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Pilots fly taxis for VIPs
Pretoria :: South Africa | 14 days ago
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This is despite a chronic shortage of pilots that experts say has already wiped out the country's air-combat capabilities...The Mail & Guardian has established that Defence and Military Veterans Minister Lindiwe Sisulu made 23 trips using the VIP fleet...
Tags: SAAF VIP, Sisulu Mabaya, Lindiwe Sisulu, vip fleet, domestic flights, Richard Young, vip flights, fly hours, military aircraft, Ndivhuwo Mabaya, South Africa, Pretoria, JAS 39 Gripen, Aviator, David Maynier, Helicopters, Hans-Joachim Marseille, Canard aircraft, South African Air Force, Atlas Cheetah
Dead pilot 'was experienced'
Cape Town :: South Africa | 19 days ago
Credibility Ejection seat malfunction.” These were the last words heard by a former air force pilot before his fighter plane crashed on Saturday at the Bredasdorp air show...Rescuers found remains of his clothing about 10km from the Overberg air force base. Stock...
Tags: air shows, South Africa, jet crashes, fighter jet, Bredasdorp, Overberg Air Force Base, Cape Town, Overberg, Aviation accidents and incidents, Disaster Accident, Lightning, Helen Zille, Fighter aircraft, Thunder City, English Electric Lightning, War Conflict, Jet aircraft, N2 road, Western Cape, News24, Test Flight and Development Centre SAAF, South African Air Force
Trainer Plane Passenger Pulls Wrong Lever, Ejects During Flight
The South African Air Force (SAAF) has established a Board of Inquiry for an unusual accident last week in which a civilian passenger accidentally ejected from a trainer during tight manoeuvres. Times Online quoted an unnamed SAAF spokesman...
Tags: passenger, eject, accident, South African Air Force, trainer, aerobatics
Crew rescued from sinking carrier
Cape Town :: South Africa | 4 months ago
Credibility South Africa's west coast en route from Brazil to India, a marine rescue authority says. The captain of the Greek owned Ioannis NK reported today that the carrier, with 22,500 metric tonnes of sugar aboard, was taking on water and listing, said Maritime...
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