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Garth Calitz
Oct 4, 20174 min read
News Letter 4 October 2017
Good day All What a pleasure it was to see the return of the Highveld thunder storms this weekend, please guys be safe in the weather...
Garth Calitz
Oct 2, 20174 min read
The Zlin 50 aerobatics aircraft
The Z-50L is a cantilever low-winged single-engine monoplane with a fixed tailwheel undercarriage. Unlike the Zlín Z 26 series which it...
Garth Calitz
Oct 2, 20172 min read
SAPFA Club Rally Championship – Secunda
Secunda Flying Club was the chosen venue for the annual Rally Flying Club competition on Saturday 30 September 2017. The fun Rally...
Garth Calitz
Oct 2, 20173 min read
Volocopter 2X Autonomous Aerial Taxi
The world of city travel seems to in for some massive changes very soon and Dubai officials say they want theirs to become the world’s...
Sean Cronin
Oct 2, 20172 min read
Fly away weekend to Bilene Mozambique
Gavin Neil from the Mozambique Aero Club extended an invitation to South African aviators to join a fly away to the beautiful lagoon town...
Garth Calitz and Rugene Frost
Oct 2, 20172 min read
Eagle Air Open Day
Eagle Air located in the main terminal at Wonderboom Airport held a very successful open day on Saturday 30 September, approximately...
Garth Calitz
Sep 27, 20172 min read
News Letter 27 September 2017
Good day all Wow one public holiday on a Monday and the whole week is thrown into turmoil I only just realised its Wednesday and not...
Garth Calitz and Rugene Frost
Sep 25, 20172 min read
SA National Canopy Piloting Championships
Pretoria Skydiving Club hosted the second installment of the National Skydiving championships, the first took place in Rustenburg earlier...
Jarryd Sinovich
Sep 25, 20172 min read
Orient fly-in
On the 23rd of September 2017 The Maglies Gliding Club hosted the Orient fly-in which saw a number of aircraft flying in from airfields...
Garth Calitz
Sep 25, 20172 min read
Bara Festival
Johannesburg Light Plane Club based at Baragwaneth Airfield seemed to find the recipe for reviving the golden era of club flying. The...
Garth Calitz
Sep 20, 20172 min read
News Letter 20 September 2017
Good day all I'd like to congratulate both South African teams that took part in International competitions this past week, the Rally...
Garth Calitz
Sep 18, 20173 min read
World Aerobatic Competition 2017 - Malelane
The small agricultural town of Malelane became the center of world aerobatics for the last week, the best of the best from eleven...
Garth Calitz and Datus Immink
Sep 18, 20174 min read
Lowveld Aero Club Open Day
The Lowveld Aero Club hosted an aviation awareness open day at Nelspruit Airport on Saturday 16 September. The day, which was targeted...
Garth Calitz
Sep 18, 20173 min read
Birds control at SA Airports
Birds and aircraft have collided with serious consequences to both humans and animals almost from the beginning of aviation. The aviation...
Garth Calitz
Sep 13, 20175 min read
News Letter 13 September 2017
Good day All Finally summer has arrived seems spring was forgotten in the process. Guys please be safe out there and remember to take...
Garth Calitz
Sep 10, 20175 min read
The Titanium Auto Gyro Explorer
The Titanium Explorer is the first new generation gyro to be manufactured in Australia and a world first using titanium. The idea was...
Garth Calitz
Sep 10, 20173 min read
2 Squadron, The Flying Cheetahs
The squadron was established on 1 October 1940 they served as part of 1 Bomber Brigade in the North and East African Campaign and later...
Garth Calitz
Sep 10, 20172 min read
Roston Dugmore World Champ Hopeful
Roston’s love for all things aviation was born when he was only three years old as a young boy he spent a lot of time with his...
Garth Calitz
Sep 6, 20173 min read
News Letter 6 September 2017
Good day All I greet you today with a very heavy heart after the tragic loss of two wonderful young people over the weekend. I met Ben...
Garth Calitz
Sep 3, 20173 min read
Kitty Hawk RV Fly-In and Classic Car Show
Kitty Hawk Aerodrome hosted a very successful RV fly-In on Saturday 2nd September. Kitty Hawk is located just southeast of the Pretoria...
Garth Calitz
Sep 3, 20174 min read
Children’s Flight 2017 FLY, FEED, LOVE, INSPIRE
Grand Central Airport was temporarily converted to “The Field of Dreams” on Friday 1st September, when over four hundred children were...
Jarryd Sinovich
Sep 3, 20172 min read
SAAF Youth Aviation Awareness Demonstration
The South African Air force (SAAF) descended on Eldorado Park South of Johannesburg on Friday 2nd September for a youth aviation...
Garth Calitz
Aug 30, 20172 min read
News Letter 30 August 2017
Good day All I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for the overwhelming support Flightline Weekly has received in our...
Garth Calitz and Rugene Frost
Aug 27, 20174 min read
Bethlehem Airshow 2017
The people of the small Free State town of Bethlehem were treated to an airshow on Saturday 27th August. The early morning weather must...
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