Long Wheel Base Posted January 21, 2020 Posted January 21, 2020 (edited) LOL I googled small business jets ZS registered and came across this site. After seeing there were no ZS reg Honda I literally searched every ZS reg until I saw one that looked like it. After seeing the Beech I realised it was that and then searched all the Beeches until I saw the paint job. EDIT: https://www.laasdata.com/corpjet/corpjets-south-africa-icao-zs.php Edited January 21, 2020 by Long Wheel Base Bonus and Spoke101 2
Spoke101 Posted January 21, 2020 Posted January 21, 2020 On 1/21/2020 at 7:35 AM, SwissVan said: Nyet... its ZS-SRU a Beech 390 Premier 1 JetOut of interest sakes Its built with a composite fuselage, quite revolutionary for this type of aircraft that has been in manufacture since the last 1990's.Has Williams Rolls FJ44 turbo fan engines, similar to the engines used on some older type cruise missiles Registered to Katzbro Premier Aviation (Pty) Ltd, apparently owned by a Zunaid Moti ex owner Future Fin now "Moti Group" Think he might a some other bigger jets In other words he is rolling in $$$$ ZSSRU.JPG Defiantly should get my eyes checked. The missing winglets should have been a dead giveaway the it wasn't a Honda.Impressive sleuth work by the way. DJR, Long Wheel Base and SwissVan 3
Long Wheel Base Posted January 21, 2020 Posted January 21, 2020 On 1/21/2020 at 7:45 AM, SwissVan said: I still have it (Premier) on my SA license, did the factory course in USA in 2001...during the 9/11 attacksWOW that is cool. Can't be too many guys with it on their license. According to the site I posted above there are 9 registered in RSA.
SwissVan Posted January 21, 2020 Posted January 21, 2020 On 1/21/2020 at 7:48 AM, Spoke101 said: Defiantly should get my eyes checked. The missing winglets should have been a dead giveaway the it wasn't a Honda.Impressive sleuth work by the way. Not really sleuth work, I just happen to have worked a little bit on them 20 years ago.... They have a distinct shape which reminds me of a dolphin... On 1/21/2020 at 7:48 AM, Long Wheel Base said: WOW that is cool. Can't be too many guys with it on their license. According to the site I posted above there are 9 registered in RSA. Interesting only 9, back in my days they were still new in the country and even less of them.I think this particular one s/n 63 may have belonged to Tokyo Sexwahle at some stage or Dimension Data...Im sure by now there are quite a few AME's with it on their license
Spoke101 Posted January 21, 2020 Posted January 21, 2020 On 1/21/2020 at 7:35 AM, SwissVan said: Nyet... its ZS-SRU a Beech 390 Premier 1 JetOut of interest sakes Its built with a composite fuselage, quite revolutionary for this type of aircraft that has been in manufacture since the last 1990's.Has Williams Rolls FJ44 turbo fan engines, similar to the engines used on some older type cruise missiles Registered to Katzbro Premier Aviation (Pty) Ltd, apparently owned by a Zunaid Moti ex owner Future Fin now "Moti Group" Think he might a some other bigger jets In other words he is rolling in $$$$ ZSSRU.JPGYou were spot on: Aviation: The Group owns and operates a fleet of aircraft for private and charter use, and employs an in-house crew of 10 people. The Aviation Department contracts services from Execujet for aircraft management and maintenance with oversight from Josie van Niekerk (Head of Aviation) and Dean Smith (Chief Pilot).The fleet consists of:Bombardier Challenger 850 – ZS-ZORBombardier Challenger 601 – ZS-SGCHawker Beechcraft Premier 1 – ZS-SRUAgusta 119 Koala – ZS-ZAMBell 430 – ZS-RTZ SwissVan and Long Wheel Base 2
SwissVan Posted January 21, 2020 Posted January 21, 2020 On 1/21/2020 at 7:59 AM, Spoke101 said: You were spot on: Aviation: The Group owns and operates a fleet of aircraft for private and charter use, and employs an in-house crew of 10 people. The Aviation Department contracts services from Execujet for aircraft management and maintenance with oversight from Josie van Niekerk (Head of Aviation) and Dean Smith (Chief Pilot).The fleet consists of:Bombardier Challenger 850 – ZS-ZORBombardier Challenger 601 – ZS-SGCHawker Beechcraft Premier 1 – ZS-SRUAgusta 119 Koala – ZS-ZAMBell 430 – ZS-RTZ I'm wondering if one of our other forum members does not drive one of these around.... Spoke101 and Long Wheel Base 2
Long Wheel Base Posted January 21, 2020 Posted January 21, 2020 On 1/21/2020 at 7:56 AM, SwissVan said: Not really sleuth work, I just happen to have worked a little bit on them 20 years ago.... They have a distinct shape which reminds me of a dolphin... Interesting only 9, back in my days they were still new in the country and even less of them.I think this particular one s/n 63 may have belonged to Tokyo Sexwahle at some stage or Dimension Data...Im sure by now there are quite a few AME's with it on their license SwissVan 1
Alouette3 Posted January 21, 2020 Posted January 21, 2020 Mate of mine used to fly ZS-SUW, private Premier flying out of CT. Think the owner now has a Falcon Spoke101 and Long Wheel Base 2
SwissVan Posted January 21, 2020 Posted January 21, 2020 On 1/21/2020 at 9:16 AM, Alouette3 said: Mate of mine used to fly ZS-SUW, private Premier flying out of CT. Think the owner now has a FalconShame man, all these folks with money to burnLuckily, cause they keep some of us in a job... Long Wheel Base 1
Long Wheel Base Posted January 21, 2020 Posted January 21, 2020 On 1/21/2020 at 11:40 AM, SwissVan said: Shame man, all these folks with money to burnLuckily, cause they keep some of us in a job...In my situation, folks burning money may cause me to loose my job
SwissVan Posted January 21, 2020 Posted January 21, 2020 (edited) On 1/21/2020 at 12:06 PM, Long Wheel Base said: In my situation, folks burning money may cause me to loose my job Jokes aside, due to lack of folks with money....my contract was recently terminated, as of 01 May I’m unemployed if I don’t find something else Edited January 21, 2020 by SwissVan
geomark Posted January 21, 2020 Posted January 21, 2020 On 1/21/2020 at 1:22 PM, SwissVan said: Jokes aside, due to lack of folks with money....my contract was recently terminated, as of 01 May I’m unemployed if I don’t find something elseNot lekker...fingers crossed SwissVan and kosmonooit 2
Bateleur1 Posted January 21, 2020 Posted January 21, 2020 On 1/21/2020 at 1:22 PM, SwissVan said: Jokes aside, due to lack of folks with money....my contract was recently terminated, as of 01 May I’m unemployed if I don’t find something else Sorry to hear. Hope you find something. Maybe you should start working with trains. Germany going to spend bucket loads of money on trains in the future cause their system is poor compared to the Swiss SwissVan and RoddieJ 2
Long Wheel Base Posted January 22, 2020 Posted January 22, 2020 On 1/21/2020 at 1:22 PM, SwissVan said: Jokes aside, due to lack of folks with money....my contract was recently terminated, as of 01 May I’m unemployed if I don’t find something elseHolding thumbs. Someone with your experience should find something. Lets hope it is close to home. SwissVan 1
Robbie Stewart Posted January 23, 2020 Posted January 23, 2020 SACAA Plane down after departing George of navaid calibration flight. Rest in Peace https://m.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/fears-for-three-crew-members-as-plane-goes-missing-near-george-20200123
SwissVan Posted January 23, 2020 Posted January 23, 2020 (edited) On 1/23/2020 at 3:24 PM, Robbie Stewart said: SACAA Plane down after departing George of navaid calibration flight. Rest in Peace https://m.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/fears-for-three-crew-members-as-plane-goes-missing-near-george-20200123Sad newsWonder what type of ac they were using and what the weather conditions where? Think they used to use a Cessna citation (small business jet) in the old days Edited January 23, 2020 by SwissVan
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