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  • FNPT1-SIMULATOR now Commissioned and Licensed-R385.00 dual
  • Avex notes in stock


 
  • Multi-engine simulation capability
  • Instructor console with Tracker/ Printer .
  • Standard Jeppesen instrument approach and area navigation charts.
  • All weather Day/Night/VFR/IFR Color display
  • HSI, RMI, Dual VORs, Dual COMs, RNAV, ADF
  • Remote Magnetic Compass
  • Multi-engine center console includes fuel x-feed
  •  Elevator & Aileron and rudder trims.  
  • Colour Printout
  • R385 per Hour Dual* New*

Foster Aero's AST-300 Simulator

Our Chief Flight Instructor says...
178 Seconds (2009-11-20)

 

178 SECONDS 

Hi   Guys!

For those of you who haven't visited the school in a while, I am sure you will be pleasantly surprised as it is abuzz with activity and many new students. Please join us for our final breakfast run of the year on Sunday the 6th December.

On a colder note, the whole country has experienced a rather miserable week of really bad weather and it reminded me of this article. If you're ever tempted to take to take off in marginal weather and have no instrument training, read this article first before you go. If you decide to go anyway and lose visual reference, start counting down from 178 seconds. 

How long can a pilot who has no instrument training expect to live after he or she flies into bad weather and loses visual reference? Researchers at the University of Illinois found the answer to this question. 20 student 'guinea pigs' flew into simulated instrument weather and all went into graveyard spirals. The outcome differed in only one aspect: the time required until control was lost. The interval ranged from 480 seconds to 20 seconds. The average time was 178-2 seconds short of 3 minutes. 

Here is the fatal scenario:

The sky is overcast and the visibility poor. The reported 5 miles visibility looks more like 2 miles, and you cannot judge the height of the overcast. Your altimeter says you're at 1500 feet but your map tells you th...
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Depart: 2010-03-28 at 08:00 (Z)
Dest: Kunkuru Lodge
Distance: 100 nm
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  Aircraft Rates p/hr- Effective 2010-01-28
Type
Reg
Dual
Solo
HNF
C172RG
N701RV
R 1,595
N/A
N/A
C172
ZS-IRL
R 1,385
R 1,330
R 1,225
C182
ZS-NOY
R 1,895
R 1,750
R 1,695
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ZS-OHN
R 1,345
R 1,285
R 1,150
C182
ZS-PZN
R 2095
R 1,950
R 1,950
C172
ZS-SHZ
R1,345
R1,285
R1,150

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Shaun Pearce 2010-01-18 85%
Stan Schroeder 2009-12-26 85%
Jaco Pitout 2009-08-29 85%
Richard Starke 2009-10-21 85%
Umar Latif 2009-08-19 85%
Mike Smith 2009-12-17 80%
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Terry Everett 2009-05-29 75%
Derek Poriazis 2009-11-06 75%
Jeffrey Wheeler 2009-07-22 70%
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Jaco Pitout 2009-10-30 70%
Hill van Schalkwyk 2009-08-30 70%
Renisha Naidoo 2009-10-07 65%
Darius de Waal 2009-10-30 60%
  Commercial Pilots - CPL
Hubert Wentzel 2009-08-25 85%
Stan Schroeder 2009-12-26 85%
Derek Poriazis 2009-11-06 75%
David Anderson 2009-09-19 65%
Renisha Naidoo 2009-10-07 65%
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