A national aviation authority (NAA) or civil aviation authority is a government statutory authority in each country that oversees the approval and regulation of civil aviation.
Role
Due to the inherent dangers in the use of flight vehicles, NAA's typically regulate the following critical aspects of aircraftairworthiness and their operation:
Design of aircraft, engines, airborne equipment and ground-based equipment affecting flight safety
Conditions of manufacture and test of aircraft and equipment
Depending on the legal system of the parent country, the NAA will derive its power from an act of Parliament (such as the Civil or Federal Aviation Act), and is then empowered to make regulations within the bounds of the act. This allows technical aspects of airworthiness to be dealt with by subject matter experts and not politicians.
Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN, Nepali:नेपाल नागरिक उड्डयन प्राधिकरण) is the civil aviation authority of Nepal. Its head office is in Kathmandu.
The CAAN began in 1957 as an agency under what was the Ministry of Work, Communications and Transport. On 31 December 1998, as a result of the Civil Aviation Act of 1996, the CAAN was established as an independent regulatory body.it is the board which issues new pilot licenses, renew licenses and convert the licenses through various tests.
The Aircraft Accident & Incident Investigation Division investigates aircraft accidents and incidents.
The Ministry of Civil Aviation of Egypt (MCA,Arabic:وزارة الطيران المدني) is the ministry in charge of civil aviation in Egypt.
History
The ministry was established in 2002. The ministry is headquartered in Cairo.
The Egyptian Civil Aviation Agency (ECAA, Arabic:الهيئة المصرية العامة للطيران المدنى), subordinate to the ministry, is the civil aviation authority of Egypt.
The ministers of civil aviation include the followings:
South Africa is a multiethnic society encompassing a wide variety of cultures, languages, and religions. Its pluralistic makeup is reflected in the constitution's recognition of 11 official languages, which is among the highest number of any country in the world. Two of these languages are of European origin: Afrikaans developed from Dutch and serves as the first language of most white and coloured South Africans; English reflects the legacy of British colonialism, and is commonly used in public and commercial life, though it is fourth-ranked as a spoken first language.
South African wine has a history dating back to 1659 with Constantia, a vineyard near Cape Town, being considered one of the greatest wines in the world. Access to international markets has unleashed a burst of new energy and new investment. Production is concentrated around Cape Town, with major vineyard and production centres at Paarl, Stellenbosch and Worcester. There are about 60 appellations within the Wine of Origin (WO) system, which was implemented in 1973 with a hierarchy of designated production regions, districts and wards. WO wines must be made 100% from grapes from the designated area. "Single vineyard" wines must come from a defined area of less than 5 hectares. An "Estate Wine" can come from adjacent farms, as long as they are farmed together and wine is produced on site. A ward is an area with a distinctive soil type or climate, and is roughly equivalent to a European appellation.
History
The roots of the South African wine industry can be traced to the explorations of the Dutch East India Company which established a supply station in what is now Cape Town. A Dutch surgeon, Jan van Riebeeck, was given the task of managing the station and planting vineyards to produce wines and grapes intended to ward off scurvy amongst sailors during their voyages along the spice route. The first harvest and crushing took place in 1659, seven years after landing in 1652. The man succeeding Van Riebeeck as governor of the Cape of Good Hope, Simon van der Stel, sought to improve the quality of viticulture in the region. In 1685, Van der Stel purchased a large 750 hectares (1,900 acres) estate just outside Cape Town, establishing the Constantia wine estate. After Van der Stel's death, the estate fell into disrepair but was revived in 1778 when it was purchased by Hendrik Cloete.
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The South West African 2-8-0 of 1911 was a steam locomotive from the Deutsch-Südwest-Afrika era.
In 1911 eight tender locomotives with a 2-8-0 Consolidation type wheel arrangement were placed in service by the Lüderitzbucht Eisenbahn (Lüderitzbucht Railway) in Deutsch-Südwest-Afrika (German South West Africa). After the First World War the territory came under South African administration and all eight locomotives came onto the roster of the South African Railways. They were not classified or renumbered but were referred to as the Eight-Coupled Tenders.
Manufacturer
In 1911 eight Cape Gauge tender locomotives with a 2-8-0 wheel arrangement were delivered to the Lüderitzbucht Eisenbahn in Deutsch-Südwest-Afrika (now Namibia). They were built by Orenstein & Koppel between February and April 1911 and numbered in the range from 151 to 158. These locomotives had larger boilers than the Eight-Coupled Tank locomotives that were delivered from the same manufacturer between 1907 and 1910, but their cylinders, frames and motion were interchangeable with those of the tank engines. The locomotives were equipped with dust shields over the coupled wheels and valve gear to protect the moving parts from blown sand in the Namib desert.
Sisa Majola, spokesperson for the SouthAfrican Civil Aviation Authority (SAACA), which had served as Secretariat until October when the responsibility was transferred to the DoT, referred comment back to the DoT.
According to highly placed sources, the councils have endured a tumultuous time, with the SouthAfrican Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) and the DoT pushing the councils to the backburner while ...
Flight staff who were issued medical certificates by a doctor unauthorised to do so, have been given two weeks to undergo a re-examination after the SouthAfrican Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) ...
Medical personnel including pilots, air-traffic controllers, cabin crew and flight engineers, are working without valid medical certificates after the SouthAfrican Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) ...
... convened an urgent oversight meeting with aviation entities ATNS, Airports CompanySouthAfrica and the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) on the ongoing flight delays at various airports.
