1. INSIGHTS FROM AFRICA’S FASTEST GROWING AVIATION BROKERAGE
GAUTENG WOMEN IN INSURANCE GOLF DAY
On the 1st October, Airborne participated in the inaugural Gauteng Women in Insurance Golf Day. The event was held at the beautiful CMR Golf
Club, where we were welcomed with strawberry and mint water flavoured with a dash of Smirnoff. This set the scene for the rest of the day, where
lots of fun was had at the various watering holes sponsored by the likes of Emerald and Hollard. Nine holes were played throughout the course
of the day, with the last hole being played as the sun set, making for a beautiful view. Prize giving and some delicious snacks where served in the
clubhouse after the game. We look forward to participating in this enjoyable event again next year!
INSIGHTS FROM AFRICA’S FASTEST GROWING AVIATION BROKERAGE
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TEAM AIRBORNE AT THE GRAND CENTRAL FUN NAV RALLY 2015
On the morning of the 3rd of October,
Airborne’s Jonathan Smook and Janice Ray
arrived at Grand Central Aerodrome in
Midrand to beautiful sunny weather and clear
skies – the perfect weather conditions for a
Nav Rally.
After a quick cup of coffee and breakfast,
the team received their blank map and clue
sheet required to work out and plot their
points. With some advice and guidance from
the professional class navigation pilots who
organised the event, the teams set off. This
entailed locating the starting point, each turn
point as well as the finish point by deciphering
a set of cryptic clues. Thereafter each team had
to measure the bearings required for every leg,
and then familiarise themselves with each turn
point as well as reviewing the enroute photos
that were needed to spot and mark on the map
along the route.
After a short safety briefing, all of the
participants received their timing sheets in
order to plot in the exact times that they had to
be over all the turn points. Having nominated
a speed of 100 knots on the Cessna 182
that Janice and Jonathan were flying, team
Airborne was the fastest aircraft in the group
on the day, making navigating and photo
identification slightly more difficult with less
time to identify each point.
At exactly 10:30am, Janice and Jonathan got
airborne of runway 35 at Grand Central and
made their way to the start point. Once over
the start point the fun began, with both team
members looking all around in order to spot
the enroute photos and locate the next turn
point, whilst simultaneously keeping an eye on
the stopwatch to reference if they were on time
for the next turn point.
After crossing the finish line Janice and
Jonathan joined Grand Central and started
configuring the aircraft for the spot landing that
was to follow. A white chalk line was drawn
across the runway in line with the PAPIs, with
teams penalised for every metre they landed
before or after the line. After the spot landing,
everyone made their way back to the Harvard
Café to hand in their loggers and await the
final results.
At the prize giving that followed, team
Airborne achieved a notable second place –
even more impressive when one considers that
both Janice and Jonathan are still very new to
this kind of event. What a great effort guys
and a job very well done! Airborne Insurance
sponsored the second and third prizes at the
event, which, judging by the beaming smiles
on everyone’s faces as they disembarked and
the friendly chatter between teams, was very
much enjoyed.
TIS THE SEASON OF GIVING
A I R B R N E
INSURANCE CONSULTANTS
In celebration of Christmas and the spirit of giving,
Airborne Insurance management and staff members
participated in the annual Santa Shoebox Project.
“It was wonderful to see how many of our
employees came onboard and contributed to our
last Corporate Social Investment drive of the year,”
said Operations Director Debbie Ray. “As a mother
I know how excited my children get when they
wake up on Christmas Day to find their presents
under the tree. Many children around South Africa
do not experience this simple joy, so it is important
to take some time during this busy time of year, to
remember those less fortunate than ourselves.”
When the Santa Shoebox Project began collecting
shoeboxes filled with gifts for underprivileged
children in 2006, the non-profit organisation never
imagined that the project would soon become one
of South Africa’s most popular annual festive season
charity initiatives. With a humble 180 shoeboxes
collected in Cape Town in its first year of existence,
the charity has grown in leaps and bounds in the
past decade, with the number of personalised
Santa Shoeboxes donated reaching a total of 551
979. The shoeboxes are distributed to more than
1000 recipient facilities through approximately
60 satellites around South Africa and Namibia,
reaching children from socially disadvantaged
backgrounds in far flung rural areas.
“This year the Santa Shoebox Project celebrated
its 10th birthday with the theme ‘More than just
a Shoebox’,” added Ray. “Each personalised
shoebox was therefore filled with daily necessities,
as well as objects chosen to instil a sense of self-
worth and the promise of a better education, such
as toiletries and colouring-in books. And of course,
not to forget those simple things that every child
should enjoy over the festive season - sweets and
a toy.”
The inaugural South African Drone
Conference took place on the 17th and
18th November at Emperor’s Palace
Convention Centre. It was a well-
attended event, drawing a crowd of
approximately one hundred and thirty
guests.
Co-ordinated by Sean Reitz, founder
and CEO of United Drone Holdings,
participants were able to engage
one-on-one with various key
stakeholders in the drone industry, be
it from a training, cinematography,
mining, manufacturing or a medical
background. The presentations were
diverse and highly informative,
exploring new trends and concepts
around how drones are being used
to glean information or data, and
how, in the future, they may be used
in new ways to create a safer work
environment for humans to operate
in. This safety aspect came through
strongly in both Devon Hasenboek,
from Rocket Mine Aerial Data Solutions,
presentation, as well as from Professor
DRONE CONFERENCE 2016
Barry Mendelow from the University of
Witwatersrand’s medical faculty.
The event was rounded off with a
celebratory cocktail party and launch
of the newly established United Drone
Holdings, who looks to become a key
player in all aspects of the drone industry,
be it training, manufacture, consulting,
operations and conferencing.
We wish Sean and his well-qualified
team of experts much success, and all the
best for this exciting new venture!
The final Gauteng Women In Insurance (GWII)
function for 2016 was held on Wednesday the
10th November, at the idyllic Longmeadow
function venue just opposite Montecasino.
Themed ‘Angels and Cowgirls’, the restaurant
and surrounding gardens were decorated with
hay bales, cowboy hats, picnic blankets and
touches of pink, with GWII members decked
out in their finest feathery angel wings, halos
and cowgirl boots and outfits. Guests were
treated to cocktails and a scrumptious dinner
overlooking the lawns, and even partook in a
spot of line dancing much later in the evening!
As usual, attendees were asked to bring along
a donation, and the day’s proceeds went to
Nkosi’s Haven and Community Provision and
Social Services (Compass), both charities for
children. Airborne Insurance donated three
bottles of Angel perfume by Thierry Mugler
for the lucky draw, in keeping with the theme.
Thank you to Gauteng Women in Insurance
for a wonderful year-end function – we look
forward to celebrating with you again in the
New Year!
ANGELS AND COWGIRLS
Marle, Selina, Lynnette, Kathryn Innocentia, Kim and Leandra (front)
Kathryn and Kim Leandra and Janice
Debbie with the winners of the Angel perfume
lucky prizes Kim and Lynnette