Anyone knows how I can contact Russel Bird from Circus airfield?

I left several messages on his cell over a couple of days with no success.....

Maybe he is out of the country? Just hope he is OK

Paul.

Ok, I will admit it. I bought this plane.

Now, any suggestions for an instructor to do the conversion?

I someone know of available hangar space near the east rand, pls contact me. OH 8 Two 4675511.

Leprachaun wrote:The lawlessnes that exists in South Africa will be dealt with .
Leprachaun

Pity he is not the Minister of Safety and Security

Guys in terms of short field ability? AT MAUW and in the lowveld at 1700 ft altitude(Tzaneen) will I be able to operate from say a 500m field?. I could possibly squeeze 700m worth of runway in there. Brian Young at Pyramid airfield in the Baberton area has a 582 Cheetah that he uses for training. T...

1) big cockpit (I'm a wide boy ) Exactly the reason why I switched to the Cheetah from the Savannah. Not very nice to force your hand between your legs to get hold of the flaps and when you are already squashed sideways in the cockpit the brakes on the rudder are extremey difficult to operate. Espe...

Hi Paul...who did the crank inspection for you...?
Thanks

Was done at Microland

Regards.

Paul

This was really not so bad! I have 325hrs on my 582. Got the AP done including the crank inspection and a couple of extra`s for +- R1700. Took all the papers to the CAA and got the ATF without any hassles. In fact the people were very friendly and I was even asked if there was anything else I would ...

Hello Everyone,

I want to do a conversion from trike to Cheetah.Any reccommendations for an instructor? I am on the East Rand.

Thank you.

Paul

or just fit a parachute dudes!

This whole tragic accident made me think about fitting a parachute.

Does anyone know about (or had first hand experience of) an incident where a parachute actually saved the lives of the pilot and pax?

You must have bird droppings for a brain to take a shot like that. What if the projectile went through the pilot or pax and not the wing? What if the pilot was fatally hit and the pax was a non-pilot? What if the engine was hit and the plane crashed? I can only hope that this was somehow a freak acc...