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This special AP newsletter has been distributed on request of the Commercial Aviation Association of South Africa (CAASA) and National Airways Corporation (NAC)
On Monday night criminals broke into the business premises of CAASA and NAC both situated at Lanseria International Airport and completely vandalised their respective offices. Apparently they first broke into CAASA's offices on the northern side of the airfield, tied up the Coin security guard with wire before ransacking the CAASA offices and the Lanseria Coin offices. They then dressed up in Coin clothing, commandeered the Coin security vehicle and hit NAC's offices the south side of Lanseria Airport. The worst hit sections of NAC's business are the Finance, Information Technology and International Operations sections. Naturally both CAASA and NAC will be affected by this terrible deed.
In order to contact CAASA please telephone:
Oliver Stratford Cell: 084 840 3214
Rene Handel Cell: 082 702 2696
I understand that NAC's switchboard is not affected by the break-in
African Pilot's view on this type of crime
Many years ago I was the chairman of the committee responsible for the closing of the suburb in which I live and from where African Pilot operates its offices by means of a 12.5 Km electric fence right around the outer perimeter of the suburb. Three entrances are closed at night - 18h00 to 06h00 leaving only one main entrance open for ALL inhabitants: owners, tenants and staff members. The result is that our suburb is one of the safest anywhere in South Africa, whilst at the same time property values have escalated to a level much higher than surrounding suburbs. The cash required to undertake the more than R2 million capital works was levied at R6 000 per property with a monthly fee of just over R600 per property. Naturally there were certain property owners who could not or would not contribute, but fortunately some seven years later most of these persons sold up and left the area. Today our suburb has a 95% participation factor and is managed almost like a mini town council.
Now what has all of this to do with Lanseria?
The truth is that both areas of real estate are nearly the same size and have similar problems. Lanseria land owners, tenants, staff members and visitors need to understand that this situation could easily happen to them since crime in South Africa is not going away in the short to medium term. Why wake up when it is too late and the gun or knife has done the dirty deed? The longer you procrastinate the more likely the chance that you will be taken out as the immediate area surrounding Lanseria is full of squatters who have nothing to loose. Life is cheep and if one of these criminals wants your cell phone, handbag or vehicle they will shoot you down in cold blood.
The time has come for ALL law abiding citizens of South Africa to stand together and face up to the single element that is retarding economic growth in our country - CRIME! This is your problem not your neighbours or some distant person who you have never met.
Later this week, African Pilot will be meeting with Lanseria management in order to obtain a more detailed account of proposed security upgrades on the airfield. However, please remember that criminals live in our midst and this terrible situation could happen anywhere and on any airfield. For now our heartfelt condolences to the two businesses that have been badly affected by this specific crime. We hope you can repair the damage to your respective businesses as soon as possible.
AFS Studio (Pty) Ltd appointed to manage the AAD 2006 Official Catalogue
African Pilot's graphic design and production studio has been appointed as the supplier of the official catalogue for Africa Aerospace and Defence 2006. This means that we will be producing an informative and visually pleasing book that will provide the vital information required for the most important aviation and defence event to take place in Africa this year. We wish to thank the committee of AAD 2006 for this prestigious appointment and commit our team to providing the most impressive catalogue ever produced for the six day event scheduled at AFB Ysterplaat, Cape Town, South Africa - Wednesday 20 to Sunday 24 September this year.
This catalogue is intended to be a prestigious A4, 120 page, full colour, perfect bound book printed to the same high standards as African Pilot. All exhibitors at AAD 2006 will be listed in the official catalogue free of charge. However, we wish to advise the rates for full and half page advertisements will be exactly the same as those published for advertising in African Pilot. Please visit our Website: www.africanpilot.co.za and click on "rate card" - for the purposes of the AAD 2006 the casual rates will apply. We will also accommodate advertorial pages with suitable pictures within the catalogue for those exhibitors who wish to participate.
For further information please contact:
E-mail: info@africanpilot.co.za or telephone: (011) 702 2342/3 or 082 552 2940
Exhibitor enquiries should be addressed to: Lynn Browne, Kagiso Exhibitions
Tel: (011) 661 4000 or 496 3992 E-mail: aerospacedefence@kagisoexpo.co.za
Website: www.aadexpo.co.za
African Pilot readers' survey
On behalf of African Pilot, I wish to extend our heartfelt thanks to all our readers who took the time to respond to our 2006 readers' survey included in the February 2006 edition of African Pilot. We have learned so much from our respondents, and will utilize the results to even further improve southern Africa's premier aviation magazine.
We had a total of 219 respondents during the specified time period. The majority of our respondents are recreational flyers and aviation enthusiasts. 57% of respondents operate aircraft; 43% own their own aircraft. Outright ownership prevails amongst respondents who own their own aircraft. Our respondents were most likely to own and/or operate aircraft types in the following order: light certified fixed wing; microlights; very light uncertified fixed wing, and helicopters. The most popular articles amongst respondents were new aircraft reviews; Airshows and humorous articles as well as aircraft type surveys. The least popular articles amongst our respondents were: articles on virtual flying; medical articles and legal articles. We received numerous requests for articles on flight training; flight safety, flight tests and articles on military aircraft types.
The data collected is being analyzed and will be utilized for use in future magazines. By now the audit process required for our ABC rating is complete and an official ABC rating has been applied to the magazine. African Pilot is now unquestionably the premier aviation magazine in southern Africa.
The Gauteng Motor Show: complimentary exhibition space made available to the aviation community
On Saturday 27 May to Sunday 28 May The Gauteng Motor Show, in conjunction with Wesbank raceway will once again stage the largest motor dealer show in Gauteng with new and exciting events. The show will be held at Wesbank Raceway conveniently located near Rand Airport in Germiston, and will feature much activity amongst others night racing, Oval racing and street racing.
The Gauteng Motor Show organisers have kindly offered exhibition space to the aviation sector.
This has been made available through African Pilot Magazine. Exhibition stand space has been made available free of charge to all aviation organisations, and a number of well-know businesses have already taken advantage of this opportunity to promote aviation to the general public. Access is readily available from the N3 South and from Rand Airport in Germiston. Stand space is still available, for further information on this event or to apply on behalf of your organisation for complimentary stand space, please contact André Schild at marketing@africanpilot.co.za or (011) 702 2342/3 | 