The Journey of Linda Sollars from Airliners to a Sling High Wing
Linda’s love affair with aviation was born as a young girl reading Snoopy and the Red Baron and watching movies like Chitty Chitty Bang...
Garth Calitz
- May 18
- 4 min
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...
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Garth Calitz
- Mar 1
- 3 min
Tristan Eeles a Man “On the Move”
Tristan Eeles like many of the top aerobatics pilots in the world, grew up around aircraft and his passion for flying was fostered when...
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Garth Calitz
- Jan 18
- 12 min
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...
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Garth Calitz
- Dec 14, 2021
- 3 min
Glen Warden – Tribute to an Aviation Legend
As Glen Warden landed at what was to be his final aerobatics competition on Saturday, the conversation amongst the media photographers...
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Garth Calitz
- Nov 30, 2021
- 16 min
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,...
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Garth Calitz
- Nov 23, 2021
- 14 min
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...
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Garth Calitz
- Aug 10, 2021
- 8 min
Great Woman in Aviation - Amelia Earhart,
In 1960 an old US coastguard told a curious reporter a tale he had heard some 14 years before on the Pacific island of Nikumaroro. Not...
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Garth Calitz
- May 18, 2021
- 2 min
Fly-By-Wire visionary Bernard Ziegler passes away
The aviation world is saddened to learn of the passing of Bernard Ziegler, at the age of 88. Ziegler, one of Airbus’ engineering...
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Garth Calitz
- Feb 23, 2021
- 6 min
Solomon “Pi” Pienaar – A Gentleman of Calibre
by Illona Osso-Fairbrother 2020 has been a year many people want to forget but at the same time, it is also a year to remember The Fallen...
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