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Edgar Schmued the Man responsible for the P-51 Mustang Design
Edgar Schmüd was born in Hornbach, Germany, on 30 December 1899. His father Heinrich Schmüd was an Austrian, so Edgar inherited Austrian...
Garth Calitz
Oct 10, 20234 min read


The Great Train Race 2023 – Heidelberg Airfield
By Garth Calitz In 1930, a Bentley Sportsman Coupé beat France's Famous Blue Train in a race from Cannes to Calais. This great feat is...
Garth Calitz
Oct 3, 20232 min read


SAAF Celebrates 75 Years of Helicopter Operations
By Duncan Gillespie Photos by Andre Venter This past Saturday, 26 August 2023, saw the annual gathering of surviving members of the South...
Garth Calitz
Aug 31, 20233 min read


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...
Garth Calitz
Aug 31, 20233 min read


History of the de Havilland Aircraft Company
Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, the founder of the de Havilland World Enterprise, one of the first global manufacturing companies, was one of...
Garth Calitz
Aug 16, 202317 min read


SAAF Museum Monthly Flying Training Day
By Dian Townsend It's hard to believe that we've reached August already, but with a new month also comes another flight training day at...
Garth Calitz
Aug 9, 20232 min read


WWII Ladies of the Air - Air Transport Auxiliary
The Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) was a British civilian organisation set up during the Second World War and headquartered at White...
Garth Calitz
Aug 9, 20235 min read


Air Battle Over Niš – The Only Documented Military Battle Between Russia and The USA
In one of several dozen documented episodes of World War II classified as friendly fire, American troops mistakenly attacked a Soviet...
Garth Calitz
Jul 12, 20236 min read


Tupolev Tu-144 - The Most Successful Failure in Aviation History
It is December 1968, and a truly ground-breaking airliner is about to take its first flight. It resembles a giant white dart, as...
Garth Calitz
Jul 5, 20239 min read


80 Years of Lockheed Martin Skunk Works Innovation
For 80 years, Skunk Works has pushed the innovation envelope, failing fast to prove out novel technologies and deliver disruptive...
Garth Calitz
Jun 28, 20235 min read
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