Garth Calitz Oct 222 min readEmbraer Celebrates 20 Years of the Ethanol-Powered Ipanema Embraer is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the certification of its Ipanema EMB-202A, the world's first and only series-produced...
Garth Calitz May 157 min readThe ABSA Lowveld Airshow 2024 – Celebrating 30 Years By Garth Calitz Photos by Garth Calitz, Rayno Snyman and Trevor Cohen When the times for the Lowveld Airshow were released I had serious...
Garth Calitz Feb 203 min readLeland Snow – The Father of Agricultural Spray Aircraft By most accounts, it’s fair to say that Air Tractor founder Leland Snow did more to advance the AG aviation industry than any other...
Garth Calitz Jan 172 min readEmbraer Delivered the 1600th Ipanema Agricultural AircraftEmbraer's Agricultural Aviation Division delivered 65 Ipanema aircraft in 2023, an increase of 18% compared to the previous year. As a...
Garth Calitz Oct 12, 20226 min readAg Aviation Africa 2022 Conference – Bona Bona Game Lodge By Ag Aviation Photos by Austin del Bianco Air Tractor makes agribusiness sense, and this was on full display with some of the best...
Garth Calitz May 25, 20223 min readEmbraer Delivers 1500th Ipanema Agri Aircraft A technological icon in Brazilian agriculture with five decades of operation, Embraer has delivered the 1500th Ipanema agricultural...
Garth Calitz Mar 29, 20227 min readAG Aviation Africa Launches Their New Flight Academy and Simulator By Rob Russell Ag Aviation Flight Academy (AAFA) hosted an open day and launch party on the 24th of March 2022 to showcase its facilities...
Garth Calitz Oct 5, 20212 min readEmbraerX and Pyka Team Up to Accelerate the Future of Autonomous Agriculture AircraftEmbraerX, the disruptive innovation arm of Embraer, and Pyka, an Oakland-based start-up working at the forefront of autonomous aviation...
Garth Calitz Sep 9, 20215 min readAG Aviation Africa – Air Tractor Annual ConferenceBy Garth Calitz AG aviation could not have picked a better venue to host the 2021 AG Aviation – Air Tractor conference, Bona Bona Game...