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“Only the incompetent wait until the last extremity to use force and by then, it is usually too late to use anything, even prayer.” H. Beam Piper Since last week’s mystery aircraft was rather easy to identify, according to the number of correct answers I received, this week I have provided an interesting, rare cropRead more

“It is an unfortunate reality in many of the journalistic environments we exist today. We cannot criticise certain people, or dig into certain stories, or follow our noses on the trail of corruption if it means upsetting our publishers, sponsors and donors.” Zaid Jilani When one takes two perfectly good Yak 55s and combine themRead more

“You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police. Yet in their hearts there is unspoken – unspeakable – fear! They are afraid of words and thoughts! Words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home, all the more powerful because they are forbidden. These terrifyRead more

“Books will not stay banned. They won’t burn. Ideas won’t go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas. The source of better ideas is wisdom.” A. Whitney Griswold The Boeing YC-14 is a twinjet short take-off andRead more

“Freedom of the press, or to be more precise, the benefit of freedom of the press, belongs to everyone – to the citizen as well as the publisher… The crux is not the publisher’s ‘freedom to print’, rather, it is the citizen’s ‘right to know.’” Arthur Hays Sulzberger Since last week’s mystery aircraft was ratherRead more

“Everybody is in favour of free speech. Hardly a day passes without its being extolled, but some people’s idea of it is that they are free to say what they like, but if anyone says anything back, that is an outrage.” Sir Winston Churchill The Handley Page H.P.47 was a British single-engined low-wing monoplane built toRead more

“The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the person that it forms.” Henri-Frédéric Amiel Since last week’s mystery aircraft was relatively easy for most, I decided to set a real challenge this week. Please send your answers to me editor@africanpilot.co.za. I will publish the names of those that identified the aircraft correctlyRead more

“It is our attitude toward free thought and free expression that will determine our fate. There must be no limit on the range of temperate discussion, no limits on thought. No subject must be taboo. No censor must preside at our assemblies.” Justice William O. Douglas A modern recreation of the A50 Junior new ultralightRead more

Since last week’s mystery aircraft was relatively easy, I decided to set a real challenge this week. This picture was taken at AERO Friedrichshafen last week and the aircraft is one of a kind, yet to be certified. It is powered by a Rotax 912iS 100 Hp engine, cruises at 94 knots with a stallRead more