WoW! What an incredible weekend of flying was had at the SAC Western Cape Regionals, held at Swellendam Airfield. We could not have asked...

This history of world traveller will by no means be accurate if the giant flying boats were not mentioned prominently, before the Second...

We’ve all heard the old saying, “there are two kinds of pilots, the ones that have done a wheels-up and those that are still going to”. I...

Good day all We at Flightline Weekly are only aware of one event this weekend and that would be the Western Cape Regional Aerobatics...

I arrived at the Barnstormers Model Flying Club airfield on Sunday, with no idea what to expect as I had never been to a model aircraft...

The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II is a single-seat, twin turbofan engine, straight wing jet aircraft developed by...

A ballistic parachute is a parachute ejected from its casing by a small explosion, much like that used in an ejection seat. The advantage...

Toulouse, France, on a sultry July afternoon. Cathay Pacific’s latest purchase gleams on the tarmac at the Airbus Delivery Centre, a...

Good day all The weather in Gauteng seems to be a bit confused this week, its supposed to be summer but it feels like winter has returned...

On Heritage Day, 24 September, the highly anticipated Rhino Park went ahead despite the terrible weather that everyone woke up to on the...

Many South Africans are very excited about the radio astronomy, Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project. SKA marketing strategies and the...

In 1930, a Bentley Sportsman Coupe beat France's Famous Blue Train in a race from Cannes to Calais. This great feat was the inspiration...

In recent years we have heard of many forced landings that went wrong sadly too often claiming the lives of the occupants. So, what...

The Antonov AN-225 Mriya, codenamed "Cossack" by NATO, is a super heavy strategic airlift cargo aircraft. Designed and built by then...

Photos by Andre Venter Kitty Hawk Aerodrome East of Pretoria was abuzz on Saturday with ninety three aircraft flying in for the 10th...

The 2nd FAI World ANR Championships took place in Santa Cruz Portugal from 9 – 14 September 2019 with 17 nations with a total of 43 crews...

So, you’ve built or bought an RV and are interested in getting into Aerobatics but you not quite sure how. The Sport Aerobatics Club of...

The 2019 edition of the SPS Grand Central Navigation Rally was almost a non-starter this year due to other aviation events clashing with...

It’s an entertaining kind of breakfast when you get to experience aircraft in action just meters from your bacon and eggs. From as early...

Good day all After a very busy weekend at Swartkops Airshow we are poised for another busy one, with three events taking place in the...

Photos by the Flightline Weekly Team Swartkops Airforce Base in Centurion, the oldest operational Airforce Base in the World, came alive...

With all the current hype about Angle of Attack indicators, a casual observer might think the concept was just discovered. But as any...

Lydia Vladimirovna Litvyak, affectionately known as Lilya, was a fighter pilot in the Soviet Air Force during World War II. Historians...

You’ve been hiring Cessna 172 or Piper Cherokee for a while. Hire and fly is inconvenient and expensive, and the hire and fly aircraft...