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Civil Aviation Amendment Bill [B 44 – 2018] Open for Public Comment

Jan 10, 2020
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Civil Aviation Amendment Bill [B 44 – 2018] Open for Public Comment

The Portfolio Committee on Transport invites you to submit written comments on the Civil Aviation Amendment Bill [B 44 – 2018]. The Bill seeks to amend the Civil Aviation Act, 2009, so as to: amend existing, and insert new, deﬁnitions; ▪ rectify references to certain Ministries and Government Departments; ▪ amend Chapter 4 of the Act so as to make provision for the operational independence of aircraft accident and incident investigation; ▪ rectify the provision regarding the

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SAAF Hercules C-130 down in Goma

Jan 9, 2020
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SAAF Hercules C-130 down in Goma

South African Airforce Hercules C-130 Crash-Lands at Goma Airport in Democratic Republic of Congo. A UN spokesman stated Thursday that a South African Airforce Military Transport Aircraft crash-landed at Goma airport in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The aircraft is one of 28 Squadrons C130’s based at AFB Waterkloof. Unconfirmed sources state that the 59 pax and 8 crew were all safe. The approach into Goma is notoriously unforgiving especially in bad w

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Airshows in 2020 - What can be expected

Jan 7, 2020
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Airshows in 2020 - What can be expected

Airshows numbers have been dwindling over the last few years this can be accredited to both the economy and the “new” rules and regulations that have put a massive burden on the organiser of these events and have also disqualified some airfields from hosting airshows as the infrastructure just won’t allow for legal compliance. Fortunately for all the airshow lovers, that I’m sure are suffering from withdrawal after the long peak summer hiatus, the airshow machine will be star

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Garden Route December Fly-In's – Saint Francis and Mossel Bay

Jan 7, 2020
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Garden Route December Fly-In's – Saint Francis and Mossel Bay

I have never been an expert when it came to collective nouns and having used our friend Google, I found a site that claimed to be just that. I searched pilots and no answer was found. I searched aircraft and no answer was found. So, to make sure everything was working I searched birds and five answers appeared one being "Dissimulation", based on the variety of aircraft flown in from the area this seems to best describe the variety of aircraft and pilots at St Francis and Moss

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History of the Sukhoi Design Bureau

Jan 7, 2020
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History of the Sukhoi Design Bureau

In 1936 Joseph Stalin, leader of the Soviet Union, issued a requirement for a multi-role combat aircraft. Pavel Sukhoi, a Soviet Russian aerospace engineer, who headed team from the CAHI's AGOS aviation, took up the challenge. A year later in 1937 the Sukhoi and his team developed the BB-1, a reconnaissance aircraft and light bomber Pavel Sukhoi The BB-1 was approved and under a July 29, 1939 government resolution, the Sukhoi OKB, designated as OKB-51, also known as the Sukho

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Hypoxia – Master of Deception

Jan 7, 2020
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Hypoxia – Master of Deception

Lack of oxygen is the greatest single danger to man at high altitudes, despite the importance of pressure and temperatures. The shortage of oxygen in the human body results in a condition called hypoxia, which simply means oxygen starvation. When a pilot inhales air at high altitudes, there isn't enough oxygen pressure to force adequate amounts of this vital gas through the membranes of the lungs into the blood stream, so that it can be carried to the tissues of the body. The

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