTRE - BUILDING A GLOBAL REPUTATION
As private flying becomes increasingly expensive for South Africans, many of the better flight training organisations (FTO) have shifted their marketing focus to international students.
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August 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
JUNE 2023
June has been quiet with only seven TCA aircraft (five fixed wing and two helicopters) being registered.
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August 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
RIGHT SEAT RULES NO. 8 - THE PREFLIGHT BRIEFING.
If I were a fisherman, which I'm not, I would exhort fellow piscators, via the Best Bait Buyers' Bulletin, to use the right worms. As an instructor, I now beg you to use the right words - always.
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August 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
Saved from the Scrap Heap
It would be nice to think that the basic trainers we learned to fly on have the hopes and dreams of thousands of pilots grafted into their metallic DNA.
6 min |
August 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
WHY IS THERE A SHORTAGE OF AIRLINE PILOTS?
I was looking for a job with a major airline and had finally got my shot at a selection board interview. It was my big opportunity.
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August 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
POOLEYS AIR PILOT'S MANUALS
In 2022 the world-class Pooleys Air Pilot Manual series launched the first of their Southern African Series. They have now expanded the African series to include three more titles.
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August 2023
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.
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August 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
A ROTAX POWERED RV-9
KITPLANES MAGAZINE REPORTS from Oshkosh AirVenture that there is “a Van’s RV-9A with an impressive nose job on display.”
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August 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
AERO SOUTH AFRICA EXPO - 2023
The third edition of AERO South Africa took place on 6-8 July 2023 at Wonderboom Airport in Tshwane Pretoria.
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August 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
THE FUTURE IS HERE
The star at this year’s Aero Expo South Africa, held at Wonderboom, was the Diamond DA-62. The demo aircraft was flown out to South Africa especially for the event – showing the easy capability of this latest generation piston twin.
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August 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
KUMBULULUKA KWA BAFANA 2023 - ZAMBIAN CHILDREN'S FLIGHT
In 2016 musician, Michael Ferguson and commercial Pilot Felix Gosher joined forces to offer underprivileged children the opportunity to experience the joys of flight, a privilege that many of us take for granted. The initiative was inspired by a song by Michael, “Paper Plane” about a young boy with a dream to fly. Through hard work and dedication, his dream is realised.
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July 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
REFLECTIONS ON INKWAZI
Inkwazi, the South African Air Force’s Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) used for VIP transport, has been reliably racking up the flying hours this year. In just the past two weeks before writing this column it flew President Ramaphosa tens of thousands of kilometres in back to back trips to Switzerland, Poland, Russia, and now France without a single hitch or serious snag and quick turnarounds between missions.
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July 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
WILLIE WALSH BERATES POLITICIANS
IATA DIRECTOR GENERAL Willie Walsh took the opportunity of the organisation’s AGM to rebuke the governments that will play a crucial role in ensuring airlines’ hard work and investments are not in vain.
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July 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
I REALLY THOUGHT I KNEW HOW TO FLY AN AIRCRAFT....NOT
There comes a time in one's life when it feels like it's time to re awaken the sparkle and wonder of flight by trying something new. There is nothing quite like the sobering snotklap you get as you begin as a fresh student all over again. I had to try to convince myself that, \"you're not crazy, John\".
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July 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
IRIS - HER EARLY YEARS - Tanzania Game Tracker Safaris
Laura McDermid continues her stories of Iris McCallum’s flying exploits.
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July 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
YVONNE MANZI MAKOLO CHAIRS IATA BOARD OF GOVERNORS
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that RwandAir CEO Yvonne Manzi Makolo has assumed her duties as Chair of the IATA Board of Governors (BoG) for a one-year term, effective from the conclusion of the 79th IATA Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Istanbul, Türkiye on 5 June.
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July 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
POL
In Part 1 of this two-part story, Hugh Tells how his engineer Pol got lost in the Libyan desert.
9 min |
July 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
Maputo airshow KHANIMABO!!!
After a four-year hiatus, the Maputo Airshow returned on 17 June 2023 - and it maintained the high standard of the earlier show.
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July 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
THE PARYS AIRSHOW
In 2022, the first edition of the Parys Airshow was very successful. So it came as little surprise to see aviation enthusiasts queuing from very early on the bitterly cold Saturday morning for entry to the Parys Airfield.
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July 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
CENTURY AVIONICS TURNS 45!
Century Avionics celebrates its 45th anniversary in 2023. The company has been based at Lanseria Airport since being established in1978.
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July 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
CESSNA 414 CHANCELLOR - CESSNA'S BEST TWIN?
The piston twin is making a comeback. In the 1980s, under the pressures of high maintenance and high Avgas prices, the demand for piston twins collapsed in the face of Cessna Caravan and Pilatus PC-12 turbines. But now, the value proposition of a 40-year old piston twin is once again hard to beat.
7 min |
July 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
RIGHT SEAT RULES NO. 7 - BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER
So far we have been gathering the tools you’ll need to be the best damn instructor around.
9 min |
July 2023
SA Flyer Magazine
BLOCK THAT COEFFICIENT!
I have to admit that when I encounter equations in a book, I usually just skip over them. Often some phrase like, “It may be readily seen that...” precedes them, and so I figure that since plenty of other people must be readily seeing whatever there is to see, there’s no reason that I need to as well.
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