It does make far more sense for membership to be valid for 12 months from when one takes it out. Surely this would also be helpful in spreading the workload for renewals over 12 months rather than one?

Fred Blokland does training in a Safari.

Well done! I finally did mine two weeks ago after 30+ hours (I stopped counting at 30!)

Good to see you back! I enjoyed your insight and honesty and look forward to seeing more thereof in the future!

Well, I'm somewhere around 30 hours - I've lost count! - and was supposed to go solo on Monday, but the weather didn't play along.

My instructor reckons that by the time you've (a) realised you've got a problem that requires the deployment of a chute (b) switched of the engine and waited for the prop to stop turning and (c) actually deployed the chute, all that it actually does is cover up the mess :shock: . So in his opinion a...

I have already made a donation of R500 - deposit slip available on request. If you haven't included that and want to sell more tickets you can give me 49 & 50, but I'm not that interested in the raffle.

Definitely the economy to a large extent, but I've also had negative experiences with schools and/or instructors. When I'm thinking about shelling out money I don't really have to learn to fly, I'd like little enthusiasm from the schools. I planned to start flying some years ago and I got such a "we...

R500 from The Big V

Another proud samoosa pilot in training! About 15 hours. That solo IS taking a long time!

I see Santaco have just officially launched their airline. Some quotes from the News24 story: Aviation was a tough industry to break into, but Santaco would "travel where everyone else is scared to travel"... He said the low-cost airline was bringing dignity to people whose only experience of aviati...

Good plan!

John,what is the process in terms of getting your trike 'air legal' for the States?

Well done! I'm hoping to do my first solo soon, so I've a while to catch up to you!posting.php?mode=reply&f=17&t=14809#

A new toy, just in time for summer...

http://www.jetlev.com/index.html