Garth Calitz
- Jan 21, 2020
- 2 min
SAPFA - Rally Flying Training Camp
SAPFA kicked off what is going to be a very busy year with a Rally flying training camp on Saturday 18 January at the Aerosud canteen in centurion. This was the second training camp of its kind and after the camp held last year the SAPFA board decided to have a series of these events this year to promote the sport and introduce “New Blood” into the fold. South Africa will be hosting the 2020 World Rally Flying Championships in Stellenbosch in November this year and hope to en
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Rob Russell
- Jan 21, 2020
- 13 min
Innocent Civil Aircraft Shot Down in Conflict Zones
Korean Air Lines flight 007 Flight 007, shot down by Soviet air-to-air missiles on September 1, 1983, near Sakhalin Island, Russia, killing all 269 persons on board. It was en route to Seoul from Anchorage, Alaska, when it strayed more than 200 miles from its scheduled path and entered Soviet airspace. Soviet authorities claimed that the plane was on an intelligence-gathering mission for the United States, though no evidence supported the allegation. The incident occurred dur
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SAA Newsroom
- Jan 21, 2020
- 3 min
SAA Consolidates Selected Flights
South African Airways (SAA) is in the process of consolidating selected domestic flights between the airline’s main hub, Oliver Tambo International Airport Johannesburg (JNB) and Cape Town (CPT), as well as between Johannesburg (JNB) and Durban’s King Shaka (DUR) airports. SAA is working closely with its sister airline, Mango, to re-accommodate passengers on alternative services operated by both airlines to minimise disruption, and thereby ensure passengers reach their destin
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Airlink News
- Jan 16, 2020
- 3 min
Airlink to Operate Under Own Flight Code “4Z”
Airlink, Africa’s largest privately-owned airline, will operate under its own “4Z” flight code on services operated with effect from 11 June 2020. This decision represents an important milestone in extending the commercial reach of the airline in its own right. Selling seats on flights under the “4Z” flight code will enable Airlink to develop more routes and frequencies on an independent basis, as well as extend opportunities to establish new agreements with leading internati
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Garth Calitz
- Jan 16, 2020
- 8 min
News Letter 19 January 2020
Good day all Welcome back and Happy New year to everyone may this be an amazing year for everyone. The aviation calendar is slowly coming to life with a few events planned for this weekend, SAC will be hosting the joint “Judges Trophy” and Gauteng Regional aerobatics championships on Saturday and Sunday at Vereeniging Airfield (Click on Picture for more Info) SAPFA will be hosting a Rally Navigation Training Day at Aerosud in Centurion, anyone that is interested in joining th
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Garth Calitz
- Jan 14, 2020
- 9 min
Luxury Airship Travel Due To Return - Airlander 10
The notion of floating slowly above the ground, in absolute luxury, watching the beautiful scenery pass by beneath you is about to once again become a reality. Details have just been released the a of a full production version of the Airlander 10 aimed specifically at civilian use. As compared to the current functioning prototype, the new model will have a sleeker, more aerodynamic hull. This design update is based on both wind tunnel testing and computer modelling, along wit
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Garth Calitz
- Jan 14, 2020
- 4 min
Iran and Iraq Airspace Ban will Cost Airlines Dearly
On Saturday 11 January the EU's air safety agency (EASA) joined the American Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in issuing an advisory to airlines to avoid flying over Iran and Iraq, after Tehran admitted mistakenly shooting down a Ukraine International Airlines B737, killing 176 people. After days of denials, Iranian authorities finally acknowledged that air defences had brought the Ukrainian airliner down with missiles, blaming "human error." Iran's supreme leader Ayatol
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Garth Calitz
- Jan 14, 2020
- 5 min
Engine Out? Establishing a Minimum Trim Glide
Your propeller has just stopped, and “things” just got very real! Your aircraft has been transformed from a powerful beast to a very heavy expensive glider. How you manage the next few minutes could be critical to your survival. We were all taught very early in our training how to establish best glide airspeed in the hope that we will never actually have to establish this under pressure. It is a speed that every flight instructor expects you to know instantaneously and you ha
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Garth Calitz
- Jan 14, 2020
- 3 min
Convair F2Y Sea Dart – The First and Only Supersonic Seaplane
The Sea Dart began as Convair's entry in a 1948 U.S. Navy contest for a supersonic interceptor aircraft. During the time, there was much scepticism about the ability to operating supersonic aircraft from carrier decks. So, in order to address this issue, U.S. Navy ordered many subsonic fighters. The concerns were valid, since many supersonic designs of the time required long take-off rolls, had high approach speeds, and were not very stable or easy to control—all factors that
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