The aircraft from the US Air Force’s 509th Bomb Wing and 131st Bomb Wing flew from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri to Australia earlier this month on August 16.
In this extract from his book, Damien Lay imagines the final moments of the Lady Southern Cross and its pilots Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith and Tommy Pethybridge as they went down over the Gulf of Martaban in 1935. ‘Charles!’ Tommy screamed, his voice …
Speaking exclusively to Australian Aviation, Petra Popovac, CEO of Airport Coordination Australia (ACA), said her company is not to blame for the failures of Rex and Bonza, which had each reportedly struggled to break into the Sydney market before goin…