PASSIONATE PILOTS, ISSUE 2
The right stuff
Quite a few pilots have made history since Daedalus crafted one of the first pair of wings. According to the FAA, in 2016 there were 584,362 pilots worldwide, and 6.71…
ON LOCATION, ISSUE 2
Walk about Australia … by air
There is a famous poem that most Australians know. It is called “My Country” and refers to Australia as “a sunburnt country, a land of sweeping plains, of ragged mountain…
TRAVEL, ISSUE 2
Riding the rails in search of Australia’s mining past
The Indian Pacific railroad is a 2,704 mile (4,352 kilometer) ribbon of steel between Perth on Australia’s west coast and Sydney in the east. Second only to the Trans-Siberian in…
SPECIAL PEOPLE, ISSUE 2
History of the Dornier 228
Close your eyes and picture buckling up and taking off over a snowy, rugged mountain range and landing safely the same day in a similar environment. The unforgiving landscape has…
DESIGN DREAM, ISSUE 2
Amazing and astonishing flight with research Fly-By-Wire system
Mr. Sato is an Associate Senior Researcher at the Aeronautical Technology Directorate of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). JAXA is Japan’s national research and development agency, created in 2003…
SHOP TALK, ISSUE 2
“More than a simple guard”
Taking off and landing on a grass or gravel runway requires a robust aircraft. Even as resilient as the Dornier 228 is, there can be advantages to having additional protection….
AFRICAN APES FOUNDATION, ISSUE 2
Help us save more
Remember Congo, Juma and Ezo from our last edition? Well, today, they are happier than ever. Ezo was renamed “Linton” by his caretaker, which means Little Man in the Dinka…
ON LOCATION, Issue 1
2 dollars for an orange – Saving Juma, Ezo and Congo
For those of us, lucky enough to witness chimpanzees in their natural or simulated environments, we find ourselves fascinated by their human-like behaviors. Little do most of us know about…
DOING GOOD, Issue 1
What difference does it make?
How much effort does it take to deliver humanitarian relief to Somalis suffering from civil war and drought? LoveDornier228 takes a closer look at some of the logistical challenges the…
SPECIAL PEOPLE, Issue 1
Making art in the sky – Meeting Katsuhiko Tokunaga, the renowned aviation air-to-air photographer
Katsuhiko Tokunaga became a dear friend many years ago as he traveled South America to make air-to-air photographs. It’s challenging to put into words who this extraordinary man is because…