“Truth never envelops itself in mystery and the mystery in which it is at any time enveloped is the work of its antagonist and never of itself.” Thomas Paine African Pilot has been listed as number six and the only African aviation magazine in the top ten aviation magazines in the world: https://blog.feedspot.com/aviation_magazines/ No prizes,Read more
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“The modern susceptibility to conformity and obedience to authority indicates that the truth endorsed by authority is likely to be accepted as such by a majority of the people.” David Edwards The North American F-107 was North American Aviation’s entry in a United States Air Force tactical fighter-bomber design competition of the 1950s. The F-107Read more
“Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable and to give the appearance of solidarity to pure wind.” George Orwell No prizes, but can you identify this aircraft? Last Monday’s mystery aircraft proved to be easy for many since the replica visited AirVenture some years ago. Please send your answers toRead more
“The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure, whilst the intelligent are full of doubt.” Bertrand Russell The Hughes H-1 is a racing aircraft built by Hughes Aircraft in 1935. It set a world airspeed record and a transcontinental speed record across the United States. The H-1 Racer was the last aircraftRead more
“Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable and to give the appearance of solidarity to pure wind.” George Orwell No prizes, but can you identify this aircraft? Last Monday’s mystery aircraft proved to be rather difficult. Most people identified the Cessna 195, but only 26 realised that this was aRead more
“We now have so many regulations that everyone is guilty of some violation.” Donald Alexander Mystery Aircraft Cessna 195 turboprop conversion: The Cessna 190 and 195 Business liner is a family of light single radial engine powered, conventional landing gear equipped, General Aviation aircraft which were manufactured by Cessna between 1947 and 1954. The 195Read more
“Remember this if you can. There is nothing more precious than time. You probably feel you have a measureless supply of it, but you have not. Wasted hours destroy your life just as surely at the beginning as at the end, only in the end it becomes more obvious.” Herman Wouk No prizes, but canRead more
“Every man, in the development of his own personality has the right to form his own beliefs and opinions. Hence, suppression of belief, opinion and expression is an affront to the dignity of man, a negation of man’s essential nature.” Thomas I. Emerson Mystery Aircraft: Transavia PL-12 Airtruk is a single-engine agricultural aircraft designed andRead more
“African Pilot would like to wish all our readers and listeners a splendid New Year where your every wish will be realised. Let’s work together to get this terrible virus behind us so that the world of aviation can return to normality.” Athol Franz No prizes, but can you identify this aircraft? Please send yourRead more