Garth Calitz
- Feb 29, 2020
- 2 min
Boeing T-7A “Red Hawk” Successfully Complete Restart Test
Boeing, in cooperation with the SAAB, have developed a single-engine advanced jet trainer with a twin tail, tandem seating and retractable tricycle landing gear designated the Boeing T-X. The Boeing T-X demonstration models are powered by a General Electric F404 after-burning turbofan engine. On 16 September 2019, the USAF officially named the aircraft the "T-7A Red Hawk" as a tribute to the Tuskegee Airmen, who painted their aircraft tails red, and to the Curtiss P-40 Warhaw
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Garth Calitz
- Feb 29, 2020
- 5 min
Comair Navigates Strong Headwinds
Main points Headline loss of R564 million for the six months ending 31 December 2019. R450 million is attributable to the increase in the IFRS9 loss allowance on the SAA damages claim. Earnings per share (EPS) declined by 543% to a loss per share (LPS) of 120.5 cents per share (prior period EPS: 27.2 cents per share). Headline earnings per share (HEPS) decreased by 546% to a headline loss per share (HLPS) of 121.2 cents per share (prior period HEPS: 27,2 cents per share). Rev
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Garth Calitz
- Feb 29, 2020
- 2 min
SAA Business Rescue Plan D-Day extended to 31 March
The South African Airways (SAA) Business Rescue Practitioners (BRPs) Siviwe Dongwana and Les Matuson, requested an extension from lenders and creditors to extend the publication of the Business Rescue Plan to 31 March 2020. In terms of Section 150 (5) of the Companies Act, lenders and creditors were requested to agree on an extension by the BRPs’ on 26 February 2020. The emailed letter asked creditors to vote for or against the extension and email their votes by close of busi
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Garth Calitz
- Feb 27, 2020
- 1 min
22 Sqaudron Oryx involved in a rescue mission off the Cape coast
The South African Air Force (SAAF) received a request for sea rescue assistance from the South African Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) to rescue 13 people who were on-board a rubber duck boat that capsized between Clifton beach and Oudekraal in Cape Town. The Chief of the SAAF, Lieutenant General Zimpande Msimang has since authorised 22 Squadron, based at Air Force Base (AFB) Ysterplaat to join other sea rescue entities involved in the joint sea rescue efforts. A SAAF Oryx helico
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Garth Calitz
- Feb 27, 2020
- 3 min
US Air Force announces Vanguard PEO’s
The U.S. Space Force’s Global Positioning System constellation provides unprecedented position and timing accuracy to the warfighter. Since the inception of GPS, it has become a global utility with commercial use far outweighing military use. Air traffic control, banking, farming and cellular networks all depend on uninterrupted GPS coverage. Set to launch in 2022, Navigation Technology Satellite 3, America’s next experimental navigation satellite, will push the boundary of t
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Garth Calitz
- Feb 27, 2020
- 2 min
Daher unveils new features for the 2020 TBM 910 and 940
Daher have outlined the primary new features for the Model Year 2020 versions of its TBM 910 and TBM 940, which further enhance the experience for passengers and pilots aboard the company’s very fast turboprop aircraft. The Model Year 2020 TBM 940 will be equipped with HomeSafe™, an emergency autoland system that can guide the aircraft to a landing in the event of pilot incapacitation. Based on Garmin’s Autoland system – and available as a part of the G3000 integrated flight
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Garth Calitz
- Feb 26, 2020
- 3 min
The Embraer Phenom 300 is the World’s Most Delivered Light Jet
Embraer Executive Jets delivered 51 Phenom 300 and Phenom 300E light jets in 2019, making it the most delivered light jet of the year. This is the eighth consecutive year that the Phenom 300 achieves this mark, having accrued more than 530 deliveries since entering the market in December 2009. The information was released today by the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA). “Today’s delivery milestone only reinforces the success of this phenomenal aircraft platform
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Garth Calitz
- Feb 25, 2020
- 6 min
SANDF Armed Forces Day 2020 – Weapons Capability Demonstration
Photos by Andre Venter and Trevor Cohen Polokwane, the Capital city of the Limpopo Province, was a hive of military activity the last week or so, the annual Armed Forces Celebrations took place in the City from 14 February to 21 February. Armed Forces Day commemorates the sinking of the SS Mendi in the English Channel on February 21 1917, it resulted in the deaths of over 600 soldiers from the South African Native Labour Corps, as well as commemorating all South African soldi
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Rob Jonkers
- Feb 25, 2020
- 2 min
SAPFA Rally Practical Training Camp – Brakpan
After learning the theoretical side of Navigation plotting at the training camp held at Aerosud on the 18th of January, it was time to put into practice what was learned with a practical flight. The SAPFA national coach Jonty Esser put together a short route in the Brakpan Heidelberg area with 4 turnpoints to be flown by participating teams. The weather however did not play ball at all, restricting participants to arrive by air, however many decided to drive in, to at least d
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