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How Smartphone Apps Affect Flying
Smartphones have only been on the scene for short while, less than twenty years, yet in that time they have changed the world. ...
Garth Calitz
Oct 30, 20183 min read


Pilots and ATC’s the “Awkward Alliance”
Air Traffic and Navigation Services SOC Limited (ATNS) provides air traffic, navigation, training and associated services within South...
Garth Calitz
Oct 23, 20189 min read


Flight Safety Tips: From Pre-Flight to Pilot Attitude
Flight safety is often thought of as tedious and boring. But nothing is further from the truth. Safe flying is fun flying. One...
Garth Calitz
Oct 16, 20184 min read


Drones - Definitely not Child's Play
Hoping to receive a drone as your next birthday present? Don’t be fooled. Even if you easily pick one up in the toy aisle, they are not...
Garth Calitz
Oct 16, 20186 min read


Scud Running - Never a Good Idea
Proliferating cell towers and radio masts make scud running riskier than ever. Getting under a cloud layer and proceeding visually to a...
Garth Calitz
Oct 9, 20182 min read


Density Altitude The Silent Killer
As we in the Northern Provinces are currently experiencing close to Heatwave conditions it is of vital importance to keep Density...
Garth Calitz
Oct 2, 20184 min read


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...
Garth Calitz
Sep 11, 20184 min read


Thunderstorms - Sharing Airspace with Monsters
They are beautiful, dangerous, and full of mystery. Like a femme fatale in an action movie, thunderstorms are lovely to look at,...
Greg Illes
Sep 4, 20185 min read


Wind Shear - Max power!
The Learjet captain who had just landed reported "moderate rain... smooth ride all the way down final approach" to the tower. An ominous...
Joel Stoller
Aug 28, 20187 min read


What happens if an airliner loses cabin pressure?
Let’s just say it’s nothing like it is in the movies Pilot and author David Lombardo writes in his book Advanced Aircraft Systems:...
Garth Calitz
Aug 14, 20183 min read
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