Allan was killed on the 23 December 2015 in a paragliding accident at Bulwer. He apparently caught a nice thermal on take off and then fell out of it and was scratching around too close to the mountain for another one when a gust collapsed his sail and he went into an uncontrolled tail spin and hit ...

advert.png The Aircraft is hangered at East London Airport. Some links to articles on the Piper Archer: http://www.flyingmag.com/aircraft/pistons/piper-archer http://www.planeandpilotmag.com/aircraft/pilot-reports/piper/piper-archer-50-years-and-counting.html#.VBweGi6SzOU http://www.planeandpilotma...

Some pictures from her former flying days.... https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xaf1/t1.0-9/p480x480/300201_10150502998193662_2137082959_n.jpg https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/s720x720/294698_10150502989523662_1166376430_n.jpg?oh=c503ff1960660ef28185959...

Clinton has just been found.... Somehow he hiked his way to Durban - he was tracked down to the King Edward Hospital in Durban, severely dehydrated and seems to have had seizures (Due to not taking his medication). So at least his is now in medical care. His family has asked me to extend a big thank...

Clinton has gone missing since Thursday morning last week.....he was reportedly spotted on Friday morning at the Wimpy in Kokstad and it is suspected that he might be heading for Durban.... https://scontent-a-ams.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/t1.0-9/10463902_10203383124313134_412600801571571346_n.jpg ma...

I think we also have to consider that there are other significant differences between an AN grade bolt an any other type of bolt.... The AN grade bolt is subjected to a far higher standard of quality control and x-rayed (screened) for internal fractures and imperfections. The bolt that failed on my ...

A nice article here about AN grade bolts: http://www.sportair.com/articles/Aircraft%20Hardware%20-%20What%20You%20Need%20To%20Know.html A short extract: These questions will be answered in this series of articles on aircraft hardware. I hope to eliminate some confusion over what type of hardware to ...

I can accept your willingness to simply accept "what the experts" have to say in terms of "the manufacturers", but please don't forget that these individuals are mere mortals too and are driven by economic factors as well and that many of the microlights on the market today have relied on early desi...