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Southwest Airlines 737 MAX A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 Max airliner made an emergency landing in Orlando, Florida, on Tuesday 26 March. “The aircraft returned and landed safely in Orlando. No passengers were aboard the aircraft,” the Federal Aviation Administration said. The pilots reported an engine issue that appears to be unrelated to the control-softwareRead more

Boeing said it will be ‘carefully monitoring’ the aviation officials’ testimony, adding that ‘safety is our top priority.’ The FAA was ‘directly involved in the system safety review of the Manoeuvring Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS),’ Elwell will tell lawmakers. ‘FAA engineers and flight test pilots were involved in the MCAS operational evaluation flight test,’ theRead more

Boeing 737s Boeing has flown test flights of its 737 MAX to evaluate a fix for the system targeted as a potential cause of the crashes. The aviation giant, which has been under fire and has seen its flagship narrow-body planes grounded since 13 March, tested the system upgrade on Monday, two days after pilotsRead more

Due to some factual inaccuracies in Monday’s APAnews about this tragedy I have revised the text. The Matsieng Flying Club regrets to make the following announcement: At approximately 18h20 GMT on 23 March 2019 a 2016 Beechcraft Kingair B200 aircraft A2-MBM was involved in an ground impact incident resulting in the death of the pilotRead more

“The first step towards success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.” Mark Caine African Pilot’s April 2019 edition The April edition of African Pilot is complete and has entered its distribution phase. This edition features business at Wonderboom National Airport and Turboprop AircraftRead more

“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I will remember. Involve me and I learn” unknown African Pilot’s April 2019 edition The April edition of African Pilot is complete and is printing. This edition will feature business at Wonderboom National Airport and Turboprop Aircraft types. With the launch of APAdigital, I have been filmingRead more

Boeing 737 MAX 8 – MCAS On Wednesday afternoon President Trump announced the issuing of an emergency order grounding all flights of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft in the US as a result of the crashes of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 on Sunday and Lion Air Flight 610 last October. The President said he has spokenRead more

Impala Jet with coloured smoke in the background taken at Middelburg on Saturday “It is harder to conceal ignorance than to acquire knowledge” Arnold H. Glasow African Pilot’s March 2019 edition The distribution of African Pilot’s March edition was completed by 25 February and by all accounts, this edition is selling very well. This editionRead more

In addition to having been appointed an official ‘media partner’ this past week, African Pilot has been appointed as the official Exhibitors’ Catalogue partner for this prestigious event. This means that ALL exhibitors that have already reserved their show stands with AERO will be included within the show catalogue. Our team is looking forward toRead more

AHRLAC AHRLAC manufacturing facility at Wonderboom Whilst visiting Wonderboom National Airport in order to meet with customers and take pictures for African Pilot’s April edition, we also visited the AHRLAC manufacturing facility, which was clearly ‘locked up’ with very few staff members at the facility. It appears that Paramount Aerospace Holdings, a subsidiary of ParamountRead more