Contents Airline Pilot
Sport Pilot
8 10 12 13
62 66 68
Africa new opportunity Embraer E190-E2 Iran ATR aircraft Space Race costing airlines
Botswana / Namibia Air Safari Nylstroom Taildraggers’ fly-in Sling TSi at Oshkosh
10
Regulars Commercial Pilot 26 28 29 30 30
HondaJet Elite Comet Aviation Supplies Electric planes Quest Kodiak and NAC Airvan 10
Drone Pilot 34 36 36 37
Schiebel completes S-100 trials Airbus Zephyr CalTech Cyberhawk
Flying Cars 46 47 47 48
Rolls Royce EVTOL project Terrafugia Transition Transcend Air introduces Vy 400 Volante Vision concept
4 6 18 20 38 43 70 72 74 106 108 109 110
Competitions Letters Events Calendar Picture of the Month Fact File Names to Remember Accident Report Medical The Best of the Best Register Update Flying High Subscription Form Shop Window
Special Features 22 78 88
AAD 2018 EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2018 Avionics and Instrumentation
Helicopter Pilot
Other
52 54 55
40 44 50 14
MCC Aviation Ukraine sign 55 Airbus helicopters New Airbus Helicopters
Military Pilot 58 60 61
B-17 bomber Oshkosh Paramount Group Garmin F-5 supersonic aircraft
Honiball Aviation Auditing Aidan Owen Charlie Hugo Dr. Nick Lee
88
Invaders Danish Air Show 2018 Farnborough Legally grey
distributed by
Contributors Athol Franz Divan Muller Pete van der Spek Charlie Marais
36
Christine Brits Irene McCullagh Stella Young
78
copyright The views expressed in African Pilot are not necessary those of the editor, publisher, or staff writers. The editors and publishers cannot be held responsible for differences of opinion or statements published in good faith. No part of this magazine may be reproduced including advertisements produced by Wavelengths 10 (Pty) Ltd in any form without permission from the publisher. – South African copyright laws apply. distribution African Pilot is distributed by On the Dot throughout southern African countries to approximately 1 000 retail stores:CNA, Exclusive Books, Pick ‘n Pay, PNA, selected Spar stores, garage convenience shops, Checkers Hypermarkets, 7/11 stores, selected bookshops, Fascination and Incredible Books as well as to neighbourhood convenience shops. Own distribution to specialist pilot shops at airports as well as to key decision makers within the aviation industry. Back editions are distributed free of charge to African countries, airport lounges, charter companies, the South African Air Force and selected flight schools. Altogether 5 500 copies of African Pilot are printed each month. The magazine also has online readers from all over the world. The first ten pages of African Pilot may be downloaded free of charge by visiting www.africanpilot.co.za
September 2018
African Pilot
1
2
African Pilot
September 2018
Editorial AirVenture 2018 Having recently returned from another fantastic AirVenture experience, I am thoroughly re-charged into the world of aviation and feel that much richer for the treasured experience. I am often asked if I ever become tired of the AirVenture experience to which I always answer: “The experience is fundamentally different each year, due to incredible developments within aviation, especially within experimental aviation. The fact that the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) in the USA is such a dynamic force that encourages ordinary aviation enthusiasts to develop and build new innovative projects, means that this sector is always developing. Yes, every year there are some ‘hair-brained’ ideas presented and often they never return, but in most cases new aviation ideas become serious parts of what we all accept within modern aviation today.” Then the fact that Neil Bowden’s Air Adventure Tours had more than 230 campers this year is yet another all-time record. African Pilot was the only main stream aviation magazine that carried Neil’s advertisement for a full 10 months, which says something about the reach of Africa’s finest quality aviation magazine. On behalf of all of the South African visitors I would like to express my thanks to Neil and his wonderful team who made this Oshkosh the outstanding success it was. The full report covering 10 pages is to be found on page 78 of this edition.
a re-positioning flight on the Wednesday. We were allowed to walk through the aircraft whilst it was airborne and I shot some beautiful video material from the cockpit, the bomb aimers position in the nose and the waist gunners position on the right side as we approached Oshkosh. What an experience that African Pilot has shared with readers on page 58 of this edition.
The exciting world of new avionics and instrumentation As has been customary in past years, African Pilot uses AirVenture to report on new avionics systems that are launched to the world at Oshkosh every year. The US Aircraft Electronics Association released its second-quarter 2018 Avionics Market Report. In the first six months of the year, total worldwide business and General Aviation Avionics sales amounted to more than $1.3 billion as reported by the participating companies. This figure represents a 15.5% increase in year-on-year sales compared to the first six months of 2017. The dollar amount reported includes: all Business and General Aviation aircraft electronic sales; including all component and accessories in cockpit / cabin / software upgrades / portables / certified and noncertified aircraft electronics; all hardware (tip to tail); batteries and chargeable product upgrades from the participating manufacturers. This year was no different and our comprehensive report is to be found on page 88 of this edition.
Another tick on my bucket list
Summer is rapidly approaching and with it those seasonal storms, so fly carefully and pay heed to the weather forecast.
At AirVenture this year I ticked off yet another special flying experience on my bucket list when Christine and I were invited to fly onboard EAA’s B-17 ‘Flying Fortress’ World War II bomber on
Athol Franz Editor
Editor Athol Franz 082 552 2940 editor@africanpilot.co.za
Publisher / Production Wavelengths 10 (Pty) Ltd
Marketing Lara Bayliss 079 880 4359 marketing@africanpilot.co.za
Durban correspondent Pete van der Spek
Copy reader Gordon Dyne
gdyne@global.co.za
Designers Maria Leader maria@africanpilot.co.za Creshenda Maraba-Haffejee creshenda@africanpilot.co.za Website and digital Johan Botes
johan@africanpilot.co.za
Accounts Manager Helena Kurland
admin@africanpilot.co.za
Admin / Subscriptions Paulinah Motlhabi
subscribe@africanpilot.co.za
Transport Ephraim Ndlovu
Cape Town correspondent Irene McCullagh Printing Business Print
012 843 7600 / 0861 42 42 59
Distribution On the Dot
011 401 5938
African Pilot Local International Fax
0861 00 11 30 +27 11 466 8524 / 6 086 767 4333
P.O. Box 30620, Kyalami, 1684, South Africa
African Pilot House No. 6 Barbeque Heights, Dytchley Road, Barbeque Downs, Kyalami, South Africa
website: www.africanpilot.co.za September 2018
African Pilot
3
Competitions Total value of the competition in this edition is R22 500
Cover Yak 110
September Cover Competition Total value R12 500 Century Avionics has donated five avionics function checks valued at R2500 each. This unusual cover prize will be awarded to the first five aircraft owners (below 7500 Kg) to receive an avionics function check by the professional team at Century Avionics. Questions 1) At which airport is Century Avionics based? 2) At which airfield in the UK does the world’s largest biennial aviation trade show take place? 3) How many engines does the Yak 110 featured on the cover have? July Cover Competition Winners Congratulations to the following winners, who won annual electronic magazine subscriptions: Clive Godfrey, Annette Nel and Emelia Wallis This Month’s Cover Competition Entries to be submitted to the following e-mail only: info@africanpilot.co.za One entry per person please. Entries sent to other African Pilot e-mails will automatically be disqualified.
4
African Pilot
September 2018
Every year at AirVenture, Oshkosh someone comes up with an idea for a show plane and I am never surprised about what is presented. This year the aircraft was known as the Yak 110, made up of two Yak 55s joined together complete with a jet engine slung under the center wing. You can read all about this one off show plane in my AirVenture report starting on page 78 of this edition. The picture was taken with my Canon EOS 1 Mk4 camera fitted with a 100 to 400 image stabilised Canon lens at 160 sec, 200 ISO at F25.
September 2018
African Pilot
5
Hello Athol, Dear Editor, It is with great regret that we here in Holland have learned of the crash of the Convair 340 at Wonderboom Airport last week and the passing away of two people.
The women’s day on Thursday 9 August 2018 at Stellenbosch airfield was arranged by Allison Navarro and Louise Hofmeyr brought out all the ‘girls in aviation’. Guessing the aircraft parts competition was just one the few highlights. Spot landing for girls was won by Lorica Elferink in her RV7, ZU –YUS.
Just a little correction to the story, the plane was not intended for the KLM Historic Museum but for the Aviodrome museum at Lelystad Airport. It would have joined an illustrious collection of airliners preserved there. (L749, DC2, DC3, DC4, Fokker 100 and B747) It was expected to arrive on 23 July.
A great turnout of past and present cabin attendants arrived and they had lots of the discussions amongst each other, whilst sharing stories. Well-known airline pilot, Fatima Jakoet entertained the youngsters with her life story and motivated them to become airline pilots.
Keep up the good work! Yours sincerely. Erwin J.W. Stam Scale Modelling Department Aviation Megastore / Luchtvaart Hobby Shop
Regards, Rikus Erasmus
Dear Mr. Stam, Thank you for your e-mail and thank you for pointing out the error in the article on this tragic accident we carried within APA news. We have since published the correction as new information became available. However, at the time of writing we still do not have any news on the health of the two pilots who survived the accident, although I do believe they are still in an induced coma. However, it is an absolute miracle that so many of the passengers survived, some with only minor injuries.
African Pilot
Dear Rikus, Thank you for your brief account of Women’s Day held at Stellenbosch airfield on the public holiday, which African Pilot’s APAnews had advertised for the Stellenbosch Flying Club for several weeks. It is always wonderful when club events are well-supported by their local aviation communities so well done with the arrangements. Regards, Athol.
Regards, Athol Franz
6
Members of Morningstar airfield flew in to join the activities and enjoyed the day until late afternoon. Martin Lyons keep everyone informed on the public address and his selection of golden oldies found a soft spot on many present enjoying the afternoon in the most spectacular scenery around. Local photographer and aviator, Luke van Zyl captured the moments on camera for the future generations to remember. The activities ended with a prize giving in the club hanger.
September 2018
September 2018
African Pilot
7
Mantas Meizneris AviaAM Leasing VP Sales
Is Africa becoming a new opportunity continent for emerging airlines? ccording to data from IATA, Africa is home to 16% of the world’s population, but it accounts for only 2.20% of the global air service market. With a clear need for air travel and a demand for more quality airlines, the African continent is emerging from under the radar and making gains to increase its total market share. “The reputation of African Airlines and the complicated cross border political matters have been a hot topic of discussions for many years. However, with a new generation, new opportunities are presenting themselves to completely rework the image of Africa in the international air travel industry. This new growth of the industry will fulfill the growing passenger demand whilst establishing control functions to ensure safety in the air and positive return on investments,” says Mantas Meizneris, Vice President Sales of AviaAM Leasing.
A
8
African Pilot
September 2018
Positive growth With a continuously expanding airline infrastructure, the African region is showing signs of strong growth. According to data available from IATA the Revenue Passengers Kilometre (RPK) grew by 6.3% and the Freight Ton-Kilometres (FTK) grew by 24.8%, the highest of any continent. Yet, despite these good numbers put up by Africa indicating strong growth, its traffic share of total passengers remains the lowest of any continent at only 2.20% of the world share. The passenger traffic share trend is improving when compared with 2016 African airlines and saw a 7.5% traffic rise in 2017, but with existing infrastructure, capacity rose at less than half the rate of demand. By 2026 passenger numbers are expected to increase from 100 million to more than 300 million. This explosive growth corresponds to 5.9% year-on-year growth. Financed aircraft could provide the right stimulation the African region needs to meet the growing passenger demand and get the region moving in the right direction to live up to its earnings potential.
Return on investment The level of development of the air transportation infrastructure for a given African country has a direct relationship with the strength of its economy. Aviation plays a vital role in the development of economies and is associated with positive ROIs whilst 84% of African countries receive contributions from Tourism through aviation despite Africa accounting for less than 3% of the world’s air traffic. The data from IATA qualifies these claims. For example: in Kenya the aviation industry contributes $3.2 billion gross value added to its GDP. In South Africa that number is $12 billion and in Morocco $9.5 billion. The latter has grown since Ryanair launched its flights to Africa. Other African countries are beginning to notice these benefits and in response
are starting to invest in their own aviation infrastructure. Opening up additional air routes would add an additional 18,600 jobs in Uganda and 17,400 in Nigeria. However, the challenge these countries face is a lack of experience in which other regions have expertise. Aircraft need to be reasonably acquired to build bigger fleets as the African Airlines’ Association estimates its members will need to double their combined fleet of 600 to 1,210 aircraft to meet the rising demands. To sustain these growing fleets, additional crews need to be trained and the aircraft will need to be maintained. With only three main maintenance hubs located in Johannesburg, Nairobi and Addis there exists as well, an MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Operating) niche to be fulfilled in African countries. These challenges offer a unique opportunity to aircraft financers to bring their expertise into a new country and help efficiently widen fleets and ensure regulatory maintenance standards for both national airlines and private airlines. As it stands, only about 40% of airlines use finance or operating leases with ECA financing as the most common form African development banks use to fund the 15% equity exposure. Recently Nigerian aviation services’ provider Spring-fountain Infrastructure Limited and Boeing signed a joint venture agreement to establish the first aircraft leasing company in Africa that will also offer maintenance and MRO services, which is a sign of advanced leasing businesses starting in the region.
Safety The safety issue of African Airlines has been a serious concern in the past. When looking at the root cause of past safety incidents, it seems to boil down primarily to the use of aged aircraft that are not regularly maintained to the right global standards. All aircraft that maintain a high level of quality and receive timely maintenance serve airlines reliably for many years. Therefore it is a question of the investment and control functions of the institutions which manage these aircraft. Older aircraft that have been properly maintained still provide the airline with many years of service. As Africa’s commercial aviation sector continues to develop, midlife aircraft provide an affordable way for the continent to acquire many fleets.
obtaining said aircraft. A fund/bank with established financial power could lease aircraft to these African airlines and in the process standardise maintenance and upkeep of the new aircraft to comply with international standards such as ICAO’s Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme (USOAP) or the FAA’s International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA).
Positive outlook Standardisation of safety and quality is beneficial not only for the individual African countries, but for the continent as a whole. The Yamoussoukro Declaration, which became fully binding in 2002, was a declaration of 44 African countries to deregulate their airspace and allow for easier travel between countries. The purpose was to increase ease of travel and tourism. Despite many countries signing the declaration very few have actually implemented it so far. It was good initiative, but the execution ultimately fell short as it was not a concentrated effort by the African countries and faced many political roadblocks and inexperienced policy makers. However, as additional countries are seeing the benefits aviation brings them they are quickly trying to enhance their own programmes by accepting international standards and in the process looking to outside experience for help. As the barriers in the air are starting to fall and African countries are opening up to foreign operators and accepting foreign legislation, the opportunities that exist in Africa for international companies looking to expand their reach can no longer be ignored. Africa is benefitting from cooperation of political parties and private companies as well as having a friendly aviation taxing system that creates a low barrier of entry for the companies. The passengers have been ready for this positive change for a long time and now all signs seem to indicate the politics are ready for the change as well.
Aircraft on tarmac in Africa
Since 2009, there has been a positive trend of improvement with more African airlines achieving the proper quality standards. Efforts to phase out old aircraft and introduce new safety requirements to increase oversight have had drastic effects on the safety record. During the 2016-17 period there were not any accidents that resulted in jet hull loss or fatalities. The African airlines who were on the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) performed over three times greater than the airlines who were not on the registry. The accident rate in Africa is proportional to the age of the aircraft that are being operated so newer aircraft would further contribute to the improving safety and image of the airlines. However, as it stands African airlines demonstrating their efforts to obtain new aircraft run into roadblocks that prevent them from September 2018
African Pilot
9
The Embraer ‘shark’ E190-E2 Jet completes its tour of Africa
H
ot on the heels of an exciting performance at the UK’s Farnborough Airshow, where Embraer took several significant new aircraft orders, Embraer’s new generation aircraft the E190-E2, visited Africa for a Continental tour. The aircraft visited six counties: Algiers, Morocco, Kenya, Ghana, Mauritius and South Africa. At each stop, the world’s quietest and most efficient passenger jet in its segment attracted the attention of the local aviation community and the press, performing demonstration flights to showcase its capabilities. “The debut of the E190-E2 in Africa is an excellent opportunity for Embraer to show off this ground-breaking aircraft that sets new standards in profitability for airlines and comfort levels for passengers,” said Raul Villaron, Vice President Sales for Middle East and Africa, Embraer Commercial Aviation. “The E190-E2 cuts fuel burn by more than 17% and is perfectly suited to operate in hot and harsh environments. Some of the airlines for which we presented the aircraft are already E-Jet operators.” Africa’s air transport market is expected to grow by 4.8% in the next 20 years, seeing an extra 270 million passengers for a total market of 400 million passengers. Some countries stand out amongst the fastest growing in the world, superseding the continent’s average and reaching a compound growth rate of over 7.2% per year.The launch of the new ‘Single African Air Market’ and consequent attenuation of barriers will create a new environment to further foster growth in many sectors in Africa, expanding tourism and trade. Adding non-stop flights and frequency would enable the country to build a more connected and profitable air industry Beyond new market prospects, there are also opportunities to match aircraft capacity to market demand. Presently the majority of seat capacity in Africa is located above the 150-seat segment. However, 70% of intra-regional and domestic markets operated by narrow-bodies have fewer than 130 passengers on board on average in each flight. This results in average load factors of approximately 60%, still far from the global average. Another major impact of
10
African Pilot
September 2018
deploying large narrow bodies into thin routes is the resulting low number of frequencies: Almost 70% of the intra-African routes are served with fewer than one flight per day.
Embraer E2
Over the past 10 years Embraer has grown considerably in Africa, moving from a fleet of around 40 aircraft, predominantly turboprops, to over 150 aircraft, mostly jets, flown by more than 50 operators all over the continent; a trend that Embraer expects will continue over the next years with the E2 family. Such growth is the result of Embraer’s commitment to the region and the performance of its highly efficient right-sized aircraft serving the segment up to 150 seats. At Farnborough Airshow 2018, Embraer announced its newest African customer. Mauritania Airlines signed a firm order for two E175 jets with a 76-seat configuration, as part of its fleet modernisation programme. The E175s will replace some of the airline’s older narrow-body jets and complement its younger fleet. Deliveries will take place in 2019.
September 2018
African Pilot
11
ATR delivers five aircraft to Iran Air day before US sanctions
F
ranco-Italian plane maker ATR (Avions de transport régional or Aerei da TrasportoRegionale) managed to deliver five aircraft to Iran Air on 5 August 2018, a mere day before new American sanctions took effect.
The Iranian flag carrier received the five turboprop 68-seats ATR 72-600s at Tehran-Merhabad airport (THR) where they will be based alongside eight other 72-600s that have been delivered since May 2017. The European manufacturer did not comment. Its request for an extended trade period with Iran was previously rejected by the United States.The delivery of the five planes was secured by the French government. On 31 July 2018, French Minister of Finance and Economy Bruno Le Maire said in an interview to BFMTV he was hopeful that ATR could deliver eight aircraft before 6 August 2018.
12
African Pilot
September 2018
As with Airbus, ATR is subject to American sanctions as more than 10% of the parts composing its aircraft are ‘made in USA.’ Whilst ATR managed to deliver 13 of the 20 aircraft ordered by Iran Air, Airbus only delivered three out of a hundred (two A330s and one A321). As soon as new sanctions were announced, Boeing declared it would comply, giving up anorder amounting to $20 billion.
Space Race
costing airlines
thousands, complicating air travel
In June 2018, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released a report by the US Air Line Pilots’ Association (ALPA) in which the association details the negative impact of commercial rocket launches on commercial air travel; more launches mean more closed airspace, more flight delays, cancellations and fuel usage, all of which, naturally, is increasing operational costs. These are the unintended consequences of the global space race, as astonishing as its recent breakthroughs have been. So, what can be done to solve the airlines vs. rockets problem? In the US, commercial aircraft primarily occupy the airspace at 18,000 to 60,000 feet above the ground. However, rockets actually spend very little time at those altitudes. For example, when on 6 February 2018, Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched its Falcon Heavy, the rocket spent just 2.5 minutes in the air throughout the launch and landing, as science and tech portal Futurism.com explains.
“
Although this may sound as good news, whenever a spacecraft is sent up, no matter the time spent in the air, airlines which operate closer to the ground must avoid large swaths of territory and thus draw large expenses.
”
For instance, according to the FAA’s 2014 report that evaluated the impact of a space launch in Florida resulted in flight delays up to 23 minutes, airspace reroutes up to 84 miles and thousands of pounds more fuel burned, as compared with similar days without any launches. On the day of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy launch, 563 flights were delayed and extra miles were added to flights in the southeast region of the US, as the FAA’s data released on 26 June 2018, by ALPA indicates.
According to ALPA’s report, the SpaceX launch impacted 5,000 square nautical miles of airspace, which resulted in 4,645 minutes of flight delays. A single minute of delay costs a commercial airline around $68.48. Therefore, the total cost of those 4,645 minutes of delay was $318,089. Aside of the expenses due to delays, the launch also forced airlines to fly an additional 34,841 nautical miles and consume more fuel. From what were only eight orbital launches in 2015, the number rose to 21 in 2017, demonstrating that the commercial space industry is growing rapidly and will likely continue to do so. Most of commercial space activity has been focused on Cape Canaveral, the US Air Force post in Miami, Florida. However, it is only one of 22 active US launch sites and several other locales are currently pursuing new spaceport ventures. The trio of space tycoons; Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson are dominating the commercial space industry for the moment, but as it grows, more companies and entrepreneurs will inevitably join in on the activities. Consequently, Tim Canoll, president of ALPA, has urged Congressional leaders to start working on ways to ensure that commercial space operations are safely integrated into the national airspace. “As the US airline industry works to meet future passenger and shipper demand whilst spaceflight operations continue to increase, the aerospace industry must work together to create policies, regulations and procedures to share resources efficiently and most of all, safely,” said Canoll at the Commercial Space Transportation Regulatory Reform hearing. Private aerospace companies actually agree. “Commercial space launches need to be better integrated into the national airspace,” said Caryn Schenewerk, SpaceX’s senior counsel and director of government affairs.
The ultimate goal? To incorporate spacecraft into the routine flow of the 42,000 daily aircraft that the FAA oversees. September 2018
African Pilott
13
Legally grey
T
he school yard politics was brutal. The school bully was strutting his dominance all over the playground and I happened to be in the way. The fact that I was a nine-year-old and he a ten-year-old spoiled brat, had very little to do with it. That I did not want to toe his line was more to the point; not that I actually knew his line to be more specific. The mightiest on the block made the rules and you either stayed in your lane or the consequences followed with much blood, blue eyes and a terribly dented ego. I was taking boxing as a sport and I was quite convinced that I could stand my ground. Maybe the story sounds familiar and in so many cases, Goliath was tested and the belief of victory, even against the odds, was tested daily. Maybe it is just the way we grow up and learn the rules and in my case, I believed I was justified, more than capable to handle the situation and somewhat fearless. I knew the theory and had a little practice as a boxer. During the shadow boxing sessions, I was always the winner. I was quite good, not brilliant, but quite light footed and very soon I mastered the boxers’ dance. I could skip with a rope like a pro and my moves were praised by my teacher as promising. During the sparring fights with my fellow boxing clan, I performed as expected and only walked away with a bloody nose now and then. You sort of get used to taking the knocks and soon my theory and my ego surpassed my physical ability. Definitely not when it came to ‘street fighting’ or for that matter school yard fighting. My predator knew no rules; had no theory and he applied his law through quick action which preceded with no thought or fear. Truth be told, it was actually about his girlfriend. He fancied her, so no one dared to pay any attention to her. The fact that I was ignorant to the fact that it was his perceived girl and that I had no girl desires yet, made no difference to his perception when I helped her up from the ground when she tripped and fell. I saw him coming and immediately the boxing lessons engraved in my sub-conscience, came into play. Up came my hands, left foot in front, a slight forward stance and I looked him straight in the eye. Somehow, I expected him to follow the same rules and before I could decide on a strategy, never mind just to duck, I was flat on my back and the blood streaming from my eye, now split open. The world was spinning and my attacker came in with arms swinging and shoes kicking. I managed to get up and block the next blow when the teacher
14
African Pilot
September 2018
part II by Honiball Aviation Auditing stepped in between us, grabbed both of us behind the neck and dragged us to the Principal’s office. Those were the days before human rights were ‘discovered’ and the headmaster laid in with ‘six of the best.’ No questions asked, no arguments and no mercy. Without any intention of causing disruption, my eye brow was now cut open and my butt on fire. I broke two rules. The first I had no idea about and the second I was unwillingly a part of. Then, just when my mother had completed doing all the things a mother does when baby hurts, my father entered the kitchen and wanted to know what my eye was all about. Then I broke the rule of which I was well aware. Never complain to dad when you have received a hiding and never complain about losing a fight. I saw the slap coming, but once again I was too slow to duck, my theory had failed me a second time. If practice made perfect, I was badly in need of practice. Not just my eye and my butt, but now also my cheek was on fire, with my ego totally shattered. Many years later, human rights still not ‘discovered’, I slipped out of base to take a night on the town. My Corporal caught me sneaking back into the bungalow at the Air Force Gymnasium. It is not that I did not know the law or as if I did not receive a very good briefing on how to come and go undetected, I just had no experience. Well, a three-hour session of parade-ground drilling had a lasting impression on my mind and I learned that getting caught just ‘sucks.’ I also learned that just to know the theory is not good enough, I must be able to apply the theory to stay out of trouble, even when I was not intending to step over the line. I am in no way comparing the SACAA with a school yard bully or preaching that one should willingly overstep the line. The point is that if I had practised well, the bully would never have had the pleasure of dropping me. In that case my Dad would probably not have slapped me and my ego would have been intact. Would I still have received six of the best? In those days absolutely, but then human rights were discovered and implemented as a law and now my life and my money are at stake and my children much braver for much longer than I used to be. To practise what you preach, or to follow the preaching or rules, have always been the challenge in any industry, even when no stepping over the line is intended. By now we know that there
September 2018
African Pilot
15
are no grey areas that are legal. To be taught a complicated theory on a system or activity, by no means enables one to implement such a system or perform such activities. My experiences made me realise that the law has a very strange nature. I may know the law, but not have the ability or know when to toe the line. Sometimes I was not aware that the law even existed, never mind that I actually transgressed a law. Then sometimes we are lured into trespassing the law. Knowledge may be the initial point of departure, but skills must match the knowledge to keep the overseer happy.
out of his office is good for business. Crew resource management and human factors are just nice theory and intelligence perceived in hindsight. Foresight is the ability to foresee the outcome when theory is implemented in a practical and useable way.
Honiball Aviation Auditing specialises in implementing theory to keep the School Principal at bay.
The point is; we can attend all the courses, such as SMS, CRM, Dangerous Goods to name, but a few, but knowing the rules is not enough. If you do not apply the law, your knowledge of the law is of little value. That is why we do practical exercises in all our classes and teach, not just the nice theory of a Safety Management System, but also the ability to apply such a theory in the real world. That is the true key of staying out of the Principal’s office. Yes, the SACAA is the principal and staying
16
African Pilot
September 2018
To preach is the easy part, living the law by implementing and keeping your fingers on the pulse, makes the difference between a blue eye and being the blue-eyed boy.
September 2018
African Pilot
17
2018
Event
Venue
Contact
8 September
SAPFA Grand Central Fun Rally
Grand Central Airport Midrand
Rob Jonkers 082 804 7032 rob@aerosud.co.za
15 - 16 September
SAC Judges Trophy
Tzaneen Airfield TBC
Annie Boon chunge@mweb.co.za
19 - 23 September
Africa Aerospace and Defence AAD2018
Waterkloof Air Force Base
Leona Redlinghuis 084 840 3215 www.aadexpo.co.za
6 October
SAPFA Secunda Fun Rally
Secunda Airfield
Jonty Esser 082 855 9435 chairman@sapfa.co.za
20 - 21 October
SAC North-West Regionals
Klerksdorp Airfield
Annie Boon chunge@mweb.co.za
24 - 27 October
Marrakech Airshow
RMAF Military Base, Marrakech, Morocco
Houda Medkouri contact@marrakechairshow.com
6 - 8 November
Dubai Helishow
10 November
SAPFA EAA Sun ‘n Fun Adventure Rally
Brits Airfield
Rob Jonkers 082 804 7032 rob@aerosud.co.za
17 November
Aero Club of South Africa awards dinner
Rand Airport
office@aeroclub.org.za
24 November
SAPFA Fun Rally
Springs Airfield
Jonty Esser 082 855 9435 chairman@sapfa.co.za
1 December
SAC ACE of Base
Brits Airfield
Annie Boon chunge@mweb.co.za
Royal Pavilion Al Mr Abel Bajamunde abel@domusgroup.ae Maktoum Airport
Airshow organisers: African Pilot annual airshow award details on our website: www.africanpilot.co.za Local 0861 001130 International +27 11 466 8524 Pre & post publicity: E-mail: editor@africanpilot.co.za Website: www.africanpilot.co.za Details are published in the magazine, the African Pilot weekly Newsletter and the African Pilot Website. They serve to remind aviation enthusiasts of forthcoming events during the week running up to the event. Capital Sounds for sound and broadcast: Brian Emmenis 057 388 2351 E-mail: capital@icon.co.za ASSA - Air Show South Africa Website: www.airshowsa.org.za. To reserve an airshow or fly-in please book on-line: www.airshowsa.org.za Louise Hofmeyer 083 454 1104 E-mail: louise@airshowsa.org.za Management & Airshow Authorisation: Tania van den Berg RAASA 011 082 1000 E-mail: tania@raasa.co.za Website: www.raasa.co.za
18
African Pilot
September 2018
September 2018
African Pilot
19
The famous restored B29 bomber ‘DOC’ By Christine Brits
20
African Pilot
September 2018
Christine took this picture at EAA AirVenture, Oshkosh during the final phase of the night show on Thursday 26 July. The aircraft in the foreground is the famous restored B29 bomber ‘DOC’ that was parked on Boeing square. Camera was a Conan EOS 7D Mk II fitted with an 18 to 105 Canon image stabilised lens. With the camera on a tripod the time exposure was 10 seconds, ISO 200 with the lens set at 18mm.
Sponsored by
September 2018
African Pilot
21