by Kishugu | Jun 7, 2016 | Kishugu, Kishugu Aviation
Held bi-annually each year, pre-season training camps are essential for firefighting pilots to prepare for the Winter and Summer fire seasons. 55 Pilots attended the training camp held in Nelspruit from 23 to 27 May 2016 to introduce new pilots to the Kishugu Aviation...
by Kishugu | May 24, 2016 | Kishugu, Kishugu Aviation, Working on Fire
On Saturday 21 May the Kishugu Lowveld Air Show filled the sky with a sequence of remarkable aerial displays. Sky-divers, hot air balloons, helicopters, jets, bombers and even radio controlled airplanes danced across the stage set before more than 6,900 spectators who...
by Kishugu | Apr 11, 2016 | Kishugu Aviation
Our firefighting pilots play a key role in fighting fires across the country. They go above and beyond the call of duty to help save lives and protect the environment and properties. This month we sit down with veteran Huey pilot, Wynand Strauss, who is renowned for...
by Kishugu | Apr 3, 2016 | Kishugu
Nine young South African women – most of whom have never stepped into an aircraft – nor been behind the steering wheel of a car – are about to take to the skies in an ambitious programme to become crime-fighting commercial pilots. “It’s a...
by Kishugu | Jan 6, 2016 | Kishugu
The summer fire season in the Cape has arrived early this year, mostly due to the extreme El Nino event, which caused periodic warming in sea surface temperatures along the African coastline. Since the fire season officially started on 01 December, our aviator...
