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It was a wonderful South African Sunday winter morning.Clear skies, still a bit cold, but the weatherman insisted it would reach25 C later today. Sigrid, my wife and a pilot, too, was preparing for theflight to Lindbergh Lodge. Lindbergh Lodge is a private game and hunting farm in the North-Westprovince of South Africa. At an […]

AVweb: David, first of all, thank you for taking some time to talk with AVweb. I don’t have to tell you that there was a lot of initial concern about the composition of the Commission. There are those who feel that general aviation was omitted and that perhaps other segments of the aviation industry were […]

According to the AviationCrime Prevention Institute (ACPI), there has been a sharp upturnin aircraft thefts and associated violence in western Mexico andBaja California. In March, ACPI reported that threeMexican-registered aircraft were stolen in one week alone. OneCessna 402 pilot was approached by a gunman, shot dead and thrownoff the aircraft. A Cessna 206 pilot was […]

The old man stooped and opened the door of the old wood burner. The handle sent a flash of heat through his hand and into his arm. As he swung the door he became enveloped in blazing heat that felt comfortable for some seconds before becoming sweltering and then painful. The logs were against the […]

Aviation Safety Communique Reported by: USFS, Ochoco NF, P.O. Box 490, Prineville,OR 97754 Event: Date: 02/13/97, Local time: 1545, Injuries: no,Damage: no Location: North Fork Crooked River, Oregon, along Forestboundary T15S R21E Mission: Type: elk census (recon), Procurement: OR Dep’t.of Fish and Wildlife, Persons onboard: 3 Aircraft: Hiller 12E Narrative I was asked to assist […]

Aeroperu 603 (Boeing 757) Alarms Activity From Voice Recorder October 2, 1996 – Lima, Peru 01:57 — Windshear Alarm – Three Times 02:49 — Rudder Ratio Alarm 03:14 — Mach Trim 04:02 — Caution Alarm 04:05 — Alert Alarm 04:54 — Auto Throttle Disconnect, Rudder Ratio & Mach Speed Trim 05:42 — A One Hertz […]

Transcripcion Del Voice Recorder Boeing 757 De Aeroperu Vuelo 603 2 De Octubre 1996/Costa De LimaCaja Negra Annotations appear in italics. The wreckage was subsequently recovered from the floor of the Pacific Ocean, and investigators found that all of the aircraft’s static ports were taped over (see photo at right), rendering the aircraft’s air data […]

Aeroperu 603 (Boeing 757) Transcription From Voice Recorder October 2, 1996 – Lima, Peru English Translation Annotations appear in italics. The wreckage was subsequently recovered from the floor of the Pacific Ocean, and investigators found that all of the aircraft’s static ports were taped over (see photo at right), rendering the aircraft’s air data systems […]

Eureka has become one of my favorite spots to get away and decompress.Situated on the northern California coast, just slightly more than 200nautical miles north-northwest of San Francisco, Eureka is one of thosespecial places that’s easy to reach by light plane but a long hard drivefor the wingless masses. During the summertime, when everything from […]

In 1996, Bill C-20, “An Act respecting the commercialization of civil air navigation services” was passed by the government of Canada. Essentially, this piece of legislation allows a new, “not-for-profit” corporation called “NavCanada” to take over responsibility for all of the air navigation services in the country. In the last decade, successive Canadian governments (regardless […]