Union Grade 12 learners, Arno Nell and David Kinghorn, recently enjoyed the extraordinary opportunity of being flown from Graaff-Reinet to Gqeberha in a Sling 4 aircraft, to participate in an educational excursion geared towards young minds aspiring to explore the realm of aviation.
๐๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ข๐บ๐ด (๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐บ) ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ’๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด’ ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ.
Upon their arrival in Gqeberha, the learners were warmly welcomed to the Air Traffic Control Tower at the Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport. The dedicated team from the Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS) graciously took the time to explain to Arno and David the intricacies of air traffic control operations. Witnessing the team’s enthusiasm for their work left an indelible impression on the learners, inspiring them to explore potential careers in this field.
๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ค ๐๐ฃ๐๐ก๐ช๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฃ๐จ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ก๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐๐๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ฃ๐, provided by the prestigious Madiba Bay School of Flight. Under the guidance and expertise of highly experienced instructors, Arno and David were introduced to the fundamental principles of aviation. From understanding aerodynamics to conducting pre-flight checks, the learners gained valuable insight into the world of flying. The hands-on experience provided them with a real taste of the exhilaration and freedom associated with taking to the skies.
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet congratulates Arno Nell and David Kinghorn on their exceptional achievement in winning this competition and experiencing this incredible journey. ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ง๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐บ.
The school expresses its gratitude to the Air Traffic and Navigation Services team at the Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport and the Madiba Bay School of Flight for their warm welcome and enriching lessons. ๐ง๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐, ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฑ’๐ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ, ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐.