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Garth Calitz
May 18, 20224 min read
101-Year-Old Veteran Promoted to Major, reflects on service
Fifty-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 read
40th Anniversary of Op Black Buck
On 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 read
Shuttleworth Trust Receive Iconic heritage aircraft From BAE Systems
BAE 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 read
The De Havilland Dragon Rapide
In 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 read
The Legendary Piper J3 Cub
Never 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 read
Pat Pattle - The Commonwealths Top WWII Ace
A 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 read
Charlie Taylor – Engine builder who powered the Wright Flyer
Charlie 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 read
Jack Malloch – the last of the true African legends – Part 2
Rob 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 read
Jack Malloch – the last of the true African legends – Part 1
Rob 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 read
Women Airforce Service Pilots fight for veteran status
On the evening of August 23, 1943, a pilot named Mabel Rawlinson died in a fiery crash in the North Carolina swamplands near Fort Davis....
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