Movember (a portmantau of the slang word “mo” for moustache and “November”) is an annual, month-long event involving the growing of moustaches during the month of November. The Movember Foundation runs the Movember charity event, housed at Movember.com. The goal of Movember is to “change the face of men’s health.”[1] During more...
A friend of mine, Mark, from New Zealand called me and asked if he could use one of our R44 helicopters’ for a game capture job in Kenya. This was the start of a long flight. I asked Julian, on of our hour building students if he wanted to join me on the flight. He didn’t hesitate for long before saying “yes”. Julian had a brand new passport, more...
In January this year we moved into our half of a new 2400 square meter hangar. The size and atmosphere that has been created has already shown positive results. We would like to thank all our clients for their support and our crew for their commitment which has brought us to this level of success. more...
In September 2004, I received a call from a friend of mine. He’s a veterinary surgeon who not only fixes dogs, cats and budgies but specialises in wild life as well. He wanted to know if I was available to fly for him in Mussina area, near the Zimbabwe boarder. He was contracted to fit a radio collar to an elephant. Since it is always a pleasure more...
Powered Flight Training Centre received approval from Civil Aviation Authority in February 2006. The company then owned only one Robinson R22 Beta II helicopter on which pilot training was conducted by the only instructor. Currently Powered Flight owns 4 Robinson R22’s and 2 Robinson R44’s. We rate the successful growth of the company by the effort more...
Congratulations to the “56 year old granny with grey hair” on her first solo flight. She shares with us her progress up to her first solo flight and the obstacles she had to overcome to Live her dream!! I first started dreaming about flying a helicopter about 3 years ago. Wondering if I could. Thinking I am too old, thinking of the arthritis more...
