Garth Calitz Jun 18, 20196 minOperation Eagle Claw - A Dismal FailureThe 24th of April 1980 and specifically Operation Eagle Claw will forever live in the memory of the USA Military for all the wrong...
Garth Calitz Apr 23, 20197 minHistory of Radial EnginesEver since man first experienced powered flight in 1903 the search has been on for light powerful engines to power flying machines. The...
Garth Calitz Mar 26, 20196 minHistory of AirmailSpecific instances of a letter being delivered by air long predate the introduction of Airmail as a regularly scheduled service available...
Garth Calitz Mar 19, 201912 minAircraft of World War 1- Where Dogfights BeganWorld War One Aircraft began as primitive, unarmed artillery spotters that could barely take offensive action, and ended as powerful...
Garth Calitz Feb 5, 201913 minCharles Lindbergh Aviator, Adventurer and InnovatorCharles A. Lindbergh was born in Detroit, Michigan, on February 4, 1902, and spent most of his childhood in Little Falls, Minnesota, and...
Garth Calitz Jan 15, 20197 minThe History of the Rhodesian Air ForceThe Rhodesian Air Force was originally formed in 1935 under the name Southern Rhodesia Staff Corps Air Unit and served as a territorial...
Garth Calitz Jan 8, 20198 minThe Battle of Kursk – Air Power Domination Won the DayThe Battle of Kursk in 1943, 450km south-east of Moscow, could have had a very different outcome if not for the Soviet premier Josef...
www.wright-brothers.orgDec 18, 20188 minThe Wright Brothers – It all began 115 years agoFrom www.wright-brothers.org "Before the Wright Brothers, no one working in aviation did anything fundamentally correct. Since the Wright...
Garth Calitz Dec 4, 20184 minThe History of Hot Air BallooningOn the 19th September 1783 Pilatre De Rozier, a scientist, launched the first hot air balloon called 'Aerostat Reveillon'. The passengers...
Garth Calitz Nov 27, 20185 minA Higher Calling the story of -Ye Olde PubA pilot glanced outside his cockpit and froze. He blinked hard and looked again, hoping it was just a mirage. But his co-pilot stared at...