Hugh Pryor Dan joined us in Angola. He was tall, athletically built, with a boyish hair style which sported what we suspected were carefully applied sun tints. His hair also disguised quite successfully his age which was nudging fifty. The Red Cross girls fell for Dan in a big wayRead More →
Addressing the pending skills shortage, Paramount Aerospace Systems (PAS), has qualified fifteen students as aircraft technicians and engineers. ANNOUNCEMENT FOLLOWS a grant provided by South Africa’s Transport Education Training Authority (TETA) in 2019, which enabled seven students in early 2022 to complete the three-year course offered by Paramount, and toRead More →
The US Immigration EB-2 NIW green card not always a slam-dunk. (By Dianne Stewart – President, PathwayUSA, Charlotte, NC, USA) So you’re a pilot with ATP and possibly even FAA licences. You would like to live and fly in the USA, and you’ve been told you can get an EB-2Read More →
DEPENDING ON THEIR MISSION. SATELLITES HAVE DIFFERENT ORBITS. Weather and communication satellites are placed in Geostationary Orbits (GEO) at an altitude of 36,000 km above the equator, from which they have a constant gaze on the same region of the Earth. Other satellites are placed in Low Earth Orbits (LEO)Read More →
Paramount Aerospace Systems, a subsidiary to aerospace and technology company Paramount Group, has announced that its Technical Aviation Academy has strategically relocated to Wonderboom National Airport, adjacent to the company’s advanced aircraft manufacturing facility. Paramount Group originally launched its technical aviation academy in Polokwane and has, from its inception offeredRead More →
“Great vision without great people is irrelevant”- James C. Collins At FlySafair, we make it our mission to unite people with who and what they love while providing a low fare, hassle-free, and on-time experience; none of which, we as a company could do without the great people that workRead More →
Call for Applications for the DSI-CSIR Inter-Bursary Support Programme 2021. CAASA are looking for students in Aerospace and Composites. The application forms are available online, you can find all the details (and links) in the below email. The closing date for applications is 23 October 2020. NO late applications will be considered. Yolandi or Sam can be contacted at theRead More →
Heavily Oversubscribed University of Cape Town’s Distinguished Professor Philippe Salazar’s Master’s and PhD Aviation Law courses advertised in SA Flyer in August 2020 have been heavily oversubscribed. Prof Salazar writes, “We have received many applications from airline pilots to lawyers and the industry, and from quite a variety of countries.Read More →
With the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic some layoffs have been particularly harsh. A pilot a Qatar Airways pilot received this astounding notice, whereby at face value not only was she dismissed, but she had to pay back a huge training bond. Four and a half years ago this pilotRead More →
