Garth Calitz May 18, 20224 min read101-Year-Old Veteran Promoted to Major, reflects on serviceFifty-five years after his retirement, World War II veteran Capt. Thomas Dewey Adams Jr., 101 years old, was granted an honorary...
Garth Calitz May 3, 20226 min read40th Anniversary of Op Black BuckOn 1 May 1982, during the Falklands conflict, the Royal Air Force began a series of extremely long-range bombing missions using Vulcan...
Garth Calitz Apr 5, 20222 min readShuttleworth Trust Receive Iconic heritage aircraft From BAE SystemsBAE Systems has donated the last aircraft from its unique heritage collection to the Shuttleworth Trust. The agreement means that the De...
Garth Calitz Feb 22, 20227 min readThe De Havilland Dragon RapideIn late 1933, a team at de Havilland, led by aircraft designer Arthur Ernest Hagg, began working on a new design, intended to be a faster...
Garth Calitz Feb 1, 20226 min readThe Legendary Piper J3 CubNever in his wildest dreams did Gilbert Taylor think that he was designing a legend when he rolled out the first Cub in 1930 known at the...
Garth Calitz Jan 18, 202212 min readPat Pattle - The Commonwealths Top WWII AceA young South African pilot has been credited with the honour of “The Commonwealths Top WWII Ace” but is still relatively unknown as he...
Garth Calitz Dec 21, 20213 min readCharlie Taylor – Engine builder who powered the Wright FlyerCharlie Taylor was born in a log cabin on May 24, 1868, in Cerro Gordo, Illinois to William Stephen Taylor and Mary Jane Germain. Taylor...
Garth Calitz Nov 30, 202116 min readJack Malloch – the last of the true African legends – Part 2Rob Russell Followed on from Part 1 CARGOMAN COMMENCES OPERATIONS Jack discussed the problem with his directors and one of them,...
Garth Calitz Nov 23, 202114 min readJack Malloch – the last of the true African legends – Part 1Rob Russell John “Jack” Malloch born on the 8th October 1920, was a true legend of African aviation. From his early days, he was never...
Garth Calitz Nov 17, 20215 min readWomen Airforce Service Pilots fight for veteran statusOn the evening of August 23, 1943, a pilot named Mabel Rawlinson died in a fiery crash in the North Carolina swamplands near Fort Davis....
