December / January 2020

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A NOTE FROM

THE EDITOR: It is now trite to say that aviation businesses have been particularly hard hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. But many aviation companies are struggling, so we have decided to give our hard pressed yet loyal advertisers a break and combine our December and January editions into one.

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advertising revenues are down, so we accelerated the natural move away from print and into the digital-only space.

This has had tremendous and unexpected benefits – most notably the circulation of FlightCom has increased almost ten times as people around the world are accessing our unique UR

and original content via our website, through search engine optimisation.

Many readers and advertisers seem to struggle to understand the role of FlightCom. By way of explanation, I am fond of quoting Jonathan Livingstone Seagull author Richard Bach, who differentiates between flying and aviation. He maintains that flying is a passion, a sport and a great way to live in three dimensions, whereas aviation is the industry behind flying. Aviation is about airlines and air forces and maintenance. It’s about the flying training industry and pilots’ futures. So FlightCom is about aviation in Africa.

Thanks to a partnership with Robin Rabec, we are also able to add benefit from the swing to a digital publication platform by including specifically commissioned interviews on the website and to market these via our market leading Facebook page.

Thanks to Google and other search engines, and the reach of our Facebook page, we are driving new readers to FlightCom. But we haven’t forgotten our loyal core of longtime followers and subscribers. We are still reaching our long-standing readership base through ‘pushing’ a downloadable pdf version of the magazine to them by email. Furthermore, we have teamed with key industry organisations such as the Airlines Association of Southern Africa (AASA) and the Commercial Aviation Association of South Africa (CAASA) to email the magazine to all their members.

The digital version of the magazine has had other great spin-offs, especially for advertisers.

Most notably – we are able to include links to their

marketing video material and have live website links to take readers directly to the advertiser’s website. In this way the reach and effectiveness of the clients’ adspend is vastly more efficient.

But no matter how much better we have become at delivering value to our advertisers, the heart of any publication is always its content. Despite the sea change in the publishing industry, we remain true to our foundational value - of making sure we produce a publication people want to read – that fulfils our key objective of entertaining and informing our readers.

Fortunately, we have been blessed to have developed a core of contributors that make FlightCom unique. I am most grateful to Hugh Pryor, who 14 years ago, after meeting me for just a quick cup of coffee, gave me a memory stick with hundreds of his priceless stories of bush flying in North Africa.

Shortly thereafter, Mike Gough, then a Senior First Officer with SAA, and the owner of a nascent flight school at Lanseria, came on board to write about airline operations and pilot training.

For the past four years we have been privileged to have Darren Olivier’s expert analysis on African defence. And I now have a PhD on the challenges faced by African airlines in providing essential air connectivity. The spin-offs from this study, and in particular with the CEOs I interviewed as part of the primary research, have provided many fascinating industry insights.

I am honoured too to have excellent access to the key leaders and decision makers in the aviation industry. I am grateful to all airline CEOs who always take my calls at any time of the day, no matter how busy they are. I find the insights provided by these industry leaders fascinating and wonderfully informative. And I trust our readers do too. Which makes FlightCom a key source of reliable industry intelligence.

In this issue we feature Airlink CEO Rodger Foster – who has used the strength and quality of 6

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his business to take full advantage of the dire straits his competitors find themselves in. As I write, he is adding yet another Embraer 190 to his fleet – and he discusses his exciting expansion plans across Southern Africa – and perhaps further.

Our regular contributors form the core of FlightCom, and I am grateful for their commitment to quality writing and fresh insights. With them, and the topical articles we provide, I am confident that we have indeed fulfilled our mandate to entertain and inform our readers and provide the best channel for our advertisers to reach their market.

So what can we expect for 2021? From where we are now, things can only getter better. This is not just a hope – there are real signs. Domestic and foreign travel is reopening, and tourists and business travellers are returning. Airlines will start rehiring and yes, there will indeed be a massive pilot shortage, caused both by those who have left the industry due to Covid, and from the current wave of retirees.

The world economy will come back with the impetus to make up for the year of lost growth – and it will take the South African economy with it as resource prices rebound.

A Covid-19 vaccine is coming – sooner than hoped, and a massive airlift will be needed to distribute it. With their long and successful track record with UN relief agencies such as the World Food Programme and the WHO, South African contract flying companies are the best placed to handle the distribution of the vaccines across Africa.

Within a year it will almost be back to business as usual.

There is a lot to be hopeful about and so I wish all our readers and loyal advertisers a wonderful festive season and a happy and prosperous new year. 

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BUSH PILOT HUGH PRYOR

CORRUPTION Did you buy your licence? Or did you earn it by working hard, gaining appropriate

experience

and

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qualifying before an impartial board of examiners?

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HAT’S one of the

problems we’ve got in Africa today. During recent decades, the civil aviation authorities of many Third World countries have been run on the graft system. Not ‘Hard Graft’, as in hard work, but ‘graft’, as in; “How much money do you need to renew my Instrument Rating, without us having to actually fly a plane?”

You must have heard of P-51 time. That’s Parker 51, the people who make the pen. Not the ones who built the World War winning fighter. Not heard of it? Well, let’s put it like this. I do know 8

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of certain persons who could be open to accusations of, shall we just call it ‘Creative Logging’, possibly written with a Parker 51.

It has been going on for years and years, of course, since the time that log books were invented.

I remember one particular person, for example, during my infant and impressionable years in aviation, who decided to transfer all his flying hours from civilian flying log books to Royal Air Force log books. The Air Force log books looked so much tidier, we were told. It took him quite some time to complete the task and maybe that was partly because he ended up with

fifteen hundred hours more, after completing the exercise, than he had before he started it. And,

guess what! That extra fifteen hundred gave him exactly the right number of hours to apply for a job with a certain large middle eastern airline. I think he must have only retired last year. Of course his cheating barred him from returning to Kenya, because everybody and his dog in Kenya knew what he had done, and would have spilt the beans if he had looked for employment in our neck of the woods.

The horrified board of inquiry into a recent major accident in Africa found that the captain of the aircraft, who sadly did not survive the disaster to defend himself, was found to have gained hundreds of hours each time he carried over the totals from the bottom of one page to the top of the next, in his log book. The copilot logged his time in a similar fashion, but this could not hide the fact that he had only one

BUSH PILOT HUGH PRYOR hour of formal training on the aircraft before the accident which took his life. The hours recorded in the aircraft technical logs bore no relation at all to those claimed by either of the pilots.

So how did they manage to get away with it?

Administrative slip up?

Administrative incompetence?

Why don’t we just try straight ‘Administrative corruption’?

To get to the bottom of this problem it is important to examine the root causes. So let’s have a look at some of them, and see why this insidious and corrosive disease is so contagious and difficult to control.

The hours recorded in the aircraft logs bore no relation to those claimed by the pilots MOTIVATION Let’s start right at the bottom, financially

speaking.

Do you think that you would feel motivated to run the licensing office of a civil aviation authority, if your salary was twenty (yes…20) times less than those of the people whom you were responsible for regulating? Probably not.

Would you feel motivated if your salary had not been reviewed for over twenty (Yes… I did say 20) years? Probably not.

Would you feel motivated if you noticed that, in spite of the above, your bosses, who seldom graced the offices whose doors bore their names, suddenly 10

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became the proud owners of Seven Series BMWs, while you still took a jam-packed little minibus taxi to work every morning? I’ll bet you wouldn’t.

How about if the international community started muttering about your total incompetence and how they would like to beat the living daylights out of you and then see you in jail? Would that motivate you? I doubt it. In fact I think the opposite might be true.

Okay. Suppose I came to your office at around eleven o’clock one morning and suggested lunch at a discrete local pub for discussions about something which might be very much to your financial

advantage. Then I took you out, filled you with beer, introduced you to a stunningly nubile and seemingly willing young lady or two and offered you a straight ten thousand dollars to licence the crew of an A310 that I wanted to operate to Europe, and, yes, of course the pilots are all well experienced. Well? Would you be interested?

NOW we’re talking!

The problem is that if you agree to my proposition, then I’ve got you on a string. So next time I’ll only have to give you five hundred dollars, for the renewal, because you’re not going to go blabbing your mouth off to all and sundry about how I bought you, are you? No you are not. I’ll just deny it anyway, and where are your witnesses? Anyway, you could do with the extra five hundred, couldn’t you? And so could your new girlfriends. You are certainly not going to blow the whistle. This gravy train is going so fast now that you would probably be badly hurt, or even worse, if you tried to get off.

REPERCUSSIONS Right. It’s all downhill from now on. Nice and easy. Freewheeling. No need for paperwork. No need for any work. Who’s interested anyway? Just sit back, enjoy the ride and wait for the big boys to admit

who really runs the show. And they have made the pay much better now, of course. Not Seven-SeriesBMW-much better yet, but the day will come when they really need something. That will be the time to turn the screws and find out how much the market will stand.

Then suddenly, one day, the past starts to catch up.

Two pilots, terrified by the fact that their qualifications are based on a financial transaction, not on hard work and experience, are forced into a corner by commercial and peer pressure, a deep dark corner with no way out. They are tasked for a flight which can realistically only end one way and they are not given the option of declining.

It takes them five attempts to get their large aircraft into the short primitive airstrip at their destination, but they have to get in, because they have a very senior government minister on board and he needs to talk to the people on the ground and the chief pilot has flattered them by telling them that they are the right guys for the job.

Forget the fact that they have never ever tried to land an aeroplane this size in 800 metres. Forget the fact that the book says it cannot be done. Forget the fact that these two pilots have never landed this aircraft on an unpaved surface before. Forget the fact that one of the aircraft’s engines did not belong to that particular type. In fact, just sit back and watch the Gravy Train, containing the ‘Financially Enhanced’ (we’re not allowed to say BRIBED nowadays) aviation authorities, thunder comfortably and unwittingly down the last bit of the hill and fall, together with the two frightened ‘pilots’ and everybody else in the plane, over the edge, into the gaping abyss.

That actual accident happened in early 2003, on take-off. The laws of aerodynamics ruthlessly swept aside the laws of the graft system and declared the inevitable verdict imposed by the laws of physics.

You won’t believe it, but quite a number of people

got out of the wreck, in spite of the fact that the plane cart wheeled obscenely, before ending, upside-down, on top of some unfortunate person’s house.

The Minister and the two frightened pilots did not survive.

If you agree to my corrupt proposition, then I’ve got you on a string SOLUTIONS

The next problem is… how to get the survivors out of the abyss. And how do you stop the next gravy train of bribery and corruption tumbling into the chasm?

Well, the first thing you have to do is to prevent other gravy trains getting started down the slope. As you know, stopping runaway trains normally involves quite a lot of wreckage. Wreckage very often comes blood-stained and the blood comes from wounds.

Wounds have to be excised in order to expose clean flesh where the healing can take hold. The people who carry out the surgery must themselves be free of infection and in small close-knit communities, these people are sometimes almost impossible to lay hands on. If you can’t find the person locally, then the only option is to look elsewhere. The other very important thing to remember is that controlling runaway gravy trains is not a job for the fainthearted. Skill, determination, enormous strength and, above all, courage are prerequisites for the job.

Gravy trains kill. Ask any anti-Mafia judge in Italy.

Vast quantities of fortitude are necessary and endless patience. There is no other way Another thing to bear in mind. If you are looking for that hero and you walk into an office and find me sitting behind the desk, you’re in the wrong office! 

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LEGISLATING COMMON SENSE In certain situations that appear to be devoid of rationality, we may discover a chunk of rules and regulations that attempt to try do the thinking for us – or at least speak to the lowest common denominator among us.

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intrinsically a regulation intensive industry, and some regulations must of necessity be complex. Its is then perhaps inevitable that the competence of the regulators may not quite be up to the task, with a resultant overflow of verbose and tedious rules.

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become in the airline world.

Several of my ex-colleagues have spent a lot of time with me at Lanseria doing initial ratings or reviving long-expired instructor ratings, and the discussions we have had has highlighted the relationship between practicality, reality and the figments of some bureaucratic imaginations.

While conducting an initial instructor rating, I do my best to test for understanding of the various concepts associated with aerodynamics and procedural aspects. I certainly do not claim to be any form of guru in either department, but I have been

around the patch a few times in this regard.

Having said that, I have a confession to make, and I am going to open the Lift Theory can of worms yet again. We do teach the Equal Transit or Longer Flow theory, which is by far the easiest lie to perpetuate in this regard.

This is the much-maligned explanation that the upper surface flow of an aerofoil has to travel faster so the air molecules, traumatised by being separated at the leading edge of the aerofoil into upper and lower surface flow, are hell-bent on getting to the trailing edge simultaneously, thus forcing the longer flow to accelerate, with the attendant pressure drop, a la Bernoulli.

Anyone who has had to wash dishes in their lives has witnessed the turning or displacement force as a practical experiment when holding a serving spoon’s curved surface in a laminar water flow from the kitchen tap. In this case there is no lower surface flow at

Briefings are often reduced to a short chat while walking out to the aircraft.

all, and the resultant force as a result of the deflected flow is noticeably strong and visually revealing.

This can be clearly broken up into the upwash at the leading edge of the spoon, and the marked downwash at the trailing edge. Thus, once the Bernouilli discussion is done, everyone goes off to the kitchen in our hangar.

As this aspect is firmly in the CAA syllabus, we are stuck with it. I don’t, however, think anyone is a poorer pilot as a result, after decades of technically inaccurate information.

Getting back to the instructor evaluation – a discussion on certification criteria is relevant. Why specifically? Well, there’s a definite method to the madness when an aircraft, large or small is designed, tested and certified. These sets of rules are referred to as Federal Aviation Regulation (FAR) Part 23 and FAR 25, for little ones and big ones respectively.

FAR 23 pertains to light aircraft, up to 5,700kgs, or in the commuter category, up to 19 seats. Beyond

this is the transport category, and everyone needs to sit up and pay more attention as things get a little more stringent.

A primary difference between the two categories

legislating a major safety hazard into the regulations is the G Load limit. Part 23 requires 3.8G positive limit, while Part 25 only requires 2.5G limit, as the rest of the package that goes with it is highly regulated and building in unnecessary structural strength adds weight.

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Students need to understand why the static port is on the left side of the fuselage.

For those who may be familiar with Airbus and its various control laws, there is a very definite and nonnegotiable maximum bank angle of 67 degrees. Full and sustained side stick deflection while in Normal Law will not produce any bank angle greater than this.

This brings us around to certification limits, as ‘n’ or G load, is calculated by 1 over Cosine of Bank angle and using 67 degrees in this formula results in a ‘n’ factor of 2.5G. My favourite Air Exercise briefing is the littlevisited exercise of Side Slipping. This is now incorporated into the Descending exercise. An Air Exercise briefing is meant to be completed after the talk-and-chalk part of the briefing and outlines what will be accomplished in the General Flying area to complete the exercise.

These ‘little’ briefings are often reduced to a short chat while walking out to the aircraft prior to the flight, often animated by swooping hands, which is not the idea at all.

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training, how one determines when the side slip limit of an aircraft has been reached? I thought so… your instructor did not consult the Instructor Training Procedures manual (formerly AIC 14.3), which has in depth air exercise material.

This brings me around to another certification question for that nervous instructor candidate. Why is the static port on single-static source aircraft (such as the Cessna 172) on the left side of the fuselage?

It didn’t end up there by accident. Slipping to the left results in an elevated static value for the same given pitot value. This results in an under read on Indicated Air Speed (IAS). The distracted pilot glances back inside and sees a speed lower than planned and the natural reaction is to push the nose down, which is a safe tendency – especially with crossed controls and reduced airspeed.

Should the port be on the right, the opposite would occur, with the tendency to pull back on the control column. This could well result in a stall / spin scenario, which would end badly if close to the ground.

All of these certification rules come together to allow a Type Certificate to be issued, which indicates a particular design conforms to its Type Design.

The regulating authority (for example the Federal Aviation Administration – FAA, or the European equivalent, EASA) issues this certificate. When each example of a particular type is rolled off the production line, it is issued with a Certificate of Airworthiness (C of A), which is valid for the entire life of the aircraft, provided it complies with its Type Certificate – in other words, no unapproved modifications or damage occurs.

Unless of course you are in South Africa.

Our Civil Aviation Authority feels that a fee to maintain the airworthiness certificate is required, and as a result has decided that an absolute mountain of paperwork is required to be submitted to them every year.

Every single maintenance aspect must be re-submitted annually, even if it is a once-off item that is required by the manufacturer to be accomplished, to the extent that they require the actual Type Certificate number to be declared each time – in case we have wickedly re-designed the aircraft between submissions.

On top of a massively tedious process, there is also a highly likely possibility that more than sixty days will elapse after submission, with no sign of the new certificate, which grounds the aircraft.

Thus, the addition of a date to the C of A renders the aircraft to

exclusive domain of the Director of Civil Aviation to decide if this person is allowed to continue flying.

Without doubt, forty hours with no solo is a significant amount of flying without a ‘normal’ progression rate. What is completely lacking with this

a Certificate of Airworthiness (C of A) is valid for the entire life of the aircraft be non-conforming to its original Type Design.

Another uniquely local requirement, contained in our regulations, pertains to how quickly the all-knowing authority expects a candidate to be ready for his or her first solo flight. For some reason, there is a restriction that is in place which requires a solo recommendation in the training file prior to completing thirty hours.

Passing this arbitrary total requires an entire intervention which involves the Chief Flight Instructor and then a Designated Flight Examiner. If forty hours total now elapse, it becomes the

regulation, is context. If one did twenty-five hours, ten years ago, and now want to re-start (probably from the beginning), one has to be kicked out of the nest within five hours.

Talk about legislating a major safety hazard into the regulations.

Similarly, many years ago in Nelspruit I had an elderly candidate, whose retirement mission was to attain his PPL. To say we spent quality time together would be an understatement. I finally sent him on his first solo with a total of 74 hours in his logbook. He was so delighted with his first landing as pilot-incommand that he stopped on the

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runway, with the engine idling, and did not move.

I eventually walked up the runway to see what was happening, and he was sitting there, with an ear-to-ear grin, while being a thousand miles away, utterly caught up in the moment. He went on to complete his PPL, and flew for many years, accident and incident free.

I have subsequently learned that this piece of legislation will be reviewed or removed, but it should not have been there in the first place.

It is impossible to regulate human performance and ability through the statutes – but that doesn’t prevent ‘authorities’ from trying.

By the way – the side slip limit is reached when one has full rudder applied to the stop, and further application of aileron will cause the aircraft to turn into the direction of the side slip – also a certification requirement.

But you knew that. 

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BELOW; Once the Bernouilli discussion is done, everyone goes off to the kitchen to try the spoon trick.

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Defence - Des Barker The 'Crystal' F1 built for a French expo shows the layout well.

THE F1

ENGINE UPGRADE Des Barker writes - It is now history (and thus no longer classified) that local aerospace company, Aerosud successfully managed to reengine the Mirage F1 with the MiG-29’s Klimov RD-33 engine (dubbed the SMR-95) – a feat originally thought impossible by Dassault.

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modification was not only aimed at improving the aircraft’s thrust-toweight ratio and specific excess power, both parameters critical to the combat capabilities of a fighter, but also to provide the Mirage F1CZ with improved sustained turn performance and acceleration.

With the engine package, a new all-aspect missile was also included in the deal, the combination of which would have produced a significant increase in fighting capability for the Mirage F1CZ. HIS

FLYING THE SMR-95 F1

The flight test programme for the engine integration programme was conducted on Mirage F1AZ No. 216. As a demonstration of increased performance with the SMR-95 fitted, a comparative demonstration was flown at TFDC, AFB Overberg.

F1AZ No. 216 lined up on runway 35 next to No. 239, both aircraft spooled up to Mini PC (afterburner) against the brakes and on the countdown to zero, released the brakes simultaneously, selected maximum afterburner and the challenge was on. No. 216 (18,285 lbs static thrust) versus No. 239’s (15,888 lbs static thrust) pulled away from No. 239 and had lifted-off by the time 239’s nosewheel was rotating; 216 then pitched up to 25°, climbed away in a steep climb, with 239 trailing embarrassingly far behind.

The formation was then set up for a comparative acceleration, both aircraft at 1,000 ft agl, approached the airfield from the south over runway 35 at 200 KIAS; both pilots selected maximum afterburner and once again, 216 just leaped ahead and left 239 ingesting 216’s exhaust.

It was an impressive comparative demonstration for the Air Force’s Command Council, leaving many former F1 pilots impressed and secretly wishing to have an opportunity to ‘have a go’.

Further tests included climb performance, level accelerations to M1.8 at 25,000 ft pressure altitude and even shutting down the engine intentionally at 50,000 ft to verify the engine’s ability to relight

216 just leaped ahead and left 239 ingesting 216’s exhaust. automatically at heights up to 50,000 ft. An added bonus was the engine’s ability to be slammed open and accelerate in 3 seconds versus the 8 seconds of the F1s Atar 09K50; an important consideration in third generation air-combat tactics.

Typically Russian, robust and effective, it would have significantly increased the combat performance of the Mirage F1.

BELOW: The F1's Atar 09k50 engine had 3000 lbs more thrust than the Mirage 111 and the Klimov SMR-95 further dramatically improved on the Atar 09k50.

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FITTING THE ENGINE

Writing on Russian News site NARKIVE, David E. Powell, provided the following information: “[Installing the MiG-29’s Klimov RD-33 engine (the SMR-95)] wasn’t as simple as making a few changes to MiG engines. The project was started while South Africa still had an arms embargo against it, which

As I said, the mods were major and included “straightening” the engine, as there is a “kink” in the engine as installed in the MiG. The [Russian] RD-33 was specifically designed for installation in a twin-engined fighter, which meant it did not comply with the requirements for a single engined fighter.

For this reason, a fairly extensive range of more subtle changes were needed, but the most major one was probably repositioning of the gearbox. There were also attempts to reduce the amount of smoke produced by the engine (not quite achieved on the SMR-95) and a substantial increase in time between overhaul (TBO).

The installation in Mirage F1AZ #216

The [Russian] RD-33 did not comply with the requirements for a single engined fighter really limited the number of possible candidates.

The main reason the upgrade program was initiated was to get some improvement in specific fuel consumption (SFC) by going to a turbofan instead of a pure turbojet (the ATAR-09K50 is a pure turbojet), and the RD-33 also offered additional thrust when in afterburner.

The Snecma Atar 09K50 engine was replaced by the lighter and more powerful Russian SMR-95. Image: Martin Pole

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was very mature, and if it wasn’t for the end of the arms embargo allowing us to purchase new aircraft, the mod would probably have been done on the whole fleet. 216 Is still occasionally flown for demo purposes and there are still some hours left on the engine. The Cheetah installation, on the other hand, was far from mature and a lot of work was still needed at the time when the project was cancelled.

It also seemed that the Cheetah installation was not going to be of as much benefit as it was for the Mirage F1. 

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Can airlines navigate the legal minefield of Covid-19 risks to passengers?

Can Passengers SUE Airlines if they get Covid-19?

A DEEP DIVE INTO INTERNATIONAL AVIATION LAW AND PRECEDENT SHOWS THAT AIRLINES MAY BE LIABLE IF A PASSENGER GETS INFECTED BY COVID-19 ON A FLIGHT. 24

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his article explores the extent to which carriers may be considered guarantors of the safety of their passengers and how the law classifies contamination that is proven to have occurred on board an aircraft.

The article will further delve into whether the law classifies COVID 19 as an “accident” in terms of Article 17 of the Warsaw Conventions and the Montreal Agreement and whether air carriers may be held liable for contamination associated with a flight.

First, some background definitions:

ARTICLE 17 Article 17 of the Warsaw Conventions and the Montreal Agreement impose strict liability on carriers for damage sustained in the event of the death or wounding of a passenger or any other bodily injury suffered by a passenger that is caused by an accident and the injury so sustained took place on board the aircraft or in the course of any of the operations of embarking or disembarking.

ARTICLE 14 OF THE CHICAGO CONVENTION The 1944 Convention on International Civil Aviation (the Chicago Convention), recognises plague and other communicable diseases such as cholera, typhus (epidemic), smallpox, yellow fever, and ratifying States must specifically take steps to prevent these diseases from spreading by means of air transportation. The Chicago Convention makes it mandatory for air carriers to comply with the pertinent provisions of the International Health Regulations (2005) of the WHO.

Under Article 14 of the Chicago Convention each contracting state is required to take effective measures to prevent the spread of communicable diseases and to keep in close consultation with those international agencies concerned with international regulations relating to sanitary measures applicable to aircrafts.

ACCIDENT Both conventions require an “accident” to have caused the illness and to have taken place on board the aircraft or in the course of the operation of embarking and disembarking.

An “accident” has been defined as an unusual or unexpected event that is external to the passenger, and which results in physical injury to the passenger.

Bodily injury includes the “physical infliction of physical injury during the flight even though not already manifested at the time of the conclusion of the flight, for example a disease or illness contracted upon the aircraft (resulting from) food (contamination)” as defined in Air France v. Saks,

Is it an accident if a passenger gets infected with Covid-19 on a flight ?

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470 U.S. 392 (1985).

In In re Crash at Little Rock, Arkansas 231 E.D. Ark. (2002), the court broadened the scope of the interpretation of the Convention and confirmed that a party can claim for mental and psychological injuries to the extent that they are caused by and approximately flow from the physical injury caused by the accident.

Thus a claimant must prove that an “accident”

A party can claim for mental and psychological injuries occurred within the meaning of Article 17 in order to succeed with a claim for liability against a carrier.

DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS A form of injury that has been associated with air carriage is the deep vein thrombosis (DVT) which is a serious condition that occurs when a blood clot forms in a vein located deep inside the body.

The aviation industry has seen a number of claims associated with DVT. However, current medical studies have not proven that air transportation increases the risk of developing DVT and this is a topic currently being researched by the World Health Organisation.

The point of contention facing air carries concerned with DVT litigation is whether the condition can be classified as an “accident” in terms of Article 17 of the Warsaw Convention. A claimant must provide any admissible evidence that he developed DVT as a result of an unexpected or 26

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unusual event or happening external to the passenger.

In Blanset v. Continental Airlines 204 S.D. Tex. (2002) a passenger developed DVT and instituted proceedings against Continental Airline for alleged injuries sustained while on board the carrier. The claimants alleged that the carrier failed to warn them of the risk of developing DVT during air transportation and failed to take adequate precaution to inform the claimants of the risk of developing DVT. The claimants alleged that the defendant violated a custom or procedure amongst international air carriers by failing to warn passengers of contracting DVT on board an aircraft and that this could lead to an “accident” within the meaning of Article 17 of the Warsaw Convention.

Continental Airlines then moved to dismiss this claim on the basis that developing DVT was not an “accident” under Article 17. Continental was unsuccessful in its attempt. The court held that a failure to carry out established routine procedures can be an “accident”.

However, the court left open the question of whether warning passengers about the risk of DVT specifically is an established custom or procedure within the aviation industry.

In Air France v. Saks, 470 U.S. 392 (1985) the court held: “If… nothing happens during an ordinary or unremarkable flight that involves the actions of anyone except for the passenger himself or herself and his or her atypical reaction to a normal and unremarkable flight, there had been no unexpected or unusual event or happening. The only basis upon which liability could arise in such circumstances would be for a court to hold that a culpable act or omission is always an unusual or unexpected event or happening, so that wherever negligence is established, or known risks are ignored, an “accident” must have occurred. But that ignores the fact that the culpable

act or omission cannot necessarily be described as an unusual event or happening in itself.”

The questions to ask are: • Is there an accident as required by the Conventions; • Is there admissible evidence of the occurrence of the accident; • Is there an awareness of a risk; and • Did the carrier warn passengers of established routine procedures or provide necessary information relating to the risk.

Case law reveals that while not advising passengers of the risk associated with DVT a carrier may be held as negligent, this negligence is not in itself an accident within the meaning of Article 17 in that DVT sustained by a passenger is not linked to an unusual and unexpected event external to them as a passenger.

SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME (SARS) Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) is a contagious and sometimes fatal respiratory illness that has been the subject of litigation for air carriers.

In May 2003, the WHO issued an Emergency Travel Advisory to passengers and airlines advising that, while there was a low in-flight transmission rate of passengers, parties should be alert to the symptoms associated with SARS. Recommendations were set-out to restrict travel and minimise in-flight transmissions.

A Scottish decision, King v Bristow Helicopters 2001 SLT 126, confirmed that the bodily injury induced by an accident in terms of the Convention does not have to manifest during or at the conclusion of the flight as it is sufficient for the injury, illness or disease to have been contracted upon the aircraft through the contamination of the aircraft’s air supply.

Similar to DVT liability claims, the Conventions require an “accident” to have caused the damage to

take place on board the aircraft or in the course of operation of embarking or disembarking. The current litigation on DVT will further assist in determining whether an airline’s failure to warn passengers of SARS and/or to take steps to isolate a passenger with SARS symptoms or honour requests by other passengers for alternative seating might possibly amount to an accident as an unexpected or unusual event or happening.

COVID-19 Locating or tracing of passengers after flights to enable airlines to ascertain those likely exposed to risk is complicated as passengers on disembarkation would have dispersed widely. In the projected two to fourteen days’ incubation period before the COVID-19 may fully manifest, the airline should ensure that they have sufficient and correct data of passengers to give to airline medical staff and health authorities.

In the 21st century, however, technology has played a major role in enhancing contact tracing of

The Conventions require an “accident” to have caused the damage communicable virus such as COVID 19, presenting individualised tracking as a reliable way to trace the movement of individuals who are infected and to identify individuals with whom the former came into contact during the period in which they were contagious. Mobile location data has been proposed as a helpful method to identify potentially exposed individuals as some governments and the

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private sector have heavily relied on data-driven technologies to help contain the novel COVID 19.

Thus technological measures have become a critical solution for contact tracing, quarantine enforcement, tracking the spread of the virus, and allocating medical resources. However, these practices raise significant human rights concerns as measures taken that limit people’s rights and freedoms must be lawful, necessary, and proportionate.

The airlines’ legal duty thus appears to be limited to collaborating with contracting states to determine whether any passenger’s condition poses a direct threat to public safety relying on directives issued by public health authorities.

Carriers must comply with international health regulations and the laws of the countries to and from which they operate services. If they ignore passengers who look unwell or present symptoms, they may be exposed to penalties.

In Dias v. Transbrasil Airlines, Inc., 26 Av. Cas. (CCH) 16,048 (S.D.N.Y. 1998). the court ruled that the poor cabin air quality due to the aircraft’s air filtration system not working properly which resulted in an injury to the passenger constituted an “accident”. Thus emphasising the strict obligation that air carries owe to passengers and their safety.

When determining whether a carrier may be held liable for the possible transmission of COVID 19 onboard, WHO examines the following risk factors: Did the carrier deny a passenger check-in boarding who has COVID 19 symptoms or take any precautionary steps to check that the passenger is medically fit to fly?

• Did the carrier isolate a passenger who exhibited COVID 19 symptoms during the flight or await on medical authorities at destination before disembarking passengers?

• Did the carrier trace fellow passengers where it was notified that a passenger on one of its flights had COVID 19?

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• Was there a failure in the cabin ventilation system? or • Was there a failure to follow prescribed regulatory protocols to screen passengers when boarding or other precautions required?

WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) works closely with WHO and other international health and aviation bodies to assist in containing the spread of communicable disease in aviation. The ICAO has developed Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) to ensure a coordinated response.

The aviation sector’s primary role is to minimise travel of individuals who have contracted a communicable disease to other jurisdictions through passenger screening procedures. These procedures are performed at airports and through the presentation of health certificates or the famous ‘yellow card’ indicating vaccinations against certain communicable diseases where mandated.

BURDEN OF PROOF The burden of proof rests with the claimant to prove that they suffered an illness as a result of contamination on the carrier. Since the source of contamination of COVID 19 has been proven to be nearly impossible to trace, more so that such manifestation of the contamination occurred during a flight, it will be difficult for a claimant to prove that the occurrence of an accident within the definition of Article 17.

It is both a legal and factual question whether passengers will be successful in claims for the contamination of COVID-19 aboard a flight and whether, as with DVT, issues will arise as to what is an accident – as the event itself must be the cause of the accident rather than the illness.

Article 20(1) of the Warsaw Convention states

that the carrier is not liable if they can prove that they and their agents have taken all necessary measures to avoid the damage or that it was impossible for either party to take such measures. The Montreal Convention adopted this defence but changed the wording.

Article 21(2) of the Montreal Convention states that the carrier is not liable for damages arising under Article 17 to the extent that: • such damage was not due to the negligence or other wrongful act or omission of the carrier or its servants or agents; or • such damage was solely due to the negligence or other wrongful act or omission of a third party.

Notably, even in circumstances where a passenger is able to prove that they contracted COVID-19 on board an aircraft or while embarking or disembarking, the passenger’s claim may be limited by the limits often highlighted in the contract of carriage, and terms contained on the air ticket.

Is it up to passengers to clean their own area?

VOLUNTARY ASSUMPTION OF RISK Where an air carrier has taken all necessary precautionary measure to mitigate infections, Article 20 of the Montreal Convention provides a defence, where the Air Carrier proves that the damage was caused or contributed to by the negligence or other wrongful act or omission of the person claiming compensation.

The defence of voluntary assumption of risk is based on the concept that no wrong can be done to

one who consents. Consequently, where a passenger is deemed to have agreed to assume all the inherent risks involved with flying aboard an aircraft during a pandemic, the air carrier may be absolved of the responsibility for injuries arising from flying in an aircraft that did not result in an accident from the act or omission of the carrier.

Where a passenger decides not to heed the advice against traveling and by so doing, contracts the COVID-19 on board an aircraft, either before or during embarking or disembarking the aircraft, the express or implied agreement by the passenger to assume both the physical and legal risk may absolve the airline from all future liability claims that may be made by the passenger provided the carrier is not

negligent.

It must be noted that the principle of “voluntary assumption of risk” falls solely under the Montreal Convention and not the Warsaw Convention. The Warsaw Convention does not limit liability for passengers against air carriers.

CONCLUSION In conclusion, a passenger may be successful in pursuing a claim for liability against an air carrier for contracting Covid-19 on board the aircraft if they can prove negligence (“accident”) on the part of the carrier or their agents or sub-contractors.

However, where the air carriers have taken all reasonable measures by complying with all the prescribed health procedures and where a passenger is infected by a fellow passenger who has Covid-19 but is asymptomatic, the passenger would not be able to sustain a claim that the air carrier is liable for the transmission of Covid-19 to the claimant.

The air carrier may also be absolved from all liability on the basis that passengers, who contracted Covid-19 on board an aircraft, voluntarily assumed the physical and legal risks, whether expressly or impliedly, in boarding a flight during the wellpublicised risks of the pandemic. 

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Rodger Foster FACE TO FACE WITH

AIRLINK THE WAY AHEAD

It is said that in times of crisis, only the fittest survive. Airlink has demonstrated that it is indeed one of the fittest by emerging from the Covid-19 pandemic in a better position than it was before the crisis began.

Guy Leitch asks Rodger Foster how Airlink did it and what its future plans are.

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GL: IN THE PAST YOU SPECIALISED IN FEEDER ROUTES. BUT NOW YOU HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFULLY OPERATING THE HIGH DENSITY AND FREQUENCY JOBURG - CAPE TOWN ROUTE SINCE THE DOMESTIC LOCKDOWN ENDED. YET YOU USE SMALL GAUGE 98 SEAT EMBRAERS WHILE YOUR COMPETITORS OPERATE MORE ECONOMICAL 185 SEAT BOEING 737800S?

While loads are recovering the smaller gauge aircraft present lower economic risk as their trip cost is significantly lower than the Boeing or Airbus trip cost.

And it doesn’t matter much if our seat cost is slightly higher as we are not trying to compete in the low-cost carrier market. Airlink has a competitive advantage in that it has a comprehensive airline network system where our customers can connect to myriad destinations within our network and they have access to the global networks of our commercial partner airlines. Our Economy Class fares include a 20kg free checked-in luggage allowance RF:

Airlink CEO Rodger Foster - now decoupled from the SAA franchise and pushing upwards strongly.

plus a 15kg sporting equipment allowance. Onboard, we provide a light meal, refreshments, generous leg room and a choice of aisle or window seat, as our flights do not have middle seats. Our “Intracontinental Business Class” service is available on selected flights operated by our Embraer E-jets, and includes complimentary meals and beverages, a 30kg check-in luggage allowance and priority boarding, as well as access to business class lounges at select airports.

NONETHELESS, THERE IS TALK THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO OPPOSE THE EMERGENCE OF GIDON NOVICK’S

NEW

AIRLINE

LIFT

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No, that is not the case. I understand that Lift is essentially a marketing operation on the back of the Global Airways AOC and Air Services licenses. I have every confidence that Global has their house in order and that the arrangement with Lift is above board. So we have no objection.

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WITH THE RETURN TO FLYING OF KULULA.COM AND

MANGO

PRESUMABLY

CONTINUING

ON

to get from an International destination to one of the many regional destinations we serve.

THE SO-CALLED GOLDEN TRIANGLE OF JOBURG -

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HOW SIGNIFICANT IS THE LOSS OF THE SAA

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FRANCHISE TO YOUR BUSINESS?

THUS COMPETITIVE. DO YOU IMAGINE THAT

SAA only carried about 15% of the international market to SA before going into business rescue, so it is not critical. But replacing the SAA franchise agreements is just a first step and we will continue to expand our interlining agreements with many other airlines. We are especially looking forward to the increase in long haul connectivity being provided by other players. For instance, United has already announced that it will be providing flights from New York’s Newark to Johannesburg from March

YOU WILL CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO COMPETE AGAINST THE LOW COST CARRIERS? OR WILL YOU WITHDRAW FROM THIS ROUTE?

Not at all. We have every intention of continuing with the trunk routes as they are very much part of our broader network strategy. Since we no longer have our franchise agreement with SAA we have to build our own wide connectivity network, and that includes Cape Town.

HAS

YOUR

ROUTE

NETWORK

PHILOSOPHY

and we have heard of a number of other airlines also planning new direct flights into South Africa.

THEREFORE CHANGED SINCE YOU UNCOUPLED FROM SAA?

Yes, to some extent in that we now need to have our own wide network. We have already expanded to over 60 routes across the sub-region and we are adding destinations such as Lubumbashi in the DRC and Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania. However, our core values are unchanged, and that is to be the best that we can in terms of our own network system.

WITH

THE

LOSS

OF

THE

SAA

FRANCHISE

AGREEMENTS HAVE YOU HAD TO GO OUT AND AGGRESSIVELY

REPLACE

YOUR

INTERLINING

AND CODESHARE AGREEMENTS?

Our commercial partners have recognised the allure of Airlink’s expansive network of destinations and have worked closely with us to speedily emplace these new relationships, because they’re the ones who most benefit from our ability to feed our network into their long haul routes. We are also expecting that our current interlining contracts will gradually be upgraded to codesharing, which will provide a completely seamless interface for travellers wanting

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ONE

OF

THE

CONSEQUENCES

OF

THE

DECOUPLING FROM SAA HAS BEEN THE NEED TO REBRAND YOUR BUSINESS AND YOUR FLEET. I SEE THAT THE FIRST AIRCRAFT HAS NOW BEEN REBRANDED.

Yes, we are doing the repainting as the aircraft come in for major maintenance, so it will be a protracted process. We have made the new brand distinctive and yet we have kept our key emblem; the sunbird, which we like because it is both endemic to our region and fulfils many of our own ideals in being nimble, agile and small. We have also changed our corporate name to Airlink (Pty) Ltd. ARE YOU PLANNING TO FURTHER EXPAND YOUR ROUTE NETWORK, ESPECIALLY WITH THE SPACE CREATED BY THE DEMISE OF SA EXPRESS?

Yes. We have however had to battle for designation or traffic rights on some routes such as for instance Windhoek. However, we have resolved the legacy issues and are making steady progress as regards procurement of foreign operator’s permits.

WILL

YOU

BE

EXPANDING

YOUR

FLEET

TO

ACCOMMODATE THE ROUTE GROWTH?

Not at the moment as the lack of international travellers means that we are still not operating at a 100% of capacity. But yes, once international travellers start returning then we will have to look at expanding our fleet.

IF YOU EVER DID DECIDE TO SWITCH TO BOEING OR

AIRBUS,

WOULD

YOU

OUTSOURCE

YOUR

MAINTENANCE ON THOSE?

No. We believe that it is absolutely vital to our success that we manage our own maintenance, that we have it under our control if our standards are to be maintained.

IF YOU CONTINUE TO OPERATE ON THE LOW

AND THESE STANDARDS PRESUMABLY INCLUDE

COST CARRIERS’ ROUTES WOULD YOU CONSIDER

ON TIME PERFORMANCE (OTP) – A CRITICAL

MOVING TO AIRBUS OR BOEING PRODUCTS WITH

PERFORMANCE AREA FOR A FEEDER AIRLINE.

HIGH DENSITY SEATING?

Probably not. We find our Embraer relationship extremely good and it is difficult and quite costly to change to another fleet or type, as we discovered with the change from the RJ-85 to the Embraer EJet fleet a few years ago.

Yes, I am, very proud that our On Time Performance is still the best with year to date at 96.06%. In October it improved to a fantastic 97% which is significantly better than FlySafair’s still very creditable 95.25% for the year to date and 96.48% for October. So I am comfortable that we will soon be growing again, and that we are still doing the key things best. 

Airlink is steadily expanding its route network - and moving into space left by the demise of SA Express.

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SERIES: Views on: THE STATE OF AFRICAN AVIATION

IATA: Alexandre de Juniac on Africa's Aviation Crisis IATA’s Director general Alexandre de Juniac provided an online address to the AFRAA 52 annual assembly.

His address provides a concise assessment of the challenges facing the African air transport industry – and the way forward. This summary of the key points of his presentation provides a useful marker for the future as to where the industry found itself at the end of 2020.

IATA's Alexandre de Juniac says that the airline industry will take years to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic.

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E are in the middle of the

biggest crisis our industry has ever faced. Airline revenues have collapsed. Fleets are grounded. And you are taking extreme actions just to survive.

We all support efforts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. It is our duty and we will prevail. But policymakers must know that this has come at a great cost to jobs, individual freedoms and entire economies.

ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR AFRICA

For aviation in Africa the numbers are staggering: • Traffic is down 89% • Revenue loses are expected to reach $8 billion.

But the impact is much broader. The consequences of the breakdown in connectivity are severe: • Five million African livelihoods are at risk • And aviation-supported GDP could fall by as much as $37 billion. That’s a 58% fall.

We have a health crisis and it is evolving into a jobs and economic disaster. Fixing it is beyond the scope of what the industry can do by itself. We need governments to act. And act fast to prevent a calamity.

IATA calls on governments to address two top priorities: 1. The first is unblocking committed financial relief. Airlines will go bust without it.

Already four African carriers have ceased operations and two are in administration.

Without financial relief, many others will follow. Over US$31 billion in financial support has been pledged by African governments, international finance bodies

and other institutions, including the African Development Bank, the African Union and the International Monetary Fund.

Unfortunately, pledges do not pay the bills.

And little of this funding has materialised.

And let me emphasize that, while we are calling for relief for aviation, this is an investment in the future of the continent.

It will need financially viable airlines to support the economic recovery from COVID-19.

2. The second priority is to safely reopen borders using testing and without quarantines. People have not lost their

desire to travel. Border closures and travel restrictions make it effectively impossible.

Forty-four countries in Africa have opened their borders to regional and international air travel. In 20 of these countries, passengers are still subject to a mandatory 14-day quarantine. Who would travel under such conditions? Systematic testing before departure provides a safe alternative to quarantine and a solution to stop the economic and social devastation being caused by COVID-19.

CONCLUSION

Our customers need to do international business that aviation facilitates. And they long to reunite with family and loved ones. Our industry will, no doubt, be changed by this crisis. But flying will return. Airlines will be back in the skies. The resilience of our industry has been proven many times. We will rise again.

We are the business of freedom. For Africa that is the freedom to develop and thrive. And that is not something people on this continent will forget or lose their desire for. 

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SERIES: Views on: THE STATE OF AFRICAN AVIATION

AASA: Chris Zweigenthal Addressing the AfRAA AGM and in an interview with African Aerospace, Chris Zweigenthal – the CEO of the Airlines Association of Southern Africa discusses what airlines need to do to return to their previous growth trajectory.

Chris Zweigenthal of AASA says African states have propped up their own airlines - but not the private ones.

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OUTH Africa’s state president Cyril

Ramaphosa opened South Africa to all international tourists in October.

Zweigenthal notes that “The decision marks the culmination of an intensive effort by industry, led by the Tourism Business Council of South Africa, AASA and partner bodies, to persuade the South African government it could safely resume international air travel without compromising its efforts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.

Under the relaxed restrictions, tourists from all nations may visit South Africa as long as they present valid COVID-19 test certificates.

AASA welcomes this positive step forward and urges all other SADC countries that have also reopened their borders to harmonise the implementation of the ICAO Council’s Aviation Recovery Task Force’s (CART) guidance for the safe resumption of air travel and tourism.

These measures and standards were prepared in conjunction with the World Health Organisation.

They are designed to be adopted systematically worldwide in order to eliminate inconsistencies and the need for arbitrary measures such as quarantines and the discrimination of travellers according to meaningless lists of countries classified by risk.

States that still classify countries into risk profiled lists should scrap them. Tourists will be reluctant to travel with the risk that their country of origin may suddenly be placed on a restrictive or banning list. All that is required is for testing and screening prior to departure and the diligent application of layered biosecurity and basic hygiene measures including wearing masks, sanitising and social distancing.

Crucially, their harmonised implementation will also avert confusion which deter travel and will hamper economic recovery.

THE CRISIS OF CONFIDENCE

More than ever, consistency and certainty are needed to restore confidence in air transport. This crisis of confidence is the biggest challenge facing our industry’s survival and the region’s entire air transport and tourism eco-system, including public and private airlines, airports, air navigation services, ground handlers, safety regulators and allied businesses. Not a single aviation industry stakeholder has been spared. Every organisation relying on revenue for airline operations and passengers is affected, with traumatic social and financial consequences.

Saving the industry – and securing its vital socio-economic contribution - requires close cooperation and ongoing short-term emergency relief by governments.

Emergency relief could be provided to both public and private organizations through cash infusions, government-backed loans and through relief mechanisms such as waivers and reductions on taxes and charges. If State owned enterprises are provided support, some of this should be filtered through into relief on taxes and charges which airlines and passengers have to pay. Governments could also safely prevent prolonging the economic harm and distress by adopting clear and consistent measures for the safe resumption of regional and international travel in all categories.

The crisis calls for direct engagement between industry and government Directors-Generals and Ministers, on an open door and open mind basis.

We are pleased that such engagements are now taking place in South Africa. This is essential if we are to address strategic, policy and practical issues that will ensure the ongoing safe restart of airline operations and the region’s economic recovery, without compromising public health and safety.

While governments must assist communities

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and other enterprises that are also desperate for financial relief, they should not ignore the vital role that aviation, travel and tourism will play in driving Southern Africa’s economic recovery through the jobs they create - directly and indirectly - and the millions of people whose livelihoods are dependent upon it.

AIRLINES IN CRISIS

I don’t expect there will be any profitable airlines this financial year in Southern Africa.

The lockdown on domestic and

The CART guidelines advocate harmonised regulations between states. The problem is that many states are not using CART but are introducing their own individual restrictions and that is making passengers think twice before they decide to travel. from an economic perspective, it’s absolutely essential that we get aviation travel and tourism going to the fullest extent, so that we can help the economic recovery. Around the world, 50% of the economic contribution of aviation to the economy is at risk.

In Africa

Quarantine is however not the way to go

international travel has created a liquidity crisis because revenue stopped almost entirely. In the region, we’re going to have a loss of around about a billion US dollars for this year compared to about a 200 million US dollar loss last year.

However positive moves that are starting to happen, for example, they’re looking at introducing antigen tests, which are tests requiring about 15 minutes before you will know the result, whether it’s positive or negative.

Quarantine is however not the way to go because it is absolute a 100% deterrent on travel.

For global tourists the average stay is around about 10 to 12 days. So if you’re required to do a 14-day quarantine on arrival in a country, then there’s absolutely no incentive for you to travel to that particular country and wait for the quarantine to end.

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the state is the predominant airline owner.

The state, has been able to prop up their own airlines but privately owned airlines have been disadvantaged.

AASA made requests to government for financial relief for all airlines in South Africa, both public and private.

However we haven’t had their responses yet.

For the immediate future, I think the recovery has been remarkably good which is why South Africa has, for example, said all African States can fly to South Africa. Intra-African travel has started, and we need to find ways to actually ramp up that travel.

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AFRAA: Abdrahmane Berthe Speaking on the side-lines to African Aerospace at the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) Annual General Meeting, the Secretary General, Abdrahmane Berthe, shares his thoughts on the recovery of the African air transport industry.

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OVID-19 was declared a pandemic

on 11 March 2020. This brought the African airline industry to a halt.

Since July, the lockdown has been gradually lifted but the level of activity is still very low. African airlines have not yet attained 50% of traffic compared to 2019. The airlines have been without any revenues for many months so now the real challenge is a liquidity crisis.

The scale of the losses suffered by the African airline industry is huge. AFRAA calculates that airlines may lose $9 billion dollars of revenues in 2020, compared to 2019.

African airlines are restarting flying, but they are making losses on the routes they are operating. Only 73 routes have been reopened since September, which further limits air connectivity.

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up a route network coordination meeting to address intra African connectivity gaps.

This impact on connectivity has also set back the progress being made to implement the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM). Although 34 countries committed to SAATM, only 18 countries have actually modified their bilateral air service agreements to implement the SAATM. The COVID-19 pandemic is an opportunity for all states to better implement SAATM. It is a huge opportunity for a network reset.

The immediate future will be very tough for African airlines. The restart of flying is still very slow. Load factors are very low, revenues per passenger are low too, and the cost of operations remains high, so the airlines will lose more money.

For that reason, the states and shareholders need to support their airlines.

We know that some states have put in place financial support to their airlines, but we are asking them to go further. In April, AFRAA made an assessment of indebtedness of our airlines for 2020, 2021, for the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. We found that for the 16 members who responded, the indebtedness level was $3.2 billion. So we are working with African Union and the financial institutions to put in place a fund of $25 billion to support the industry, not only airlines, but also airports, air navigation service providers. We think that by January 2021 we will have this fund in place and it will help restart the business.

We also need to bring back confidence of passengers to travel, because the current situation is very difficult in Africa. We need the harmonisation

of health screening protocols across the continent.

We still have some very high health testing costs, so AFRAA is advocating to reduce the PCR test cost

The COVID-19 pandemic is a huge opportunity for a network reset. within Africa, and also to harmonize the protocols and to have mutual recognitions of protocols across the continent. ď&#x192;ź

AFRAA's Abdrahmane Berthe says Covid-19 has set back SAATM.

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info@jabiru.co.za Airvan Africa Century Avionics cc Flight Training College www.jabiru.co.za Patrick Hanly Carin van Zyl Cornell Morton 082 565 8864 011 701 3244 044 876 9055 Jim Davis Books airvan@border.co.za sales@centuryavionics.co.za ftc@flighttrainning.co.za Jim Davis www.airvan.co.za www.centuryavionics.co.za www.flighttraining.co.za 072 188 6484

jim@border.co.za Algoa Flying Club Chemetall Flight Training Services www.jimdavis.co.za Sharon Mugridge Wayne Claassens Amanda Pearce

041 581 3274 011 914 2500 011 805 9015/6 Joc Air T/A The Propeller Shop info@algoafc.co.za wayne.claassens@basf.com amanda@fts.co.za Aiden O’Mahony www.algoafc.co.za www.chemetall.com www.fts.co.za 011 701 3114

jocprop@iafrica.com Alpha One Aviation Chem-Line Aviation & Celeste Products Fly Jetstream Aviation Opelo Steve Harris Henk Kraaij Kishugu Aviation 082 301 9977 011 452 2456 083 279 7853 +27 13 741 6400 on@alphaoneaviation.co.za sales@chemline.co.za charter@flyjetstream.co.za comms@kishugu.com www.alphaoneaviation.co.za www.chemline.co.za www.flyjetstream.co.za www.kishugu.com/kishugu-aviation

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Kit Planes for Africa Stefan Coetzee 013 793 7013 info@saplanes.co.za www.saplanes.co.za

MS Aviation Gary Templeton 082 563 9639 gary.templeton@msaviation.co.za www.msaviation.co.za

Kzn Aviation (Pty) Ltd Melanie Jordaan 031 564 6215 mel@kznaviation.co.za www.kznaviation.co.za

Skyhorse Aviation Ryan Louw 012 809 3571 info@skyhorse.co.za www.skyhorse.co.za

United Flight Support Clinton Moodley/Jonathan Wolpe 076 813 7754 / 011 788 0813 ops@unitedflightsupported.com www.unitedflightsupport.com

North East Avionics Keith Robertson +27 13 741 2986 keith@northeastavionics.co.za deborah@northeastavionics.co.za www.northeastavionics.co.za Landing Eyes Gavin Brown Orsmond Aviation 031 202 5703 058 303 5261 info@landingeyes.co.za info@orsmondaviation.co.za www.landingeyes.com www.orsmondaviation.co.za

Lanseria Aircraft Interiors Owenair (Pty) Ltd Francois Denton Clive Skinner 011 659 1962 / 076 810 9751 082 923 9580 francois@aircraftcompletions.co.za clive.skinner@owenair.co.za www.owenwair.co.za Lanseria International Airport Mike Christoph Pacair 011 367 0300 Wayne Bond mikec@lanseria.co.za 033 386 6027 www.lanseria.co.za pacair@telkomsa.net

Skyworx Aviation Kevin Hopper kevin@skyworx.co.za www.skyworxaviation.co.za

Legend Sky 083 860 5225 / 086 600 7285 info@legendssky.co.za www.legendsky.co.za

PFERD-South Africa (Pty) Ltd Hannes Nortman 011 230 4000 hannes.nortman@pferd.co.za www.pferd.com

Southern Energy Company (Pty) Ltd Elke Bertram +264 8114 29958 johnnym@sec.com.na www.sec.com.na

Litson & Associates (Pty) Ltd OGP, BARS, Resources Auditing & Aviation Training karen.litson@litson.co.za Phone: 27 (0) 21 8517187 www.litson.co.za

Pipistrel Kobus Nel 083 231 4296 kobus@pipistrelsa.co.za www.pipistrelsa.co.za

Southern Rotorcraft cc Mr Reg Denysschen Tel no: 0219350980 sasales@rotors-r-us.com www.rotors-r-us.com

Plane Maintenance Facility Johan 083 300 3619 pmf@myconnection.co.za

Sport Plane Builders Pierre Van Der Walt 083 361 3181 pmvdwalt@mweb.co.za

Precision Aviation Services Marnix Hulleman 012 543 0371 marnix@pasaviation.co.za www.pasaviation.co.za

PSG Aviation Reon Wiese 0861 284 284 reon.wiese@psg.co.za www.psg aviation.co.za

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Rainbow SkyReach (Pty) Ltd Mike Gill 011 817 2298 Mike@fly-skyreach.com www.fly-skyreach.com

Rand Airport Stuart Coetzee 011 827 8884 stuart@randairport.co.za www.randairport.co.za

Robin Coss Aviation Robin Coss 021 934 7498 info@cossaviation.com www.cossaviation.co.za

Starlite Aviation Training Academy Durban: +27 31 571 6600 Mossel Bay: +27 44 692 0006 train@starliteaviation.com www.starliteaviation.com

Litson & Associates Risk Management Services (Pty) Ltd. eSMS-S/eTENDER/ eREPORT/Advisory Services karen.litson@litson.co.za Phone: 27 (0) 8517187 www.litson.co.za Loutzavia Aircraft Sales Henry Miles 082 966 0911 henry@loutzavia.co.za www.loutzavia.co.za

Loutzavia Flight Training Gerhardt Botha 012 567 6775 ops@loutzavia.co.za www.loutzavia.co.za Loutzavia-Pilots and Planes Maria Loutzis 012 567 6775 maria@loutzavia.co.za www.pilotsnplanes.co.za Loutzavia Rand Frans Pretorius 011 824 3804 rand@loutzavia.co.za www@loutzavia.co.za Lowveld Aero Club Pugs Steyn 013 741 3636 Flynow@lac.co.za Marshall Eagle Les Lebenon 011 958 1567 les@marshalleagle.co.za www.marshalleagle.co.za Maverick Air Charters Chad Clark 083 292 2270 Charters@maverickair.co.za www.maverickair.co.za MCC Aviation Pty Ltd Claude Oberholzer 011 701 2332 info@flymcc.co.za www.flymcc.co.za

MH Aviation Services (Pty) Ltd Marc Pienaar 011 609 0123 / 082 940 5437 customerrelations@mhaviation.co.za www.mhaviation.co.za M and N Acoustic Services cc Martin de Beer 012 689 2007/8 calservice@mweb.co.za

Metropolitan Aviation (Pty) Ltd Gert Mouton 082 458 3736 herenbus@gmail.com Money Aviation Angus Money 083 263 2934 angus@moneyaviation.co.za www.moneyaviation.co.za

SAA Technical (SOC) Ltd SAAT Marketing 011 978 9993 satmarketing@flysaa.com www.flysaa.com/technical SABRE Aircraft Richard Stubbs 083 655 0355 richardstubbs@mweb.co.za www.aircraftafrica.co.za SA Mooney Patrick Hanly 082 565 8864 samooney@border.co.za www.samooney.co.za Savannah Helicopters De Jager 082 444 1138 / 044 873 3288 dejager@savannahhelicopters.co.za www.savannahhelicopters.co.za Scenic Air Christa van Wyk +264 612 492 68 windhoek@scenic-air.com www.scenic-air.com Sheltam Aviation Durban Susan Ryan 083 505 4882 susanryan@sheltam.com www.sheltamaviation.com Sheltam Aviation PE Brendan Booker 082 497 6565 brendanb@sheltam.com www.sheltamaviation.com

Sky-Tech Heinz Van Staden 082 720 5210 sky-tech@telkomsa.net www.sky-tech.za.com Sling Aircraft Kim Bell-Cross 011 948 9898 sales@airplanefactory.co.za www.airplanefactory.co.za

Solenta Aviation (Pty Ltd) Paul Hurst 011 707 4000 info@solenta.com www.solenta.com

Unique Air Charter Nico Pienaar 082 444 7994 nico@uniqueair.co.za www.uniqueair.co.za

Unique Flight Academy Nico Pienaar 082 444 7994 nico@uniqueair.co.za www.uniqueair.co.za

Van Zyl Aviation Services Colette van Zyl 012 997 6714 admin@vanzylaviationco.za www.vanzylaviation.co.za

Vector Aerospace Jeff Poirier +902 888 1808 jeff.poirier@vectoraerospace.com www.vectoraerospace.com Velocity Aviation Collin Pearson 011 659 2306 / 011 659 2334 collin@velocityaviation.co.za www.velocityaviation.co.za Villa San Giovanni Luca Maiorana 012 111 8888 info@vsg.co.za www.vsg.co.za

Starlite Aviation Operations Trisha Andhee +27 82 660 3018/ +27 31 571 6600 trishaa@starliteaviation.com www.starliteaviation.com

Status Aviation (Pty) Ltd Richard Donian 074 587 5978 / 086 673 5266 info@statusaviation.co.za www.statusaviation.co.za Superior Pilot Services Liana Jansen van Rensburg 0118050605/2247 info@superiorair.co.za www.superiorair.co.za

The Copter Shop Bill Olmsted 082 454 8555 execheli@iafrica.com www.execheli.wixsite.com/the-coptershop-sa Titan Helicopter Group 044 878 0453 info@titanhelicopters.com www.titanhelicopters.com TPSC Dennis Byrne 011 701 3210 turboprop@wol.co.za Trio Helicopters & Aviation cc CR Botha or FJ Grobbelaar 011 659 1022

Vortx Aviation Bredell Roux 072 480 0359 info@vortx.co.za www.vortxaviation.com Wagtail Aviation Johan van Ludwig 082 452 8194 acrochem@mweb.co.za www.wagtail.co.za Wanafly Adrian Barry 082 493 9101 adrian@wanafly.net www.wanafly.co.za Windhoek Flight Training Centre Thinus Dreyer 0026 40 811284 180 pilots@flywftc.com www.flywftc.com Wings n Things Wendy Thatcher 011 701 3209 wendy@wingsnthings.co.za www.wingsnthings.co.za Witbank Flight School Andre De Villiers 083 604 1718 andredv@lantic.net www.waaflyingclub.co.za Wonderboom Airport Peet van Rensburg 012 567 1188/9 peet@wonderboomairport.co.za www.wonderboomairport.co.za

Zandspruit Bush & Aero Estate Martin Den Dunnen 082 449 8895 martin@zandspruit.co.za www.zandspruit.co.za Zebula Golf Estate & SPA Reservations 014 734 7700 reception@zebula.co.za www.zebula.co.za

stoffel@trioavi.co.za/frans@trioavi.co.za

www.trioavi.co.za

Tshukudu Trailers Pieter Visser 083 512 2342 deb@tshukudutrailers.co.za www.tshukudutrailers.co.za U Fly Training Academy Nikola Puhaca 011 824 0680 ufly@telkomsa.net www.uflyacademy.co.za

United Charter cc Jonathan Wolpe 083 270 8886 jonathan.wolpe@unitedcharter.co.za www.unitedcharter.co.za

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BOEING 737 MAX RETURNS There is still uncertainty as to the fate of the 8 Comair Boeing 737 Maxes.

After having been grounded for 21 months the Boeing 737 Max has finally been approved for a return to service by the FAA.

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HE FAA has now approved the comprehensive changes and testing of the now infamous MCAS system.

American Airlines as said the date for the return to service of the Max has been set at 29 December, 21 months after the plane was grounded worldwide in the aftermath of a pair of accidents that killed 346 people.

The 737 Max with its CFM Leap 1-B engines was introduced into service in May 2017, but until the two crashes, there hadn’t been any widespread understanding of the issues surrounding a new system, MCAS, which automatically enhances the stability of the plane to compensate for the changes the new, larger engines made to its flight envelope.

Boeing developed the new model in record time in order to give it a plane to compete with Airbus’ improved single-aisle A320neo, which boasted best-in-class fuel efficiency, and was gaining orders fast.

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communicating its changes internally and with the FAA failing to properly oversee the certification of the Max. In late November the US House of Representatives unanimously approved legislation that will reform the FAA aircraft certification process.

The House committee responsible for investigating the airplanes issued a preliminary report in March that identified errors and failures in multiple areas on the part of Boeing and the FAA. In June senators introduced the Aircraft Safety and Reform Act of 2020 to reform the FAA’s aircraft certification process and give the FAA more authority over the process. In September the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee issued a report determining that both Boeing and the FAA were at fault in certifying and developing the 737 MAX. After the Ethiopian crash in 2019, the Max was grounded worldwide, resulting in hundreds of jets being parked around the world.

Before an airline can start operating the 737 Max again, it needs to get their new training programs approved and implemented. The only South African operator for the Max was Comair and it is still in negotiation with the lessors about the fate of the 8 Maxes on order and the one which has been delivered. 

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AERIOS GLOBAL AVIATION – AGA HELICOPTERS ADVENTURE AIR

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AEROCOLOUR Aerocolour cc. was founded in 2005 and has been based at Lanseria Airport, Hangar M5, South Africa ever since.

We are a privately owned Aircraft Refurbishment facility in Southern Africa and have the confidence of a wide variety of Aviation Customers.

Our hard-won reputation is built on excellent workmanship, after sales service and product support as well as personal customer relations, which have earned the confidence of manufacturers and customers alike.

Our core business is made up of private and corporate general aviation aircraft owners as well as aviation service providers and sales companies to whom we provide aircraft refurbishment. We proudly provide the service that our clients have come to expect from Aerocolour cc. Aerocolour cc’s broad base of customers stretches throughout South Africa and Southern Africa, as well as UAE and certain Northern African countries.

Aerocolour is a trusted service provider throughout the aviation industry for Respray of Complete Aircraft Exterior as well as panels / parts, touch up and repair of parts or specific areas on aircraft and various other refurbishment requirements.

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AERONAV ACADEMY Pilot Training Aeronav Academy is committed to providing top-level flight training utilising the most modern equipment available. This not only gives our clients an enjoyable training experience but also provides Aeronav the ability to conduct flight training in a manner that ensures that student pilots will be ready and well equipped to enter the aviation industry of the future.

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We are situated at 30B, Build Aircraft Refurbishment, Aircraft Call Des on 011 827 7535 or Maintenance or Peter on 081 775 2434 or Aerospace Electroplating, SACAA AMO 506, For all your ircraft and Allie has been operating at RandAAirport, Germiston since 1965 and has served the aircraft industry

AEROSPACE ELECTROPLATING

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Our processes are approved by SACAA, Denel, Airbus Europe, Rolls Royce, Pratt & Whitney and Allison Doil.

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We look forward to the future with a range of innovative services to continue servicing the aircraft industry.

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AERO ELECTRICAL SOLUTIONS (AES) AES is an Aircraft Maintenance Organisation, AMO1011, established in October 2004 and AEROTRIC Electrical, Ignition, Instruments Aerotric (Pty) Ltd is based at Wonderboom Airport and has grown from strength to strength since opening their doors in May 2012.

The Company prides itself on providing quality and reliable services such as overhauling, installing and repairing all electrical, ignition, instruments and avionics that is efficient and at an affordable rate.

Aerotric is a small company with big heart that strives to maintain relationships with all customers.

Consisting of seven staff members Aerotric maintains a policy of high standards and keeping up with the latest technology and trends in aircraft maintenance.

Contact Aerotric on: Office Tel: +27 87 802 1347 Email: admin@aerotric.com or Richard@aerotric.com

operating initially from Lanseria airport. The company is growing strongly and has expanded to Cape Town International.

AES prides itself on providing quality and reliable service on most aircraft, including electrical, instruments, avionics, compass systems and all aircraft components.

AES can do your Ni-cad, Lead Acid main batteries, Emergency Batteries, ULB Batteries and ELT batteries at both Branches.

AES has recently acquired the Agency for ACK ELT’s.

AES can do your Inspections and defects away from base at affordable rates.

AES states that the company is committed to the principles of honesty, excellence and dedication.

All staff at AES are committed to provide its clientele with quality service time after time, because flying isn’t JUST flying!

Contact: Erwin Erasmus (Cape Town) Cell: 082 494 3722 Email: erwin@aeroelectrical.co.za or Danie van Wyk (Lanseria) Cell: 083 269 8696 Email: danie@aeroelectrical.co.za Website: www.aeroelectrical.co.za

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AIFA

ALPI AVIATION

Flight Training

Pilot Training

AIFA is the AVIC International Flight Training Academy (Pty) Ltd AIFA is accredited with both the SACAA and

dream and a great passion for all things aviation

the CAAC (China) as a Part 141 Air Training

led to the founding of this company. Alpi Aviation is

Organisation. The School provides world-class

headed by avid aviation enthusiast, Dale de Klerk,

training from modern facilities on a modern fleet

who is an accomplished hangglider, microlight,

of aircraft, state-of-the-art aircraft simulators and

glider and fixed-wing pilot.

operates from three training bases in South Africa,

Dale has won several regional and national

namely George Airport in the Garden Route,

competitions, becoming world Rally Flying

Oudtshoorn in the Little Karoo and Beaufort West

Champion in 2003. Dale also earned his

in the Great Karoo.

Springbok Flying colours in Rally and Precision

AIFA was formed after the acquisition of the

flying from 1995 through to 2004, and continues

former Cape Flying Services during April 2011.

to challenge his considerable aviation capabilities

AIFA is backed by AVIC-International, a large

in a wide range of aviation techniques, styles and

scale state-owned conglomerate with aviation

aircraft.

products and technology import and export as

ALPI Aviation SA was established after

its core business. Headquartered in Beijing,

the demand arose for an accredited training

With its total assets of up to RMB 24 billion and

organisation to cater for those who don’t want to

accumulated import and export volume of US $24

be, ‘just another pilot’. The intention was to build

billion thus far, AVIC-International ranks among the

an accredited Flight School, certified to CAA

first 20 of China’s top 500 enterprises for import

standards, using experienced instructors with an

and export. Test Flying Academy of South Africa

ethos of respect toward all their students.

(TFASA) is our other shareholder, a company with

At Alpi Aviation, we value the individuality of

long and successful business relationships with

each student, and we will do our utmost to hone

AVIC-International and COMAC in China.

their capabilities and enhance their passion.

AIFA combines the experience of world-class

No one is ‘just another student pilot’. It is with

instructors, the beauty of our surroundings,

this credo in mind that we invite you to personally

excellent South African weather and the passion

experience how our broad background of solid

for aviation of our personnel to afford our students

aviation experience and expertise can take your

a modern learning experience which will open

flying career to new heights.

doors to an exciting career in the aviation industry

Contact Alpi Aviation on:

anywhere in the world. Our commitment to

Tel: +27 82 556 3592

upholding a very high standard of aviation safety is

Email: dale@alpiaviation.co.za

one of the cornerstones of AIFA.

Website: www.alpiaviation.co.za

Contact: Oudtshoorn Base: Tel: +27 (44) 272 5547. George Base Tel: +27 (44) 876 9217

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Not ‘just another’ flying academy. A childhood

AIRBUS Aircraft Sales, Maintenance, Training Airbus Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd has maintained a presence in South Africa since 1994 and is headquartered at Grand Central Airport in Midrand, South Africa. The Grand Central base is home to the company’s regional Helicopters and Defence & Space businesses.

As a world-leading aerospace company, Airbus offers the most comprehensive range of passenger airliners, military transport and special mission’s aircraft, helicopters, rocket-launchers and satellites. It also provides a comprehensive array of aviation, space and geo-intelligence systems and solutions to government and civilian customers.

Airbus Helicopters provides the most efficient civil and military helicopter solutions to Sub Sahara Africa customers who operate an inservice fleet of around 340 turbine helicopters, to serve, protect, save lives and safely transport passengers in highly demanding environments.

This arm of the business also supports customers from its branch in Nairobi.

Airbus Defence and Space is responsible for sales and support of military transport aircraft in service with the SA Air Force and other armed forces in the SADC region. It also supplies satellite images, geo-intelligence and space data solutions to government, research and commercial customers.

Worldwide, including South Africa, Airbus employs a workforce of around 135,000 people.

Contact: contact.marketing.ahza@airbus.com Telephone: +27 (0) 11 266 2600 Fax: +27 (0) 11 266 2628 Web: www.airbushelicopters.co.za / www. airbus.com

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AIRCRAFT ASSESSING COMPANY Maintenance, appraisals Aircraft Assessing Company (AAC) was registered in 2002 in response to a growing need from the regional (Continent of Africa) aviation industry for unbiased and professional evaluations of fixed wing and rotor wing aircraft.

In satisfying the industry's needs, AAC’s client base has grown to include local, regional and international aircraft fleet owners, airlines, government agencies, corporations, Insurers, legal practioners, financial institutions, individual aircraft owners and other interested parties.

All appraisals are carried out to international Uniform Standards for Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) standards by AAC’s owner and Senior Certified Aircraft Appraiser, Paul Leaker NSCA who is well experienced as an Appraiser of narrow body airliners, heavy lift helicopters and everything in between. Paul has carried out in excess of 3000 aircraft appraisals and is required

by AAC’s governing body to undergo re-certification training and examination in the USA every 3-years.

In addition to certified appraisals, AAC provides a broad range of technical and associated services to the industry which include pre, mid and post lease aircraft assessment, maintenance oversight, maintenance record and log book audits, post repair assessment, cost review, legal expert witness services and aircraft sales.

Aircraft Assessing Company (Pty) Ltd remains the only company in Africa specialising in its chosen field.

Contact Paul Leaker on: Cell: 083 310 8588 Tel: 011 659 1127 Email: paull@aacglobal.co.za Website: www.aacglobal.co.za

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ALGOA FLYING CLUB Flight Training / Hire and Fly AIRCRAFT GENERAL SPARES Aircraft Maintenance Eric Erasmus, the owner and founder of Aircraft General Spares, gained his extensive experience in the industry as a parts store manager at PLACO. When the company closed in 2017 Eric bought the entire inventory and Aircraft General Spares (AGS) was born.

AGS are conveniently situated at the main entrance to Rand Airport. In addition to stocking a large variety of off the shelf items, AGS also specialises in assisting clients with hard to find items which will be sourced and imported according to the client’s requirements.

With their large variety of spares, AGS have a well-earned reputation for being the one stop for anything needed in the light aircraft industry.

Their range of spares includes Alclad, tyres, tubes, hoses, 4130 tubing, rivets, O-rings, seals, engine parts, gaskets, bearings, glue, sealants, sick bags, funnels, ducting, air filters, oil filters, spark plugs, aircraft logbooks and a vast range of fasteners.

AGS are also an official distributor of the full range of Aeroshell oil and grease products.

AGS may be found at: Building B7: Rand Airport, Germiston. Call Eric on Tel: 067 154 2147.

Email: eric@acgs.co.za or visit: www.acgs.co.za

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We provide all forms of flying training and self-fly hire with the specific goal of making flying accessible to as many people as possible, within a friendly environment where members, students and their guests can relax after their flights.

The Algoa Flying Club is a not for profit organisation of flying enthusiasts with the aims and objects of promoting flying and flying training in all its facets and to the highest standards. It’s the shared experience that helps to make the Algoa Flying Club the right place to earn your wings.

We boast a fleet of Cessna 152’s, Cessna 172’s, a Cessna 172Rg, a Sling 2, a Piper Comanche, a Piper Seminole and a SACAA Accredited Elite Evolution S812 (FNPT 11) Simulator, which offers Multi Engine Piston based on the Beech Baron B58 and a Single Engine Piston based on the Cessna 172RG. Contact: Telephone +27 41 581 3274 Email info@algoafc.co.za

AIRCRAFT POWERPLANT COMPANY

ARMSCOR PROVIDES COST EFFECTIVE

Aircraft Maintenance, Engine Overhaul

DEFENCE SOLUTIONS Defence

Aircraft Powerplant Company (APCO) was born in 2001 as a result of the management buyout of the PLACO Engines Division. Under the guidance Tony Rodrigues and Henk Joubert, both equipped with a wealth of experience and knowledge, APCO has earned a reputation for excellence within the aviation community.

APCO’s Team of highly qualified factory and locally trained technicians have developed full in-house capacity to perform all required maintenance and turn key repair services, including bench testing on both Lycoming and Continental Engines. In addition APCO have an in-house component division, engine hose shop, machine shop, aluminium welding shop and also offer cadmium engine plating.

The newly introduced NTC engine shop specialise in the repair and overhaul of many brands of NTC engines including Gypsy, Lycoming and Superior Kit Engines to name but a few.

As an optional extra they offer a balancing and porting service as well as many types of corrosion protective applications, ranging from polyurethane base paints to the more lavish and durable ceramic coatings.

Hangar 5A, Wonderboom Airport, Pretoria North tonyrodrigues@mweb.co.za +27 82 558 9388 henkjoubert@mweb.co.za +27 83 258 5272

The Armaments Corporation of South Africa SOC Ltd (Armscor) is the acquisition agency for the South African Department of Defence and other organs of State. Its primary mandate is to provide armed forces with state-of-the-art defence materiél required to provide safety and security for South Africa, its citizens and the continent.

Through its Aero Systems Division, Armscor plays a key role in providing the South African Air Force (SAAF) with the necessary equipment and support required for mission readiness, which includes but not limited to conducting humanitarian operations in African countries. Armscor provides cost-effective and safe provision of aircraft product systems and logistic support that creates defence capability.

Aero Systems capabilities offered at Armscor include: •

Contract and project management expertise

•

Providing maintenance and storage management

•

Holistic over view of the life cycle of equipment

•

Technical (systems and logistic engineering) expertise

Tel: +27 12 428 1911 Contact: info@armscor.co.za www.armscor.co.za Follow us:

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ASTWOOD AIRCRAFT ELECTRICAL Electrical and avionics workshop Astwood Aircraft Electrical has grown steadily since its opening as a one man business in 1996.

The company is a fully accredited AMO with the SACAA, providing specialist services regarding most electrical/ignition components associated with light aircraft and helicopters up to small jets and turbine aircraft.

Located on the south side of Grand Central Airport in a prefab building (close to the fuel bay), the owner Shaun Lombard-Chibnall and his team offer a personal and professional approach to the needs of aircraft owners and other AMOs needing electrical or ignition work.

Shaun completed his training in Zimbabwe and has been a licenced AME since 1980. Based on his wealth of experience and knowledge, Astwood provides aircraft owners with the highest industry standards for repair, servicing and overhauling of alternators, starters, magnetos, motors, startergenerators and wiring. Shaun has kept the company small to offer a more personal service.

We are proud to say that we have customers from all around South Africa and the SADC countries.

The Astwood team has an efficient spares system in place, supplying clients local and overseas, and is the sole agent for B&C Specialty Products, a specialist company in light weight electrical systems for the professional and the home builder. We will go out of our way to help locate and provide spares and components.

Astwood also offers their valued customers a travelling deal if the need arises – we will come to you. We are only a call away.

Contact Astwood Aircraft Electrical on: Tel: +27 (0)11 315-9605 Cell: +27 (0)83 263-6413 Email: astwood@mweb.co.za

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ASCEND AVIATION Aircraft Sales ‘Trustworthy Sales, Airworthy Excellence’ With 25 years of experience in aircraft sales Maartin Steenkamp established Ascend Aviation in early 2014.

Aviation sales specialists must not only possess an exceptional understanding of their field and products, but also of the customers’ needs and experience in aviation.

Acquiring an aircraft is an emotive as well as a practical decision.

Maartin’s market knowledge and track record is greatly respected in the industry and Ascend Aviation’s customers can be assured that they are getting the most honest, independent, objective solutions to their present and future requirements.

Ascend Aviation has assembled a team with the experience and abilities to streamline the entire process for buyers, from selection, budgeting and finance, through long-term performance and cost expectations, to ongoing advice and support, thereby making aircraft acquisition and ownership a rewarding and pleasing experience.

Ascend Aviation believes personal attention, relationship building and integrity is key to service excellence, and provides a comprehensive range of services to the aviation industry: • Aircraft Sales • Acquisition mandates • Aircraft Valuations • Aircraft Management • Aircraft Finance • Aircraft Insurance • Aircraft Ferry including Importation and Exportation Contact Ascend Aviation on: Tel: +27 (0)11 064 5624 Email: sales@ascendaviation.co.za Website: www.ascendaviation.co.za

AVIATION DIRECT (PTY) LTD

AVDEX

Airfield Information, Flight Planning &

Software Maintenance Tracking

Navigation The internet has opened the world, but for many of

Avdex currently renders two leading services: the maintenance tracking of aircraft and

us it is still preferable to talk to someone who has the

management of the administrative functions of

experience and knowledge of local conditions, right?

any AMO. Our products are user friendly and full

Well, AviationDirect has been around for over 20 years, and we are in the forefront of providing airfield

training and support are provided.

With more than 25 years of experience in

and aeronautical information for Southern Africa within

the industry and staffed by committed aviation

our various products.

professionals, Avdex strives for nothing less than

We have the most comprehensive database of airfields for this part of the world, receiving first-hand

service excellence.

AMP is an online aircraft maintenance tracking

information from active pilots and operators in the

service. It has a central aircraft maintenance

field.

scheduling system, which means no schedule

Our exciting range of products for pilots flying in Southern Africa are designed to make the pilot’s task easier, safer and more comfortable. Added to that, we provide excellent customer support.

Products that we are particularly well known and respected for

building required on the client’s side. AMP’s accurate usage tracking means less down time for the aircraft and more productivity for the AMO. AMP offers a variety of helpful features: • Full aircraft status reports based on live maintenance data • Work packs

are:

• Tracking of component movement

• The Airfields Directory for Southern Africa and

• SBs, ADs and Manual Revisions tracked by

Africa, available in printed and electronic format • EasyPlan, the flight planning software for desktop/

Avdex and notified to client when the AMP Schedule is updated

laptop PC with Win OS, an easier way to do flight

• Tracking usage of an aircraft

planning, print out flight logs and maps

• Online recording of maintenance compliance

• EasyCockpit, Southern Africa’s most used in-

AMS is a feature rich AMO administration

flight navigation app for Apple or Android Mobile

programme, which takes care of the administrative

Devices, there to enhance situational awareness,

tasks, such as:

and, together with Easy-Weather overlays of radar, satellite and winds, to provide additional safety and peace of mind • Logbooks (electronic and printed) which have been devised according to SACAA requirements.

• Purchase orders, Inventory control and traceability • Labour and time sheet control • CAA and statutory reporting • Tracking cost of sales

Contact Andrea Antel on:

Contact Avdex on:

Tel: +27 11 465 2669 | Mobile: (0)72 340 9943

Tel: (011) 954-1536

Email: info@aviationdirect.co.za

Email: info@avdex.co.za

Website: www.aviationdirect.co.za

Website www.avdex.co.za

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AVTECH AIRCRAFT SERVICES Aircraft Maintenance

AVIATION REBUILDERS Aviation Rebuilders is an SACAA approved category B and X5 Aircraft Maintenance

Avtech Aircraft Services based at Wonderboom

Organisation, number AMO 188, based in the

National airport maintains Beechcraft, Piper,

Showroom right that the entrance to Rand Airport,

Cessna, Bellanca and Aerostar aircraft. With over

Germiston. Established in 1997, Aviation Rebuilders

28 years of operation, the family-owned business

is your competitive and reliable option when it comes

has a vast experience in aircraft maintenance

to of all your sheet metal, welding and flight control

and meets the highest standards, still under the

cable assembly requirements. No repair is too big or

guidance of Riekert, Sr.

too small for our enthusiastic team who are always

Avtech Aircraft Services component shop

keen and up for a challenge. Our highly experienced

specialises in the overhaul and repairs of

technicians provide excellent quality and turn-around

Continental fuel systems, carburettors and constant

times for your maintenance requirements.

speed units, which include Woodward, McCauley,

Our flight control cable assembly facility offers all

Hartzell & PCU5000. This division is run by Andre

standard MIL-SPEC cable and end fittings, ranging

Botha, AKA Proppie, who also has many years’

from 1/16” to 3/16”, with cables assembled per

experience in his field.

sample or specification. Our welding facility offers

The Avtech team have collectively over 170

weld repairs using TIG methods to aluminium alloys,

years of experience, between just four people.

carbon steel and corrosion and heat resistant steels.

Avtech is therefore a wise first stop for all your

The Aviation Rebuilders sheet metal facility boasts

general aircraft maintenance requirements.

an extensive range of tooling and equipment which

For more information contact PJR Stroh, Sr, on 082 555 2808 or PJR Stroh, Jr, on 082 749 9256.

Visit them at Hangar 6 Wonderboom Airport.

Email: avtech1208@gmail.com

enables us to offer an excellent repair service to keep your aircraft flying.

Contact Aviation Rebuilders on: Tel: +27 (0)11 827-2491 Cell: +27 (0)82 872-4117 Email: lyn@aviationrebuilders.com

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BEEGLE TRACKER AVISYS AVIATION SYSTEMS

Tracking, flight following

Aircraft Maintenance AviSys Aviation Systems is an established Maintenance Organisation (AMO 1089) with SA CAA, and other African CAA accreditation to perform component maintenance and overhaul capabilities under its Category B rating.

Currently, AviSys is equipped to cater for our clients’ needs as per the SA CAA Approved Capability List and Operational Specifications on the following: •

Aircraft Braking Systems repair and full overhaul capability with SA CAA Component

•

Release to Service (Authorised Release Certificate) on the following OEM Makes;

•

ABSC, Honeywell / Bendix, Goodrich and Meggitt Aircraft Braking Systems.

•

Aircraft main and nose wheel assemblies for the above makes, to repair and overhaul.

•

Landing Gear Repair and Overhaul

•

Helicopter Servo Actuator Repair and Overhaul

•

Flexible Hose Build-up

•

Engine Fire Bottles HPT, Service, Fill and Recharge

AviSys Aviation Systems is committed to deliver service excellence and quality workmanship at market related prices, carried out with years of cumulative aviation experience in our field by means of dedicated hand-picked staff members.

AviSys looks forward to establishing long and just

Designers and manufacturers of Iridium-based satellite tracking solutions since 2002. Our devices are used for a wide range of applications, including aircraft, watercraft, vehicles, birds, animals, personnel and bespoke applications. Our customers include governments, conservation organizations, aircraft charter companies, aviation schools and private pilots.

Beegle aviation trackers are battery powered and fully automatic. They are placed on the dashboard and require no pilot input to turn on or off. Position update frequency is done automatically depending on the phase of flight so that an accurate trace of your flightpath is recorded. The battery lasts for approximately 40 flight hours before recharging is required.

Ground personnel are kept up to date with realtime flight progress using our online tracking portal, and optionally via text message for take-off, landing and emergency events. This assists customers in effective trip planning, whilst providing an important safety function by drastically reducing the time to locate an aircraft, especially in remote areas without cellphone reception.

Furthermore, our trackers can easily be moved from one aircraft to another as needed. www.beegletracker.com info@beegletracker.com +27 (0)21 438 1888

relationships with our client base, in order to meet our high standards of customer satisfaction.

Hangar 17 Wonderboom Airport Email: dewald@avisys.co.za Phone: +27 (0) 83 442 5884 Fax: +27 (0) 86 618 6996 Website: www.avisys.co.za

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BENVEROY A Division of Khubenker Energy (PTY) LTD– BIOBOR AFRICA Fuel Protection and Enhancement Benveroy a division of Khubenker Energy , a privately owned South African company, based in Johannesburg, South Africa, focuses on developing environmentally sustainable solutions for fuel consumption reduction, reduction of carbon footprint, and reduction of harmful exhaust gases.

Benveroy offers a complete fuel enhancement product package and the related implementation of product injection blending and product dosing systems, for individual aviation companies, and airport infrastructure. This includes high level fuel quality management.

Biobor JF ® became the first biocide tested and approved by FAA, airlines, aircraft manufacturers, and aircraft engine manufactures, for the treatment and prevention of microbial contamination in aviation fuels, and aircraft fuel tanks. Biobor JF ® is also the only biocide that not only fights microbial growth, but replaces lubricity lost in ultra-low sulphur fuels. After 50 years, Biobor JF ® continues to be the most recognized and recommended biocide for all hydrocarbon fuels, bio fuels, transmission and hydraulic fluids, etc.

Other aviation products offered are Biobor EB, Lubribor, and Turboline.

Benveroy’s company directors have combined more than 60 years of experience in the Engineering, Petrol-Chemical, and Aerospace Industries.

Contact Benveroy for all BIOBOR family of fuel additives on: Tel: 011 482 3650 / 011 726 7162 ben@benveroy.com / 071 453 1517 vernon@benveroy.com / 079 524 1461

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BLUE CHIP FLIGHT SCHOOL Flight Training Our Pilots Become Captains!

Blue Chip Flight School has 25 years of experience, training professional and recreational pilots from over 30 countries. Situated at Wonderboom National Airport, we provide flight training from PPL to ATPL. Blue Chip has an accredited in-house examination centre, a modern fleet of aircraft as well as an SACAA approved FNPT II simulator.

We offer a web based, paperless electronic booking, authosheet and student file system.

Hour building is with a difference; we host fly-aways and cross country trips that provide unique opportunities to be exposed to unfamiliar environments, and our instructors are always close at hand for guidance.

There is no substitute for a personal visit. Every day is open day at Blue Chip. Better still, talk to people in the aviation industry, former Blue Chip students are in sought after positions worldwide.

Contact Blue Chip Flight School on: Tel: 012 543 3050 Email: admin@bluechip-avia.co.za Website: www.bluechipflightschool.co.za

BORDER AVIATION CLUB & FLIGHT SCHOOL Flight Training and Hire & Fly Border Aviation has been training pilots since the 1940’s.

We offer diverse training, from Weight-shift microlights to Warbirds, historical aircraft and everything in between.

We carry out Ab-Initio Training (PPL and NPL) , Commercial Pilot Training, Conversion to type training, Hour building for Commercial Students, Renewals, Short field landings & take offs, Instrument Flight (IF) Training and Hire & Fly. We now also offer Helicopter Training – PPL to CPL. What makes us unique is that our dedicated team of instructors work with each student on a one-onone basis, offering them tailored training specific to their needs.

We also offer our Training out of three bases; Our East London Airport base allows for Instrument flight training (IF Training). Our Wings Park base is situated just outside East London and allows for Short field training. Our third base is at Queenstown Airfield which gives our students an opportunity to do Mountain flying.

We welcome any aviation enthusiast from teenaged Ab-initio students to the casual weekend flyer to pursue their aviation passion.

Border Aviation’s fleet consists of a Cessna 150, a modern glass-cockpit Sling 2, a Piper Archer 181, a Mooney M20, a Beechcraft Baron (BE58), a Savannah XL and a Helicopter.

We are a non-profit organisation that truly believes that aviation is a career that brings a new adventure over every horizon. If you are interested

CUBBY AIRCRAFT Plane Sales Based in the picturesque village of Barrydale near Swellendam in the Western Cape, Cubby Aircraft manufacture an 80% scale copy of the Piper Super Cub, with a variety of engine choices.

The latest development is the Cubby Renegade which may be flown solo from the front seat and is substantially larger than the basic Cubby.

With modern materials and technology, the performance has been vastly improved. The purchase price is remarkably low and operational costs are kept to a minimum due to the use of automotive fuel as opposed to expensive and sometimes hard to find Avgas. The price is dependent on the choice of engine.

The Cubby can be registered as a Light Sport aircraft or a non-type certified light aircraft.

Undercarriage can be either tri-gear or a tail dragger configuration The Cubby is available in kit form, fast built and basic kit. It is also available as ready to fly or fully built, but without engine, radio and instruments.

Jean Crous welcomes visitors at his factory on Route 62 and can be contacted on 072 671 6240.

or would like to find out more, please feel free to contact us on: Tel: +27 43 736 6181 Email: admin@borderaviation.co.za Website: www.borderaviation.co.za Find us on: Instagram & Facebook

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C W Price & Co CONTINUED AIRWORTHINESS MAINTENANCE

C.W. PRICE AND COMPANY

ORGANISATION -

Airport Support Equipment

SOUTH AFRICA A CAMO is an ICAO recognized organisation, mandated

C.W. Price and Company has been

in the European Union and other countries, for the purpose

involved in aviation and meteorological

of administrating the control of an aircraft’s airworthiness.

instruments for over 71 years. They also

We have emulated this structure into a business model that

import aircraft ground power units and

offers these services to owners in countries that have not

aircraft towing and push-back equipment.

yet mandated this into law.

In many countries, the roll of airworthiness control is

Based in Midrand, C.W Price are the appointed agents for airport support

left to the owner / operator, who is reliant on maintenance

equipment from aircraft ground power to man

organisations to review and prescribe what has to be done.

portable rugged Redbox power packs for

There is no independent verification of the work scope or

aircraft starting.

the legality of the final documentation. Furthermore, the

They are also agents for Eagle All Wheel

cost control of a maintenance event is left up to the owner’s

Drive aircraft tow tugs for regional, corporate

employee’s who often have little experience in this field.

and military applications.

Many aircraft are enrolled on maintenance programmes

They are also importers of Precision

to assist with the control of cost but are not always used

Airmotive fuel injector parts and overhaul kits

to their fullest extent. Warrantees are seldom tracked and

along with some starter generator spares.

ongoing system issues that can ground an aircraft, are not properly addressed.

Our team of experienced maintenance and

Weather stations stand alone for regional airports or their well established online VitalWeather system for remote or sms

operational personnel are able to provide operators with

monitoring of small airports is a specialty of

comprehensive support, irrespective of their geographical

theirs.

location. We independently source the best products and

Contact Kelvin on:

service for your operation and control costs through our

Tel: 011-805-4720

fleet programs.

Email: cwp@cwprice.co.za

Whether you own an aircraft or are planning the purchase of a new or pre-owned aircraft, CAMOSA will review it’s specifications & inspect the records or perform a comprehensive Pre-Purchase Inspection, giving you the opportunity to make informed choices.

CAMOSA will simplify and manage your aircraft’s maintenance requirements and support the aircraft throughout its entire life, leaving you, as the operator, with full operational control.

Continued Airworthiness Maintenance Organisation – South Africa. 1275 Willem Botha Avenue, Eldoraigne, Pretoria, 0157 info@camosa.co.za +27 82 555 3555

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Website: www.cwprice.co.za

DIEPKLOOF AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE DIEPKLOOF AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE D.M. AVIATION SPARES Aircraft Parts and Consumables D.M. Aviation Spares is situated on the north side of Lanseria, Unit 2, next to Century Avionics, Gate 5. The company stocks aircraft parts, aircraft consumables and general consumables.

D.M. Aviation Spares was started in 2011 by Daniella Mawson who has been in aviation since 1980 and in the aircraft parts industry since 1990.

She therefore has extensive knowledge of parts and their sourcing.

D.M. Aviation Spares’ aim is to make life easier for the smaller AMOs at the airport by holding fast moving stock.

Daniella goes out of her way to source parts that others say are not available. D.M. Aviation imports parts as well as sourcing hard to find aircraft components. They provide clients with the best prices and service possible. Furthermore, they are agents for Aircraft Spruce and others.

For more information, contact Daniella Mawson on: Tel: 082 576 8853 Email: dmaviationspares@gmail.com

AMO, AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE With 70 years of experience, Diepkloof Aircraft Maintenance (AMO SACAA 1398) are one of the leaders in aircraft maintenance as well as the preferred choice for many clients. Based at Diepkloof airfield, Malmesbury, Diepkloof Aircraft Maintenance is a South African Civil Aviation Authority approved AMO. It is your one-stop AMO facility that offers a wide range of services that include general aviation aircraft maintenance, Non-Type Certified maintenance as well as specialized services.

General Aircraft Maintenance: •

All single engine Piper & Cessna & Beechcraft series

•

All Air Tractor, Thrush, Dromader, AG Cat, Piper Brave & Piper Pawnee

•

All Lycoming, Teledyne Continental engines

•

All Pratt & Whitney -Turbine & Radial engines.

•

Non-Type Certified (NTCA):

•

All NTCA Aircraft work - Homebuilt, Ultralights etc…

•

Specialist Services:

•

Hartzell & Mc Cauley Propellers

•

Licenced for complete rebuilds

•

Specialised Sheetmetal work

•

Fabric covering and interiors

•

Aircraft weighing

•

Welding

•

Propeller balance

Contact details: E-Mail: diepkloofamo@gmail.com Nick Kleinhans: +27 83 454 6366 Pieter v Aswegen: +27 82 784 7133

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DYNAMIC PROPELLERS Propeller Specialists DJA AVIATION Aviation Insurance DJA Aviation was formed over 40 years ago by Dennis Jankelow and to this day remains South Africa’s foremost specialist aviation insurance

specialises in the overhauling, repair and maintenance of propellers for commercial and privately owned aircraft.

With a staff compliment with a total of around

brokerage, offering the greatest concentration of

130 years propeller overhaul experience, Dynamic

aviation insurance experience and expertise on the

Propellers overhaul and maintain all Hartzell,

African continent and continuing to lead the market

McCauley, MT, Hoffmann, Sensenich and Hamilton

in the areas of product innovation and technical

propellers and is the only enterprise in South Africa

development.

that provides comprehensive repair and maintenance

DJA Aviation creates aviation insurance programmes for its clients that are perfectly balanced in the critical areas of cost, coverage, service and security. In addition, DJA Aviation’s long-

services on Dowty and Whirlwind propellers.

All of which is done to the highest standards as stipulated by the various propeller manufacturers.

Dynamic Propellers’ repair services are

standing and close relationships with the insurers

performed both in-house in a state of the art aviation

who underwrite its products – locally, regionally and

engineering workshop, or in the field.

internationally – ensure that a DJA Aviation client is in the best possible hands when losses occur.

DJA Aviation is an authorised Lloyd’s correspondent and has conducted aviation insurance

Highly skilled engineers will travel domestically or to neighbouring countries and abroad to cater for customers’ propeller requirements.

Dynamic Propellers is an SACAA Authorised

business at Lloyd’s for more than 40 years, a

Service Centre, AMO 1150, and is the sole

relationship that is strengthened by regular visits to

McCauley Authorised Service Centre for the

the Lloyd’s market by DJA Aviation’s key personnel.

DJA Aviation is an Authorised Financial Service

African continent.

Contact Details:

Provider (FSP No 15808) and a proud member of the

Pero Visser

iCapital Group. DJA Aviation’s social responsibility

Tel: +27 79 492 0592

programme includes on-going support for the

Email: pero@dynamicpropeller.co.za

South African Guide Dogs Association for the Blind.

Contact DJA Aviation on: Tel: 0800FLYING (0800 359-464) Email: mail@dja-aviation.co.za Website: www.dja-aviation.co.za

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Established in 2008, Dynamic Propellers

Andries Visser Tel: +27 82 445 4496 Email: andries@dynamicpropeller.co.za

EXECUTIVE AIRCRAFT REFURBISHMENT Interior and Exterior refurbishment EMPEROR AVIATION AMO, Refurbishments, Rebuilds Emperor Aviation is a fully licensed Aircraft Maintenance Organisation (AMO NR 1226) based at Rand Airport, specialising in the maintenance of Bell and Robinson helicopters.

We have a state of the art component overhaul shop and can assist you with any helicopter sales needs. We also specialise in helicopter refurbishments ranging from total refurbishment (interior and exterior) to helicopter rebuilds.

Emperor Aviation is an approved Robinson Service Centre and also the official LORD Distributor for 206B and

“Quality is our Passion”, this is the mantra that we live by at Executive Aircraft Refurbishment. We are an Aircraft Interior and Exterior refurbishment facility, based at Lanseria International Airport, quality workmanship and service excellence, combined with knowledgeable staff has earned us the reputation of No.1 Aircraft Interior and Exterior refurbishment facility Complete aircraft exterior paint strip and resprays are done all under one roof, designing paint scheme lines, logo’s to customer specifications. We also offer a mobile touchup service to our customers ensuring their aircraft stays in mint condition.

Our interior shop also specializes in complete interior refurbishments such as the refurbishment of overhead stowage bins and seating, Roof-liners,

206L TT-straps in Africa as well as an agent to

cockpit glare-shields, cabinets and galleys, wool

supply LORD replacement parts.

carpets, textile and non-textile floor covering,

If you’re looking at buying a new or used helicopter, Emperor Aviation can assist you to find the helicopter best suited to your needs.

We carry out pre-purchase inspections all over

refurbishment of seats and foam building in varying modern styles. We manufacture interior window sunshields and aircraft exterior ground covers, EAR also re-web and re-certify aircraft safety belts.

Executive Aircraft Refurbishment are the right

the world to ensure our customers has options of

choice for interior and exterior refurbishments of your

purchases not only in the African market but

aircraft from interior refurbishment to exterior spray

worldwide. With more than 50 years’ combined experience in the helicopter industry, Paul, Jarrett, Trevor and their team of qualified engineers and admin staff look forward to welcoming you to the Emperor Aviation

painting, we do it all.

Entrust your fleet to Executive Aircraft Refurbishment for a new fresh look and we promise to have your aircraft ready and serviceable when you need it.

family!

Tel: +27 (0)10 900 4149 | Mobile: +27 (0)82 547

Contact Emperor Aviation on:

8379 Info@earefurbishment.com | Francois@

Tel: +27 11 824 5683

earefurbishment.com

Email: reception@emperoraviation.co.za

Hangar 11 (interior shop) and 31(paint shop)

Website: www.emperoraviaiton.co.za

Lanseria International Airport South Africa, Gate 5, North Side

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F. GOMES UPHOLSTERS Aircraft Upholstery F. Gomes Upholsters is a family based upholstery company. Established in 1979, the company specialises in aircraft, as well as motor vehicle, boat and furniture upholstery.

F. Gomes Upholsters will refurbish your aircraft interior to look like new, giving it the class it deserves. They use only the best quality materials, and their craftsmanship is outstanding. Mr Gomes, the founder of F. Gomes Upholsters, has been in the upholstery business for close on 40 years and as such brings many years of experience and professionalism to the company.

F. Gomes Upholsters provides an expert reupholstery and upholstery service that caters to any upholstery need. No job is ever too small or too large.

F. Gomes Upholsters is based in Johannesburg.

For exceptional craftsmanship at the best prices, contact F. Gomes Upholsters on: Tel: (011) 614 2471 Fax: (011) 614 9806 Email: gomesuph@netactive.co.za

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PILOT FLIGHT TRAINING SERVICES Flight training FTS is a flight school that operates out of Grand Central Airportâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main terminal building.

The company has an impressive fleet of over 10 aircraft which include Cessna 172s, Piper PA28s, Cessna 172RG and the PA-30 Piper Twin Comanche for advanced multi-engine training. These aircraft are all used for basic and advanced instruction.

Flight Training Services offers a comprehensive, state of the art, training service starting from entry level Private Pilot Licence (PPL) through to Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) licence.

Browse through their site and have a look at the services on offer.

For the forthcoming CPL & ATPL ground school contact FTS on: 011 805 9015 or Email: fly@fts. co.za to book your seat.

For more information contact Amanda Pearce on: Tel: 011-805-9015/6 Email: amanda@fts.co.za Website: www.fts.co.za

International Flight Clearances Africa's aircraft handling and clearance company

Co

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT CLEARANCES GIB AVIATION INSURANCE Integrity, Intelligence, Energy at your Service Utilising the finest insurers worldwide, GIB arrange both simple and complex insurance and reinsurance solutions for General Aviation, Airline and Airport Owners, Operators, Maintenance Facilities, Manufacturers, and Financiers throughout Africa and beyond.

GIB Aviation have always taken pride in the fact that they do not only serve all their customers insurance needs, but also develop close and long term relationships with them. This enables their highly skilled team to understand their unique and exact requirements and to tailor make insurance programmes by selecting the appropriate cover, provide accurate contractual advice and very importantly negotiate effective time sensitive claims settlement.

GIB House 3 West Street, Houghton, Johannesburg +27 (11) 483 1212 aviation@gib.co.za

Aircraft Handling & Clearance/Permit Specialists International Flight Clearances are Lanseria based aviation consultants whose aim is to add 24 NEW ADDRESS value and ensure safety to international flights Unit 32, Falcon Lane, Lanseria

HOUR CO

+27 11 701 2

anywhere in the world, while reducing flightops@flyifc Business Park, Lanseria Ext 26, the stress factor for bothJohannesburg, operators andGauteng passengers.

Website: www

They have immense experience in dealing with all types of flights, both regionally and internationally. They assist in cost efficient and safe route planning, whilst adding a personal touch. By being intimately acquainted with Africa in all her moods, and being familiar with the vagaries of every country, they have the expertise to plan with the detail necessary to bypass avoidable inconveniences, ensuring a trouble free trip for passengers.

Contact International Flight Clearances on: Tel: +27 11 701 2330 or +27 76 983 1089 (24 hours) Email: flightops@flyifc.co.za Website: www.flyifc.co.za

www.gib.co.za FSP License No. 10406

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JOHANNESBURG FLYING ACADEMY

KZN AVIATION

Flight Training Facility

Executive Charters

Johannesburg Flying Academy established

KZN Aviation is an established BEE compliant

in 1984, are an SACAA approved Flight Training

multi-taskedaviation company, based at Virginia

Facility situated South of Johannesburg. Due

Airport in Durban North. We are licensed in terms of

to our unique location at Panorama airfield, no

the South African Civil Aviation Authority and the Air

time is wasted flying to and from the general

Service Regulations.

flying area or on the ground waiting for flight clearances.

Johannesburg is an ideal location for flight

KZN Aviation own and operate both fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters, offering a range of services that include helicopter and fixed-wing VIP charter

training, owing to our year-round favourable

work, contract work, tourism flights, powerline and

flying conditions.

pipeline inspections, aerial photography, vehicle

JFA offer professional training by dedicated and qualified instructors for National Pilot Licence (NPL) Private Pilot Licence (PPL),

searches, traffic surveillance and patrols to name a few applications.

KZN Aviation has a hand-picked team of

Commercial Pilot Licence (CPL), Instructors

professional and dedicated staff who are available

rating, Night rating, Renewals, Conversions,

24/7 to offer assistance, advice and provide cost

Endorsements, in a relaxed, professional

effective quotations. We have vast experience in the

environment.

charter and contract market and have been actively

Training is carried out,7 days a week, on our

involved in aviation for decades.

modern fleet of 2-seater, Sling Aircraft and is

KZN Aviation pride themselves on ensuring that

tailored to your individual needs. The course

high quality services, tailor-made to meet customer

includes all required lectures, briefings and

requirements are provided efficiently and effectively

course materials.

without compromising safety. Our rigorous safety

Our accredited Exam centre ensures that exams can be written to suit your schedule.

standards are maintained by highly experienced flight crews and are constantly reinforced through the highest levels of professionalism and integrity

Contact us for more information.

displayed. Our crew receive recurrent training

Office: (+27) 064 756 6356

to ensure performance remains consistently

Email: info@jhbflying.co.za

exemplary.

Address: Panorama Airfield, Kromvlei road,

Contact KZN Aviation on:

Alberton, 1448

Tel: 031 564 6215 Email: mel@kznaviation.co.za Website: www.kznaviation.co.za

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LEADING EDGE AVIATION Helicopter Firefighting and Heavy Lift Operations Leading Edge Aviation is an SACAA approved Aircraft Maintenance Organisation (AMO 261) based at Nelspruit Airfield in

MERCHANT WEST

Mpumalanga.

Fixed Wing and Helicopter Purchases

Leading Edge Aviation (LEA) caters

Avionics Upgrades

to numerous fields including firefighting,

Engine Overhaul

external lift operations, wildlife conservation

Aircraft Rebuilds

and refurbishing and restoring of aircraft interiors and exteriors, including fitment of SACAA approved windows.

Utilizing their UH-1H and UH-60 helicopters, LEA are perfectly positioned to meet your utility helicopter requirements.

Whether you need supplies moved, wildlife relocated, natural disaster support, construction equipment lifted or fire suppression carried out, LEA are available to assist. With lifting capabilities up to 3000kgâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, we use the latest equipment and vast experience to meet our clients needs.

In addition, LEA has the only SACAA approved painting booth in the Lowveld and carries out all painting using Boeing and Airbus approved products across the Cessna, Piper and Embraer and Beechcraft range. Our interior refurbishment division carries out the finest leather and upholstery work. All painting and leather work includes CRMAs for the applicable aircraft. Peter, Zeph, Sipho, Alfred and Lucas, along with the team, will ensure all your refurbishment

Merchant West is one of the largest privatelyowned financial institutions in South Africa. We provide alternative business funding outside of the commercial banks.

As an agile business with an entrepreneurial approach, we pride ourselves in structuring flexible and innovative finance solutions that meet the industry requirements of our clients.

Our financial solutions are operated as independent business units headed up by skilled and experienced executives who have surrounded themselves with industry experts.

Merchant West has become a key partner in the Aviation industry in South Africa specializing in Aircraft finance including purchases, avionics upgrades as well as engine overhauls. We pride ourselves in our unique view of the industry, specialised support, knowledgeable staff and the products we offer.

Contact: Shayne Wright shaynew@merchantwest.co.za +27(11)-305-9490 +27(71)-373-8825

expectations are met and exceeded.

Feel free to contact Leading Edge Aviation with any queries: Tel: +27 13 7413654 Email: office@leaviation.co.za Website: www.leadingedgeaviation.co.za

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MISTRAL AVIATION SERVICES

NAMAGRI AVIATION

Aircraft Maintenance

Robinson Dealer

Mistral Aviation was founded in 2002 with the aim of addressing the high cost of operating aircraft thousands of miles from the original equipment manufacturers. (OEM).

Mistral continues to add to its capability and has just added Machining and NDT. Our experience has grown and we are about to embark on training of our staff to take up the challenge of new equipment.

STYLE GUIDE

Namagri Aviation is a privately-owned Namibian

company, based in Windhoek since 2008 Namagri Aviation are official dealers and service center appointed by Robinson Helicopters in Namibia.

We provide clients with quality and experienced assistance with the purchase and maintenance of new and pre-owned helicopters.

Our aviation department is divided in a helicopter and fixed wing. We sell new and second-hand helicopters. We deliver Aerial Works

Contact Details

services in the Agricultural sector and also offer

Telephone: (27) 81-755-2534

specialised equipped airplanes to clients for

Fax: (27) 11- 395 1291

application of de-bushing granules during rainy

E-Mail: Peter@mistral.co.za

season. Namagri De-Bushing Services was the

Website: www. mistral.co.za

1st legal entity in Namibia that attended to bush encroachment through aerial applications. At

Address

Namagri you will find a group who are dedicated,

Safair Campus

passionate and committed to provide the best

Northern Perimeter Road,

service to our customers in making every aviation

OR Tambo International

dream take flight.

Bonaero Park

Contact:

Kempton Park

www.namagri.com

Gauteng

+264 81 1286821

South Africa

alex@namagri.com +264 812166910 adri@namagri.com

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PAMBELE FONT: ITC Avant Garde Gothic PAMBELE FONT COLOUR: 60% Black PANTONE: Cool Gray 9c

SABRE AIRCRAFT

www.pambele.aero c = 90 m = 50 y=0 k=0 Pantone 285c

PAMBELE AVIATION Air Charter Pambele Aviation has its primary base of operations located at Grand Central Airport (Midrand). Pambele Aviation is a dependable air charter company operating throughout Southern Africa providing light aircraft transport services.

We have been operating in the South African air charter market since 2006 and have fourteen years’ experience providing charter flights for the private and business sectors, transporting business leaders, tourists and VIP’s.

The primary aircraft being operated are a Beechcraft King Air B200 and a Cessna Grand Caravan 208B. A number of light piston engine aircraft are available for smaller group sizes, or for those who are budget conscious.

The passenger charter services are ideally suited for customers requiring access to remote, or poorly serviced destinations.

A satellite base of operation is located at Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport serving the Lowveld region of the country.

Pambele Aviation holds license N892D and a Part 135 AOC. Email: fjoubert@pambele.aero OR lowveld@ pambele.aero

SABRE AIRCRAFT Plane Sales Sabre Aircraft are the exclusive importers of the Polish built full-composite Ekolot JK-05 and Topaz LSA high wing aircraft.

To complement their stable Sabre Aircraft have also secured the distributorship for the low wing all-metal Direct Fly Alto TG which is expertly manufactured in the Czech Republic and available in either kit form or ‘ready to fly’. All aircraft are powered by the Rotax 912 series engines using a Ukrainian manufactured full composite ground or in-flight adjustable propeller from a company called NR Propellers for which Sabre Aircraft is the newly appointed South African agent.

Although all these factory built aircraft are very well-appointed, customers have the flexibility to choose from several additional cost options to suit their specific needs and budget. Even with our constantly fluctuating exchange rate Sabre Aircraft is still able to offer real value in Rand terms against anything produced locally with comparable performance and/or specification levels.

With an ever-increasing worldwide dealer footprint both Ekolot and Direct Fly continue to produce beautifully crafted LSA aircraft with spectacular performance, proven reliability and established aftersales support. We call it ‘affordable brilliance’.

RICHARD STUBBS Tel: 27-11 467 3103/3193 083-655-0355 or email: richardstubbs@mweb.co.za or visit: www. aircraftafrica.co.za

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SKYHAWK AVIATION Flight Training Skyhawk Aviation was established by Mike Gough (Airbus Training Captain and SA Flyer columnist) in 2008. Well established as the dominant operation in the flight training environment at Lanseria International Airport, Skyhawk Aviation offers all the resources required for the successful completion of all CAA licences and ratings.

As a Designated Flight Examiner (DFE 1) as well as an Airbus Training Captain, Mike is able to assess studentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s progress, and conduct final flight tests presenting realistic scenarios. We are also approved to conduct the full type rating for the Airbus 320, as well as proficiency checks and ATP revalidations.

Aimed specifically at developing the professional pilot, we specialise in both the full turn-key contract clients as well as individuals starting out on the road to flying for a living. Part of our services include accommodation, transport and visa services.

Skyhawk is associated with the Sakhikamva Foundation, and offers programs to high school learners to expose the kids to aviation and spark interest in maths and science through this medium.

Come and see our Boeing 737 nose section kitted out as a classroom!

If you need a reality check about the sometimes hard truth about becoming a career pilot, then you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go far wrong by dropping in at Hanger 30, Gate 5 at Lanseria. Send an email to Mike beforehand to get welcomed to the demanding, but infinitely rewarding world of Commercial Aviation.

Contact Tracey Gough on: Tel: 011 701 2622 Cell: 072 484 7984 Email: mikegough@mweb.co.za

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Website: www.skyhawk.co.za

TITANIUM AIR Aircraft Charter Training Titanium Air is a private, boutique-style Aircraft Charter, Training company based out of Lanseria Airport.

Flying with a private charter company offers you complete privacy and luxury, while minimising your waiting time at the airport and have you flying within minutes of your arrival.

Titanium Air has an unblemished safety record and their pilots have extensive knowledge and experience of all types of aircraft.

Titanium Air caters to corporate and leisure travellers alike and specialises in bush and hunting lodge transfers where small aircraft are needed to land on and take-off from dirt runways.

Titanium Air is dedicated to its clientele and makes every experience a memorable one, from first point of contact to the safe touch-down at your destination. www. titaniumair.co.za

TURTLE-PAC

STARLITE AVIATION GROUP Operations - Contract Work and Emergency Services/Helicopter, Aeroplane and Drone Pilot Training/Aircraft Sales/Local and International Charters/Aircraft Maintenance Starlite is a diverse, solution driven company, offering a wide range of aviation services and products. We have operated on 5 continents, in over 30 countries worldwide, in

Air cargo tanks TURTLE-PAC from Australia has developed a unique range of mini long range collapsible tanks for light aircraft.

Turtle-Pac’s Commercial and military side of tanks include: •

and Air Cargo Tanks for fuel.

the most hostile and austere environments. Starlite has a

These include both in-fuselage

proven track record of successes and is a trusted, long term

and underslung for helicopters.

partner to corporates, the military and governments.

They make possible a doubling of

www.starliteaviation.com

revenue runs for aircraft operators.

Starlite Aviation Operations

•

Bush Collapsible Diesel Tanks for

Hennie Pietersen: +27 82 822 5376 Contract and Emergency Services

trucks and off-road vehicle use.

•

the oil and gas offshore industry

Fiona McCarthy: +27 82 552 3813

and naval use. This includes mine

fionam@starliteaviation.com

recovery and helicopter flotation

Starlite Aviation Training Academy Helicopter, Aeroplane and Drone Pilot Training Helicopter and Aeroplane Aircraft Hire : Arme Birkholtz: +27 31 571 6600 corporate business, tourist travel, passenger train@starliteaviation.com and cargo transportation Jennifer de Lange: +27 82 977 1847 charters@starliteaviation.com Starlite Aero Sales Dealers in new and pre-owned aircraft Klara Fouché: +27 83 324 8530 klaraf@starliteaviation.com Starlite Maintenance Durban AMO 824 Third party Maintenance and Spares Emmanuel Mhungu: +27 82 402 7117 emmanuelm@starliteaviation.com

Turtle-Pac manufactures a large range of underwater airlift bags for

henniep@starliteaviation.com

Starlite Charters

Flexible Marine Fuel Tanks for offshore small vessels and Super

Starlite Maintenance Johannesburg AMO 927 Helicopter and Fixed Wing

Collapsible Ferry Tanks for aircraft

bags.

Turtle-Pac are tools that pay for themselves in a very short time in remote areas.

Sizes range from 66 Gallon to 529 Gallons. All models collapse and fold up compactly. They are light weight to carry empty on the return flight.

The products are unique and combine extremely ease use with lightweight yet tough construction. Delivery to South Africa is within 3 working days by DHL. Visit: http://www.turtlepac.com

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WAGTAIL AVIATION WAGTAIL AVIATION

WINGS ‘N THINGS

Gyrocopter, Trojan

Pilot Supplies

Wagtail Aviation specialises in the designing and manufacturing of custom-made Gyrocopter

Wings ‘n Things is a specialist pilot supplies

to satisfy the end-user requirement. Gyro’s are

shop based at Lanseria and Grand Central

inexpensive to own and maintain, are stable, easy

airports, catering for all levels of aviation

to operate, has a short take-off and landing, and

enthusiasts and is the preferred supplier to many

can fly comfortably at very slow speeds.

aspiring and professional pilots.

Gyrocopter’s uses:

We are authorised dealers of some of the

•

Patrolling of livestock and farm observations

world’s premium aviation brands, including

•

Surveillance, including fire management

Jeppesen, David Clark, Bose, and ASA. We are

•

Aerial Agricultural application

also resellers of Pooley’s, Garmin, Icom, RAM

•

Support for anti-poaching operations

Mounts and many more local and international

•

Recreational

aviation brands.

•

Aerial oversight

So, whether you are a professional or recreational pilot, student pilot, aviation enthusiast,

Our Trojan with its innovating engineering

looking for a gift for that someone special or just

makes rough terrain landing possible and

looking to spoil yourself, visit one of our shops at

is powered by 260HP Subaru EJ 25 Turbo

Lanseria or Grand Central, or shop online, for the

powerplant. With an empty weight of 420kg, she

widest range of aviation related products and gifts.

can carry a payload of 300kg. She has a cruising

Visit our website to see the full range of products

speed of 120-140km/h and a slow speed of

that we carry.

56km/h. All these features make the Trojan your “bakkie’ of the sky”, you will soon not understand how you ever got around without it.

Contact: Braam Hechter Cell: +27 (84) 697 7703 E-mail: marketing@wagtail.co.za www: www.wagtail.co.za

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Contact Wings ‘n Things on: Tel: +27 (11) 701 3209 Email: lanseria@wingsnthings.co.za or info@ wingsnthings.co.za Website: www.wingsnthings.co.za

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So now – not only is SA Flyer and FlightCom available for free – it offers so much more!

Our means of reaching our readers may have changed, but at SA Flyer and FlightCom we remain committed to our core principles of quality journalism and insightful thought-leadership. Our key objective is to inform and entertain our readers, which we do thanks to the world-class contributors we have nurtured. These include: •

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