Global Aviator April 2018 / Vol. 10 / No. 4 3
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Looking
forward
in 2018
Land expropriation without compensation
The words on nearly everybody's lips at the moment and
land grab has already started with areas around Midrand being
marked out and occupied literally overnight. Now people may
say what has this got to do with aviation. Lets consider the close
proximity of this land to Grand Central Airport. There is open
land around the area and if the situation at the Vanderbijlpark
Airfield is anything to go by, there is going to be little consideration
for companies, aviators, or anybody else. At one stage our local
airfield, if not on the same level as Grand Central, was active
and well supported. In fact one year it was even the starting
point for the former Presidents Air Race. Then squatters moved
in and today the once busy airfield is overgrown, with nothing
left to remind us of its previous importance to Vanderbijlpark.
And talking about Grand Central, Lanseria International is
also surrounded by open land, agricultural holdings and farms!
Is this a worse case scenario, yes but we live in turbulent
times. Hopefully common sense will prevail.
To date this year two of the most important aviation
exhibitions have been held, attracting thousands of visitors
and providing an insight into what can be expected from the
industry during this course of 2018. The Singapore Air Show is
the largest in Asia and was once again well supported although
starting with an accident when a single-seater South Korean
T-50 military aircraft taking part in the airshow skidded and
caught fire while taking off at Changi Airport. The show saw
a number of deals being signed with Boeing picking up a
wide variety of orders from a number of Eastern airlines.
A highly successful Heli Expo 2018 was held in Las
Vegas during February with Airbus Helicopters attracting
much attention with the H160 prototype helicopter. Roads are
becoming increasingly congested and with the old cliché of
'Time is Money' becoming a mantra for many, the advent of air
taxis is on the horizon and Airbus is one of those companies
steaming ahead to produce a suitable machine for such a
service. A few decades ago the idea of landing on the moon
or having space shuttles seemed a figment of the imagination,
now of course all this is old news. Right now it seems almost
impossible to think that one might go to an 'air taxi rank' to catch
the first one home - in ten years time it may well be a reality.
Something to look forward to!