by Tom Chalmers - World Airnews Magazine - February 2001 Despite what it says on its certification, this is no microlight. It has the breeding of a glider mixed in equal parts with that of a powered aircraft. It has the looks and temperament of a thoroughbred.....
SA Flyer July 2001 “Is it a light aircraft? Is it a motor glider? Is it a glider? Or is it a Glider Tug?” Yes! It is all of the above – it is a SAMBA!
A special report by Flysouth Aviation News Never got around to attending the Arthur Murray shortcut to social success, at their famous dance classes – but boy did we have some fun doing THIS particular Samba – and without any fancy footwork needed!
A special report by Flysouth Aviation News - October 2002 The Samba, now a well-known light aircraft in South Africa, with about a dozen in service, has been joined by its slightly bigger brother, the Lambada.
With the dramatic increase in the use of ‘ultralight-type’ trainers for PPL instruction, the Samba is particularly well placed to benefit. A delightful and cheap aircraft to operate.
Urban Air has added to their range of ultralights with the all new Samba XL. Fitted with modern avionics, it is a serious, albeit VFR only, traveling machine. A truly great aeroplane, it possesses tremendous handling, plenty of interior space and astonishing performance on a mere 100hp and under 4-US gallons an hour fuel burn.
The Fast and Nimble Flamingo VL-3 By Athol Franz - African Pilot
Around Namibia in a Lambada touring motor glider, June 2006 Adriaan Hepburn
by John Miller The Czech Republic 's VLA industry is on a roll and it's not surprising judging by the remarkable quality and performance of the very recently certified VL-3 Flamingo. This diminutive Rotax-powered aircraft sets a new level for long distance VLA travel. SA Flyer is the first magazine to evaluate the aeroplane in the air.
Bateleurs Pilot, Jay van Deventer, flies his Lambada Motor Glider along the borders and coastline of South Africa to research environmental damage.
We first reviewed the nimble Flamingo Light Sport Aircraft (LSA) in the June 2006 edition of African Pilot. Now some three years later we take another look as the type that has attracted eight orders in South Africa.
If it is true that time flies when one is having fun, then for Rainer Frieboese of Wings and Tracks, builders of the Samba, Lambada and Flamingo range of aircraft his 50 years spent in aviation must have gone past in the wink of a eye.
It’s not a bird, it’s not a plane… it’s a flying boat! A newly developed flying boat (amphibian aircraft), built at the Brits airport, is ready to take off and land in the Roodekoppies Dam this month.
Is it a bird? Is it a fl ying boat? Is it a plane? Yes but it looks like a boat with wings. This was my fi rst view of the all white Seagle amphibian as she approached Roodekoppies Dam for her fi rst ‘offi cial’ landing on water having been granted permission for test fl ying by the Department of Water Affairs in South Africa.
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