Garth Calitz
- Jan 28, 2020
- 18 min
SAAF 100 – Historic Glory and Centennial Denial
The South African Airforce (SAAF) will be reaching their 100 birthday on 1 February 2020, this major milestone unfortunately seems to have slipped the minds of the of the powers that be. In all official correspondence from the SAAF and the SANDF no mention of the Centenary has been made, they have opted for a meaningless slogan “Embracing our Collective Heritage” which in itself in implies division and not unity. If it was truly a celebration of “Collective Heritage” one woul
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Garth Calitz
- Jan 28, 2020
- 3 min
Rand Airport Challenge 2020- Sixteen and Counting
Frank and Cally Eckard must have woken with very heavy hearts on Saturday 25 January, it was pouring with rain and seriously threatening the sixteenth SAPFA Rand Airport Challenge. Frank and Cally have been putting the Rand Airport Challenge together since its inception all those years ago. With well over 150 rallies to his credit Frank is undoubtably the most experience route plotter in the world, Cally on the other hand is closing up on Frank very quickly with a whopping 95
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Garth Calitz
- Jan 28, 2020
- 2 min
Boeing and Embraer Joint Venture receives Brazilian Approval
Boeing and Embraer gained the unconditional approval of their strategic partnership by the Administrative Council for Economic Defence (CADE)'s General-Superintendence (SG) in Brazil. The decision will become final within the next 15 days unless a review is requested by CADE Commissioners. The partnership has now received unconditional clearance from every regulatory jurisdiction with the exception of the European Commission, which continues to assess the deal. "This latest c
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Garth Calitz
- Jan 28, 2020
- 11 min
Inadvertent VFR Flight into IMC
Every human – including weather forecasters and pilots - is liable to make errors. Therefore, the pilot should identify the risks that deteriorating en-route weather could present, particularly when the route is associated with any high ground, surface obstructions or proximity to controlled airspace, and consider how to manage those risks before the flight. In pre-flight planning, the pilot should consider not only what alternate courses of action will be available if the we
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Garth Calitz
- Jan 25, 2020
- 2 min
Boeing 777X Takes To The Air for the First Time
At 8:00 local SA time this evening, Boeing’s all new 777X took to the skies at the aircraft manufacturers headquarters in Everett. The long-awaited first flight of the next-generation in the 777 family positioned at the end of the runway of Everett Paine Field on what is scheduled to be a five-hour test flight. Video: Boeing 777X first take-off Seeing the world’s largest passenger twin-engines accelerating down Runway 34 powered by its huge General Electric GE9X engines Is so
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Garth Calitz
- Jan 25, 2020
- 2 min
Boeing Statement on 737 MAX Return to Service
As we have emphasised, the FAA and other global regulators will determine when the 737 MAX returns to service. However, in order to help our customers and suppliers plan their operations, we periodically provide them with our best estimate of when regulators will begin to authorise the ungrounding of the 737 MAX. We are informing our customers and suppliers that we are currently estimating that the ungrounding of the 737 MAX will begin during mid-2020. This updated estimate i
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Garth Calitz
- Jan 24, 2020
- 5 min
The SACAA Respond to the loss of their three Crew Members and Inspection Aircraft
Opening Statement by Ms Poppy Khoza - Director of Civil Aviation We called this gathering today with heavy hearts, following a tragic aircraft accident that robbed us of our three colleagues, who undoubtedly still had much to offer the aviation industry. This happened while they were conducting important work that helps uphold aviation safety standards in the country. These young and talented members of the South African Civil Aviation Authority were part of a world-class tea
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Garth Calitz
- Jan 23, 2020
- 1 min
SACAA's Citation Crashes near George in Western Cape
The South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) have confirmed in a statement that it has not been able to make contact with its flight inspection unit aircraft, a Cessna S550 Citation SII, that took-off from George Airport earlier today. The crew, two males and one female, took off at 10:40 (local time) from the George Airport on a flight calibration mission of navigational aids of the same airport. The George air traffic control tower could not make contact with the air
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Derek Hopkins
- Jan 21, 2020
- 3 min
MOGAS – Mountain Soaring In The Western Cape
The idea of a week spent soaring in the mountains was hatched by Gary Whitecross, the chairman of MOGAS, he opened an invitation to all MOGAS members and the call was enthusiastically answered by members with vastly varying gliding experience. The week started of with Gary and I going to collect our “chariot” for the week from Brits airfield. Arjan Schaap, himself a very experienced glider pilot with many national and international competitions under his belt, graciously offe
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