SA Flyer Magazine - May 2023

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In this issue

SA Flyer Magazine May 2023
Including Flightcom magazine and Rand Airport Aviation Companies Guide

Squeezing Out Every Last Cent

I have been writing about the CAA for sixteen years and the more time passes, the less I’m able to make much sense of it.

6 mins

HERE COMES THE PITCH

Writing about a fatal accident that resulted from the pilot’s mishandling of a balked landing, I reflected that I had never assessed the behaviour of my own aeroplane in that manoeuvre. My idea of flight testing is to take trips and wait for something strange to happen, and, as luck would have it, I have never yet had a balked landing in Melmoth 2.

5 mins

JMB AIRCRAFT VL-3 EVOLUTION

Speed and small sexy bodies may be cute for supercars – but they can be a dangerous cocktail for inexperienced pilots. Beech had this problem with the V-tail Bonanza, Piper with its Malibu and Cirrus with the SR-22. The good news is that in time, all these problems were solved.

10+ mins

COBRA IN A BARON

RUDOLF ERASMUS and four friends were flying in his Baron 58 when he felt something cold under his shirt near his hip.

1 min

CAA INDUSTRY AWARDS 2023 NOW OPEN

In the spirit of developing excellence in aviation, the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) is again sponsoring a major awards event.

1 min

THE ROTAX 916

You may have to forgive us for listing a whole new aero engine as a mere gadget – and thus suitable for review in our Gadget of the Month series. But the Rotax 916iS so small, yet so powerful it represents the ultimate gadget.

1 min

MARCH 2023

March has been a pretty average month with regard to aircraft movements on to and off the register, however there are some exciting new arrivals.

2 mins

THE AMAZING ELDERS FLIGHT: 2023

As just one person, Felix Gosher does more to develop aviation in South Africa than any number of Cadet Schemes or CAA outreaches.

2 mins

BLUE LASER ATTACK GETS TWO YEARS

A Minnesota USA man whose lasered a Delta Air Lines flight was sentenced to two years in jail.

1 min

AERO FRIEDRICHSHAFEN 2023

Aero Friedrichshafen is Europe’s premier general aviation Expo. Unlike conventional airshows, it is an expo as it uses static displays inside the hangars, rather than flying displays, as for instance Oshkosh Airventure does. Given the German weather and a train strike, it is perhaps appropriate that the organisers were not relying on the gee-whizz crowd pull of an airshow.

4 mins

RAND AIRPORT AVIATION COMPANIES GUIDE

A Management era at Rand Airport has ended. Six years since his appointment, Rand Airport General Manager, Stuart Coetzee has ‘been retired’. It is notable that he has not resigned for greener pastures but was essentially forced into retirement due to advancing age.

3 mins

SANSA: SUPPORTING MOON SHOTS AND WATER RESOURCES

The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) has become a world class resource for aviation and space missions. SANSA is now supporting projects as diverse as the first Arab moon landing to monitoring water resources in the Eastern Cape.