SA National Aerobatics Championships 2020
The SAC National Aerobatics Championships, held at New Tempe airfield, was the result of nothing less than dogged determination by Gary...
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Garth Calitz
Oct 1, 202013 min read
“Blackhawk” signs off, leaving a leaderless SAAF
The Chief of the South African Airforce, LtGen Fabian “Zakes” Msimang was bid farewell at a retreat parade held at AFB Zwartkop on...
Garth Calitz
Sep 29, 20202 min read
The Heidelberg Great Train Race - 2020
By Andre Venter In 1930, a Bentley Sportsman Coupé beat France's Famous Blue Train in a race from Cannes to Calais. This great feat was...
Garth Calitz
Sep 22, 20204 min read
Warmbaths Taildraggers Fly-in 2020
Nylstroom Taildraggers has achieved almost legendary status amongst the general aviation community in South Africa, after ten successful...
Garth Calitz
Sep 15, 20205 min read
The SAPFA Secunda Speed Rally
The 2020 Speed Rally season, like many other sporting events, was completely upended by the Covid-19 pandemic. The season got off to a...
Garth Calitz
Aug 11, 20204 min read
SAC Kitty Hawk RV Aerobatics Clinic
The Covid-19 pandemic and the lengthy lock-down imposed on all of us has brought to a halt all aviation events for many months, this all...
Photos by Dries Beetge
Mar 17, 20204 min read
100 years of Trans-African flight Commemorated
It has been 100 years since Lieutenant-Colonel Pierre van Ryneveld and Captain Quentin Brand departed completed their record setting...
Garth Calitz
Mar 11, 20203 min read
SAC North-West Regional Aerobatics Championships
All the aerobatics pilots from around South Africa look forward to the competitions held at Klerksdorp, I’m sure in part because of the...
Garth Calitz
Feb 11, 20203 min read
Witbank Speed Rally Grand Prix - Race 2
The second instalment of the very exciting speed Rally Grand Prix took place above the Witbank Airfield on 1 February 2020. The Grand...
Andre Venter
Feb 11, 20202 min read
SAAF Museum Flying Day – Celebrating 100 Years of Excellence
Every month on the first Saturday of the month the South African Airforce Museum entertain the locals with a flying display from years...
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