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Apr 25, 2024

The Crash of General Francis Omondi Ogolla

The Assumptions of the crash of the Huey Helicopter that Killed The Chief of Kenya Defense Forces

Feb 6, 2024

Teen pilot breaks record of flying solo globally

Feb 6, 2024

How tech has facilitated and eased aviation operations

Creative use of technology offers a balance between security, safety and comfort of travellers. Safety and security are the anchors of the aviation business. However, the rigours and intrusiveness inherent in implementing safety and security measures sometimes threaten the joy and beauty that is traditionally supposed to accompany air travel. According to the International Civil Aviation Or...

Feb 6, 2024

Why I dream of becoming a pilot

Feb 6, 2024

Aviation innovation marvels: The history of the microchip

Capt Mike Shiyuka info@airspacenews.co.ke The microchip, which contains an Integrated Circuit known as IC, is one of the most important innovations by mankind today. It has revolutionalised the electronic industry and made a huge impact on our lives. Almost all electrical appliances and their components with any form of electronic software use an integrated circuit. The strides made in...

Feb 6, 2024

JKIA posts highest cargo volumes in new continental airports report

Feb 6, 2024

Seasoned aviator 'Kinandu' flies away to eternity

May the jets, turbo props, piston engines and helicopters escort you - Michael Sidney Mutuku to the highest altitude. On August 22 this year, seasoned aviator Michael Sidney Mutuku took a flight to his eternal resting place. As he waved us farewell at 2130hrs at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at The Nairobi Hospital, fellow aviators were left crestfallen. They were grudgingly waving back, la...

Feb 6, 2024

Aketch: Aviation specialist with passion for the job

Feb 6, 2024

How The Hague court of arbitration for aviation works

It serves the global aviation industry by providing specialised mediation services customised for the specific dispute resolution. Eunice Nyiero info@airspacenews.co.ke Introduction In July 2022, The Hague Court of Arbitration for Aviation (The Hague CAA) launched at the Farnborough International Air-show in service of global aviation industry. Established as a foundation under Dutch...

Feb 6, 2024

Rules for owning and operating a drone in Kenya

Feb 6, 2024

Importance of propellers in creating aircraft thrust

Eng Mike Khisa info@airspacenews.co.ke A propeller is a device with a rotating hub and radiating blades that are set at a pitch to form a helical spiral which, when rotated, exerts linear thrust upon a working fluid, in this case, air. It works as an airscrew. Propellers are used to create thrust to drive an aircraft forward through the air. The blades are specially shaped to make r...

Feb 6, 2024

Importance of propellers in creating aircraft thrust

Feb 6, 2024

Oh, I believe I can fly!

Capt Grace Mutia info@airspacenews.co.ke My name is Allan Kasanga, I am 11 years old. I love aircraft. I dream of being a pilot every day! My interest in aviation started when I was two and a half years old. We flew on a family holiday with my parents on a local airline. I loved flying, so much. I asked my parents and the flight attendants all the questions about the aircraft and the plan...

Feb 6, 2024

From highway to the skies

Feb 6, 2024

I pray my dream to fly comes true

Capt Grace Mutia info@airspacenews.co.ke Name: Jeremiah Wise Kimkoine Age: 5 years old School: Sterling Academy Location: Nkoroi, Kajiado Hobbies: Running and creative art. Every time he sees an aeroplane up in the sky, he shouts: “mum! will you take me flying, please? I look at him in the eyes and see his desire that one day, the dream to fly will come true. I pray it comes t...

Feb 6, 2024

It is just turbulence, nothing to worry about!

Feb 6, 2024

Why pilots are served different meals on a flight

Things could have turned out very differently for one crew after the Captain suffered food poisoning mid-air. Jimmy Wanjala info@airspacenews.co.ke Did you know that although two pilots operate any given flight, they never eat the same kind of food? If the airline is serving beef or chicken, one will take chicken and the other beef. One time, an ex-military pilot, an instructor and a...

Feb 6, 2024

Know the departments of the Kenyan aviation regulator

Feb 6, 2024

Dos and don'ts in a mid-flight emergency

In Kenya, simple turbulence and a lady will hug the person next to her and start chanting. Jimmy Wanjala info@airspacenews.co.ke It is a fact that aviation is the safest mode of transportation in the world since the beginning of the first commercial flight. That is why you should stop creating panic on board an aircraft when an emergency happens. But, emergencies do happen. Good pas...

Feb 6, 2024

Gone Too Soon: Celebrating Jonathan Inganji Ishema

Feb 6, 2024

Why it is hard to track small planes in a crash

Jimmy Wanjala info@airspacenews.co.ke Pilots in Kenya should have pocket transmitters when flying smaller aircraft. Some regions in Kenya are expanse; in case of an incident, it may be hard to track a plane down. The Jumbo jets have black boxes (also referred to as flight recorders) because they fly faster, higher, and cover huge distances of wilderness. Some can fly for as long as 16...

Feb 6, 2024

Student and instructor robbed after crash-landing in South Africa

Feb 6, 2024

Planning to travel? Don't miss the flight!

If you load an aircraft such that the centre of gravity exceeds the forward limit, the plane will be nose heavy. Jimmy Wanjala info@airspacenews.co.ke It is not a must that you love travelling to be in the aviation industry, but being an aviator helps quench your travelling thirst. In my case, I love travelling as much as I love flying. In fact, whenever I plan to travel, flying is alway...

Feb 6, 2024

The lady instructor and the student

Feb 6, 2024

Kenya’s aviation industry among the best globally

Kenya’s aviation industry has always received harsh criticism from the public. But the industry is more advanced than what people think about. Regulator: The regulator is Kenya Civil Aviation Authority. The supervision is focused and aviators are forced to adhere to the law and the requirements. For those who don‘t, action is taken and no aviator wants his licence stripped. Maintenance: The...

Feb 6, 2024

Son of Mulilii who gives Kenya its pilots

Jan 26, 2024

Always be thankful when pilots land you safely

Jimmy Wanjala info@airspacenews.co.ke When pilots bring you safely to the ground, you should be thankful; don’t complain. Pilots deal with lots of natural factors. The biggest menace is the weather. It makes their work very difficult, especially during take-off and landing. What goes up must come back to the ground. When an aircraft approaches landing in poor weather, the pilot has...

Jan 26, 2024

The number one killer of pilots in the world

Jan 26, 2024

Origins of the flight simulator

Best known early flight simulator was the Link trainer known as the blue box. Jimmy Wanjala info@airspacenews.co.ke Popularly known as “the sweat box” or “the Stimulator” by aviation crew due to the nature of excitement it attracts, simulation has had a long and varied history. A brief look into the past will touch on the impact simulation has had in the aviation industry. Inherently,...

Jan 25, 2024

Boskies: The firm redefining Africa Safari

Jan 25, 2024

The quest to create a unified African airspace

Africa’s air carriers are now looking at forging mutually beneficial ties to boost intra-Africa air connectivity. Jimmy Wanjala info@airspacenews.co.ke It was always the dream of great Pan-Africanist leaders such as W.E.B. Du Bois, Marcus Garvey, Léopold Senghor, Kwame Nkrumah and Muammar Gaddafi to see a united Africa. A continent united socially, politically and economically. While...

Jan 25, 2024

How to have a plane crash in Somalia

Jan 25, 2024

How 'The spirit of St Louis' flew around the world

In 1926, Charles Linberg took on the challenge, a dream he had nurtured since he was a child. Jimmy Wanjala info@airspacenews.co.ke It’s the fall of 1926, May the twenty eighth…Roosevelt Field runway. The Wright J-5C Whirlwind radial engine revved up. Ten men in overalls push on the trailing edges of the straight high wing’s port and starboard side of the fuselage. The propeller slipstre...

Jan 25, 2024

Meet Captain Mutinda, who rides a Caravan in skies

Jan 25, 2024

County commissioner nursing a pilot dream

Kimberly juggles assistant county commissioner duties with aviation studies. Capt Maseka Kithinji info@airspacenews.co.ke Kimberly Champagne is a vibrant 26-year-old who is not only a pilot by training but an Assistant County Commissioner based in Laikipia County. Growing up as an only child, her parents noticed her interest in aviation at an early age. “I am reminded of how I would rec...

Jan 25, 2024

From making paper planes to real ones

Jan 25, 2024

Why more students make emergency landings

Jimmy Wanjala info@airspacenews.co.ke Could it be attributed to poor maintenance or poor planning? Two trainer aircraft have successful been forced to land because of technical issues in the past few weeks. The first one happened on August 13. This was after a trainer aircraft owned by Flitestar Academy, based at Wilson Airport, took off with students from Naishi Airstrip at the Nakuru...

Jan 24, 2024

How JKIA fire changed my outlook on aviation sector

Jan 24, 2024

Sylvia showed it’s possible to be your own boss in aviation

The company has experienced personnel to ensure operators have a smooth and hassle-free flight. Simon Kupalia info@airspacenews.co.ke Going after what you want in life is a gift; a woman going after what men want in life is the ultimate blessing. Indeed, few women like Sylvia Mutunga have stepped up to the plate and decided they are built for business – becoming your own boss and living...

Jan 24, 2024

A flight dispatcher with a keen eye on the law

Jan 24, 2024

A safety officer with an eye on aeronautics

Girls in aviation Africa has enabled the aeronautical engineering graduate to go to different schools and share her career journey with young girls. Capt Maseka Githinji info@airspacenews.co.ke Keren Wanjiru Kimung’a is an ambitious young lady, who holds a degree in aeronautical engineering from Shenyang Aerospace University. She’s from Kiambu County, and her parents were determined to p...

Jan 24, 2024

Congratulations new President Dr William Ruto

Jan 24, 2024

Post-poll chaos didn't derail my aviation dream

Though she could not afford to train first due to financial struggles, Lucy Kimani persevered and did a course close to her heart. Capt Grace Mutia info@airspacenews.co.ke Losing her father and getting displaced during the post-election violence of 2007 wasn't enough to stop her from being a pilot. Lucy Kimani, a Libra and an extrovert, is the third born in a family of four girls. She is...

Jan 24, 2024

Kenya trained aviators miles ahead of their peers

Jan 22, 2024

Dreams can come true only if you believe

Regina Kiragu’s love for piloting blossomed at a young age. And despite not going to an aviation school immediately after high school she did not let the dream fester. Regina Kiragu, a student at 99s Flying School, didn’t let her piloting dream die in spite of the many obstacles that stood in her way. The marketing and Public relations graduate from Daystar university desired so bad to be a pi...

Jan 22, 2024

Exam headache that has made many pilots quit

Jan 21, 2024

Ruto's plan for aviation offers reason for hope

If well implemented, his pledges could kickstart the sector badly hit by Covid-19. With the swearing-in of President William Ruto now behind us, many in aviation wonder what the new administration has in store for the sector. The inauguration of Dr Ruto as Kenya’s 5th President comes against the backdrop of many issues facing the sector, especially the remuneration of pilots. The Covid-19 p...

Jan 21, 2024

What needs to be done to spur Kenyan aviation

Jan 3, 2024

The Romantic Story of Wilson Airport

Wilson Airport was originally called Nairobi West Aerodrome. It’s initial site was in Dagoretti Corner 1927 at the junction, before relocating to it’s present location in Langata in 1929. (Ps. The world’s first airport was built in Croydon, England in 1928). The Nairobi West Aerodrome was co-founded by a wealthy widow, Mrs. Florence Kerr Wilson, after whom the airport was later named and was fully...

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