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EAA Sun ‘n Fun 2019 – Brits Airfield
Photos by Andre Venter, Lee-Ann Greeff and Derek Hopkins As the year draws to a close, we can always count on the EAA Chapter 322 to...
Garth Calitz
Nov 12, 20194 min read


EAA Sun 'n Fun Adventure Rally
The EAA Fun and Sun weekend at Brits Airfield hosted, among other things, an Adventure Rally set up by master rally organiser and Protea...
Garth Calitz
Nov 12, 20193 min read


Morningstar Hosts the Young Falcons
Saturday morning, 09th November, heralded an exciting day for the recently passed out Young Falcons. They paid a visit for Morningstar...
Rob Russell
Nov 12, 20193 min read


Loutzavia flight School Graduation 2019
Loutzavia Flight Academy hosted their annual graduation ceremony at Villa san Giovanni at Wonderboom National airport last week. On...
Garth Calitz
Nov 12, 20193 min read


News Letter 7 November 2019
Good day all Hope you all survived the Springbok Euphoria that has gripped the nation for the last week, winning the third Rugby World...
Garth Calitz
Nov 7, 20198 min read


FlySafair official domestic carrier of the Victorious Springboks
The Triumphant are on their way home with the coveted William Webb Ellis trophy and once back on SA soil they will be transported around...
Garth Calitz
Nov 5, 20193 min read


World Rally Flying Championships Training session – Stellenbosch airfield
On South African Power Flying Association’s (SAPFA) successful bid to host the 2020 World Rally Flying Championships, which will be...
Mary de Klerk and Rob Jonkers
Nov 5, 20195 min read


Boeing CST-100 Starliner Successfully Tests Pad Abort System
For years, NASA has been working to restore their launch capability to the US and send astronauts to the Moon and beyond. A crucial part...
Garth Calitz
Nov 5, 20195 min read


Understanding Cloud Types
Thunderstorms can really mess up your day this time of the year but if you kept the plane in the hangar every time, they appeared in the...
Garth Calitz
Nov 5, 20194 min read


News Letter 31 October 2019
Good day all With rugby fever gripping most of the nation we are expecting a very quiet Saturday with most aviators joining the rest of...
Garth Calitz
Oct 31, 20197 min read


Tupolev TU-160 – “White Swans” Visit South Africa
South African aviation enthusiasts were treated a very rare sighting last week, two Russian Tupolev TU-160 “Blackjack” strategic nuclear...
Andre Venter and Trevor Cohen
Oct 30, 20198 min read


Laurie Kay – The Man, The Legend
As we sit on the eve of yet another Springbok Rugby World Cup Final one can’t help but to cast your mind back 24 years to the iconic...
By Garth Calitz
Oct 30, 20195 min read


Ladysmith Aviation Career Expo & Airshow 2019
The South African Civil Aviation Authority hosted a very successful Career Expo and threw in an Airshow just for good measure. Ladysmith...
Andre Venter
Oct 30, 20194 min read


Air-to-Air Refuelling – The History
Aerial refuelling, also referred to as air refuelling, in-flight refuelling, air-to-air refuelling (AAR), and tanking, is the process of...
Garth Calitz
Oct 30, 201913 min read


SAPFA Brakpan Air Navigation Rally (ANR)
Air Navigation Rally (ANR) is a fairly new sport aviation discipline recognised by the FAI, the second World ANR Championships were...
Garth Calitz
Oct 22, 20195 min read


SASAR – Joining Hands So Others May Live
Search and Rescue is one of the relatively unknown services in the aviation fraternity, usually because the pilots don’t ever want to...
Garth Calitz
Oct 22, 20197 min read


Springs Fly-In Breakfast – East Rand Flying Club
Springs airfield and East Rand Flying Club once again invited anyone and everyone that has access to an aircraft to join in their annual...
Andre Venter
Oct 22, 20192 min read


Density Altitude -The Silent Killer
We have published this before but as we in the Northern Provinces of South Africa are currently experiencing heatwave conditions it is of...
Garth Calitz
Oct 22, 20194 min read


News Letter 17 October 2019
Good day all We are in for a fairly busy weekend in the Gauteng area with the National Landing Championships being held at Brakpan...
Garth Calitz
Oct 17, 20197 min read


2019 South African Nationals - 15m, 2 Seater and Club Class
Potchefstroom in the North West Province once again hosted the National Glider Championships from the 4th to the 12th of October. In a...
Garth Calitz
Oct 15, 20197 min read


Helivate Heli Olympics 2019 -Testing Precision Flying
Jack Taylor airfield based just outside Krugersdorp is the operational base of Helivate Helicopter Services, established in 2011 in...
Andre Venter
Oct 15, 20194 min read


Chuck Yeager - Chasing the Demons for 72 Years
Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager stepped inside the Bell X-1,72 years ago on the 14th October 1947, when he stepped out he carried the title...
Garth Calitz
Oct 15, 20199 min read


Wingsuiting – Adrenaline Amplified
Wingsuiting is a relatively new discipline that falls under parachuting umbrella, or should I say canopy, the modern wingsuit, first...
Garth Calitz
Oct 15, 20198 min read


KLM Celebrates Their Centenary - Happy Birthday Flying Dutchmen
The Flag carrier airline of the Netherlands, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines or Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij on the 7 October 2019...
Garth Calitz
Oct 8, 201910 min read
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