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EAA Wonderboom Daar was 'n paar van die Tzaneen Klublede wat die EAA op Wonderboom bygewoon het. Die skou is gehou vanaf 29 April tot 1 Mei, maar die lugskou was die Saterdag 30 April. Op Sondag was meer gekonsentreer op die eksperimentele mark, alhoewel die Sasol-span, die Zoom-Zoom en heelwat van die ander vertoonspanne ook gevlieg het. Die vliegtuigagente en tuisbouers is ook die geleentheid gegee om te vlieg en hulle vliegtuie so ten toon te stel. Een so 'n vliegtuigie, ek kon dit tot nou toe nog nie identifiseer nie, het 'n noodlanding gemaak en heelwat skade opgedoen. Dit was weereens baie interresant om van die tuisgeboude vliegtuie te aanskou, alhoewel dit vir my gelyk het asof daar heelwat minder vliegtuie uitgestal was as laasjaar. Rudi vlieg solo Rudi Botes het onlangs begin met sy vliegopleiding en het op Sondag 24 April 2005 sy eerste solovlug voltooi. Daar was heelwat toeskouers wat hom dopgehou het terwyl hy en Kobus oefen, en toe hy uiteindelik solo gaan voer hy die mooiste landing denkbaar uit. Ek dink Kobus het hom gepla terwyl hy oefen. Baie geluk Rudi. Dicky doen sy twin aanpassing Dicky Maritz is tans in Pretoria besig met sy aanpassing op die Senneca, Baron, King-Air en die Caravan. AIRSHOW 2005 The Tzaneen Bushpilots Airshow 2005 will once again be the highlight of the events calendar in the Limpopo province. As in the past, this airshow will be rated as one of the best airshows in the country. Our airshow program is already full of exciting and exhilarating displays. We can already confirm that the SA Air force will be present with two adrenalin-filled Cheetah slots, as well as their usual Siyandiza Puma display and many more. A huge crowd pleaser will be the Sasol Tiger Team, with their L29 jets performing their magnificent formation sequence. Last year more than 150 aircraft flew in from all over South Africa. This year we expect even more, as this event is seen as an ideal fly-away opportunity. This year the show will continue on the Sunday. Many of the aircraft exhibitors will be demonstrating their aircraft on Sunday. As we learned last year, the Sunday is also quite busy, and we also expect the stalls to do some business. We are trying to arrange that flips will be given on the Sunday, as we have had many requests for flipping. The beer garden will this year be run once again by the Inyathi Rugby Club and looking back at last years success, we can expect a huge crowd untill the early hours of Sunday morning. On the Friday preceding the show, we have the Siyandiza Career Day for schools. On this day the S A Air Force will be giving career guidance to school children who are interested in a career in the S A Air Force. They will then witness a display flight by the Siyandiza Puma, last year flown by two lady pilots.
Staatspresidentstrofee 2005 Die Staatspresidentstrofee wedren is so te sê op ons en die deelnemers van Tzaneen is in alle erns besig om hulle daarvoor voor te berei. Ek het reeds verneem dat daar 'n span is wat hulle eie tema hierdie jaar het, maar ek mag niks sê nie. As ek na die kaarte kyk wat hulle vir ons voorskryf, let ek op dat daar geen kenmerkende landskap is om op te navigeer nie, wat nog te sê as jy slegs ses voet van die grond af vlieg. Ek wil almal wat gaan deelneem net alle sterkte toewens, en ek hoop dat dit vir elkeen groot pret sal wees.
BELANGRIKE
DATUMS 21 Mei –
Polokwane lugskou 26-28 Mei
– Presidents trofee 25 Junie
2005 – Lugskou HUMOR Have you ever been on a plane and seen some uniformed pilots sitting in the passenger cabin? This is not at all uncommon, since most airlines at one time or another need pilots to cover a flight at an airport other than the one at which they're based. When pilots ride this way as passengers, this is known in the industry as "deadheading." In some cases, due to weather, mechanical problems, or crew flight-time legalities crews are called out at the very last moment to catch a deadheading flight. And so begins our story... While taxiing out for takeoff, the Boeing 727 suddenly came to a stop. With the aircraft still on the taxiway, the flight attendant in the back began to lower the aft stairway. Behind the plane, a van with flashing lights came to a screeching halt and out jumped three deadheading pilots. They grabbed their bags and ran to the plane. As
they ran up the stairs, the pilot in front continued running up the aisle
shouting, "I can't believe the stewardess got the plane this far. I didn't
know she even knew how to start the engines!" For a number of passengers it took quite some time before they realized they had been had by these jokers, you couldn't believe the startled looks on their faces! -o0o- While taxiing out in sequence behind a Lufthansa airliner at Frankfurt, a C-130 crew noticed an orange "Remove before flight" streamer hanging out of the Lufthansa nose wheel well (their nose gear locking pin was still installed). Not wanting to cause too much embarrassment by going thru the controller, the 130 crew simply called the Lufthansa aircraft on the tower frequency: "Lufthansa aircraft, Herky 23." No reply. They repeated the transmission and again there was no reply. Instead, the Lufthansa pilot called the tower and asked the tower to tell the Herky crew that "the professional pilots of Lufthansa do not engage in unprofessional conversations over the radio." The
130 pilot quickly replied, "Frankfurt tower, can you please relay to the
professional pilots of the Lufthansa aircraft that their nose gear pin is still
installed?"
-o0o-
An award should go to the gate agent in Denver for being smart and funny, and making her point, when confronted with a passenger who probably deserved to fly as cargo. During
the final days at the old Stapleton airport, a crowded flight was cancelled. A single agent was rebooking a long line of inconvenienced travelers. Suddenly an angry passenger pushed his way to the desk. He slapped his ticket down on the counter and said, "I HAVE to be on this flight and it has to be FIRST CLASS." The agent replied, "I'm sorry sir. I'll be happy to try to help you, but I've got to help these folks first, and I'm sure we'll be able to work something out." The passenger was unimpressed. He asked loudly, so that the passengers behind him could hear, "Do you have any idea who I am?" Without hesitating, the gate agent smiled and grabbed her public address microphone. "May I have your attention please?" she began, her voice bellowing throughout the terminal. "We have a passenger here at the gate WHO DOES NOT KNOW WHO HE IS. If anyone can help him find his identity, please come to the gate." With
the folks behind him in line laughing hysterically, the man glared at the agent,
gritted his teeth and swore "F### you." Without
flinching, she smiled and said, "I'm sorry, sir, but you'll have to stand
in line for that, too." The man retreated as the people in the terminal applauded loudly. Although the flight was cancelled and people were late, they were no longer angry.
Vlieggroete
Willie Leeuwner
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