THE SHOW STARTED at exactly 10:00, as advertised, with a skydiving display by the local skydiving club exiting the club’s turbine Trojan. The Trojan is a tricycle version of the SAAF Kudu that was purchased by the Rhodesian Airforce.
As soon as the skydivers had landed, the Puma Flying Lions fired up their engines. Team owner Arnie Meneghelli over-primed his Harvard somewhat and it discharged a spectacular flame out the exhaust.
While the Flying Lions were performing, Andrew BlackWood Murray was preparing to get airborne in his Nashua Extra 300. Andrew showed off the skills that have earned him a place on the South African team that will be competing in the Advanced World Aerobatic Championships later this year in Las Vegas.
The Airshow Director kept the show flowing with minimal lulls between displays. Andrew had barely landed and the RV Raptors formation went directly into their display. Trevor Warner, Ryan Beaton, Dion Raath and Johan von Solms rearranged their normal display going directly into a tail-chase and finishing with formation aerobatics.
Menno Parson took to the sky in his Bell Huey, the sound of this machine is always a crowd favourite. Then the Huey display had to be cut short due to a “student pilot” taking a Rainbow Skyreach Bush Cat for an unauthorised flip. Sally Levin had to talk the rogue student down and after multiple hairy approaches, he finally got the little aircraft safely back on the ground. It turns out the student was Jason Beamish, a very accomplished aerobatics and airshow pilot.
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SACRIFICE
John continues his anecdotes about the sacrifices he has had to make in the course of his helicopter bush flying career.
KENYA - SAA PARTNERSHIP DELAY
KENYA AIRWAYS AND South African Airways announced the establishment of a highly anticipated Pan-African Airline Group three years ago.
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.
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.
HYDROGEN POWERED PLANE TESTED
WORLD’S LARGEST liquid hydrogen-powered aircraft, using a 1 MW fuel cell engine, has been tested.
CAMEROON - BLAMES BOEING
BOEING JUST CANNOT STAY out of trouble. It has become the whipping boy for endless absurd claims.
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.
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.
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.
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.
