by Kishugu | Nov 2, 2017 | Kishugu Aviation
Drones’ near-miss incidents with planes are on the increase across the globe. Just last month a drone struck a passenger plane in the skies over Jean Lesage International Airport in Canada, making this the first internationally reported collision between a drone...
by Kishugu | Oct 17, 2017 | Kishugu Aviation
Hi Mike Thank you very much for your quick and efficient response to our request for aerial assistance during the Oudekraal Fire. Due to the inaccessibility of the terrain, prevalence of significant invasive alien vegetation and the strong south-easterly wind, the...
by Kishugu | Sep 7, 2017 | Kishugu Aviation
The life of a dispatcher demands a person who can, in the words of writer Rudyard Kipling “keep your head when all about you are losing theirs.” So, when Wildfire Dispatcher Lizette Heine heard over her earphones that a water bomber had “gone down,” she...
by Kishugu | Aug 16, 2017 | Kishugu Aviation
As almost any other year, Lizanne Woite celebrated Women’s Mont in the air. She is the only female pilot employed by Kishugu Aviation at this point, “but to me gender doesn’t make any difference. There are generally fewer females in the aviation industry,” Lizanne...
by Kishugu | Jul 31, 2017 | Kishugu Aviation
Kishugu Aviation Training Organisation (ATO) is looking forward to a great year of positive growth, despite of difficult global economic conditions. This is the prediction of the confident head of the ATO, Carel van der Merwe, reflecting on the five years of success...