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Garth Calitz
Oct 15, 20209 min read
Chuck Yeager - The Man that Changed Aviation 73 years ago
Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager stepped inside the Bell X-1, 73years ago on the 14th October 1947, when he stepped out he carried the title...


By Garth Calitz
Oct 30, 20195 min read
Laurie Kay – The Man, The Legend
As we sit on the eve of yet another Springbok Rugby World Cup Final one can’t help but to cast your mind back 24 years to the iconic...


Garth Calitz
Oct 15, 20199 min read
Chuck Yeager - Chasing the Demons for 72 Years
Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager stepped inside the Bell X-1,72 years ago on the 14th October 1947, when he stepped out he carried the title...


Garth Calitz
Sep 11, 20199 min read
Lydia Litvyak – First Female Fighter Ace
Lydia Vladimirovna Litvyak, affectionately known as Lilya, was a fighter pilot in the Soviet Air Force during World War II. Historians...


Garth Calitz
Aug 20, 201910 min read
Woman in Aviation - Leading the Way
August, being woman’s month, we decided to pay homage to some of the Ladies that led the way for others to follow in the generally male...

Garth Calitz
Jul 9, 20196 min read
Bob Hoover – The Best Stick and Rudder man to have lived
Robert Anderson "Bob" Hoover was born in Nashville, Tennessee on January 24, 1922. He like many other pilots did not have oodles of cash...


Dennis Russell
May 21, 20193 min read
Frederick Wendall Glover- Unsung Fighter Ace of WWII
Freddie “Needle Nose” Glover was born on 4 December1915, a native of Asheville, North Carolina. Shortly after his high school graduation...


Mandy Whitecross
Apr 2, 20194 min read
“Back to Life, Health and Flying” – Gary Whitecross’ Journey
Gary Whitecross has always been fascinated by flying and at the age of seven started flying model aircraft he quickly progressed to...


Garth Calitz
Feb 5, 201913 min read
Charles Lindbergh Aviator, Adventurer and Innovator
Charles A. Lindbergh was born in Detroit, Michigan, on February 4, 1902, and spent most of his childhood in Little Falls, Minnesota, and...


Neville Ferreira
Jul 24, 20183 min read
Neville Ferreira and The Genpro- Reaching new Heights
3:45 in the morning and I am woken up by the sun shining through the hotel room window in the 45° roof above my bed. 9:40pm you are still...
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