The five to eight Zimbabwean instructors are all of the rank Major to Lieutenant-Colonel. They must first undergo 30 to 35 hours training on the airforce Astra training aircraft before they can commence training student pilots.
Doesn't the above ring alarm bells from a prevoius thread about someone getting rank and gold wings in a couple of hours to fly the SA1, I guess it's the african way, hey maybe if I put some kiwi(South African brand product guy's don't get them in a knot
) polish on an rock up at Ysterplaat I too could become a Kepten....