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Welcome to Aviation Dimension. www.aviationdimension or AvDim, began as South African Aviation's first true on-line magazine, news and gallery resource. Today it is an international resource. The site is also known as www.avdim.com, www.avdim.co.za, www.aviation-dimension.com you choose. AvDim through Andrea Serra and Frans Dely, provides the public with a free aviation publication and image gallery handling both military and civilian aviation matters. The publication does not only handle a full magazine but also caters for news snippets, general articles and regular columns together with services such as aviation classifieds, classified submissions, forums, a pilot shop and general aviation shop, calendars, posters, museum updates and reviews, join the air force information, general recruitment, specific and general aviation links, a full aviation guide, services directory or for that matter an information directory which is a "yellow pages" of aviation type of production, web design services, web redesign services, advertising and advert creation, graphic services, digital video productions, curriculum vitae posting and evaluation, test flight analysis of general aircraft, flight training, school coverage, a what's new section, a general newsletter section, an aviation business letter section, statistics of web media, marketing of aviation products, presentations, promotions, air show coverage and attendance by marketing teams, a general aviation links section, link submission, link exchange, commercial and company links, resource links, airline representations. With this and so much in our future plans you will have the aviation world and industry at your finger tips. The galleries spearheaded by Frans Dely, known to some as Snapperjack and to others as Dely, include the likes of Gripen International, SAAB (with special coverage of the Gripen and Hawk weapons platforms), Eurofighter, Boeing, McDonnel Douglas, Fairchild, Dassault, Airbus, Cessna, Piper, Beechcraft, Lockheed, Tupolev, Mikoyan-Gurevich, NASA, Sukhoi, British Aerospace or BAe, various airlines such as South African Airways, 1time, British Airways, Lufthansa, United and so much more. Some military aircraft types currently covered either in air forces from all over or at military airshows include: fighters, air superiority fighters, bombers, fighter bombers, tactical strike, stealth, reconnaissance, low level interdiction, spy planes, ground strike, trainers, transport, remotely piloted vehicles, land and ship borne aircraft, carrier aircraft, electronic warfare aircraft, tactical lift, experimental and project platforms, space research vehicles, short take-off and vertical landing, vertical take-off and landing, Hind and Rooivalk gunships, Apache, Cobra, single-engine, multi-engine from propellers or turboprops to turbojets and turbofan equipped aircraft, subsonic to supersonic not to forget transonic either afterburner equipped or not, armed aircraft, armored aircraft, SST or rather Supersonic Transport Aircraft, the joint strike fighter and more. These galleries are shot with various equipment including Kodak, Nikon and other well known Digital photographic names. www.faa.gov/index.cfmMilitary helicopters include: armed and unarmed types, single-engine and multi engine, piston or turbine, battlefield support, naval support, casevac specialized, ambulance types, trooping specific, anti-tank and anti-armour or for that mater anti-personnel, search and rescue types as well as airborne jammers or signal intelligence orientated, hoisting, survival support, encompassing all types from the mighty Chinook to the Kamov models, the Mi-24 Hind and Eurocopter Tiger not to mention other United States Air Force models such as the Huey, Cobra and more. AvDim's civilian galleries will baffle you with our own photography of rare aircraft such as Harvard, Spitfire, Sea Fury, Bell helicopters, Robinson R22 or R44, Aerospatiale, Mil, Yakovlev, Antonov, various wallpapers, Agusta, Mooney, Aero-Vodochody L39 and L29 jets, the SASOL Flying Tigers, the Shurlok Team under Scully Levin's leadership, Glen Dell and his Slick 360, the new Ravin 500, Pierre Gouws in the AvDim L39 jet display, the Wesbank team under Dennis Spence, various schools such as Blue Chip, PFS, Central Flying Academy, Progress Academy and so much more! Ballooning and micro light aviation also receive our attention with coverage of experimental and homebuilt aviation. We often attend Oshkosh EAA or Airventure where we bring you experimental projects such as the Lancair, Rand Robinson, Bush Baby, ultra-lights, sailplanes, parachuting, gyrocopters, seaplanes, space ship one, airport information, aerospace developments, air traffic control matters, weather matters and the list continues. Articles and images also handle matters such as air to air and air to ground weapons, laser guided bombs, survival aids and matters which relate to cabin attendants, pilots, navigators, flight engineers while also looking into missiles and their capabilities related to aero planes or for some aircraft. As long as it is flying, sailing in the sky or ballooning we do our best to cover it. Furthermore, Aviation Dimension tries to promote South African Aviation by working together with the likes of African Pilot Magazine (serious about flying), SA Flyer Magazine, World Airnews and at the same time we are approaching the likes of Air Forces Monthly, Air International, Flight International, Flying, Aviation Weekly, Professional Pilot, Sport Pilot and other mags in order to improve aviation awareness world-wide. Our working together with Siyandiza and Vulindlela as well as the Royal Air Cadet Organization ensures that we remain in a position to ensure that aviation development and growth receives the fullest attention offering air forces such as the South African Air Force and hopefully in the future the likes of the US Air Force, the Russian Air Force, the Royal Air Force and other world Air Forces the opportunity to contact potential candidates through offering recruitment information. Future plans include our hoping to cover matters from elite sites such as NASA, the ESA (European Space Agency), Zukhovsky Test Centre, Star City (Russian Space Agency), Empire Test School and others such as the US Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards AFB and the Navy School at Patuxent River, Epner, Denel, Armscor and more. The shop section now also sports a wide variety of ASA and many other aviation products. Garmin, Telex, David Clark, Softcom, Avcomm are just some of the names of the carried products. Aviation Shops and Pilot Shops are also offered for hosting to companies wanting to sell their goods on the web. The e-commerce section through Iveri is a secure connection which allows you to use your credit card and mail order capabilities safely and discreetly. Classifieds allow for submission, removal and browsing of any products offered for sale and are free to view. Soaring with Eagles has now established itself as a leading book and is available in the shop. You will also find the Capital Sounds page sporting Brian Emmenis and his Team, the voice of Airshows who as attended shows such as Farnborough, RIAT, AAD (Africa Defense and Aerospace), Oshkosh and many more. AvDim is your resource, we pledge for it to remain free and only require an admin registration. Please contact Andrea Serra on any of the available numbers on site for any enquiries.

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AIRSHOW CALENDAR

Airshows and Aviation Events 2009

	April
24 to 26-April Precision Nationals & Fun Rally – venue TBC SAPFA Contact: Mary de Klerk, 084 8809000, maryd@expandingbranding.co.za ----------------------- 25-April Parys Wings and Wheels – venue Parys Airfield Contact: Pierre Boulogne, 082 686 7209, boulop@absamail.co.za
	May
01-May Loskop Fly-In Groblersdal - Groblersdal Airfield Contact: Johan van der Berg , 082 442 7390 or Uys Meiring , 083 450 8940 info@fagl.co.za ----------------------- 07 to 10-May SA Air Force Association Congress - venue: Mpekweni Beach Resort, Port Alfred Contact: Des Lynch desl@inrelation.co.za ----------------------- 17-May Rand Airport Airshow - venue: Rand Airport Contact: Anton Kruger , (011) 827 8884 randairport@mweb.co.za ----------------------- 23-May Maputo airshow - venue: Maputo Airport Contact: Alves Gomez agomes@viaigo.co.mz ----------------------- 23-May Precision & Fun Rally – venue TBC SAPFA Contact: Mary de Klerk, 084 8809000 maryd@expandingbranding.co.za ----------------------- 28 to 31-May State President’s Trophy Air Race - New Tempe Airfield Bloemfontein Contact: Johan Naude, 083 492 8300 johan.naude@mangaung.co.za ----------------------- 30-May Kumnandi Fly-In Contact: Casper, 083 520 9634 plane.crazies@gmail.com
	June
06-June East London Airshow - venue: East London Airport Dave Hartman , 082-7752789 bac@telkomsa.net ----------------------- 12 to 14-June Carnarvon fly-in - venue: Carnarvon Airfield Contact: Rob Anderson, 083 261 8337 jscompuman@gmail.com ----------------------- 14 to 20-June South African Hot Air Balloon Championships – venue: Bethlehem Contact: Manie Nel, 082 3772755 manel@netactive.co.za ----------------------- 20-June Heidelberg Airshow - venue: Heidelberg Airfield Contact: Andre Vorster, 083 654 2793 andre@wearcon.co.za ----------------------- 27-June Margate Airshow - venue: Margate Airport Contact: Vicky Erasmus, 083 222 5149 Vicky@wozaniafrica.co.za ----------------------- 27-June Precision & Fun Rally – venue: TBC SAPFA Contact: Mary de Klerk , 084 8809000 maryd@expandingbranding.co.za
	July
04-July Middelburg Airshow - venue: Middelburg Airfield Contact: Richardt Lovett , 082 7718775 pegasusi@cybertrade.co.za ----------------------- 11 to 12-July Virginia Airshow - venue: Virginia Airport, Durban Contact: John Julius , (031) 563 52801 showtime@wingsclub.co.za ----------------------- 18-July Tedderfield Air Park Fly-In - venue: Tedderfield Contact: Howard Betts , (011) 656 2440 howard@bettstownsend.co.za ----------------------- 18-July Precision World Flying Championships – venue: Torun Poland, Europe Contact: Mary de Klerk , 084 8809000 maryd@expandingbranding.co.za ----------------------- 18 to 19-July Royal International Air Tattoo – Fairford, England http://www.airtattoo.com/airshow/VisitorInformation
	August
1-August Swaziland Airshow – Matsapha International Airport, Swaziland Contact: Neville Houreau, 00 268 518 6660 airsprts@realnet.co.za or airsports@realnet.co.za ----------------------- 27 to 30-August African Bush Pilot's Fly-in & Airshow, Barberton Airfield Contact: CC Pocock, 082 490 5721 cc@bushair.co.za www.bushair.co.za/fly-in.co.za ----------------------- 29-August Vredendal Air Show & West Coast Air Carnival, Vredendal, West Coast, SA Contact: Andre' de Waal, 083 627 6401 ----------------------- 29-August Bethlehem Airshow
	September
5 to 6-September Vereeniging Airshow, Vereeniging Airfield Contact: Sarie van den Bergh, 083 449 3378 svandenb@media24.com
	October
3-October Mafikeng Airshow, Mafikeng Airport ----------------------- 6 to 8-October National Business Aviation Association (NBAA), Orlando, USA http://www.nbaa.org
	November
1-November Vereeniging Fly and Drive-in, Vereeniging Airfield Contact: Sarie van den Bergh, 083 449 3378 ----------------------- 13 to 15-November Test Flight and Development Centre Fly-in and Airshow, TFDC, Bredasdorp Contact: Martin Richards, 028 425 4170 or 082 292 7144 tfdc@telkomsa.net
	December
At this stage: Merry Christmas!