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Engine Failure after Take-off: Turn Back to the Runway or Land Straight Ahead?

Garth Calitz

Jun 29, 20224 min read

Engine Failure after Take-off: Turn Back to the Runway or Land Straight Ahead?

"The most important decisions you’ll ever make in an aircraft should be made before you enter the aircraft." If you haven’t previously...

Emergency landings – Good Choices are Key to Survival

Garth Calitz

Jun 14, 20226 min read

Emergency landings – Good Choices are Key to Survival

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

Ballistic Parachute Systems – Are they Worth the Expense

Garth Calitz

Feb 22, 20223 min read

Ballistic Parachute Systems – Are they Worth the Expense

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

Garth Calitz

Dec 21, 20214 min read

Understanding Cloud Types

Some pilots might not be able to tell you the difference between a Cirrostratus and a Nimbostratus cloud. Understanding cloud types,...

Garth Calitz

Aug 24, 20214 min read

Engine Failure after Take-off: Turn Back to the Runway or Land Straight Ahead?

"The most important decisions you’ll ever make in an aircraft should be made before you enter the aircraft." If you haven’t previously...

Garth Calitz

Feb 23, 20218 min read

Night Flying – Know the Dangers

There are lots of great reasons to fly at night, and pilots who choose to should embrace it and learn more about it. For starters, the...

Garth Calitz

Feb 9, 20216 min read

Maintain a Positive Flight Attitude

South Africa has had a disastrous start to 2021 with more general aviation accidents than I care to mention, many theories have been...

Garth Calitz

Jan 7, 20204 min read

Hypoxia – Master of Deception

Lack of oxygen is the greatest single danger to man at high altitudes, despite the importance of pressure and temperatures. The shortage...

Garth Calitz

Dec 10, 20192 min read

Scud Running - NO, Just NO

With the rainy weather and low cloud we have been experiencing recently, many pilots may start suffering from withdrawal symptoms. We all...

Garth Calitz

Nov 5, 20194 min read

Understanding Cloud Types

Thunderstorms can really mess up your day this time of the year but if you kept the plane in the hangar every time, they appeared in the...

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