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Jarryd Sinovich
Nov 13, 20172 min read
BRAKPAN RADIAL AND BI-PLANE FLY-IN
Brakpan Airfield situated in the east of Johannesburg opposite Carnival City entertainment dome is the new home of “American Flying...
Trevor Viljoen
Nov 13, 20171 min read
KZN LARGE SCALE AEROBATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017
The weekend of the 4th and 5th of November saw the Kwazulu Natal Large Scale Aerobatics Championships held in Howick at the Beautiful...
Photos NASA and Sierra Nevada Corperation
Nov 13, 20174 min read
DREAM CHASER TEST FLIGHT
An atmospheric test article of Sierra Nevada Corp.’s Dream Chaser spaceship made a successful runway landing Saturday at Edwards Air...
Garth Calitz
Nov 8, 20175 min read
NEWS LETTER 8 NOVEMBER 2017
Good day All Summer has well and truly arrived, with temperatures well into the top end of the 30’s, and with summer comes the fly-in...
Garth Calitz
Nov 6, 20174 min read
THE MIGHTY 28 SQUADRON
The mighty 28 Squadron was formed on the 1st of June 1943. The entry in the war diary for that date reads – “In humble surroundings at...
Garth Calitz
Nov 6, 201725 min read
Aero Club of South Africa Annual Awards Dinner 2017
AeCSA Annual Awards dinner 2017
Jarryd Sinovich
Nov 6, 20172 min read
SAAF MUSEUM MONTHLY FLYING DAY
The South African Airforce Museum once again hosted their monthly flying training day on Saturday 4 November. The monthly flying day saw...
Garth Calitz
Nov 1, 20175 min read
NEWS LETTER 1 NOVEMBER 2017
Good day All This morning after a visit to the local shopping mall, all decked out in Christmas regalia, I came to the nasty realisation...
Garth Calitz
Oct 30, 20172 min read
KRUGERSDORP FLY’S FOR FODDER
Krugersdorp notorious weather once again tried its best to ruin an event held at Jack Taylor Airfield, Johan Swanepoel and his team...
Garth Calitz
Oct 30, 20172 min read
FIRST ANNUAL WONDERBOOM FLY-IN
Wonderboom Airport became a hive of activity on Sunday 29 October with well over one hundred and twenty visiting aircraft including...
Garth Calitz
Oct 30, 20173 min read
THE LAST TWO DOUGLAS DC-6B's
Although there are many DC-6A and C-118 cargo versions in operation around the world, the DC-6B passenger liners were mostly "mothballed"...
Sarina Beneke
Oct 30, 20171 min read
WESTLINE AVIATION OPEN DAY
On the morning of 21st of October 2017 prospective students and their families gathered at New Tempe Airport that is located in...
Garth Calitz
Oct 25, 20175 min read
News Letter 25 October 2017
Good day all As we enter stormy summer months with travel plans, although frustrations are inevitable, understand that your safety is...
Garth Calitz
Oct 23, 20177 min read
De Havilland Dragon Rapide
In late 1933, a team at de Havilland, led by aircraft designer Arthur Ernest Hagg, began working on a new design, intended to be a faster...
Stephen Theron
Oct 23, 20172 min read
Airlink and EAA 322 Young Eagles’ Initiative
SA Airlink joined forces with Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 322 to give forty underprivileged children from Kimberly and...
Garth Calitz
Oct 23, 20176 min read
Airbus A330-900 successful maiden test flight
The A330-900 first flight on 19 October 2017 debuts the 1,400 hours flight test campaign involving three prototypes plus the first...
Garth Calitz
Oct 18, 20175 min read
News Letter 18 October 2017
Good day all I hope everyone had a good week, I would like to thank all the supporters of Flightline Weekly the visits are growing daily...
Garth Calitz
Oct 16, 20173 min read
In Memory of Werner Nel - The Flying Bear
After a lot of soul searching and self-deliberation I have decided to do a report on the memorial of Werner Nel as Werner was...
Garth Calitz
Oct 16, 20173 min read
Glider National Championships 2017
Potchefstroom Gliding Club once again hosted the National Gliding Championships from the 1st to the 7th October. After the remarkable...
Garth Calitz
Oct 16, 20175 min read
Airbus E-Fan The future of electric aircraft
The development of the Airbus' E-Fan family accelerates the journey toward environmentally-friendly aviation. The E-Fan is bringing...
Garth Calitz
Oct 11, 20174 min read
News Letter 11 October 2017
Good day all I once again greet you with a very sad and heavy heart after the loss of an amazing young aviator and very close friend,...
Trevor Cohen and Jarryd Sinovich
Oct 9, 20174 min read
Polokwane Airshow and Career Expo
After the heavens opened over Polokwane with a low cloud base the closer we were to the airport the less chance I thought there would be...
Garth Calitz
Oct 9, 20173 min read
EAA Fun n Sun Rustenburg
The Fun n Sun weekend threatened to become Fun n Splash weekend, on Friday night the heavens opened and had pilots scrambling to get...
Pieter Cronje
Oct 9, 20171 min read
SAAF Museum Monthly Flying Training Day
The South African Airforce Museum held its monthly flying training day on Saturday 7 October. Notwithstanding predictions of rain and...
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