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EAA Chapter 322 Kitty Hawk Breakfast Fly-in
By Andre Venter and Neil Bowden Kitty Hawk Aerodrome situated just outside Pretoria must be one the most welcoming airfields anywhere in...
Garth Calitz
Feb 1, 20232 min read


South African Aerobatic Pilots Visit Nanchang Flight Convention
By 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 13, 20225 min read


ICAD Airshow and Youth Awareness Expo
By Garth Calitz, photos by Andre Venter and Louisa Bernard The South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) hosted a successful...
Garth Calitz
Dec 8, 20224 min read


Exercise 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, 20223 min read


Aero Club of South Africa Awards Ceremony 2022
After 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 30, 202216 min read


Bill 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, 20223 min read


The 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, 20225 min read


Seventh Edition of the Popular Helivate Olympics
By 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 24, 20224 min read


SAPFA National Landing Competition
By Garth Calitz The friendly Brits Airfield was once again chosen to host the National Landing Competition on Saturday 29 October....
Garth Calitz
Nov 2, 20223 min read


Wonderboom Airport Fly-in and Classic Car Event
By Andre Venter Christian Maiorana, managing partner of Villa San Giovanni and his team went to great lengths to organise and promote...
Garth Calitz
Nov 2, 20222 min read
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