We had arrived in Dar es Salaam, and parked on a remote stand of the congested apron. As my right-hand man carefully manouvered around [...]

Last month saw us as far as sitting down in the cockpit – and that’s where I am when I notice a silent STS [...]

“Take this 880 million Rand Airbus into Africa, and bring it back in a state which we can use it again. And don’t be [...]

The Commander exercises the final authority in relation to the operation of the aeroplane. This fairly bland statement, taken from our Operations Manual, appears [...]

In total, 23 years, 3 months and 29 days to be precise. That’s the time it took from when I first sat in the [...]

A few weeks’ ago, I sent a young man off on his first solo at Lanseria. Despite all the years of instructing, it still [...]