AMERICAN – THIRD AIRLINE TO ORDER BOOM JETS
American Airlines in August announced that it had agreed to buy up to 20 jets from Boom Supersonic, with an option to purchase 40 more. BOOM’S OVERTURE JETS promise speeds of up to Mach 1.7 over water – twice the speed of today’s fastest commercial aircraft, are expected to rollRead More →
Lift Airlines – Encounters Resistance
A well know aviation attorney Johan Botha has launched an attack on the pending Lift Airlines of Gidon Novick. Botha claims that lift has not fulfilled the legal requirements for starting a new airline – particularly that it has not obtained its own Aircraft Operators certificate (AOC) and that itsRead More →
Ejection Seats
An ejection seat or ejector seat is a system designed to rescue the pilot or other crew of an aircraft in an emergency. In most designs, the seat is propelled out of the aircraft by an explosive charge or rocket motor, carrying the pilot with it. Once clear of theRead More →
SA Could Rename More Airports
Transport minister Fikile Mbalula said the government was considering the renaming. The airports affected are Cape Town International Airport, East London Airport, Port Elizabeth International Airport and Kimberley Airport. The renaming was in response to a parliamentary question posed by EFF MP Nontando Nolutshungu this week. Mbalula said this wasRead More →
Boeing’s Woes Continue
More 787 Flaws Reported with up to 680 Aircraft That May Be Involved As many as 680 Boeing 787 Dreamliners may be affected by the latest revelation involving manufacturing flaws in the jets. Boeing confirmed on Thursday that it was in contact with the FAA about out-of-spec gaps in theRead More →
The World’s Shortest Commercial Flight
The COVID -19 pandemic has changed the airline business across the world. With international travel flight restrictions in place, airlines are focusing on their short-haul and national flights to earn revenue. As a result, short-haul flying is making up the bulk of passenger traffic this year. Here is a lookRead More →
Mum decides to “cool off” by going for a stroll along a plane’s wing.
What makes this story even more interesting is the fact that this happened after the Ukraine International Airlines B737 86N had already landed, and passengers were already disembarking. After landing at Kiev from the Turkish resort city Antalya, officials said the woman walked almost all the way from the backRead More →
St Helena Airport (HLE): Is it worth it?
Could St Helena Airport perhaps be the most important, life changing airport ever to have been built? There’s nothing nice about being branded the ‘world’s most useless airport,’ and after four years of successful operations and barely a cancellation, Saint Helena Airport still struggles to shake the label. TheRead More →
ROOIVALK Celebrates Thirtieth Anniversary
The Denel Rooivalk AH-2 is an attack helicopter manufactured by Denel Aviation of South Africa. Rooivalk is Afrikaans for “Red Falcon”. Development of the type began in 1984 by the Atlas Aircraft Corporation (a predecessor of Denel Aviation). The first Rooivalk was officially handed over in April 2011, and are flown by 16 Squadron, AFB Bloemspruit (Bloemfontein). Development The South African Defence Force recognised theRead More →
