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Flying Boats – The Giants of the Skies
This history of world traveller will by no means be accurate if the giant flying boats were not mentioned prominently, before the Second...
Garth Calitz
Oct 8, 201910 min read


The Silver Falcons - Pride, Passion, Precision
The Silver Falcons proud heritage dates back to 1946, at the time the team was named the “Bumbling Bees” and were flying a four ship...
Garth Calitz
Sep 3, 20194 min read


MiG Alley - The Birth of Jet on Jet Dog Fighting
"MiG Alley" was the name given by United Nations (UN) pilots to the north-western portion of North Korea, where the Yalu River empties...
Garth Calitz
Aug 28, 201911 min read


Woman in Aviation - Leading the Way
August, being woman’s month, we decided to pay homage to some of the Ladies that led the way for others to follow in the generally male...
Garth Calitz
Aug 20, 201910 min read


The B-29 Superfortress - Devastation from the Air
On August 6, 1945, 74 years ago today, an American bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of...
Garth Calitz
Aug 6, 20198 min read


The Apollo Programme - Manned Flight to the Moon
The Apollo programme, also known as Project Apollo, was the third United States human spaceflight program carried out by the National...
Garth Calitz
Jul 17, 20198 min read


A Brief History of Continental Engines
Continental is as much part of the general aviation community’s vocabulary as wings or propellers, Continental have been supplying...
Garth Calitz
Jul 9, 20193 min read


Friendly Fire Incident that Almost Changed History
The course of South African, and maybe even World history was almost changed on the 31 October 1940. SAAF 2 Squadron Hawker Furies were...
Garth Calitz
Jul 2, 20193 min read


Operation Eagle Claw - A Dismal Failure
The 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
Jun 18, 20196 min read


History of Radial Engines
Ever since man first experienced powered flight in 1903 the search has been on for light powerful engines to power flying machines. The...
Garth Calitz
Apr 23, 20197 min read
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