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    The flying life Jean Mermoz – The father of international Airmail
    Garth Calitz
    • Jan 5
    • 3 min

    The flying life Jean Mermoz – The father of international Airmail

    In January 1921, on his third try, Jean Mermoz got his pilot’s license. Three years later, he signed up as a pilot with Lignes Aeriennes ...
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    Gen Chuck Yeager - The Legend Passes
    Garth Calitz
    • Dec 8, 2020
    • 10 min

    Gen Chuck Yeager - The Legend Passes

    Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager stepped inside the Bell X-1, 73years ago on the 14th October 1947, when he stepped out he carried the title...
    3,742 views
    Young Blood for the EAA leadership
    Garth Calitz
    • Nov 3, 2020
    • 3 min

    Young Blood for the EAA leadership

    President Benjamin Franklin once stated, “If you want a job done properly, give it to a busy man”. The EAA South Africa National body see...
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    Chuck Yeager - The Man that Changed Aviation 73 years ago
    Garth Calitz
    • Oct 15, 2020
    • 9 min

    Chuck Yeager - The Man that Changed Aviation 73 years ago

    Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager stepped inside the Bell X-1, 73years ago on the 14th October 1947, when he stepped out he carried the title...
    1,153 views
    Laurie Kay – The Man, The Legend
    By Garth Calitz
    • Oct 30, 2019
    • 5 min

    Laurie Kay – The Man, The Legend

    As we sit on the eve of yet another Springbok Rugby World Cup Final one can’t help but to cast your mind back 24 years to the iconic flyp...
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    Chuck Yeager - Chasing the Demons for 72 Years
    Garth Calitz
    • Oct 15, 2019
    • 9 min

    Chuck Yeager - Chasing the Demons for 72 Years

    Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager stepped inside the Bell X-1,72 years ago on the 14th October 1947, when he stepped out he carried the title...
    2,458 views
    Lydia Litvyak – First Female Fighter Ace
    Garth Calitz
    • Sep 11, 2019
    • 9 min

    Lydia Litvyak – First Female Fighter Ace

    Lydia Vladimirovna Litvyak, affectionately known as Lilya, was a fighter pilot in the Soviet Air Force during World War II. Historians e...
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    Woman in Aviation - Leading the Way
    Garth Calitz
    • Aug 20, 2019
    • 10 min

    Woman in Aviation - Leading the Way

    August, being woman’s month, we decided to pay homage to some of the Ladies that led the way for others to follow in the generally male d...
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    Bob Hoover – The Best Stick and Rudder man to have lived
    Garth Calitz
    • Jul 9, 2019
    • 6 min

    Bob Hoover – The Best Stick and Rudder man to have lived

    Robert Anderson "Bob" Hoover was born in Nashville, Tennessee on January 24, 1922. He like many other pilots did not have oodles of cash ...
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    Frederick Wendall Glover- Unsung Fighter Ace of WWII
    Dennis Russell
    • May 21, 2019
    • 3 min

    Frederick Wendall Glover- Unsung Fighter Ace of WWII

    Freddie “Needle Nose” Glover was born on 4 December1915, a native of Asheville, North Carolina. Shortly after his high school graduation ...
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