“There are two methods, or means and only two, whereby man’s needs and desires can be satisfied. One is the production and exchange of wealth; this is the economic means. The other is the uncompensated appropriation of wealth produced by others; this is the political means.” Albert Jay Nock Macchi C.205V (Information from Wikipedia) TheRead more
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“Socialist governments traditionally do make a financial mess. They always run out of other people’s money.” Margaret Thatcher Since last week’s mystery aircraft was relatively easy to identify, according to the number of correct answers I received, this week I have provided another interesting aircraft type. Please send your answers to me at editor@africanpilot.co.za. IRead more
“Anyone who believes in indefinite growth in anything physical, on a physically finite planet, is either mad or an economist.” Kenneth Boulding Leduc 022 (Information from Wikipedia) The Leduc 022 was the prototype of a mixed-power French interceptor built in the mid-1950s. Designer René Leduc had been developing ramjet-powered aircraft since before World War IIRead more
“Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought.” Albert Szent-Gyorgi Since last week’s mystery aircraft was easy to identify, according to the number of correct answers I received, this week I have provided another interesting aircraft type. Please send your answers to me at editor@africanpilot.co.za. IRead more
“The one absolute certain way to bring this nation to ruin … would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities.” Theodore Roosevelt Lockheed S-3B Viking (Information from Wikipedia) The Lockheed S-3 Viking is a four-crew, twin-engine turbofan-powered jet aircraft designed and produced by the American aerospace manufacturer Lockheed Corporation. Because ofRead more
“Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought.” Albert Szent-Gyorgi Since last week’s mystery aircraft was relatively easy to identify, according to the number of correct answers I received, this week I have provided another interesting aircraft type. Please send your answers to me at editor@africanpilot.co.za.Read more
“No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another and this is all from which the laws ought to restrain him.” Thomas Jefferson Yak 110 (Information from Mary Grady) The Yak 110 is what you get when you Combine two planes and a spare jet engine. Airshow pilot JeffRead more
Wishing all our readers a happy New Year and a most successful 2024 ahead. At 8576 words this is the longest APAnews bulletin that I have ever produced in the 24 years since I started African Pilot. “The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for, among old parchments, or musty records. TheyRead more
“At every party there are two kinds of people – those who want to go home and those who don’t. The trouble is, they are usually married to each other.” Ann Landers Since last week’s mystery aircraft was relatively easy to identify, according to the number of correct answers I received, this week I haveRead more
“It would be nice to spend billions on schools and roads, but right now that money is desperately needed for political advertising.” Andy Borowitz Blackburn B2 (Information from Wikipedia) The B-2 was developed by Blackburn during the early 1930s as a successor for its earlier Bluebird IV trainer. It retained the same basic configuration, suchRead more