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“If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.” George Washington African Pilot’s aircraft of the week identification quiz The Goodyear Inflatoplane was an inflatable experimental aircraft made by the Goodyear Aircraft Company, a subsidiary of Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Company, well known forRead more

“Creation comes before distribution or there will be nothing to distribute. The need of the creator comes before the need of any possible beneficiary.” Ayn Rand 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

“Journalists cannot serve two masters. To the extent that they take on the task of suppressing information or biting their tongue for the sake of some political agenda, they are betraying the trust of the public and corrupting their own profession.” Thomas Sowell African Pilot’s aircraft of the week identification quiz The Douglas X-3 StilettoRead more

“Patterning your life around other’s opinions is nothing more than slavery.” Lawana Blackwell 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 names of all those that identified the aircraft correctly in the Thursday edition ofRead more

“The proverb: “A fish rots from the head down” seems specific to the deterioration of the South African Police Services, their integrity and their culture.” Today is the 1st of April and under normal circumstances I would provide you with an April fool’s joke, but under the present COVID-19 lockdown situation, this would probably beRead more

“Education is a private matter between the person and the world of knowledge and experience and has little to do with school or college.” Lillian Smith 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

“Honest difference of views and honest debate are not disunity. They are the vital process of policy among free men.” Herbert Hoover African Pilot’s aircraft of the week identification quiz In 1934, the Nemuth Parasol, built by students at Miami University, demonstrated that even a circular wing could be used to fly an airplane reliably.Read more

“Journalists cannot serve two masters. To the extent that they take on the task of suppressing information or biting their tongue for the sake of some political agenda, they are betraying the trust of the public and corrupting their own profession.” Thomas Sowell African Pilot’s aircraft of the week identification quiz No prizes, but canRead more

African Pilot’s aircraft of the week identification quiz The HZ-1 Aerocycle, also known as the YHO-2 and by the manufacturer’s designation DH-5 Aerocycle, was an American one-man ‘personal helicopter’ developed by de Lackner Helicopters in the mid-1950s. Intended to be operated by inexperienced pilots with a minimum of 20 minutes of instruction. The HZ-1 wasRead more

“Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has never been a really good one and even those that are most tolerable are arbitrary, cruel, grasping and unintelligent.” H. L. Mencken African Pilot’s aircraft of the week identification quiz No prizes, but can you identify this aircraft? Please send your answers to me:Read more