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The Critical Role of Bell’s Aircraft in Firefighting Efforts Throughout Europe
Around the globe, Bell’s aircraft play an essential role in the ever-increasing need for aerial firefighting. With the frequency of...
Garth Calitz
Nov 23, 20212 min read


South African Landing Championships – A Competition with a Difference
South African Powered Flying Association (SAPFA) hosted the South African National Landing Championships, The competition was held...
Garth Calitz
Nov 17, 20213 min read


Aviators Paradise-Brits Boeremark Fly-In
By Andre Venter Aviators Paradise is one of the undiscovered gems for aviators in the Gauteng – North West area. The airfield is located...
Garth Calitz
Nov 17, 20212 min read


Women Airforce Service Pilots fight for veteran status
On the evening of August 23, 1943, a pilot named Mabel Rawlinson died in a fiery crash in the North Carolina swamplands near Fort Davis....
Garth Calitz
Nov 17, 20215 min read


RAF and USAF Conduct Mass Air Exercise to Conclude the Bomber Task Force Season
RAF Fighter jets and air-to-air refuelling aircraft have taken part in a mass air exercise with the United States Air Force Europe,...
Garth Calitz
Nov 17, 20212 min read


No Animals Harmed in the Making of this ACH145
When a valued customer specified that his new helicopter must have an interior that was fully vegan, Airbus Corporate Helicopters (ACH)...
Garth Calitz
Nov 17, 20211 min read


Helivate Heli Olymipics 2021
By Andre Venter Helivate hosted their sixth instalment of their very popular Heli-Olympics on Saturday 6 Nov. The Helivate base was very...
Garth Calitz
Nov 11, 20213 min read


The Children’s Flight 2021 “Less Cheese more G’s”
By Garth Calitz, Photos by Andre Venter and Trevor Cohen In 2016 a musician, Michael Ferguson and Pilot Felix Gosher joined forces to...
Garth Calitz
Nov 11, 20213 min read


EAA Sun ‘n Fun Brits Airfield
By Garth Calitz and Rob Jonkers One of the highlights on the aviation calendar for anyone affiliated with general aviation in South...
Garth Calitz
Nov 11, 20214 min read


First Airbus helicopter flight with 100% sustainable aviation fuel
An Airbus H225 has performed the first-ever helicopter flight with 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) powering one of the Safran Makila...
Garth Calitz
Nov 11, 20212 min read
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