 Mike Weingartz |
SENIOR MAINTENANCE TEST PILOT DENEL AVIATION
Tel: +2711 927 2206(W)
+27 11 849 4910(H)
+27 83 255 2436(Cell)
email: mikew@denelaviation.co.za
Served +22 yrs in the SAAF at the following units:
Flying Training School Langebaanweg (Impala)
8 Sqn (Impala)
Central Flying School Dunnottar (Harvard)
85 Combat Flying School(Impala & Mirage 111)
3 Sqn (Mirage F1CZ)
89 Combat Flying School (Cheetah)
I have been involved in military aviation since 1969 and civilian aviation since 1970. I have been involved in civilian flying instruction since 1972 and military flying instruction since 1976. Joined Denel Aviation Flight Test Department Jan 1994. I have been involved in maintenance test flying since 1975 and production test flying since 1994. I have flown the Hawk and fly part time at Sky Class and have flown with other Regional Airlines as first officer on DC3/4, HS 748 & F28 aircraft. I also as the CAA approved Flight Safety Officer of the Denel Aviation Flight Test department. I was appointed as the CAA approved Flight Safety Officer of the Sasol Tigers. I have just completed masters program in Human Factors and System Safety through The School of Aviation at Lund University , Sweden , so my other position at Denel Aviation is as a Human Factors Integration Specialist . I also work part time with Global Aviation Consultants as a Human Factors consultant for whom I have recently returned from Gabon where I was initiating the implementation of a Safety Management System in a small airline. I also serve as the chairman of the Human Factors Integration work group for the upgrade of the SAAF Oryx Helicopter. I have also been accepted as a member of the international Human Factors and Ergonomics society.
Highlights
Harvard Low Level Aerobatics Trophy (1977)
SAAF Impala Weapons Competition Top Gun Trophy (1979)
SAAF Formation Aerobatics Team the Silver Falcons (1980)
Mirage Course Top Gun Trophy (1983)
I have flown day and night operations in Angola on Mirage F1 and Impala aircraft
Low Level Aerobatics Display Pilot for 85 Combat Flying School (Impala 1987 - 1988)
Low Level Aerobatics Display Pilot for the Cameroon National Day (Impala 1997 & 1998)
Low Level Aerobatics Display Pilot for Denel Aviation (Cheetah 2001)
World record: +5147 Flying Hrs on Aermacchi 326 aircraft (Impala 2002)
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