Every day millions of people fly, it is an accepted way of life , but that has not always been the case. From the early days of...

As we got airborne at The Coves it became very clear that this was going to be no ordinary breakfast fly-in, the radio was jammed with...

The morning kicked off bright and early for our pilots, as they made their way through to Rand Model Aeronautical Club (RMAC) in the...

Pilots and aviation enthusiasts are a special breed they have been drawn into a world that tends to become somewhat of an obsession. It...

Good day All The weekend looks pretty active in Gauteng and North-West unfortunately we are not aware of any events in provinces....

The South African Airforce was formed on the 1st February 1920 and has seen service in World War II, the Korean War and later the...

Airforce Base Swartkop was the host of the South African Airforce Prestige Awards Evening for the 2018 rotation period. While the guests...

Saturday 2 February heralded the 3rd Speed Rally organised by SAPFA in the last few months the previous two were held at Springs and...

Charles A. Lindbergh was born in Detroit, Michigan, on February 4, 1902, and spent most of his childhood in Little Falls, Minnesota, and...

Good day all The South African Airforce (SAAF) will be hosting their Prestige Award Evening tonight at Airforce Base Swartkops, the aim...

Helicopters were developed and built during the first half-century of flight, with the Focke-Wulf Fw 61 being the first operational...

Rand Airport became a hive of activity on Saturday 26 January with the running of the fifteenth annual Rand Airport Challenge, Frank and...

Armed Forces Day commemorates the sinking of the SS Mendi in the English Channel on February 21 1917, it resulted in the deaths of 600...

South Africa has recently experienced a spate of incidents due to contaminated fuel, high compression engines are being affected in...

Good day all 2019 is now in full swing and the aviation world is starting to get more and more active. SAPFA will be hosting a navigation...

The Sports Aerobatic Club of South Africa started off the 2019 Aerobatic competition with the Gauteng Regionals at Vereeniging on Sunday...

In the build up to the 2020 World Rally Flying Championship, which will be held in Stellenbosch, SAPFA have embarked on an intensive...

Saturday the 19th January saw Mike’s family, friends and many colleagues gathered at Morningstar, to celebrate his remarkable life. Mike...

As aviation progressed and developed, there came a need for standardisation of safety systems. Many airlines, operators and other...

Good day all Seems the CemAir vs SACAA sage is set to continue, as far as I have heard the case of the latest grounding has been heard in...

The Aérospatiale Gazelle originated in a French Army requirement for a lightweight observation helicopter intended to replace the...

The Rhodesian Air Force was originally formed in 1935 under the name Southern Rhodesia Staff Corps Air Unit and served as a territorial...

Firstly what is an ELT? ELTs are emergency transmitters that are carried aboard most general aviation aircraft. In the event of an...

So your throat is sore, your nose running, and your head throbbing as if to burst. You can’t help speaking with a characteristic nasal...