Garth Calitz 4 days ago2 minEAA Chapter 322 Kitty Hawk Breakfast Fly-inBy Andre Venter and Neil Bowden Kitty Hawk Aerodrome situated just outside Pretoria must be one the most welcoming airfields anywhere in...
Garth Calitz Dec 13, 20225 minSouth African Aerobatic Pilots Visit Nanchang Flight ConventionBy Cliff Lotter As I write this the team consisting of pilots Mark Hensman, Eugene du Preez, Gary Glasson, Johnie Smith, Cliff Lotter and...
Garth Calitz Dec 8, 20224 minICAD Airshow and Youth Awareness ExpoBy Garth Calitz, photos by Andre Venter and Louisa Bernard The South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) hosted a successful...
Garth Calitz Nov 30, 20223 minExercise Vuk’uhlome held at SA Army Combat Training Centre, Lohatla By Trevor Cohen Exercise Vuk’uhlome took place at the South African Army combat training centre over the course of 3 weeks. There were 5...
Garth Calitz Nov 30, 202216 minAero Club of South Africa Awards Ceremony 2022After a break of two years due to the pandemic, the Aero Club held their awards luncheon at Rand Airport. Flippie Vermeulen kindly made...
Garth Calitz Nov 24, 20223 minBill Harrop's Original Balloon Safaris Celebrates 239 Years of Manned Balloon Flight By Garth Calitz The hot air balloon is the oldest form of flight technology used for carrying humans, following the first manned flight...
Garth Calitz Nov 24, 20225 minThe 22nd World Rally Flying Championships By Garth Calitz and Rob Jonkers The 22nd World Rally Flying Championships finally got underway on Monday 14 November, I say finally...
Garth Calitz Nov 24, 20224 minSeventh Edition of the Popular Helivate OlympicsBy Garth Calitz Helivate Helicopter Services have hosted a Heli Olympics for the last seven years and the pilots seem to love them as...
Garth Calitz Nov 2, 20223 minSAPFA National Landing CompetitionBy Garth Calitz The friendly Brits Airfield was once again chosen to host the National Landing Competition on Saturday 29 October....
Garth Calitz Nov 2, 20222 minWonderboom Airport Fly-in and Classic Car EventBy Andre Venter Christian Maiorana, managing partner of Villa San Giovanni and his team went to great lengths to organise and promote...