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    The flying life Jean Mermoz – The father of international Airmail
    Garth Calitz
    • Jan 5
    • 3 min

    The flying life Jean Mermoz – The father of international Airmail

    In January 1921, on his third try, Jean Mermoz got his pilot’s license. Three years later, he signed up as a pilot with Lignes Aeriennes ...
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    Gen Chuck Yeager - The Legend Passes
    Garth Calitz
    • Dec 8, 2020
    • 10 min

    Gen Chuck Yeager - The Legend Passes

    Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager stepped inside the Bell X-1, 73years ago on the 14th October 1947, when he stepped out he carried the title...
    3,741 views
    History of the de Havilland Aircraft Company
    Garth Calitz
    • Dec 1, 2020
    • 17 min

    History of the de Havilland Aircraft Company

    Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, the founder of the de Havilland World Enterprise, one of the first global manufacturing companies, was one of ...
    1,727 views
    South African Airways – History of the Flying Springbok
    Garth Calitz
    • Nov 24, 2020
    • 9 min

    South African Airways – History of the Flying Springbok

    South African Airways was formed on 1 February 1934 following the acquisition of Union Airways by the South African government. Forty sta...
    1,498 views
    Charlie Taylor – Engine builder who powered the Wright Flyer
    Garth Calitz
    • Nov 24, 2020
    • 4 min

    Charlie Taylor – Engine builder who powered the Wright Flyer

    Charlie Taylor was born in a log cabin on May 24, 1868, in Cerro Gordo, Illinois to William Stephen Taylor and Mary Jane Germain. Taylor w...
    1,704 views
    Chuck Yeager - The Man that Changed Aviation 73 years ago
    Garth Calitz
    • Oct 15, 2020
    • 9 min

    Chuck Yeager - The Man that Changed Aviation 73 years ago

    Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager stepped inside the Bell X-1, 73years ago on the 14th October 1947, when he stepped out he carried the title...
    1,153 views
    The First Powered Flight in South Africa
    Garth Calitz
    • Sep 22, 2020
    • 4 min

    The First Powered Flight in South Africa

    It is common knowledge that the field of aviation was pioneered in the US when Orville Wright achieved the first powered flight on 17 Dec...
    1,908 views
    Kelly Johnson: A True Military Aviation Hero
    Garth Calitz
    • Sep 1, 2020
    • 6 min

    Kelly Johnson: A True Military Aviation Hero

    by Alex Hollings Kelly Johnson wasn’t the first man to build an aircraft. Nor was he the first to push the limits of what an aircraft cou...
    804 views
    The Battle of Taranto – a Defining Moment in Naval Aviation
    Garth Calitz
    • Sep 1, 2020
    • 4 min

    The Battle of Taranto – a Defining Moment in Naval Aviation

    On the night of November 11-12, 1940, the Royal Navy launched twenty-one obsolescent Fairey Swordfish biplane torpedo bombers from the ai...
    708 views
    Qantas bids farewell to the Boeing 747 after almost 50 years Service
    Garth Calitz
    • Jul 7, 2020
    • 2 min

    Qantas bids farewell to the Boeing 747 after almost 50 years Service

    Qantas has announced a program of events to farewell it's last remaining Boeing 747 and provide Australians with the opportunity to say g...
    970 views
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