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Operation Mole Cricket 19 IAF's most Decisive Victory

In 1992, just a year after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Maj.- Gen. (res.) David Ivri, then-director- general of the Defence Minis...

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Garth Calitz

Jun 9
7 min

“The Flying Coffins” Gliders of WWII

Modern gliders are very complex machines designed for recreational flying and competitions but not many are aware of the role played by g...

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Garth Calitz

Jun 2
3 min

Spirit of B-26 Marauder lives on at Barksdale AFB

When World War II ended in 1945, a Martin B-26 Marauder named Flak-Bait had flown 207 missions — more than any other U.S. plane in the co...

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Garth Calitz

Feb 13
3 min

Last of the legendary World War II Flying Tigers dies

Frank Losonsky, man considered to be the last surviving Flying Tiger, who joined the First American Volunteer Group in May 1941, passed ...

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Rob Russell

Jan 21
13 min

Innocent Civil Aircraft Shot Down in Conflict Zones

Korean Air Lines flight 007 Flight 007, shot down by Soviet air-to-air missiles on September 1, 1983, near Sakhalin Island, Russia, killi...

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Garth Calitz

Jan 14
3 min

Convair F2Y Sea Dart – The First and Only Supersonic Seaplane

The Sea Dart began as Convair's entry in a 1948 U.S. Navy contest for a supersonic interceptor aircraft. During the time, there was much ...

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Garth Calitz

Jan 7
4 min

History of the Sukhoi Design Bureau

In 1936 Joseph Stalin, leader of the Soviet Union, issued a requirement for a multi-role combat aircraft. Pavel Sukhoi, a Soviet Russian ...

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Garth Calitz

Dec 17, 2019
4 min

American “Top Gun” has a Distinct South African Influence

The United States Navy Fighter Weapons School, better known as Top Gun, has become a success story and was revered as the programme that ...

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Quintin Hawthorne

Dec 10, 2019
2 min

Book Review "Camel Pilot Supreme" Author: Annette Carson

Camel Pilot Supreme Author: Annette Carson Publisher: Pen and Sword While attending the World Aerobatic Championships in France earlier t...

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Garth Calitz

Nov 20, 2019
10 min

Qantas - Third oldest Airline in the World Approaches 100 Years

While South African Airways stares into an uncertain future on the other side of the Indian Ocean Qantas Airlines, the Australian Nation...

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