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Oct 15, 2024

Kenya Airways to host the third Africa Aviation Innovation Summit

By David Kipkorir Kenya Airways and the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) will be hosting the third Africa Aviation Innovation Summit (AAIS) 2024 on October 17th and 18th, 2024, in Nairobi, Kenya. The summit aims to bring together aviation industry stakeholders, offering exclusive opportunities for industry leaders, innovators, policymakers, and stakeholders to collaborate, share insights, a...

Apr 25, 2024

The Crash of General Francis Omondi Ogolla

Feb 5, 2024

Teen pilot breaks record of flying solo globally

Rutherford, who comes from a family of pilots, took his first flight at the age of seven beside his father. David Kipkorir info@airspacenews.co.ke Expert aviator Mack Rutherford (UK) is officially the overall youngest person to circumnavigate the world by aircraft alone - engraving his name in the Guinness Book of World Records. Rutherford, a pilot who landed at Nairobi’s Wilson Airport...

Feb 5, 2024

How tech has facilitated and eased aviation operations

Feb 5, 2024

Why I dream of becoming a pilot

Capt Grace Mutia info@airspacenews.co.ke My name is Pearl Katumbe Muoka. I school at Good Testimony International, Baraka branch. I am in Grade Six and about to sit for my End of Primary Assessment. I dream of becoming a pilot, which inspires me to work hard in my studies. I admire the adventurous lives of pilots as their careers enable them to visit different destinations in the world...

Feb 5, 2024

Aviation innovation marvels: The history of the microchip

Feb 5, 2024

JKIA posts highest cargo volumes in new continental airports report

David Kipkorir info@airspacenews.co.ke Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) handled the highest cargo volume of all airports in Africa last year, making it a key node for the continent’s connectivity with the rest of the world. The regional aviation and cargo hub has been ranked first among the countries in Africa that handled the largest volumes of both export and import cargo in 2...

Feb 5, 2024

Seasoned aviator 'Kinandu' flies away to eternity

Feb 5, 2024

Aketch: Aviation specialist with passion for the job

His benefactor inspired him to take up engineering instead of pursuing becoming a pilot. Simon Kupalia info@airspacenews.co.ke Geoffrey Aketch grew up in Likoni, Kwale County before relocating to Kiambu with his family after his father was transferred to Nairobi. He attended Kasarini Primary School in Kiambaa before transferring to Garden Estate Primary School. They later moved to Lim...

Feb 5, 2024

How The Hague court of arbitration for aviation works

Feb 5, 2024

Rules for owning and operating a drone in Kenya

Ownership and use of devices is regulated by the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority. Eunice Nyiero info@airspacenews.co.ke Introduction The drone industry is one of the fastest-growing industries in the world today. With technological frog leaps, it is nearly impossible to keep track of all upgrades available. Also known as Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), they have several uses, inclu...

Feb 5, 2024

Importance of propellers in creating aircraft thrust

Feb 5, 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 5, 2024

Oh, I believe I can fly!

Feb 5, 2024

From highway to the skies

Tired of admiring, Jacinta Njuguna wrote a letter seeking employment at KQ and got it. American motivational speaker and author Zig Ziglar once said that “It’s your attitude, not your aptitude that will determine your altitude”. Ziglar had been inspired by Jesus who said that for everyone that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened (Matthew 7:7–8)...

Feb 5, 2024

I pray my dream to fly comes true

Feb 5, 2024

It is just turbulence, nothing to worry about!

Air movements could cause an uncomfortable ride but are common during flights. Jimmy Wanjala info@airspacenews.co.ke Recently, I heard a friend of mine complain that her flight to Eldoret was very shaky. She even went ahead to place the blame on the pilots of that flight. She is not the only one to complain to me that whenever they fly with a certain airline or a certain type of airplane...

Feb 5, 2024

Why pilots are served different meals on a flight

Feb 5, 2024

Know the departments of the Kenyan aviation regulator

There are more departments at KCAA besides licensing. Jimmy Wanjala info@airspacenews.co.ke Many aviators do not know the functions and departments of the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA). But the State agency has many more departments besides those dealing with the regulation of the aviation industry. PERSONNEL LICENSING Personnel Licencing (PEL) is a department within the...

Feb 5, 2024

Dos and don'ts in a mid-flight emergency

Feb 5, 2024

Gone Too Soon: Celebrating Jonathan Inganji Ishema

Jimmy Wanjala info.airspacenews.co.ke The Flight Training Centre Wilson Airport celebrates one of their most dedicated student pilots, Jonathan Inganji Ishema from Rwanda. Jonathan died after an accident in his apartment. Jonathan was born on July 26 1990 and died on July 1 2022, only 25 days before his 32nd birthday. He joined kindergarten at the age of three at Our Lady of Fatima in...

Feb 5, 2024

Why it is hard to track small planes in a crash

Feb 5, 2024

Student and instructor robbed after crash-landing in South Africa

In Kenya, we have seen dramatic scenes of individuals looting trucks and vehicles after an accident. We all remember the Salgaa tragedy when a fuel truck exploded as members of the public helped themselves to the petrol. Similar incidents have been reported in Uganda. Remembering the „fulu fulu condition“ incident where a drunken gentleman was trying to explain how the truck accident had hap...

Feb 5, 2024

Planning to travel? Don't miss the flight!

Feb 5, 2024

The lady instructor and the student

Kenyan instructors have gone through a lot and have seen wonders in students. To be a flight instructor, you have to go through intensive extra training after your Commercial Pilot’s Licence. There’s something about female pilots people don’t really know. These are not your normal kind of women; they are cut from a different cloth. These ladies would climb on the aircraft wing and manually refu...

Feb 5, 2024

Kenya’s aviation industry among the best globally

Feb 5, 2024

Son of Mulilii who gives Kenya its pilots

Major (Rtd) Francis T. Kavingo’s fying career kicked off in 1983. Jimmy Wanjala info@airspacenews.co.ke The year was 1958. The location, Mulilii village in Makindu area of Ukambani, on the slopes of the magnificent Yatta plateau. A boy was born and named Francis. Nobody would have guessed that this young lad would grow to become the now renowned Major (Rtd) Francis T. Kavingo. His leg...

Jan 25, 2024

Always be thankful when pilots land you safely

Jan 25, 2024

The number one killer of pilots in the world

Jimmy Wanjala info@airspacenews.co.ke Controlled Flight into Terrain (CFIT) is flying into a hill, mountain or towards the ground inadvertently. It happens when one decides to fly Visually into poor visibility conditions, without proper situational awareness. Kenya is a terrain-heavy country. Pilots are always cautioned to do proper flight planning, especially when flying visually (VF...

Jan 25, 2024

Origins of the flight simulator

Jan 25, 2024

Boskies: The firm redefining Africa Safari

'Boskies' handles freight, photographic flights, aerial surveys and provides emergency relief flying services. Jimmy Wanjala info@airspacenews.co.ke Z Boskovic Air Charters’ story begins with the remarkable life and times of a man called Zivota Boskovic. “Bosky,” as he came to be known, learned to fly in his native Yugoslavia in 1936. His life was to undergo a dramatic change with the ar...

Jan 25, 2024

The quest to create a unified African airspace

Jan 25, 2024

How to have a plane crash in Somalia

Jimmy Wanjala info@airspacenews.co.ke Major media houses registered the gravity of how a Fokker 50 hit a fence and rolled severally. The alarmist showed videos of fire fighters spraying a fireless fuselage and a smoky engine on the Runway. Not trying to make a joke out a plane crash. But similar accidents have happened before worldwide and it was fatal. But a Fokker 50, clipped a fence on la...

Jan 25, 2024

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

Jan 25, 2024

Meet Captain Mutinda, who rides a Caravan in skies

The surprising thing was the Tukul was a store for ammunition Simon Kupalia and Jimmy Wanjala info@airspacenews.co.ke “I never dreamt of flying Angelina Jolie, Richard Branson and the INEOS man!” Capt Mutinda, they call him. Famous in the aviation community for his strict procedural flying that leaves his checked-out students ready to fly the Cessna Caravan (C208). Capt Mutinda...

Jan 25, 2024

County commissioner nursing a pilot dream

Jan 25, 2024

From making paper planes to real ones

From an early age, Stephanie's mind was set on working in the aviation industry as an engineer. Capt Maseka Kithinji info@airspacenews.co.ke From an early age, Stephanie Mueni’s favourite toy was a model aircraft. She would carry it everywhere. As she grew older, her fascination ballooned; she loved making and playing with paper aircraft. By the time she got to high school, her mind...

Jan 25, 2024

Why more students make emergency landings

Jan 24, 2024

How JKIA fire changed my outlook on aviation sector

Blaze that razed Terminal 1A in 2013 was a turning point for KQ’s ground operations. Good things sometimes occur after great tragedies. At least this appears to be the case for Rogers Karani. Karani was at his workstation at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on August 7, 2013 when fire broke out. At the time, he worked as a Kenya Airways Ground Operations IT Systems Manager. He...

Jan 24, 2024

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

Jan 24, 2024

A flight dispatcher with a keen eye on the law

Norah Kaggia incorporates her passion for aviation with her law practice. Capt Maseka Kithinji info@airspacenews.co.ke Norah Kaggia is a young flight dispatcher about to complete her studies in law. She will soon be admitted to the bar, becoming an advocate of the High Court of Kenya. Raised in Nakuru County in a family of five, Marion dreamt of working in the aviation industry. He...

Jan 24, 2024

A safety officer with an eye on aeronautics

Jan 24, 2024

Congratulations new President Dr William Ruto

Jimmy Wanjala info@airspacenews.co.ke Congratulations to President Dr William Samoei Ruto. During the presidential campaigns, only the key principal of Kenya Kwanza and now President Dr William Ruto agreed to meet with pilots from Kenya’s general aviation to discuss some of the issues that affect the aviation sector. This included: 1. Heavy taxation in the sector by the government....

Jan 24, 2024

Post-poll chaos didn't derail my aviation dream

Jan 24, 2024

Kenya trained aviators miles ahead of their peers

immy Wanjala info@airspacenews.co.ke As parents who want their children to train in other countries, Kenyan training schools have proven again and again that they train students well even in emergencies. An emergency can be trivial or major. The most feared emergency is engine failure on approach or on takeoff. In the past 4 weeks, we have had 3 crash landings from training institutions but...

Jan 21, 2024

Dreams can come true only if you believe

Jan 21, 2024

Exam headache that has made many pilots quit

Examinations are generally difficult. The system used to examine pilots is independent; only Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) is certified to do this. There are more than 4,000 questions in the system, and you don't get the same paper twice. The grammar alone takes can cost you several marks. Abdi, my friend, one day walked into the exam room and after reading the first paper, he walked...

Jan 21, 2024

Ruto's plan for aviation offers reason for hope

Jan 21, 2024

What needs to be done to spur Kenyan aviation

KCAA has only one aviation training organisation inspector. “Why would someone want to build an international airport in Webuye? To carry what? There’s already Eldoret Airport, which is under-utilised and operates round the clock. Yet the second-busiest Airport in Africa, Wilson Airport, opens at 6:30am and closes at 8:30pm!” wonders Eng Githae Mwaniki. These are some of the concerns of one of...

Jan 3, 2024

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