Marc Joel Atrero

Flight training began over 100 years ago and since then enormous changes have taken place in equipment and flight training methods. But the aim has always been the same – to produce a competent pilot to a set standard. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading

There is no time like the present to begin looking to the future and planning to make an already great industry even better. In aviation, planning can take many forms, ranging from debt reduction to new capital purchases of the latest and best aircraft and equipment. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members.

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