Garth Calitz Mar 22, 20233 min readEAA Krugersdorp Breakfast Fly-inBy Andre Venter Krugersdorp Airfield or HMS Krugersdorp as it is affectionately known by some seems to still raise a bit of trepidation...
Garth Calitz Mar 9, 20235 min readAero Club of South Africa Air Week 2023By Garth Calitz Photos By Andre Venter and Dian Townsend The Aero Club of South Africa hosted their annual Air week at the Middelburg...
Garth Calitz Mar 9, 20232 min readSAA Cargo partners with Menzies Aviation to Provide Air Cargo ServicesSouth African Airways (SAA) Cargo has appointed Menzies Aviation, the world’s largest aviation services company, to provide air cargo...
Garth Calitz Mar 1, 20233 min readEAA Young Eagles- Keeping the Legacy AliveBy Garth Calitz Photos By Andre Venter Brakpan Airfield was the chosen location for the latest in a series of EAA Young Eagles Events...
Garth Calitz Feb 1, 20232 min readEAA Chapter 322 Kitty Hawk Breakfast Fly-inBy Andre Venter and Neil Bowden Kitty Hawk Aerodrome situated just outside Pretoria must be one the most welcoming airfields anywhere in...
Garth Calitz Dec 13, 20225 min readSouth African Aerobatic Pilots Visit Nanchang Flight ConventionBy Cliff Lotter As I write this the team consisting of pilots Mark Hensman, Eugene du Preez, Gary Glasson, Johnie Smith, Cliff Lotter and...
Garth Calitz Dec 8, 20224 min readICAD Airshow and Youth Awareness ExpoBy Garth Calitz, photos by Andre Venter and Louisa Bernard The South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) hosted a successful...
Garth Calitz Nov 30, 20223 min readExercise Vuk’uhlome held at SA Army Combat Training Centre, Lohatla By Trevor Cohen Exercise Vuk’uhlome took place at the South African Army combat training centre over the course of 3 weeks. There were 5...
Garth Calitz Nov 30, 202216 min readAero Club of South Africa Awards Ceremony 2022After a break of two years due to the pandemic, the Aero Club held their awards luncheon at Rand Airport. Flippie Vermeulen kindly made...
Garth Calitz Nov 24, 20223 min readBill Harrop's Original Balloon Safaris Celebrates 239 Years of Manned Balloon Flight By Garth Calitz The hot air balloon is the oldest form of flight technology used for carrying humans, following the first manned flight...