Marc Joel Atrero

10 Years Ago • A ceremony at Wichita, Kansas on April 12 by Boeing and the USAF celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress. First flown on April 15 1952, a total of 744 B-52s of all models were built. The structural life of the B-52 airframe has been extended to at least

You get a keen sense of regional aviation’s many roles when natural disasters strike at communities. The recent floods in NSW, Queensland and Victoria were a tragedy for many and stretched all available resources. When roads are cut and families and stock are isolated, help from the sky often is the first response. Local airports

No other military capability is subjected to more ill-informed commentary than air power. For example, the mere possession of high-performance platforms such as Su-30s and MiG-29s often is simplistically equated with possessing a capable air force. Nothing could be further from the truth. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a

Consolidated Vultee Bt-13a Valiant Arrives Not the First Vultee Bt-13 in Australia but the First to Fly Here is Warbird N51bt, Re-cently Imported for Owner John Kempton of Albury, Nsw. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please login. Username or

Calls For R44 Fuel Tanks Changes The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has advised owners of Robinson R44 helicopters to change their machines’ rigid aluminium fuel tanks for flexible bladder tanks following the release of a preliminary report into the crash of an R44 at Nowra on February 4. This content is available exclusively to

Qantas Group News in This Issue We Report the Delivery of a 737-800 to Qantas and a Fokker 100 to Network Aviation and the Departures of Two Qantas 737-400s and a 767-300. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please login.