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“Karma comes after everyone eventually. You cannot get away with screwing people over your whole life, I do not care who you are. What goes around comes around. That is how it works. Sooner or later the universe will serve you the revenge that you deserve.” Jessica Brody African Pilot’s aircraft of the week identificationRead more

“A man always has two reasons for what he does – a good one and the real one.” J. P. Morgan African Pilot’s aircraft of the week identification quiz The McDonnell XP-67 ‘Bat’ or ‘Moonbat’ was a prototype for a twin-engine, long-range, single-seat interceptor aircraft for the United States Army Air Forces. Although the designRead more

“The right to freedom of expression is justified first of all as the right of an individual purely in his capacity as an individual. It derives from the widely accepted premise of Western thought that the proper end of man is the realisation of his character and potentialities as a human being.” Thomas I. EmersonRead more

“In the most civilized and progressive countries freedom of discussion is recognized as a fundamental principle.” C. E. M. Joad African Pilot’s aircraft of the week identification quiz The CAC CA–15, also known unofficially as the CAC Kangaroo, was an Australian propeller-driven fighter aircraft designed by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC) during World War II. Due to protracted development,Read more

“When we have begun to take charge of our lives, to own ourselves, there is no longer any need to ask permission of someone.” George O’Neil African Pilot’s aircraft of the week identification quiz No prizes, but can you identify this aircraft? Please send your answers to me: editor@africanpilot.co.za and I will publish the namesRead more

“You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot help small men by tearing down big men. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot lift the wage-earner by pulling down the wage-payer. You cannot help the poor man by destroying the rich. You cannot keep out of trouble by spendingRead more

“Some people regard private enterprise as a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look on it as a cow they can milk. Not enough people see it as a healthy horse, pulling a sturdy wagon.” Sir Winston Churchill African Pilot’s aircraft of the week identification quiz No prizes, but can you identify this aircraft? PleaseRead more

“How should it happen that the individual should be without rights, but the combination of individuals should possess unlimited rights?” Auberon Herbert African Pilot’s aircraft of the week identification quiz The Republic XF-84H ‘Thunderscreech’ was an experimental turboprop aircraft derived from the F-84F Thunderstreak. Powered by a turbine engine that was mated to a supersonicRead more

“Collectivism holds that the individual has no rights, that his life and work belong to the group to ‘society,’ to the tribe, the state, the nation and that the group may sacrifice him at its own whim to its own interests. The only way to implement a doctrine of that kind is by means ofRead more