Keeping up to speed

Important in aviation is to keep up to speed with what is happening in the industry and to play your part in maintaining a safe attitude and programmes to promote aviation safety. I joined Raasa in Johannesburg for an all-day seminar.

Rand Airport in Germiston, home of the Recreation Aviation Administration of South Africa which looks after NTCA aircraft and the NPL (National Pilot Licence) licensing process

Dave with Neil, CEO of Raasa

It had to be a commercial flight to the conference and back

The NPL licence

Crash course

It's been a busy month handing the flight school on my own and Quinten arrived to do a "crash" course in getting his pilot's licence in February. Unfortunately for him Raasa (The Recreation Aviation Administration SA) had just launched their updated online pilots' exams and these proved to be more difficult than before causing Quinten to spend most of his allocated time studying and passing each of the exams. He'll have to make up the flying hours another time.

Rupert, a helicopter pilot, who obtained his fixed wing pilot's licence with us, goes for a refresher flight with Dave

The Umhlanga beachfront and lighthouse

Another intro flight with a student

Quinten at the flight controls of our Sling Trainer ZDF

Approaching Durban from Pietermaritzburg following the special rules routing via Coopers Lighthouse on the Bluff

My student Quinten in good spirits

Another flight along the Umhlanga coastline just north of Virginia Airport