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Pilotless Aircraft – Coming to a Plane Near You
By Rob Russell Ever since the day after the Wright brothers called in their bankers to help them finance their future planes and plans,...
Garth Calitz
Jul 17, 20249 min read


CemAir Remains Uncertain on the Future of Plettenberg Bay Airport
On Tuesday, July 2nd, CemAir received a call from the Plettenberg Bay Airport manager. The manager informed them that the airport's...
Garth Calitz
Jul 17, 20242 min read


Emirates SkyCargo Orders Five More Boeing 777 Freighters
Emirates SkyCargo and Boeing have announced an order for five additional 777 Freighters as the operator again picks the world's most...
Garth Calitz
Jul 17, 20242 min read


Textron Aviation Delivers First Cessna SkyCourier Combi
Textron Aviation announced the delivery of the first Cessna SkyCourier twin-engine utility turboprop equipped with a Combi interior...
Garth Calitz
Jul 17, 20242 min read


Drones Deliver Medicine, Mail, Money and Spare Parts to Hardest-to-Reach Locations
Drone technology is taking off and cargo drones are being used successfully in supply chains around the world, to deliver things ranging...
Garth Calitz
Jul 17, 20244 min read


Elders Flight 2024 – The Biggest Ever
By Garth Calitz Photos by Garth Calitz, Trevor Cohen, Rayno Snyman, Timmy Homan, Jared van Bergen and Dian Townsend On a bitterly cold...
Garth Calitz
Jul 11, 20244 min read


Wales National Airshow Display Centenary Tribute to Royal Auxiliary Air Force
There was a special tribute to the 100th anniversary of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force at the Wales National Airshow in Swansea this...
Garth Calitz
Jul 11, 20242 min read


Bell 505 Completes Successful Demo Tour in Mexico
The Bell 505 parapublic-configured aircraft recently completed a successful demonstration tour across Mexico, visiting various parapublic...
Garth Calitz
Jul 11, 20242 min read


Allied Forces Soar for Arctic Defender
An estimated 500 personnel from the U.S., Canada, Germany, Italy, Spain and France kicked off exercise Arctic Defender at Joint Base...
Garth Calitz
Jul 11, 20243 min read


Lockheed Martin To Develop Artificial Intelligence Tools For DARPA
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $4.6 million contract by the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop Artificial...
Garth Calitz
Jul 11, 20242 min read


Embraer Shows a Strong Presence at the Farnborough Airshow
Embraer will arrive with a strong presence at the Farnborough International Airshow, the most significant aviation and aerospace event of...
Garth Calitz
Jul 11, 20242 min read


Warmbad Taildraggers 2024
By Garth Calitz Many of us have made the annual migration north to taildraggers many times in the last 15 odd years and most will attest...
Garth Calitz
Jul 3, 20243 min read


SKYTRAX 2024 World Airline Awards
The 2024 World Airline Awards have been announced in a gala ceremony held on Monday 24th June 2024 at the iconic Fairmont Windsor Park,...
Garth Calitz
Jul 3, 20246 min read


Boeing Delivers First CH-47F Block II Chinook to US Army
In support of ongoing U.S. Army modernization efforts, Boeing delivered the first CH-47F Block II Chinook. The aircraft is one of up to...
Garth Calitz
Jul 3, 20241 min read


How the Doolittle Raid Doomed the Japanese Empire
At noon on April 18, 1942, the citizens of Tokyo looked up into the sky and saw the impossible. Zooming low over the imperial capital was...
Garth Calitz
Jul 3, 20244 min read


Discovering the AW249, The New Helicopter to Operate in Future Multi-Domain Scenarios
Two prototypes are flying, and two are in final assembly: the AW249 was created for multi-domain scenarios and future operational...
Garth Calitz
Jul 3, 20242 min read


Eve Air Mobility Announces $94M New Equity to Support eVTOL Development
Eve Air Mobility has announced $94M in new equity financing from multiple investors. The funding, which includes the issuance of new...
Garth Calitz
Jul 3, 20242 min read


Airbus’ Gentle Beast – The Beluga
By Rob Russell We’ve all heard of the Beluga – that very sociable white whale, found in the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions of the world,...
Garth Calitz
Jun 27, 20246 min read


Inauguration Flypasts in Pictures
By Rayno Snyman
Garth Calitz
Jun 27, 20241 min read


Lycoming Celebrates 95th Anniversary
It began in 1845 as the Demorest Manufacturing Company producing sewing machines and bicycles in Williamsport, PA. The machinery always...
Garth Calitz
Jun 27, 20241 min read


Embraer Delivers Second KC-390 To the Portuguese Air Force
Embraer delivered the second KC-390 multi-mission aircraft to the Portuguese Air Force (FAP). The platform includes standard NATO (North...
Garth Calitz
Jun 27, 20242 min read


Gulfstream G500 and G600 Each Exceed 100,000 Flight Hours
Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. has proudly announced the clean-sheet Gulfstream G500 and Gulfstream G600 have each surpassed 100,000 flight...
Garth Calitz
Jun 27, 20242 min read


French Army’s NH90 for Special Forces has Started Flight Testing
Airbus Helicopters has launched the flight test campaign for the prototype of the NH90 Standard 2. This standard is one of the latest...
Garth Calitz
Jun 27, 20242 min read


Bell Helicopters a Brief History
The company was established on July 10, 1935, as Bell Aircraft Corporation by Lawrence Dale Bell in Buffalo, New York, with a focus on...
Garth Calitz
Jun 19, 20242 min read
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