Chalkie Stobbart, from Johannesburg, South Africa, achieved to break one of aviation’s longstanding records - Alex Henshaw’s round trip solo flight in 1939 between Cape Town and London in a single-engine aircraft in 4 days, 10 hours, 15 minutes. Chalkie flew a GP 4 homebuilt in the record time of 3 days, 15 hours, 17 minutes.


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By Lance Winslow

There are few of us alive today that were around in the great days of early aviation, when all the airplanes were biplanes, so it's hard for us to understand just what it was like. But, if you have curiosity there, and if you love airplanes, then let me recommend a… Continue

By Lance Winslow

We all know that being one of the greatest test pilots of all times is a dangerous and demanding job, but have you ever considered what it would be like to live the life of a test pilot? I mean the whole life, from the time you caught the flying bug, until… Continue

FLIGHT SCHOOLS CAN NOW JOIN THE flyEAA PARTNER PROGRAMME FREE OF CHARGE!

Because flight schools derive the highest benefit from upper air training, Eltanin Aerospace Academy (flyEAA) is offering flight schools an alternative or supplemental ground school for their students. The CAA approved PPL and CPL training material and exams are offered on-line, and the student ca

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WASHINGTON - The Federal Aviation Administration is proposing to keep secret from travelers its vast records on where and how often commercial planes are damaged by hitting flying birds.
The government agency argued that some carriers and airports would stop reporting incidents for fear the public would misinterpret the data and hold it against them. The reporting is voluntary because the FAA rejected a National Transportation Safety Board recommendation 10 years ago to make it mandatory.
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flyEAA launches a tracking system that runs on S60 v3+ / Symbian OS mobile phones with an internal or BlueTooth GPS unit.

vfrTracker is based on cellular technology allowing users to send their position, heading, speed and altitude every 60 seconds and displaying the aircraft`s track and flight information in real time. To try it now, go to www.vfrplanner.org… Continue

Good Day.

Go and have a look at the Airbus A380 Cockpit. Just click here.

flyEAA launches an online VFR Flight Planner. Enter or Search waypoints for Southern Africa on an interactive map, view altitude profiles and aeronautial information, enter wind direction & speed, and print the finished plan in a variety of formats. Export the flight log as a GPX file and uploaded it to your GPS.

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By Lance Winslow

Every pilot knows that the most important part of any flight is the pre-flight inspection. If you are going to cruise at high speeds thousands of feet in the air you want to make sure that your aircraft is indeed airworthy and will not fall apart. If it… Continue

Clive Rautenbach (ZS-OAJ) of Rautenbach Aerial Spraying is based at Virginia Airport. He is celebrating the 50th aniversary of the company and is a third gener

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