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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
Feb 15, 20238 min read
Friendly Fire Incident that Almost Changed History
The course of South Africa, and maybe even World history was almost changed on 31 October 1940. SAAF 2 Squadron Hawker Furies were...
Garth Calitz
Jan 24, 20232 min read
Beechcraft Bonanza, Is the "Doctor killer" Tag Warranted
The V-tail design gained a reputation as the "forked-tail doctor killer", due to crashes by overconfident wealthy amateur pilots, fatal...
Garth Calitz
Jan 17, 20234 min read
ERCO Ercoupe – The Worlds First Unspinable Aircraft
The ERCO Ercoupe is an American low-wing monoplane aircraft that was first flown in 1937. It was originally manufactured by the...
Garth Calitz
Jan 10, 20237 min read
Flying Boats – The Giants of the Skies
This history of world travellers will by no means be accurate if the giant flying boats were not mentioned prominently, before the Second...
Garth Calitz
Jan 10, 202310 min read
George Leonard 'Johnny' Johnson, the Last Member of the "Dambusters" Passes Away
The last surviving member of the original “Dambusters”, Squadron Leader George Leonard ‘Johnny’ Johnson, passed away on 7 December 2022...
Garth Calitz
Dec 13, 20222 min read
History of Airmail
Specific instances of a letter being delivered by air long predate the introduction of Airmail as a regularly scheduled service available...
Garth Calitz
Dec 8, 20226 min read
50th Anniversary of the first flight of the Airbus A300
On 28 October 1972, the world’s first twin-engined wide-body commercial aircraft, the A300B1 development aircraft, MSN 1, bearing the...
Garth Calitz
Nov 2, 20228 min read
Lycoming Engines, A Brief History
Lycoming Engines is a major American manufacturer of aircraft engines. With a factory in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Lycoming produces a...
Garth Calitz
Nov 2, 20225 min read
World War Two Airmen Laid to Rest 78 Years After Fatal Flight
A series of ceremonies in the Netherlands this week which commemorated the sacrifices of World War Two RAF airmen, with the burial of a...
Garth Calitz
Oct 12, 20224 min read
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