Archive for the ‘Articles’ category

No problem (big smile) someone’s pulling my leg? A true gyro story!

December 1st, 2009

Len & Louis at Airforce Training GroupThoughts of Candid Camera, Whackhead Simpson or a friend prank-calling me flashed through my mind when I received a call fom a heavily Birmingham-accented, rather brash, very humorous man, asking me if I wanted to go and train Ethiopian Airforce pilots to fly Gyrocopters.

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Andre Swanepoel writes a NTCA Brief on Current Matters

February 27th, 2009

Andre Swanepoel, of the CAA has undertaken to write us a regular column on NTCA matters. His advise and sober minded realism about matters that, at times, may be difficult to accept have a very positive side to them. It is better to know where you are than to find yourself swimming across the Indian Ocean. His first column is but a blend of  “good for you, milk and honey” so read on. Ed.

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From Brazil to Capetown in a Light Sport Aeroplane

February 25th, 2009

This is the story of MIke Buser and Fernando Tavares – Ultralight pilots
Part 1- In which Doris gets her oats

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Magazine Contributors’ Guidelines / Terms and Conditions

January 7th, 2009
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Microflight Africa: Your Microlight and Light Sport Aeroplane magazine needs your stories. The following Contributors’ Guidelines are offered so as to help you with your journalistic creativity! The deadline for your submissions for each magazine is 1 December for the Xmas Edition, 1 March for the Easter Edition, 1 June for the Winter Editionand 1 September for the Spring Edition. Contributors will earn recognition awards.

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Free Microflight Africa Magazine Adverts up for grabs

January 7th, 2009
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Terms & conditions apply ….  Our full colour magazine is to be published quarterly during 2009. Our 2009 second quarter deadline for article submission is 1 March 2009 2008.

In terms of this competition, in each issue, we will offer a free full page advert in the magazine to a supplier who provides us with an article that we select from the submissions received for publication in the magazine to be the full page advert winner. Selected runners up to the full page winner will receive a free quarter page advert in the magazine and the articles so selected will either be published in the magazine or they will be published under the “articles” tab on our website.

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