Garth Calitz Oct 23, 20177 min readDe Havilland Dragon RapideIn late 1933, a team at de Havilland, led by aircraft designer Arthur Ernest Hagg, began working on a new design, intended to be a faster...
Garth Calitz Oct 23, 20176 min readAirbus A330-900 successful maiden test flightThe A330-900 first flight on 19 October 2017 debuts the 1,400 hours flight test campaign involving three prototypes plus the first...
Garth Calitz Oct 2, 20174 min readThe Zlin 50 aerobatics aircraftThe Z-50L is a cantilever low-winged single-engine monoplane with a fixed tailwheel undercarriage. Unlike the Zlín Z 26 series which it...
Garth Calitz Sep 10, 20175 min readThe Titanium Auto Gyro ExplorerThe Titanium Explorer is the first new generation gyro to be manufactured in Australia and a world first using titanium. The idea was...
Garth Calitz and Derek HopkinsAug 27, 20172 min readSA Get its third Extra 330 SCNigel Hopkins started the ball rolling when he purchased an Extra 330 SC after his MX2 shed a wing while practising for the 2015 world...
Garth Calitz Jul 29, 20174 min readThe ICP SavannahOn a cold Highveld morning I had the honour of being invited along to Kroon airfield just North of Pretoria to experience what I believe...
