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Density Altitude Calculation

Why calculate DENSITY ALTITUDE? Because it can mean the difference between flying and crashing. Here's why...

Control Column vs Joystick

Pablo Picasso said: “I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.”

Learning to fly - luck vs experience

Learning to fly is a process. No one gets it 100% right in the beginning. It is said that at the same time you get your PPL...

...slowing down... The Fine Finicky Art of Fluid Flight.

Handling an aircraft successfully is a lot like having sex. It requires fluidity and confidence or it is just plain awkward. Every action...

Sardine Run, KZN - a birds eye view.

Lockdown 2020 lifted just enough to allow flight training in each school's local area, just in time for the Sardine Run.

Is the ONLINE Restricted Radio Course enough to pass your exam?

YES. At least the one offered on this website is. That's the whole point. If you are training in a small to medium size Flight School, ..

Mapping the Cockpit

There is nothing worse than an impractically folded map in a small cockpit. If you can follow this chart folding method, then...

Life as a Senior Flight Instructor

A general rule that examiners use is; if I can trust this pilot to fly my family and loved ones, then he or she is competent to hold a PPL.

Corporate Pilot

My aviation career began back in 2006 when I attended Zero Four Flight School in Margate, KZN, South Africa. The choice of the school was..

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