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Welcome to Australian Recreational AviationPublished by Recreational Aviation Australia Incorporated (RA-Aus) for its members, and for those interested in flying in a friendly environment — just for the sheer fun of it — or in building or buying their own aircraft; or maybe just interested in learning about grass-roots aviation. |
Page revision 200 — the page content was last changed 9 February 2010 (CAGI trophy relocated)
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The RA-Aus monthly journal 'Recreational Aviation Australia' — mailed to all association members — is our main communication medium. It is also available to the public via the usual retail outlets, or by subscription. The primary aim of this article-based Web service is to provide an information repository that increases airmanship and safety awareness amongst recreational pilots — world-wide. RA-Aus recommends such aviators review the articles in the Web service tutorials and the index to airmanship and safety matters. All persons have unrestricted access to all material on this site. Web service tutorials and guides [html] These tutorials are dedicated to the memory of Wing Commander A.M. (Mick) Parer 'An operator who had a passion for flight and a passion to teach' 1935 — 2005 Please note: when reading these tutorials if you set screen width resolution to 800 dpi with a mid-size font, or 1024 to 1280 with a larger font size, the article text will be presented at 70–80 print characters per line, which is best for reading and will also present a suitable image size. The tutorials currently contain 470 000 words of text, plus illustrations. If the tutorials were published in standard textbook format the total page count would be around 950 pages but unfortunately there are no PDF format versions. The tutorials are edited by Dave Gardiner of Red Lettuce Communications. • Flight Theory • Learning to Fly guide • Aviation Meteorology in Australia • Flight Planning and Navigation • VHF Radiocommunications • Coping with Emergencies • Airmanship and safety matters • Decreasing your exposure to risk • Builders guide to safe aircraft materials * * * * * Aircraft purchase and construction • RA-Aus aircraft register • New aircraft and kits • Used aircraft for sale • Home-builts: building your own Flight schools, clubs & events • RA-Aus flight school details • Flight school location listing • Events calendar • Clubs RA-Aus manuals • Operations Manual issue 6 [2008] • Technical Manual issue 3 [2008] Application forms, ASICs, documents, subscriptions, insurance, purchases, payments • Members on-line payment facility • Membership, pilot and aircraft registration applications, insurance and other documents. (Please note: the BFR form was updated December 2, 2009.) • RA-Aus on-line shop Site map & search | RA-Aus Aircraft Operators!
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Australian summer: Geoff Hennig's Jabiru amongst the hay bales. An Australian design two seat 'amateur-built' category aircraft typical of the newer generation RA-Aus aeroplanes constructed in fibre reinforced polymer materials. In December 2005 the Bundaberg, Queensland factory marked the delivery of their 1000th Jabiru and some 4500 Jabiru series aero-engines. |
Learn to fly! It is possible to achieve the RA-Aus Pilot Certificate with just 20 hours of in-flight instruction! If you would like to be able to fly an aeroplane then check out our LEARNING TO FLY GUIDE. It provides a broad overview of what is involved in learning to fly in the friendly, fun world of Australian recreational aviation. |
| Design, build or buy your own aeroplane!
At December 23, 2009 RA-Aus had 9207 members with voting rights and there were 2955 aircraft with valid RA-Aus registration and an estimated market value of $102 million. The ownership of those aircraft comprises: • those enthusiasts who designed and fabricated their own truly experimental aircraft; • those who fully fabricated from commercially-supplied plans; • those who partly fabricated and assembled their own aircraft from a factory-supplied kit; • those who preferred to purchase a new certificated, factory- built aircraft • and those many members who chose to buy a pre-owned aircraft, whether factory-built or home-built. Pre-owned aircraft are advertised for sale in the 'Member's Market' while you can view a few home-builder projects in 'Home-builts: building your own'. New factory-built aircraft and aircraft kits, currently available in Australia and accepted for registration by RA-Aus, are listed in the 'Buyer's Guide'. |
 NEWCOMERS GUIDED TOURThe material in this site is wide-ranging in content. This short 10 page guided tour will provide a quick overview — the first page we look at is a potted history of ultralight aviation in Australia. |
Web tutorials author: John Brandon (contact information)
