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History of the de Havilland Aircraft Company
Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, the founder of the de Havilland World Enterprise, one of the first global manufacturing companies, was one of...
Garth Calitz
Aug 16, 202317 min read


SAAF Museum Monthly Flying Training Day
By Dian Townsend It's hard to believe that we've reached August already, but with a new month also comes another flight training day at...
Garth Calitz
Aug 9, 20232 min read


WWII Ladies of the Air - Air Transport Auxiliary
The Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) was a British civilian organisation set up during the Second World War and headquartered at White...
Garth Calitz
Aug 9, 20235 min read

Air Battle Over Niš – The Only Documented Military Battle Between Russia and The USA
In one of several dozen documented episodes of World War II classified as friendly fire, American troops mistakenly attacked a Soviet...
Garth Calitz
Jul 12, 20236 min read

Tupolev Tu-144 - The Most Successful Failure in Aviation History
It is December 1968, and a truly ground-breaking airliner is about to take its first flight. It resembles a giant white dart, as...
Garth Calitz
Jul 5, 20239 min read


80 Years of Lockheed Martin Skunk Works Innovation
For 80 years, Skunk Works has pushed the innovation envelope, failing fast to prove out novel technologies and deliver disruptive...
Garth Calitz
Jun 28, 20235 min read


MiG Alley - The Birth of Jet on Jet Dog Fighting
"MiG Alley" was the name given by United Nations (UN) pilots to the north-western portion of North Korea, where the Yalu River empties...
Garth Calitz
Jun 28, 202310 min read


South African Participation in the Korean War
Just a year after the South African Air Force’s (SAAF) contributed towards beating the blockade of West Berlin; the SAAF’s services were...
Garth Calitz
Jun 21, 20233 min read

Remembering D-Day and Honouring the "Gooney Birds" Role
In the early morning of June 6, 1944, thousands of soldiers, sailors, and airmen from Great Britain, the United States and the British...
Garth Calitz
Jun 7, 20234 min read

The First Hijacking – Italy 1942
By Rob Russell Another coastal patrol, just like yesterday..... On 28th July 1942, a Bristol Beaufort of 217 Squadron, RAF, under the...
Garth Calitz
May 31, 20234 min read
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