Kitty Hawk hosts second Aviation and Security
Policing training programme

Dear Frank and the Trustees of Kitty Hawk,

It is with much appreciation that I write to thank you for allowing us to host the 2nd Aviation and Security Policing training programme at your lovely Kitty Hawk Airfield. After the success of the 1st training session we held at Kitty Hawk in March, the SAPS again approached me to hold a training day there. It only took a phone call to you Frank and everything was laid on.

Once again I thank you for your generous sponsorship of sandwiches and drinks provided by Wilma and her team. The restaurant was set up as a lecture hall for us and made a huge difference to the way I could present the the lecture part of the day.

As the training day had to be held on a Friday, it was difficult to get aircraft lined up for the inspection and search training. However, Nigel Musgrave, Dawie, Andrew Evans and Mike Beekman all pitched in to assist.

We had visitors Theo Truter and Piet Botha also help as well as my fellow EAA members Nick Brits from Zynkraal, Duncan McKellar, Andrew Evans, Rob Jonkers and Mike Hofman helping.

There was a line-up of an RV-8, 2 Tripacers, a Cessna 170, a Cessna 182, a Jabiru and a Challenger on the ramp despite the event taking place on a weekday.

After the training ended, many of the police trainees were given short flights in the aircraft. This was not planned, but it certainly was appreciated by all and I thank those of you who so generously stepped forward for this fun.

As promised at the previous training day, African Pilot and Pilot’s Post featured the event and gave good publicity to our work. The Pilot’s Post article is still available at http://www.pilotspost.com/arn0000930  and the African Pilot report at http://www.africanpilot.co.za/african-pilot-aviation-news-11-2016.html

I do believe that in assisting in the Aviation and Security Policing training programme, we improve relations with the police in their essential work and also provide an insight for the police into the sensitivity of ramp inspections.

I would like everyone to know that I have no ties with the SAPS and carry out their request for practical training strictly voluntarily without any financial reward. There are a lot of infrastructure shortfalls in our country and I believe we should all put our shoulders to the wheel and try and help fix them.

Kind regards

Karl Jensen – EAA Chapter 322 Johannesburg

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