1. Curriculum Vitae Noel McDonogh
Noel is the Chief Flying Instructor and owner of World of Wings Flight School and has been
flying for 20 years and instructing students in the art of flight for 10 years. He is well known
in KZN light flying for his dedication, professionalismand his love of flying.
Noel is a Grade "A" Instructor on LSA, weight shift and conventional controlled microlights,
He has a WCM open and test pilot rating. He started flying hang gliders in 1993 and
continued his hang gliding flying in Gauteng and Cape Town where he was based with the
Airforce. Noel participated in numerous hang gliding competitions in Cape Town
(Porterville) Gauteng (Hartebeesport Dam) and Nelspruit (Ngadwona) and came 2nd in SA
Nationals in Graaf Reinet in 2000. Noel has accumulated +/- 1000 hang gliding hours.
In 2003 Noel then started powered hang gliding for an advertising company of which took
him round the country. Noel accumulated +/- 250 powered hang gliding hours.
In 2003, Noel Started microlighting at Lamercy with Dave Daniels, then moved up to
Pietermaritzburg where he continued his microlighting through Cato Flying School with
Wayne Bond. He obtained his "C" grade microlight instructors rating from Geoff Dyer at
Light Flight. Noel then moved to Light Flight where obtained his "B" grade instructor rating
and now an "A" grade instructor on LSA, CCMand weight shift.
In 2008, Noel had the opportunity to go to Jordan where he taught members, from the
Royal Aero sports club of Jordan, to fly weight shift microlights.
Noel obtained his PPL at the beginning of 2014.
Noel has over 3200hrs instruction on LSA and CCMand 1000hrs instruction on weight shift
microlights to date. Noel obtained his open and test pilot rating on weight shift control
microlight through RAASA.
Fixed Wing Types on License Weight Shift on License
 Bush baby tail dragger
 Sling2
 Sports Star
 A-22 Foxbat
 TL-2000 Sting
 JK05
 Bantam
 Sky jeep 701
 Shadow
 Streak Shadow
 Bush baby nose wheel
 Apollo fox
 CTLS
 Kitfox Tail dragger
 Savage Bobber
 Zenair 601
 Jabiru SK/SP
 Savanna VG & S
 X-Air
 Rally 105
 Quick GT 450
 Aquilla
 Aero trike
 Airborne edge 582
 Cosmos
 Nimrod
 Hornet
 Apache sport
 Northwing