By Garth Calitz Photos by Trevor Cohen and Garth Calitz At its heart, aviation has always been about more than aircraft, technology and engineering. It is about inspiration, possibility and the ability to open horizons that once seemed unreachable. Few events capture that spirit better than the annual Children’s Flight initiative, which once again brought South Africa’s aviation community together in May 2026 to provide an unforgettable experience for close to five hundred un

By Rob Russell What do you say? Comparing a large animal with a “mystical bird-like character” doesn't quite make sense! But these two nicknames are given to two very different, but actually very similar, transport aircraft. The moose is the nickname for the Boeing C-17 Globemaster, which continues a very successful line of large military transport. It can trace its success back to WW2, with the C-47 and C-54, followed by the legendary, still-produced C-130 Hercules, then t

By Garth Calitz Sixteen years after opening its doors ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, King Shaka International Airport remains one of ACSA’s most debated infrastructure projects. To some critics, it was an expensive “white elephant” built for a once-off global event, which has been pretty much derelict since. To others, it has become a vital economic gateway for Durban and the broader KwaZulu-Natal province. The reality today sits somewhere between those two extremes. When