The year 2020 started off with a bang for us at Blue Chip Flight School. We welcomed our new students and by end of February, it seemed as though we would have our best year ever. However, COVID and the universe had other ideas. On...
Day 1: THE MUCH ANTICIPATED DEPARTURE DATE: On the 29th of November the Blue Chip Flight School fleet once again departed on a flyaway of epic proportions. We were a total of 8 aircraft, and 29 people, spread between the aircraft and the Quantum Bus. Our planned...
Although the physics of flight have not changed since the very early days of the Wright brothers, modern pilots are faced with an entirely different set of challenges when compared to our forefathers. The most challenging of these is the ability to switch seamlessly between...
Blue Chip Flight School was a co-sponsor one of the annual Trans Agulhas Inflatable boat race. The inflatable boat challenge is the toughest in the world. Over 800 km in 5 days along the rough and dangerous untamed, South African coast line. This is an...
As most of us are aware, due to it not being a closely guarded state secret, the global qualified pilot shortage is upon us. This has resulted in the pilot training environment to boom. Flight schools all around the country are experiencing growth in potential...
At first Botswana was one of my Bucket list destinations, which just patiently waited to be ticked off. On the 15th of May this dream came true; we went on an AMAZING fly away all over Botswana on our way to the Botswana airshow. Seven students, one...
On the 25th of May the Blue Chip Flight School Matsieng Epic flyaway started. The entire fleet of aircraft was already booked out, by students that are busy with their hour building towards the Commercial Pilots Licence. This fleet consisted of 13 Aircraft, and included...
During the weekend of 8 to 10 September, Blue Chip Flight School in conjunction with the Border Aviation Club and Flight School from East London undertook an epic fly-away. The flyaway comprise 12.5 hours of incident free flying over three days. The hospitality displayed towards...