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AerospaceAfrica.TV, an online commercial TV bouquet of channels has been established to highlight and focus on developments and business news in southern Africa’s aerospace industry. The channel launched online transmission on 18 September 2018, providing news, features, profiles and also providing a platform for information and marketing opportunities for organisations, businesses and related entities inRead more

The CAMASA is a joint initiative of industry and government that represents the business interests of the aviation sector, with a view to significant export growth. As a section of the Commercial Aviation Association of Southern Africa, CAMASA has been established to represent the many South African aeronautical companies involved in bringing new aviation innovationsRead more

Safomar with Kopter Helicopters CEO Shai Shalem unveils Safomar's new logo At a well-attended function held at the Safomar chalet at AAD2018 on Thursday afternoon, CEO Shai Shalem announced the long awaited agreement between Swiss Kopter and Safomar. The company has signed an agreement for the purchase of two Kopter helicopters to be delivered aroundRead more

This is a ‘high level’ picture of the opening day of this African Aerospace and Defence 2018 exhibition taking place at AFB Waterkloof in Pretoria. The image was acquired by Airbus’s Pleiades satellite orbiting 500 kilometres above Earth.Read more

Generally speaking the overall attendance on day two of this year’s AAD exhibition was a significant improvement over the first day and I expect that final trade day, being Friday will also show improved numbers of trade visitors to AFB Waterkloof. We had many meetings with valued clients today, whilst at the same time manyRead more

Witnesses say that a crop spraying Bell Jet Ranger ZT RBF performed a hard landing due to a loss of power and that the helicopter is a write off. Apparently this accident happened near Centurion when the helicopter was on route from Wonderboom to Lanseria after maintenance.Read more

Apparently performing a downwind take-off Andrew Goodenham (24) en John Jacobs (53) flying an Ikarus Light Sport Aircraft crashed between the two runways. Apparently John passed away due to he severity of his wounds, whilst there is no update on Andrew’s condition. The Ikarus with a 912 ULS is a very capable and docile aircraft.Read more

Perhaps the biggest single problem that the organisers have with staging Africa Aerospace and Defence exhibitions is with the Department of Defence’s unfriendly and frankly obnoxious military personnel who are determined on destroying any credibility that this biannual exhibition may have. There are many individuals, including me who have tried their hardest to ensure thatRead more

Bad few days for South African Aviation Witnessed by Charlie Hugo During the 2018 Air Power Capability demonstration held at the Roodevaal bombing range, a SAAF Oryx helicopter was involved in a hard-landing incident.  The incident occurred during a troop-insertion exercise and the cause of the incident is still undetermined.  The helicopter impacted the groundRead more

Recently British Airways (UK) suffered the most serious data breach in over 20 years, since the airline has operated online. Hundreds of thousands of its customers’ credit card details were stolen from its website and app over a two-week period. Forget tackling a major public relations disaster; BA has landed in hot water not onlyRead more