Kelly Johnson: A True Military Aviation Hero
by Alex Hollings Kelly Johnson wasn’t the first man to build an aircraft. Nor was he the first to push the limits of what an aircraft...
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Garth Calitz
- Sep 1, 2020
- 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...
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Garth Calitz
- Jul 7, 2020
- 2 min
Qantas bids farewell to the Boeing 747 after almost 50 years Service
Qantas has announced a program of events to farewell it's last remaining Boeing 747 and provide Australians with the opportunity to say...
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Garth Calitz
- Jun 30, 2020
- 8 min
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...
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Garth Calitz
- Jun 9, 2020
- 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...
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Garth Calitz
- Jun 2, 2020
- 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...
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Garth Calitz
- Feb 13, 2020
- 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, 2020
- 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,...
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Garth Calitz
- Jan 14, 2020
- 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, 2020
- 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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