SA Flyer Magazine - June 2023

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SA Flyer Magazine June 2023
Africa Airlines Airports Planes Helicopters

Single - or no - Pilot Airliners

The pilot shortage has finally arrived. To attract and retain pilots, airlines are having to pay more for pilots with less experience. This will hasten the move, which many see as inevitable, to single pilot cockpits. And single pilot flightdecks require much the same technology as no-pilot flight decks

6 mins

GLIDE, SAIL, SOAR

A northeast wind is picking up. Two redtail hawks are circling above this ridge, rising higher and higher, sliding fast when they turn southward but seeming to hover in place when they face north. Each surge and billow lifts them higher. They must soar for pleasure; they're so far up now, no likely prey would hold still long enough for them to stoop to seize it

5 mins

THE V35 BONNIE - ONE OF THE BEST BUYS EVER?

When the Bonanza first emerged, it set a new standard for light aircraft design and now, 77 years later, it is still regarded by many as the most desirable piston single

7 mins

V-TAILS AND SAFETY

THE V-TAIL BONANZA HAS A REPUTATION for being more dangerous than its straight tailed siblings

1 min

THE BONANZA'S HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT

IN 1944, DURING WORLD WAR 2, the Beechcraft Model 26, known as the AT-10 Wichita, was the first Beech Aircraft design to fly with a V-tail empennage

5 mins

APRIL 2023

The register amendments this month are very interesting, especially when we see that the Type Certified (TCA) additions include four aircraft for our various airlines

1 min

PTAR 2023 - BATTLE OF THE BEASTS

Spanning an impressive 86 years, the Presidents Trophy Air Race (PTAR) remains one of the most prestigious annual events in Southern Africa

5 mins

LOWVELD AIRSHOW 2023 - A WELCOME RETURN

Nelspruit airshows, is known for hosting above average and this year was no exception

3 mins

FLYING BOATS

The motor launch ferried us across the tranquil waters of Lake Naivasha in Kenya. Giraffe browsed from flat topped thorn trees, while hippopotami occasionally broke the lake surface with characteristic snorts, before subsiding again, to leave their ears and inquisitive eyes visible to our passage

4 mins

GRAND CENTRAL AIRPORT

Grand Central, as the name suggests, benefits from having an ideal location in the heart of Gauteng. It’s a quick hop from the apron to the highway to Johannesburg or Pretoria and the nearest Gautrain station is just 5 minutes away

2 mins

POL

Leopoldo was a machinery operator for a very large oil field service company of French origin. I was their pilot and we were all working in Libya, for our sins, before the bottom fell out of the oil market

8 mins

SOUTH AFRICA'S ON-OFF-ON RELATIONSHIP WITH RUSSIA.

The ongoing controversy around thea suspicious late night docking and cargo handling of the Russian ship Lady R in Simon's Town Naval Base in December shows no sign of going away. Especially not after the explosive allegation, made by the US Ambassador Reuben Brigety in April, that claimed South Africa had shipped military equipment to Russia on board it