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Featured articles in March 2010 Magazine
North American F-100 Super Sabre Speed is Life
 “The most important thing to a fi ghter pilot is speed. The faster an aircraft is moving when he spots an enemy aircraft, the sooner
he will be able to take the bounce and get to the enemy. if you have any advantage on him, keep it and use it. When...
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| Al Ain Aerobatic Show 2010
 The Al Ain International Aerobatic Show, held under the patronage of HH General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan,
crown prince of Abu Dhabi and supreme commander of the UAE Air Force is the largest
and most prestigious event of its kind to be held in the Middle East....
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| Fancy a flight in a Light Sport Aircraft (LSA) in Zanzibar?
 Born in France, Cedrick Mottequin lived on the Indian Ocean Island of Reunion from 1996. Two years ago, after building
his two-seat Rans S6, powered by a Rotax 912S 100 hp engine Cedrick moved to Zanzibar to follow another dream....
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| Wing Walking and the Golden age of Aviation
 Say ‘Wing Walking’ and one’s mind immediately goes back to the golden age of aviation and daring young men
and woman in noisy Bi-planes performing death defying stunts which leave one in awe....
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Older articles
A Flying Trip to the Namib Desert
The hot gale-force wind drove the stinging, blinding desert sands into our bodies, our bags and our airplanes. Struggling against it was useless and the intensity of the sandstorm was increasing with every passing minute. Defeated, we abandoned our airplanes at Luderitz airfield and hurried back to our hotel....
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| Groblersdal Fly-In - 1 May 2008
This was a lovely, laid-back enjoyable aviation event which was hosted by a small group of members from the Groblersdal and Marble Hall Flying Club. My observation is that the future of general aviation (GA) in South Africa will be dependent to a large degree on enthusiastic club members who...
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| Building RV-7 ZU-JUR
After I started flying in a Pietenpol Aircamper in 2001 and completing the full circle with a Piper Seneca multi-engine aircraft, I realized that light aircraft are for recreation only and not for long distance travelling or vacations....
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| Exercise good hope iii
“Aircraft inbound, six miles†“starboard quarter, strength two†“Brace Brace Braceâ€...
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| Savannah Light Sport Aircraft
It is not often that I have flight tested a plane which has left me 'agog' with an open mouth. However, that is precisely what happened after I experienced the legendary short field performance of the Savannah VG STOL Light Sport Aircraft (LSA). After opening the throttle at East London...
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| Remax Warbirds airshow at New Tempe Airfield
I flew to New Tempe airfield in Bloemfontein with Vicky Karropoulos as pilot in command of a Sky Raiders' Piper Cherokee 180. Twenty year old Vicky recently passed all her Commercial subjects and is now in the process of hour-building. She is well known to most Rand Airport aviators as...
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