Garth Calitz Jan 29, 20183 min readFlyox I Amphibious UAVFlyox I is Singular Aircraft’s biggest amphibious unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) under development. The aircraft will be offered in four...
Garth Calitz Jan 22, 20186 min readThe Piper J3 CubNever in his wildest dreams did Gilbert Taylor think that he was designing a legend when he rolled out the first Cub in 1930 known at the...
Garth Calitz Jan 15, 20185 min readde Havilland Canada DHC-1 ChipmunkThe de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk is a two-seat, single-engine aircraft that has been extensively used as a primary trainer...
Garth Calitz Dec 18, 20174 min readCESSNA 172 THE SCHOOL MASTERThe Cessna 172 is the ultimate training aircraft and the most popular single-engine aircraft ever built. With forgiving flight...
Garth Calitz Dec 18, 20176 min readGYROCOPTERS FROM 1923 TO THE PRESENTGyrocopters have become a regular sight at all airfields around the country and at fly-ins, in recent years they have even made their way...
Garth Calitz Dec 4, 20174 min readPITTS SPECIAL 70 YEARS AND COUNTINGThe Pitts biplanes, designed and originally built in 1944 by Curtis Pitts, dominated all world aerobatic competition in the 1960s and...
Garth Calitz Nov 27, 20172 min readPRESIDENTIAL AIRCRAFTThe first head of state or government to receive official and dedicated air transport was the British Monarch. In 1928, two Westland...
Garth Calitz Nov 20, 20179 min readVANS RV ……WHICH ONE TO CHOOSE?You’ve been hiring Cessna 172 or Piper Cherokee for a while. Hire and fly is inconvenient and expensive, and the hire and fly aircraft...
Garth Calitz Nov 20, 20172 min readTHE 777, BOEING'S BEST SELLING WIDE BODYThe Boeing 777 is a family of long-range wide-body twin-engine jet airliners developed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes....
Garth Calitz Oct 30, 20173 min readTHE LAST TWO DOUGLAS DC-6B'sAlthough there are many DC-6A and C-118 cargo versions in operation around the world, the DC-6B passenger liners were mostly "mothballed"...