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    The History of the Rhodesian Air Force
    Garth Calitz
    • Jan 15, 2019
    • 7 min

    The History of the Rhodesian Air Force

    The Rhodesian Air Force was originally formed in 1935 under the name Southern Rhodesia Staff Corps Air Unit and served as a territorial u...
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    The Battle of Kursk – Air Power Domination Won the Day
    Garth Calitz
    • Jan 8, 2019
    • 8 min

    The Battle of Kursk – Air Power Domination Won the Day

    The Battle of Kursk in 1943, 450km south-east of Moscow, could have had a very different outcome if not for the Soviet premier Josef Stal...
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    The Wright Brothers – It all began 115 years ago
    www.wright-brothers.org
    • Dec 18, 2018
    • 8 min

    The Wright Brothers – It all began 115 years ago

    From www.wright-brothers.org "Before the Wright Brothers, no one working in aviation did anything fundamentally correct. Since the Wright...
    3,473 views
    The History of Hot Air Ballooning
    Garth Calitz
    • Dec 4, 2018
    • 4 min

    The History of Hot Air Ballooning

    On the 19th September 1783 Pilatre De Rozier, a scientist, launched the first hot air balloon called 'Aerostat Reveillon'. The passengers...
    1,206 views
    A Higher Calling the story of -Ye Olde Pub
    Garth Calitz
    • Nov 27, 2018
    • 5 min

    A Higher Calling the story of -Ye Olde Pub

    A 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 ...
    1,969 views
    The Vulcans “Mission Impossible” Operation Black Buck
    Garth Calitz
    • Oct 23, 2018
    • 6 min

    The Vulcans “Mission Impossible” Operation Black Buck

    After Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands on 2 April 1982, the British government resolved to recapture them. The aging V-class bomber...
    961 views
    Breitling Wingwalkers and The Boeing Stearman
    Andre Venter
    • Oct 9, 2018
    • 4 min

    Breitling Wingwalkers and The Boeing Stearman

    Lloyd Carlton Stearman was born in Wellsford Kansas in October 1898. The son of Fred and Icie May Stearman, who came to Kansas from the C...
    724 views
    Mikoyan-Gurevich  MiG- 15
    Andre Venter
    • Sep 11, 2018
    • 3 min

    Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG- 15

    The first turbojet fighter developed by Mikoyan-Gurevich OKB ,was the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9, which appeared in the years immediately aft...
    891 views
    How the Doolittle Raid Doomed the Japanese Empire
    Garth Calitz
    • Sep 4, 2018
    • 4 min

    How the Doolittle Raid Doomed the Japanese Empire

    At noon on April 18, 1942, the citizens of Tokyo looked up into the sky and saw the impossible. Zooming low over the imperial capital was...
    867 views
    English Electric Canberra Altitude Record 1957
    Garth Calitz
    • Aug 28, 2018
    • 5 min

    English Electric Canberra Altitude Record 1957

    On the 28 August 1957 Michael Randrup, Chief Test Pilot of D. Napier and Son, Ltd., and Walter Shirley, Deputy Chief Engineer, climb into...
    959 views
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