NAC’S NEW VIP AIRCRAFT CHARTER AND FBO …...Our dedicated VIP Charter Drop-off area and VIP parking area with 24 hour security will ensure a hassle-free departure and stress-free

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Exciting things are happening at NAC VIP Aircraft Charter and we are delighted to announce that we have relocated to our new premises situated in the NAC Head Office Building at Lanseria International Airport.

NAC’S NEW VIP AIRCRAFT CHARTER AND FBO FACILITY

We are now able to extend an enhanced service offering in our brand new, state of the art facility that includes a luxurious VIP arrival and departure lounge, coffee bar, boardrooms and other meeting rooms, shower facilities, a fully equipped pilot room and much more. Beautiful design and modern luxury have been embodied in the glass wrapped and sun-drenched space where our clients can catch up on news or business utilising our free WiFi facility, or just sit back and relax until they’re ready to board.

Our dedicated VIP Charter Drop-off area and VIP parking area with 24 hour security will ensure a hassle-free departure and stress-free flight.

From 1 December 2016, all departures will be handled through the new facility and we look forward to welcoming you!

Please feel free to contact Jolande Parrott and her Team for more information on our FBO offerings: [email protected] | +27 11 267 5000 | +27 82 891 4639

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EDITION 19 • DECEMBER 2016

WELCOME TO NATIONAL AIRWAYS CORPORATION’S MONTHLY NEWSLETTER TO THE AVIATION INDUSTRYHANGARTALK XPRESS 2

YOUR FBO CHOICEJUST GOT EASIER

LANSERIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA

NAC OFFERS A FULL COMPLEMENT OF FBO FACILITIES AND SERVICES TO RIVAL THE BEST IN THE WORLD

Luxurious arrival and departure lounges | Coffee bar | Boardrooms and other meeting rooms Shower facilities | Free WiFi | Fully equipped pilot room | Secure parking

FBO SERVICES

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Aircraft cleaning and valet services

Hotel reservations, amenities and concierge services

Toilet and potable water servicesVIP ground handling

Lounge and in-flight catering

Meet & greet,assistance with customs, immigration and crew handling

Aviation fuel facilitiesApron and hangar parking



Japie van Niekerk, the CEO of South African property development company NAD, has taken delivery of a Bell 407GXP which he is using to transport prospective retail tenants to shopping centre construction sites. It is van Niekerk’s second Bell 407; he operated the previous aircraft for a decade but is enjoying the advanced technology of the 407GXP, on which he has installed high visibility windows to improve the view for his passengers.

BELL 407GXP UPGRADE OFFERS POTENTIAL NAD RETAILERS COMFORT AND UNOBSTRUCTED BIRD’S-EYE VIEWS

“I had a need to renew the helicopter because I didn’t want to fall behind on the technology,” he tells EBAN. “I use the helicopter for my business almost on a daily basis. We are property developers in rural areas. I fly my potential tenants over these areas and land on a site where I am constructing a shopping centre. This gives them an overall impression and bird’s-eye view of the market where they will be opening their stores. The 407 is a very reliable product with good service. We went for the GXP because we spend a lot of time flying at altitude and this aircraft gives me that little bit of extra power.

“The high vis windows are very important for my chosen application. This option wasn’t available on the original aircraft. The old 407 was good and did the job well, but this is just better! The other aircraft had about 1,000 hours on it so it could have continued, but having a completely up-to-date aircraft in this situation gives you the edge.”

His customer demographic includes directors and MDs of listed companies and the GXP puts them at ease. “The aircraft is comfortable, powerful, has superb air conditioning and excellent visibility,” he continues. “My clients can relax and feel confident about being in the helicopter, rather than being intimidated by it. This means that they can completely concentrate on what they are looking at.

“Many of them don’t fly in helicopters often and some of them have never been in one. The experience is what they are going to see, not the flight, so this way we keep the focus on their views outside the aircraft, the lasting experience.”

Van Niekerk has also installed a high impact front window and feels that this, along with Bose headsets, has significantly reduced interior noise.He concludes: “The 407 is enhancing the flights I was already doing rather than opening up new flights. It certainly looks good and makes people

feel comfortable and enables them to switch off and concentrate on what they are looking at. As a pilot I am confident with it because I know that I have got that little bit of extra thrust. I don’t have to worry about getting into and out of confined landing areas.”

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BELL HELICOPTER AND MECAER AVIATION GROUP ANNOUNCE MAGNIFICENT INTERIOR FOR BELL 505 JET RANGER X

Orlando, Florida (November 1, 2016) Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company and Mecaer Aviation Group (MAG), an acclaimed designer and manufacturer of high-end cabin comfort systems, today announced the collaboration for the MAGnivficent interior for the Bell 505 Jet Ranger X.

“Bell Helicopter continues to raise the bar for our customers in bringing innovative and well-designed offerings to our product line,” said Patrick Moulay, Bell Helicopter’s executive vice president of Global Commercial Sales and Marketing. “We are proud of our continued relationship with Mecaer to promote this differentiated interior in our VIP product lines.”

The Bell 505 VIP interior will be manufactured at MAG’s Cabin Comfort Systems at headquarters in Monteprandone, Italy. Customers can choose from a variety of materials and seating configurations. Multiple storage consoles and trim options will create functionality and graceful sophistication for the MAGnificent.

“We are proud to extend our MAGnificent interior to the Bell 505,” said Armando Sassoli, co-general manager of Mecaer Aviation Group. “This new MAGnificient interior for the Bell 505 provides an added level of comfort and technology that is unique for each customer.”

Bell Helicopter and Mecaer recently unveiled the Bell 525 MAGnificent interior, and the Bell 429 MAGnificent



has been making waves throughout the globe – attracting many of our customers.

“Along with the superior performance capabilities of our product line, this is yet another distinguishing factor that sets us apart from any other VIP aircraft,” added Moulay.

With a cruise speed of 125 knots (232 km/h), range of 360 nautical miles (667 km) and useful load of 1,500 pounds (608 kg), the Bell 505 is designed to be safe and easy to fly while providing significant value to the operator. The customer-driven design of the aircraft places safety, performance and affordability at the forefront, blending proven systems with advanced technology and a sleek, modern design. The Garmin G1000H Integrated Avionics Suite provides pilots critical flight information at a glance to maximize situational awareness. Pilot workload is further reduced by the Turbomeca Arrius 2R engine with dual channel Full Authority Digital Engine Control (FADEC).

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FIRST BELL 505 JET RANGER X IS IN PRODUCTION

The Bell 505 Jet Ranger X has achieved more than 900 hours of flight time since the last update. The aircraft is now nearing the end of the structural testing and analysis required for initial certification.

The program has a Type Certification readiness review with Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA) this month. The very first Bell 505 Jet Ranger X is now on the pro-duction line in Mirabel. Be on the lookout for more up-dates as we near certification

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BELL 525 WILL CERTIFY WITH FOUR TEST AIRCRAFT

Bell 525 flight-test vehicle two (FTV2) will be one of four ships used for FAA certification. Before FTV1 crashed in July, the original plan called for five helicopters. Bell is working with the FAA and NTSB to get the 525 test fleet back in the air following the crash. (Photos: Bell Helicopter)

Bell will certify the 525 Relentless using four test aircraft, and a senior Bell executive maintains the company retains confidence in the super-medium twin’s original design. The program has stood down flying since the fatal crash of the first prototype, FTV1, registered as N525TA, on July 6.

The NTSB is continuing its investigation as to why the main rotor blades struck both the tailboom and the nose during the in-flight break-up sequence that destroyed the helicopter and killed both test pilots. FTV1 was one of three 525 prototypes in the flight-test program, which at the time was budgeted for five aircraft. FTV1 is believed to have been conducting tests at or near Vne speeds when main rotor rpms dropped off and the main rotors significantly “departed their normal plane of rotation,” according to an NTSB spokesman.

Bell is continuing assembly of the next two flight-test aircraft and beginning the build of the first several customer aircraft, according to Larry Thimmesch, vice president of Bell 525 sales. Thimmesch said FTV4 is heavily kitted with search-and-rescue equipment and more flight-test instrumentation than originally planned. It should be ready to fly early next year. FTV5 will have a lot of the oil and gas kits on it. Between those two aircraft, approximately 50 kits will be certified as part of the initial flight-test program. Aircraft six through nine are in structural subassembly. “We are moving forward. We understand our production configuration,” Thimmesch said.

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Thimmesch said Bell has been spending the downtime modifying the test aircraft to the latest production configuration and continuing non-flight testing, including drive, system and structural testing, as well as making continued progress with certification authorities in Canada, the U.S. and Europe. Bell is using its Fort Worth Systems Integration Lab to continue to work software updates into the aircraft’s Garmin G5000H avionics and fly-by-wire control system. “We have more than 40 software packages on this aircraft and [the 525 Relentless Advanced Systems Integration Lab] is a great platform to mature those and validate the latest software drops and to integrate some of those improvements in the system,” He called the 525’s FBW system “rock solid.”

Bell also is continuing design work on add-on kits that will be part of future configurations, Thimmesch said. “Really, the only thing on the program that has not moved forward is actually flying the aircraft. And [before the accident] we really had flown the envelope of the aircraft and we really understood the aircraft.” Thimmesch said Bell and the NTSB are working together “very aggressively” to get the 525 back in the air. “We have a return-to-flight team working with the FAA hand-in-hand. That has been very productive,” he said.

“The confidence in the aircraft within Bell is as strong as it has ever been,” Thimmesch said, adding that when the NTSB concludes its investigation Bell will have “very clear messaging to the industry about the helicopter.”

Tier 1 Engineering flew a battery-powered, manned Robinson R44 in September at Los Alamitos Army Airfield, Calif. The flights were made under a special airworthiness certificate in the experimental category issued by theFAA’s Los Angeles MIDO. The flights were part of a project under contract from Lung Biotechnology PBC to produce an electrically powered semi-autonomous rotorcraft for organ delivery (Epsarod). They were piloted by Ric Webb of OC Helicopters.

Over the course of several flights between September 13 and 21, the modified R44 performed hover, hover taxi and a record five-minute cruise flight to 400-feet altitude with a peak speed of 80 knots.

“I’m very pleased to achieve this historic breakthrough in aviation,” said Glen Dromgoole, president of Tier 1 Engineering. “Never before has a conventional manned helicopter performed a vertical takeoff, cruise and landing solely on battery power, and we are thrilled to have further achieved 400-feet altitude and 80 knots during our first full test flight.”

BATTERY-POWERED R44 HELICOPTER FLIES

The battery-powered R44 made several flights in September during which it accomplished hover, hover taxi and a record five-minute cruise flight to 400-feet altitude with a peak speed of 80 knots. (Photo: Tier 1 Engineering)

The Tier 1 Engineering team designed and integrated all of the helicopter sub-systems, which included 1,100 pounds of Brammo lithium polymer batteries, twin electric motors and a control system from Rinehart Motion Systems. The five-minute flight on September 21 drained approximately 20 percent of the battery energy.

Tier 1’s is not the first electric helicopter project. In 2011 France’s Solution F achieved a two-minute flight in a manned ultralight untethered electric helicopter. The flight was piloted by Pascal Chretien, an aerospace engineer from the firm. In 2010, Sikorsky unveiled the Firefly project, a modified Sikorsky-Schweizer S-300C fitted with a U.S. Hybrid Technologies electric motor and two lithium ion battery packs, capable of flying for 12 to 15 minutes.

Lung Biotechnology PBC intends to apply the Epsarod technology to distributing manufactured organs for transplantation to major hospitals with much less noise and carbon footprint than current technology. Tier 1 Engineering is an aircraft design and development company with operations in Costa Mesa, Calif., and Victoria, Australia. Major clients are BAE Composites, Goodrich Aerostructures, Zodiac Aerospace, Composite Horizons,EAM Worldwide, Mecaer Aviation Group, ATK Aerospace, Panasonic Aviation, Janicki Industries and Lung Biotechnology.

“The Piper M350 is the only current production pressurized piston-engine aircraft now on the market, making type certification by EASA an important achievement,” said Simon Caldecott, President and CEO of Piper Aircraft. “The single-engine aircraft is a key part of our focus on product improvement and offers the advanced safety features that set our aircraft apart and gives our customers peace of mind.”

Equipped with the Garmin 1000 avionics suite, the M350 features electronic stability protection, underspeed protection, coupled go around and automatic level mode. The M350 is also equipped with emergency decent mode which is a significant safety feature that automatically descends the aircraft to lower levels in the rare case the pilot is incapacitated at altitudes where oxygen is required. The Piper M350 seats six with club seating and is powered by a Lycoming TIO-540-AE2A 350 horsepower engine allowing 213 KTAS / 395 km/h max cruise speed at up to 25,000 feet.

The cockpit features dual 10.4-inch PFDs and a high-resolution, 12.4 inch MFD along with a GFC700 autopilot.

The 2016 M350 is listed at a competitive price of $1,155,500.

PIPER M350 CERTIFIED BY EASAOctober 26, 2016 – Piper Aircraft, Inc. announced the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has awarded the validated type certificate for the Piper M350, paving the way for the aircraft to enter service in Europe.

NAC proudly represented by the Bell 407 during the project



BY MARK HUBER – OCTOBER 14, 2016

FLYING FOR FREEDOM AERIAL PHOTO-SHOOT

ZT-ROS

NAC, as a proud Independent Representative for Bell Helicopter, was invited to partake in the promotional photo-shoot of the new Bell 407 GXP. Having used Pretoria and the majestic Union Buildings as the setting, we captured the new helicopter in a truly South African light.

After having had an epic ferry down from Blackpool, UK, N430PR was delivered to NAC Rand Helicopter Maintenance for some serious TLC. The Bell 430 has undergone major refurbishment and been re-registered as ZT-ROS. A big thank you to our pilots who ferried the helicopter and our maintenance crew for an amazing job.

ZT-ROS is now based at NAC Grand Central and is ready for action!



NAC Helicopter Operations were privileged to be involved with the recent airlift of baby rhino, Tshidi. ZS-HVW, one of NAC's operational helicopters, was scrambled from Grand Central at the news of having found her in distress in the Mafikeng Game Reserve. No time was wasted by all involved.

She was taken to a facility where she will be rehabilitated and later released back into the wild.

Well done to everyone who was involved in this successful emergency endeavour.

1. Awesome Air Evac has just been activated for a critical Pt retrieval. Operations staff and Flight Crew are preparing for the mission

4. Diligent pre-flight inspections = positive mission outcomes

7. Awesome Air Evac Flight Coordinator Charl Nel attending to equipment checks. Charl is 23 and holds a Commercial Pilots Licence.

AWESOME AIR EVAC



2. Awesome Air Evac’s 24/7 Flight Operations centre coordinating the current flight mission despatch

5. On-duty Despatch Engineer Michael Mankge attending to final technical checks. Michael is 32, has a wife Valerie, and two children

8. Our Engineer Michael, on the left, ensuring we are ops normal as the Lear taxis out

3. Despatch engineers have arrived, aircraft are being moved out of our hangar

6. Lighting up the African night sky – the Awesome Air Evac Lear glows as she starts up on our apron

9. Our highly capable medical crew on tonight’s mission: Paramedics Roxanne Morisson & Kevin van der Walt, and Dr Phil Thomas, together with Flight Coordinators Charl Nel and Rassie Erasmus (up front).

10. Our technical engineering team supporting tonight’s flight mission at the Awesome Air Evac Flight Ops Centre: Pieter Basson, Justin Jooste and Michael Mankga

11. Engineer Michael, to the left, ensuring we are ops normal as the Lear taxis out

12. Awesome Air Evac Flight Missions are constantly tracked and monitored



GLENN STAPLES: MEDICAL DIRECTOR AWESOME AIR EVAC

How did you get started in aviation? I knew from early on in my medical training that I wanted to be part of the emergency medical ser-vices and air ambulance fields. This dream came true in 1997 when as a medical officer in the Trauma Unit at Johannesburg Hospital, I joined the Flight for Life HEMS Service on Echo 1 (a BO 105). Later that same year I began flying fixed wing air ambulance missions with International SOS out of Lanseria Airport.

Where were you trained?I did my undergraduate medical training through the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannes-burg, finishing in 1995. I also did 3 years of registrar time specialising in Anaesthetics through Wits

University. I have subsequently completed an MBA through the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS).

Where was your first job, and what jobs have you held since?My first 7 years post qualification were spent at Johannesburg Hospital (with some rotations to the other Johannesburg teaching hospitals). This time included internship, surgical senior house officer, trauma unit medical officer and anaesthetics regis-trar positions.

Thereafter I took up the position of Medical Director of Netcare 911 (a private national Emergency Medical Service in South Africa). During this time I developed and managed the aeromedical division, which included 4 fixed wing and 3 HEMS air am-bulances and 5 Surf Rescue helicopters. I was with Netcare for 5 years.

After leaving Netcare in 2008, I set up my own com-pany with a partner, and since then have become a health entrepreneur with a pan-African focus. In this field we have started the following businesses:

MSO International: providing health insurance administration and medical assistance services across the whole of Africa. I am currently the Managing Director of this company.

Europ Assistance International Health Solutions: providing remote site medical services to large corporate in Africa.

REAF Consulting: specialising in developing healthcare facilities for clients

Awesome Air Evac: a fixed wing air ambulance service. I am currently the Medical Director for AAE.

• Apex Surgi-Centre: building and operating Day Surgery Centres. I am currently a director of Apex.

What are your current duties?My role as Medical Director of Awesome Air Evac includes responsibility for all clinical and quality aspects of the service, but also extends to market-ing, client relationship management, and general business development. In addition to this, I also fly on the service as one of the flight doctors.

Please share a particularly thrilling story about a medical rescue.I will never forget a fixed wing evacuation flight to Port Harcourt in Nigeria in my early flying days. We were flying in a small Lear 25 and our weather radar malfunctioned on the second leg from Luanda to Port Harcourt. This left us having to approach Port Harcourt into a massive Friday evening thunder-storm largely blind. Following a nauseating 20 minute descent with turbulence that frightened the daylights out of me, our pilots then had 3 failed approaches in Port Harcourt as they could not see the runway from 200 feet.

We then headed for our alternate, only to be informed 10 minutes later by them that they were experiencing a power failure and had no runway lights. I knew enough about aviation to know that when the pilot starts madly paging through the Jeppesens looking for a runway within range, that we had trouble on our hands. Fortunately a local 727 pilot on the apron at Port Harcourt, who had been monitoring our radio comms, radioed our pilots to suggest a small local airport in Enugu that was still open as they were waiting for him to arrive.

We landed uneventfully at Enugu with Fire Trucks waiting since our captain had to declare an emer-gency based on our fuel reserves. As grateful as we were to be safely on terra firma, we soon discovered that we were stuck in a small town in Nigeria with no immigration and no Jet A1 on a Friday evening. The earliest we could get a fuel truck with Jet A1 to Enugu was going to be Tuesday the following week! We found a dingy hotel to sleep in that night.

Following much telephone discussion with our tech-nical team in Johannesburg the following morning, they cleared us to use paraffin. We borrowed a 44 gallon drum from the airport, bought all the paraffin we could find in Enugu, and spent a couple of hours siphoning paraffin into each of the wing-tip tanks. We then flew low-level back to Port Harcourt, picked up our patient and had a relatively unevent-ful flight back to Johannesburg (except for the stomach bug I picked up in Enugu).

What's the best part of your job?There are 3 things which I love most about this job:1. The Team-work you experience as the 2 pilots

and 2 medical crew taking on a host of un-knowns to achieve the mission objective.

2. The ability to see the most remote parts of Africa (a continent with which I am in love!)

3. The pure appreciation and relief on the faces of the patients and family when you rescue them from a disastrous situation and deliver them safely to a top class hospital.

The most challenging part?Dealing with a host of unknowns or incorrect infor-mation on each mission, from flight clearances, local airports, local hospitals and completely incorrect patient information.

TO ALL ASPIRING PILOTS!After the success of the previous open days another two days have been arranged for 16 and 17 December 2016 at 43 Air School’s Port Alfred campus. Both days will kick off at 09:00 and continue until all visitors have been assisted. Students are encouraged to come and see the school for themselves before making their all-important career decisions at the end of the year.

Should you wish to book your spot for one of the campus tours, or if you would like more information about a career in aviation, for yourself, your school and just in general, please do not hesitate to contact the 43 Air School Marketing Department at [email protected] or+27 46 604 3600.

We look forward to meeting you at our Port Alfred Open Day!



Sales Consultant Lee-Anne Hart with potential students at the Lanseria Open Day in July

Tim Baker with a friend and his father at Lanseria

43 AIR SCHOOL HAS BEEN APPROVED AS A CADET PILOT TRAINING PROVIDER BY VIETNAM AIRLINES

Vietnam Airlines was founded in 1956, under the name Vietnam Civil Aviation, and the Airline was established as a private enterprise in April 1989. Vietnam Airlines flies to 52 Destinations in 17 countries.

Four years ago 43 Air School approached Vietnam Airlines to partner as a pilot training provider. Vietnam Airlines is expected to be operating over 170 aircraft by 2020. This means that they are under immense pressure to have “Line Ready” pilots in the shortest possible period.

The Jet Pilot Program, offered at 43 Air School, offers exactly this solution, taking students from zero flying experience to Boeing 737- 800 or Airbus A320 Type Rated. Not only are students offered world class training, but also a bespoke training program, developed with and approved by the VAA (Vietnamese Aviation Authority). This training solution offers seamless integration into Airline operations. 43 Air School also offers an “all-inclusive” training solution, which includes: three meals a day, accommodation, laundry service, gym membership, lectures, exams and all courseware and equipment.

Vietnam Airlines has a small list of hand-picked schools that they employ their pilots from, no pilots will be recruited by the airline unless they have trained at one of these institutions. 43 is proud to have been included in the preferred pilot training institution list. 43 already boasts a variety of private Vietnamese students, and hope that this exciting collaboration will see Vietnamese students flocking to the school.

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MY WAY TO 43 AIR SCHOOLThe global demand for airline pilots is increasing exponentially and this is exciting news for young aspiring pilots. However, the financial implications are so staggering that it is not always possible to achieve. Meet the Team

Arnold Mauritz Husayn Gertse

Arnold Maurtiz (26), and Husayn Gertse (28) have experienced first-hand the struggles of qualifying for the industry, but are in no way sitting back or even thinking of giving up!

They have partnered with the Sakhikamva Foun-dation and 43 Air School to make their dreams come true. Here is their story :

Sakhikamva Foundation prides itself in creating innovative concepts to develop youth in the aero-space industry. One of the biggest barriers for fu-ture pilots are the financial costs of obtaining a pilot license and a position ready in the airline in-dustry. This, combined with the lack of exposure to the aviation industry, further exacerbates the ability for the youth from peri-urban and rural areas to enter the pilot fraternity with ease.

When Arnold Mauritz – a recipient of the Morn-ingstar Flight Academy Sakhikamva Foundation Private Pilot Scholarship – approached the Foun-dation in early 2016, to assist him in raising funds for his airline pilot license, we could comfortably support the idea with our existing infrastructure. Arnold’s personal challenge was to cycle 1000 km over 10 days, set for 22nd to 31st October 2016. He was joined by Husayn Gertse, a tri-ath-lete and future pilot. The pair aimed to raise funds before and during the cycle challenge.The initiative included introducing the world of aviation along the routes, which is fantastic as they are able to interact with youth and children in the rural areas. This journey with Arnold and

Husayn, not only assisted them in raising funds during the cycle challenge, it would further also support them throughout their Jet Pilot Program and their entry into the airline industry. The key success factor of the my way to 43 Air School initiative/campaign is the partnership with a world class flight training school in order to train the pair as airline pilots from the very first hour. We are fortunate to have such a facility as 43 Air School, a world renowned air school in South Africa.

If there is an adventure, you can count Arnold in! Flying has been the goal he has pursued since the age of twelve. Ask any goal-getter; sport is certainly a key influence in developing the vital skills such as self discipline, commitment and teamwork and most important of all PASSION for what you do – all important attributes necessary for in a career in aviation. With this in mind, Arnold is able to combine his passion for flying, love of sport and the outdoors into a single event. The challenge and adventure of cycling 100 km for 10 days and find himself at the doorstep of 43 Air School.

Known in the sports and multimedia design industry as ‘dangerman’, you will not be surprised that Husayn’s marathon personal best touches on 4min/km. From a young age, his passion for the industry was evident in the model aircraft he so diligently built. On his first visit to the flight deck, Husayn knew he was meant to sit in the left hand seat of a gigantic metal machine. He further pushes the boundaries of his athletic ability with his newfound passion for triathlons. For Husayn the My Way to 43 Airschool challenge will certainly highlight his perseverance in making his dream a reality.

AVIATION’S MOST IN-DEMAND PROFESSIONAL CAREERS



BY JAMES WYNBRANDT SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

AVIATION MAINTENANCETECHNICIAN

Aviation maintenance technicians maintain, service, repair and overhaul airframes, power plants, avionics and aircraft instruments. Boeing projects 600,000 AMTs will be needed by the airline industry alone over the next two decades. Some 170 educational institu-tions offer two-year or four-year training programs qualifying graduates for FAA airframe and power-plant certification, the gateway to top AMT jobs. Military experience can also count toward cer-tification. The median annual salary for AMTs last year was more than $58,000, according to the Bureau of Labor Statis-tics, with most technicians earning be-tween $46,000 and $71,000 annually; those with airframe and power-plant certification and four-year degrees typi-cally earn more.

AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTOR

Government aviation safety inspectors en-sure the safety and regulatory compliance of aviation facilities, operations, programs and aircraft. Additionally, FAA safety in-spectors certify pilots and flight instruc-tors, and National Transportation Safe-ty Board inspectors examine accidents. Airlines, maintenance centers and other aviation businesses also employ safety inspectors, as well as aircraft inspectors, who perform similar services. A wave of retirements of government inspectors, combined with an increasing emphasis on aviation safety initiatives in the private sector (SMS, IS-BAO, etc.), is creating high demand for these safety specialists. Avia-tion safety inspector positions typically re-quire prior experience as a professional pi-lot or maintenance technician, and federal employees can earn from about $66,000 to $153,000 annually, with a median sal-ary for FAA inspectors of about $93,000. The median for all transportation inspec-tors is about $71,000 per year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

AIRLINE PILOT

Rising global demand for air travel is cre-ating a shortage of airline pilots. More than 550,000 new airline pilots will be needed by 2034, according to industry projections. More than 250 colleges and universities in the U.S. offer the FAA-ap-proved training needed for an airline pi-lot job in addition to multiple fast track, zero time to ATP training organizations like ATP Flight School. Additionally, with-in the past year, a number of airlines have begun pre-hiring qualified candidates at these institutions and providing tuition assistance. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports median pay for airline pilots was more than $136,000 in 2015, but ex-perienced captains at major airlines can earn well over $200,000 per year.

CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR

The airline pilot shortage has created demand for certified flight instructors, who teach fledgling aviators how to fly and prepare them for the examinations required to earn their pilot licenses and ratings. Underscoring the growing need, the CFI ranks have already climbed more than 11.5 percent over the past decade. New CFIs typically earn from about $33,000 to $40,000 per year, which compares favorably with the starting pay for a regional airline pilot of $20,000 to $25,000. Salaried positions for supervis-ing CFIs at FAA-approved training pro-viders can range from about $55,000 to more than $70,000 annually.

AERO IT SPECIALIST

With Wi-Fi and connectivity solutions becoming standard equipment on com-mercial and business aircraft, the aviation industry needs experts in onboard net-working, satcom and Internet systems. Aero IT specialists install, troubleshoot, repair and service onboard connectivity and communication systems. Last year, the first industry certification standard for these professionals, the AeroIT cer-tification, was approved. The median annual salary for all computer and IT occupations was more than $81,000 last year, ranging from about $65,000 to $111,000, and employment in the field is expected to grow 12 percent over the next decade. Training as either an AMT or IT technician provides the background needed to become an aero IT specialist.

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TECHNICAL TRAINING SCHEDULE – 2017Training can be arranged at your premises on request and will be quoted for separately. Block bookings of 6 students or more qualify for discount.

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Beech 1900 Series 7 16/01/2017 – 24/01/2017R9900-00R8800-00

FlyAwesome & simulatorFlyAwesome no sim

Human Factors 3 25/01/2017 – 27/01/2017 R2750-00 FlyAwesome

Civil Aviation Regulation 5 30/01/2017 – 03/02/2017 R6050-00 FlyAwesome

King Air 200 Series 5 06/02/2017 – 10/02/2017R9250-00R8250-00


King Air 300/350 Series 7 13/02/2017 – 21/02/2017 R8800-00 FlyAwesome


PT6A Series 5 27/02/2017 – 03/03/2017 R8250-00 FlyAwesome

Beech 1900 Series 7 06/03/2017 – 14/03/2017R9900-00R8800-00







Civil Aviation Regulation 5 08/05/2017 – 12/05/2017 R6050-00 FlyAwesome

Beech 1900 Series 7 15/05/2017 – 23/05/2017R9900-00R8800-00



PT6A Series 5 05/06/2017 – 09/06/2017 R8250-00 FlyAwesome





Human Factors 2 On request R2000-00 FlyAwesome

Beech 1900 Series 2 On request R2750-00 FlyAwesome

Embraer EMB 120 2 On request R2750-00 FlyAwesome

King Air 200 Series 2 On request R2750-00 FlyAwesome

King Air 300/350 Series 2 On request R2750-00 FlyAwesome

PT6A Series 2 On request R2750-00 FlyAwesome

Airframe General 5 TBC R6050-00 FlyAwesome

Civil Aviation Regulation 5 TBC R6050-00 FlyAwesome

Gas Turbine General 5 TBC R6050-00 FlyAwesome

Human Factors 3 TBC R2750-00 FlyAwesome

Piston Engine General 5 TBC R6050-00 FlyAwesome

Rotorcraft General 5 TBC R6050-00 FlyAwesome

Beech 1900 Series 7 TBCR9900-00R8800-00


Cessna 208 Caravan Series 5 TBC R8250-00 FlyAwesome

Embraer EMB 120 10 TBC R9485-00 FlyAwesome

Embraer EMB ERJ/145 15 TBC R15950-00 FlyAwesome

Garret TFE 731 Series 5 TBC R8250-00 FlyAwesome

Hawker 1000 15 TBC (Evening) R10725-00 FlyAwesome

Hawker 700/800/800XP 15 TBC (Evening) R10725-00 FlyAwesome

King Air 200 Series 5 TBCR9250-00R8250-00


King Air 300/350 Series 7 TBC R8800-00 FlyAwesome

King Air C90 Series 5 TBC R8250-00 FlyAwesome

Learjet 35 Series 7 TBC (Evening) R8250-00 FlyAwesome

Raytheon 390 (Premier)Airframe and Engine

10 TBC (Evening) R9485-00 FlyAwesome

PAC 750 XL 5 TBC R8250-00 FlyAwesome

PT6A Series 5 TBC R8250-00 FlyAwesome

PW 118 Series 5 TBC R8250-00 FlyAwesome

PW 305 Series 6 TBC (Evening) R8250-00 FlyAwesome

Rolls-Royce AE 3007 5 TBC R8250-00 FlyAwesome

For more information please contact:Lukas Potgieter • Cell: 083 446 9832 • eMail: [email protected] • Fax: 011 267 5351

COURSES PRESENTED BY NAC



RECURRENT TRAINING

COURSES PRESENTED BY FLYAWESOME

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Anelia Schutte

1. How long have you worked at NAC? Will be 11 years in May 2017

2. What do you enjoy most about your job? In aviation each day has a different and new challenge

3. What do you dislike the most? Filing.

4. Hobbies? Photography and horse riding, spending time with my daughter.

5. Favourite sport? Horse riding, hockey.

6. What has been the biggest challenge in your life? To get through this hard year our family had and still wake up being positive and see the beauty in life even if it is the smallest thing.

7. Biggest opportunity? When they switched the accountants around in the different divisions, after I worked for more than six years for Aircraft Sales, they put me in Maintenance. After one of our colleagues resigned I was

Tebogo Kodisang

1. How long have you worked at NAC? Three years

2. What do you enjoy most about your job? Different daily challenges

3. What do you dislike the most? Laziness, lack of responsibility and bad habits.

4. Hobbies? Jogging and studying for my N6 Mechanical Engineering Part Time.

5. Favourite sport? I enjoy jogging.

6. What has been the biggest challenge in your life? Living alone

7. Biggest opportunity? Receiving a bursary from NAC and being employed on a permanent basis.

Ahmed Mlima

1. How long have you worked at NAC? Three years

2. What do you enjoy most about your job? Every day there is something new to learn.

3. What do you dislike the most? Dishonesty and lack of responsibility.

Dave Pirie

1. How long have you worked at NAC? 23 years

2. What do you enjoy most about your job? Every day is different

3. What do you dislike the most? Bad habits

4. Hobbies? Fishing and relaxing behind my bar

5. Favourite sport? Rugby

6. What has been the biggest challenge in your life? To please my wife.

7. Where will you never go, even if they paid you? Angola.

UMVUZO AWARDS Umvuzo is NAC’s staff recognition scheme and has been put in place to reward our employees for going the extra mile and for doing those things that go over and above their job descriptions.

asked if I could handle both the Maintenance and International Operations divisions. For me this was a huge opportunity to show myself and my company what type of employee I really am.

Anelia Schutte

Ahmed Mlima

Tebogo Kodisang

Dave Pirie



4. Hobbies? Reading and Animé

5. Favourite sport? Basketball

6. Biggest opportunity? Joining NAC

7. Where will you never go, even if they paid you? Antarctica

8. What makes you happy? Travelling

UMVUZO’S YEARLYWINNER IS

NAC HELICOPTER TRAINING YEAR END FUNCTION CAPE TOWN

NAC Helicopter Training had their Annual Solo Party and Year End Function on 2 December 2016. Congratulations to everyone on their achievements!

Herewith is the list below of the students whom received certificates:

Commercial Licenses:Courtney DerrickNuno Duarte

Private Pilot Licenses:Gerry WyssRolf BrautesethRoyden Gillies

Solo Students:Gerry WyssDevan KotzeConner WilsonAdri van StadenChristine WebsterJason StimsonJan VorsterSteve Macleod

Ratings:Richard BurnsJared LebosGerry WyssJason EnglishStephan FourieMartin Keet



NAC HELICOPTERS

CLICK HERE To view the NAC Helicopters Youtube Channel

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDDL-Zp5FfJMFy7xGYdFkXA



THE NAC YEAR END FUNCTION WAS CASUAL, COLOURFUL AND LOADS OF FUN!



NAC SUPPORTS THE SILVER FALCONS

WE SAY GOODBYETO 2016

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Lanseria: Agnes Phillips: 082 893 [email protected]

Contact our Sales Professionals

www.nac.co.za

Wonderboom:Deneys Potgieter: 082 891 [email protected]

Durban:Colin Fletcher: 082 893 [email protected]

PIPER MERIDIAN M500 › Pratt & Whitney PT6A-42A 500 Shp Engine› Garmin G1000 Avionics Suite › Garmin GFC-700 Autopilot with Yaw Damper › Reduced Base Price: $1,999,000 Ex Factory

PIPER M350› Lycoming TIO-540-AE2A Engine › Garmin G1000 Avionics Suite with › Garmin GFC-700 Autopilot with › PiperAire Air Conditioning

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PIPER M600 › Pratt & Whitney PT6A-42A 600 Shp Engine › Garmin G3000 Avionics Suite › Now Certified

NEW AIRCRAFT AVAILABLE

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Head Office: +27 11 267 [email protected]

ROBINSON R44 CADET › Lycoming IO-540F1B5 Engine › Training/Utilitarian Application › Air Conditioning and Autopilot Options › Base Price: $339,000 Ex Factory

ROBINSON R44 RAVEN II› Lycoming IO-540-AE1A5 Engine› New Glass Panel Option Available› Select your Configuration and

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Rand Airport / Africa:Chris Jacobs: 072 517 [email protected]

Lanseria:Marna Marais: 082 434 [email protected]

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BELL 407 GXP› Rolls Royce RR250-C47B/8 Engine› Increased Performance and Load › Garmin G1000H Avionics Suite › HTAWS and HSVT

ECLIPSE 550› Pratt & Whitney PW610F Engines › Integrated Flight Management

System › Synthetic Vision Option

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