Remembering D-Day and Honouring the "Gooney Birds" Role
In the early morning of June 6, 1944, thousands of soldiers, sailors, and airmen from Great Britain, the United States and the British...
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Garth Calitz
- May 31, 2023
- 4 min
The First Hijacking – Italy 1942
By Rob Russell Another coastal patrol, just like yesterday..... On 28th July 1942, a Bristol Beaufort of 217 Squadron, RAF, under the...
Garth Calitz
- May 31, 2023
- 6 min
Clyde Cessna - Founding of the Cessna Aircraft Company
Clyde Cessna’s name, at least his surname, is instantly recognized by pilots and aviation enthusiasts the world over. Over the years, the...
Garth Calitz
- May 24, 2023
- 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...
Garth Calitz
- Apr 20, 2023
- 3 min
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Commemorates the 80th Anniversary of Op Chastise
The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) is preparing to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Operation Chastise, commonly known as...
Garth Calitz
- Apr 5, 2023
- 2 min
SAAF Museum Flying Training Day
By Dian Townsend Saturday the 1st of April the skies over Centurion filled with the all too familiar sound of air force birds from a...
Garth Calitz
- Mar 22, 2023
- 2 min
Sikorsky Celebrates 100 Years of Innovation
One hundred years ago, immigrant and aviation pioneer Igor Sikorsky founded Sikorsky Aero Engineering Company on a chicken farm near...
Garth Calitz
- Mar 22, 2023
- 2 min
Tecnam Commemorates Seventy-five Years
Tecnam Aircraft celebrates seventy-five years with the first Astore P-48 in 1948. Italian brothers Luigi and Giovanni Pascale started...
Garth Calitz
- Mar 16, 2023
- 5 min
The Night Witches, Female Pilots Feared by the Nazis
Brynn Holland They flew under the cover of darkness in bare-bones plywood biplanes. They braved bullets and frostbite in the air while...
Garth Calitz
- Mar 16, 2023
- 1 min
Robinson Helicopter Company Celebrates 50 Years
June 2023 marks 50 years in business for Robinson Helicopter Company. Founded by Frank Robinson on 20 June 1973, Robinson’s goal was to...
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