Helivate Heli Olympics 2020
By Andre Venter Jack Taylor airfield based just outside Krugersdorp is the operational base of Helivate Helicopter Services, established...
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Garth Calitz
Nov 10, 20203 min read
National Spot Landing Competition – Another First
By Piet Meyer During the past weekend, the National Spot Landing Competition was held at Brakpan. As is the norm for SAPFA, the event was...
Garth Calitz
Nov 3, 20202 min read
Breakfast Fly-in at Jack Taylor Airfield
The members of Krugersdorp Flying Club must have woken with heavy hearts on Saturday morning when they saw the nasty weather that had...
Garth Calitz
Oct 27, 20202 min read
Silver Creek Gorge Fly-in – Pancakes in Paradise
By Andre Venter Silver Creek Gorge Estate, nestled in the foothills of the Magaliesberg 2 Nm east of Buffelspoort Dam, hosted a very...
Garth Calitz
Oct 20, 20204 min read
Sling Aircraft Fly-in Breakfast - Celebrating Excellence
Tedderfield Airpark, south of Johannesburg came alive on Saturday morning, 17 October. Sling Aircraft hosted a breakfast fly-in for the...
Garth Calitz
Oct 15, 20209 min read
Chuck Yeager - The Man that Changed Aviation 73 years ago
Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager stepped inside the Bell X-1, 73years ago on the 14th October 1947, when he stepped out he carried the title...
Garth Calitz
Oct 13, 20203 min read
Celebrating 25 years of RV-8 Magic
Way back in 1970 Richard “Van” van Grunsven had the vision to create an aircraft that was not only affordable but could be built and...
Garth Calitz
Oct 13, 20205 min read
Newbie off to the Nats at Tempe
By Ian Beaton Well, the saga continues, in November 2019 I wrote about a group of intrepid aviators based at Tedderfield who went on a...
Garth Calitz
Oct 13, 20203 min read
Aero Club Celebrates a Centenary of Recreational Flight
By Rob Jonkers There is a sense of achievement on reaching a Century, on all manner of occasions it calls for a celebration, subject for...
Garth Calitz
Oct 13, 20202 min read
British Airways Bid Farewell to the Queen of the Skies
British Airways’ remaining two Boeing 747 aircraft based at Heathrow taxied for take-off for the last time last on Thursday 8 October To...
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