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COntents Edition 261 July 2017 Columnists SA Flyer

.. 48 Wyndham Ferreira - Know your plane.

6 COntents Edition 261 July 2017 Columnists SA Flyer Guy Leitch - Attitude for Altitude Peter Garrison - Leading Edge Fyko van der Molen Jim Davis - Pile of Logbooks Ray Watts - Register Review Jim Davis - Accident Report Karen Vlantis - Heli Ops Wyndham Ferreira - Know your plane Chris Martinus - AOPA Briefing FLIGHTCOM Mike Gough - Airline Ops... 4 Hugh Pryor - Bush Pilot Darren Olivier - Defence Notes Keith Mwanalushi - Airlines

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position report WE live in wonderfully uncertain times. As I write, that nice lady Theresa May has just been given a bloody nose by looney leftie Jeremey Corbin.

And 39 year old French President Emmanuel Macron, who is younger than his wife s son, said, Let s make the world great again, as a perfect riposte to Trump s withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord.

That they imagined their emails would never be leaked, speaks volumes about the Guptas and government cronies arrogance.

10 position report WE live in wonderfully uncertain times. As I write, that nice lady Theresa May has just been given a bloody nose by looney leftie Jeremey Corbin. US President Donald Trump is being seriously embarrassed by his fired FBI Director. And 39 year old French President Emmanuel Macron, who is younger than his wife s son, said, Let s make the world great again, as a perfect riposte to Trump s withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord. Here in South Africa, the Gupta leaks are amazing in the way they are tearing a whole government apart. That they imagined their s would never be leaked, speaks volumes about the Guptas and government cronies arrogance. It also reminds those who believe in conspiracy theories that no conspiracy will ever last, because sooner or later someone will spill the beans even if as a death bed confession. So yes, man did land on the moon. Talking about climate change brings me to the point of this random riff: as pilots, the weather is the one thing that we can always expect to be unreliable and challenging. And this is where professional pilots really earn their keep. Of late I have been much impressed by the vast chasm between professional pilots and those who aspire to be professionals. SAA recently failed seven out of seven co-pilot upgrades. We have the confidence of knowing that our much-maligned national carrier is at least keeping standards up. The Cape weather has been as bad as it gets, with forecasts warning of 100 km/h winds and heavy rain. And yet every flight into Cape Town landed safely. There were minimal diversions or cancelled flights. On Flightradar24, I watched the pilots spacing themselves to get in between the squalls and flying the ILS down to the Cat 3, 50 ft minimum where the joke is your aircraft needs a paint sniffer to find the white lines on the runway. When the weather is this bad, it is the Captain who, as always, has to make the decision whether to take on the weather and attempt to land, or to divert to some non-challenging place. When you are confronted by these extreme conditions, but you have a plane load of passengers who expect to be delivered safely and on time and without a scare then the pressure is on, compounded by peer pressure from fellow pilots who made it in and your flight-ops department who has a schedule to maintain and does not want to have to pay for passenger accommodation and busses. These professional pilots beating the worst weather and getting in safely are testimony to the high standards this profession maintains. It is a product of years of practice and endless sixmonthly simulator sweat box sessions that enable pilots to deal with the worst mother nature can throw at them. To those who aspire to be airline Captains, the responsibility and the standards required is, to use a horribly over-worked word, awesome. Guy Leitch Editor guy@saflyermag.co.za SALES MANAGER Wayne Wilson wayne@saflyermag.co.za TRAFFIC Tami Van Heerden traffic.admin@saflyermag.co.za ACCOUNTS accounts@saflyermag.co.za DEPUTY EDITOR Graeme Wuth graeme@saflyermag.co.za PRODUCTION & LAYOUT Emily-Jane Kinnear emily@saflyermag.co.za SUBSCRIPTIONS subs@saflyermag.co.za Contact Details Tel: +27 (0) Sales: +27 (0) P O Box Bryanston, 2021 South Africa Distribution Distribution by On The Dot (Throughout SA and Africa to approximately stores), CNA, PNA, Exclusive Books, Pick n Pay as well as selected Spars, and convenience stores. Sales into Africa: Namibia, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Kenya, Ethiopia, Swaziland, Moçambique and Madagascar. Unsold distributed to selected clinics, airport lounges, doctor s rooms, garages, selected hotels and lodges and Airport Shops. Important Opinions expressed in signed articles, News & views or in advertisements appearing in SA Flyer, are those of the author or advertiser and do not reflect those of this journal nor of its publisher. The mention of specific companies or products in articles or advertisements, does not imply that they are endorsed or recommended by this journal or its publisher in preference to others of a similar nature which are not mentioned or advertised. SA Flyer All rights reserved worldwide. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means, electronically, mechanically, photocopied, recorded or otherwise without the express permission of the copyright holders

Edition 266 December 2017 R34.50

Edition 266 December 2017 R34.50 Namibia $N34.50 Cover: Justin de Reuck THE ORIGINAL Many claim originality, but there is always only one true pioneer. In designing the PC-12 our objective was to create