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Reach For A Dream - Making Dreams Come True
Saturday morning dawned and Stellenbosch Flying Club was a hive of activity, as members prepared to welcome the Reach for a Dream...
Garth Calitz
Nov 8, 20233 min read


Fairey Rotodyne The Largest Gyroplane To Ever Take To the Air
From the late 1930s onwards, considerable progress was made in an entirely new field of aeronautics in the form of rotary-wing aircraft....
Garth Calitz
Nov 8, 202312 min read


New IL-96-400M Wide-Body Made its Maiden Flight
A prototype of the upgraded Russian wide-body long-range aircraft IL-96-400M, manufactured by UAC, took off for the first time. During...
Garth Calitz
Nov 8, 20232 min read


ROCKET HEMS and Henley Air Kids’ Flight - Initiative
By Garth Calitz President John F Kennedy once stated that “Children are the world’s most valuable resource and its best hope for the...
Garth Calitz
Nov 1, 20233 min read


Van’s Aircraft Facing a Cash Crunch
Van Aircraft have become a firm favourite over the years for any home builders, with well over 11,000 kit builds completed to date and...
Garth Calitz
Nov 1, 20233 min read


Determining The Value of an Aircraft
By Rob Russell No two similar aircraft types have the same value – many factors influence the value. Many airlines are not in a position...
Garth Calitz
Nov 1, 20233 min read


Cirrus Aircraft Celebrates 500 Vision Jet Deliveries
Cirrus Aircraft revealed the Special Edition Vision Jet (SF50) to commemorate 500 deliveries of the world’s first single-engine personal...
Garth Calitz
Oct 25, 20233 min read


Why Do Flights Often Arrive and Depart at Such Strange Times?
By Rob Russell The short answer is the airport slot is often the primary factor that determines when a flight operates. Slots determine...
Garth Calitz
Oct 25, 20234 min read


HEAVEN Project World’s First Piloted Flight of Liquid Hydrogen-powered Electric Aircraft
Project HEAVEN, a European-government-supported consortium assembled to demonstrate the feasibility of using liquid, cryogenic hydrogen...
Garth Calitz
Oct 25, 20233 min read


Krugersdorp Airfield Breakfast Fly-in
By Andre Venter Krugersdorp Airfield has earned somewhat of a reputation over the years for hosting brilliant events that the weather...
Garth Calitz
Oct 18, 20232 min read
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