Site map & search Rev. 73 — page content was last changed 5 March 2010

If you enter a few key words in either box the Google search engine will provide a very fast search of this site only — unless you click the 'WWW' radio button. Unfortunately, due to an idiosyncrasy which is not yet able to be overcome, for a complete search you will have to sequentially search both the older url www.auf.asn.au and www.raa.asn.au. More hits will be found under the older url.

Please be aware that this Web service is the repository for a large number of HTML files providing about 5 megabytes of data. There are also about 900 PDF and MS Word files. The contents index below is grouped within 18 categories and lists the key HTML files plus some RA-Aus data base extractions in PDF format; it is rather long so please use the scroll bar. The most frequently accessed pages are displayed in bold – and please note that each page selected from the list below will open in a new browser window.

•   Home page [ clicking the Fly Light logo displayed on most pages will bring up the home page]

1. SPECIALISED SITE TOURS
•   Airmanship and safety tour for recreational pilots
•   Newcomers Guided Tour

  2. ABOUT US – joining us – our history – our regulatory environment
•   About us — the RA-Aus association and our mission
•   Joining us — RA-Aus membership
•   Contact RA-Aus board members and management staff
•   Benchmark events in Australian recreational aviation history
•   The regulatory framework for RA-Aus operations
      •   The Civil Aviation Act & CASA's functions
•   RA-Aus Constitution [PDF file]
•   RA-Aus Board by-laws
•   Notice board
•   Objectives of this Web Service

  3. MEMBERSHIP, FEES, FORMS, DOCUMENTS, ASICs
•   Member's online payment
•   Schedule of all current fees and charges (download copy is in PDF format)
•   Membership applications, other forms & documents ( PDF or Word format)
       Please note that BFR form have been revised and updated December 2, 2009
•   Aviation Security Identification Card
•   RA-Aus on-line shop

  4. RA-Aus PROCEDURES MANUAL
•   Operations Manual issue 6 [effective August 1, 2008]
•   Technical Manual issue 3 [March 2008]

  5. AIRWORTHINESS NOTICES, SBs, SIs, SLs
•   Airworthiness Notices and similar bulletins; generally in PDF or Word format

  6. FLIGHT SCHOOLS and TRAINING PERSONNEL
•   Flight school pages index
•   Flight school location listing [PDF document]
      •   Regional Operations Co-ordinator listing [PDF document]
      •   Pilot Examiner listing [PDF document]
      •   Chief Flying Instructor listing [PDF document]
      •   Senior Instructor listing [PDF document]
      •   Instructor listing [PDF document]
•   CASA's Flight Instructors Manual - 2005 draft issue [pdf format 379 KB]

  7. COMPETITIONS, CLUBS, COMING EVENTS, NATFLY 2010
•   Come and Get It Trophy
•   Clubs index
•   Coming events, fly-ins, displays
•   NATFLY RA-Aus members' annual National Fly-in

  8. OPERATIONS & AIRMANSHIP
•   Index to airmanship and safety matters
•   Airmanship & flight discipline - an overview
•   Magazine articles from 'Flight Safety Australia' & 'Australian Ultralights'
•   AUF/RA-Aus Accident Investigation reports

  9. COPING WITH EMERGENCIES GUIDE
•   Coping with Emergencies contents page
•   Knowing the aircraft
•   Deceleration forces
•   Forced landing procedures
•   Overcoming aircraft control system failures
•   Procedure when lost
•   Safety and emergency communication procedures
•   Comfort and survival in a remote environment
•   Aviation distress beacons
•   Understanding SAR services
•   ERSA emergency and survival procedures [PDF file]

  10. DECREASING YOUR EXPOSURE TO RISK GUIDE
•   Introduction
•   Don't fly real fast
•   Don't stall and spin in from a turn
•   Don't land too fast in an emergency
•   Engine failure after take-off
•   The turn back, possible or impossible — or just unwise?
•   Wind shear and turbulence

11. TECHNICAL, MAINTENANCE, AIRCRAFT PURCHASE & CONSTRUCTION
•   Member's Market [used aircraft for sale]
•   Buyer's guide index [new aircraft, kits and other products of interest]
•   RA-Aus aircraft register
      •   Registration number sequence
      •   Registration date sequence
•   RA-Aus aircraft maintenance
•   Level 2: maintenance engineers [PDF document]
•   Level 3: Regional Technical Officer listing [PDF document]
•   Home-builts: building your own
      •   Informative documents associated with amateur building
•   Level 4: list of amateur built inspectors [PDF document]

  12. BUILDERS GUIDE TO SAFE AIRCRAFT MATERIALS
•   Materials guide contents page
•   3. Properties of wood
•   4. Properties of plywoods
•   5. Wood joints and adhesives
•   6. Wood beams in aircraft
•   7. Selecting aircraft timber
•   8. Basic strength and elastic properties of wood
•   9. Properties of metals
•   10. Metal corrosion
•   11. Hardware fittings in aircraft structures
•   12. AN, MS hardware – rivets, bolts & locking devices
•   13. Safetying
•   15. Aircraft fabric covering systems
•   16. Plastics and thermosets
•   17. Reinforcing fibres and composites
•   18. Surface coatings and finishes

  13. LEARNING TO FLY GUIDE
•   Learning to fly contents page
•   Training procedure outline
•   RA-Aus training organisation
•   Getting started
•   Trial Instructional Flights
•   Flight instruction – a student's viewpoint
•   Advanced flight training
•   Airmanship and flight discipline

  14. TUTORIAL – Flight Theory
•   Flight Theory Guide contents page
•   Basic forces
•   Manoeuvring forces
•   Airspeed and air properties
      •   Basic sailplane instruments
•   Altitude and altimeters
•   Aerofoils and wings
      •   FoilSim - aerofoil flight test
•   Engine and propeller performance
•   Tailplane surfaces
•   Stability
•   Control
•   Weight and balance
•   Weight shift control
•   Take-off considerations
•   Circuit and landing
•   Safety: flight at excessive speed
•   Safety: control loss in turns

  15. TUTORIAL – Aviation Meteorology in Australia
•   Aviation Meteorology contents page
•   Atmospheric structure
•   Atmospheric thermodynamics
•   Cloud, fog and precipitation
•   Planetary scale tropospheric systems
•   Synoptic scale features
•   Southern Hemisphere winds
•   Mesoscale weather systems
•   Microscale meteorology & atmospheric hazards
•   Aircraft icing
•   Atmospheric electricity
•   Atmospheric light phenomena
•   Aviation weather reports and forecasts

  16. TUTORIAL – Flight Planning and Navigation
•   Flight planning contents page
•   Australian airspace regulations
•   Charts and compass
•   Route planning
•   Effect of wind
•   Flight plan completion
•   Safety Audit
•   Airmanship & flight discipline
•   Enroute adjustments
•   Supplementary navigation techniques
•   The Global Positioning System
•   Using the NDB/ADF
•   Electronic planning and navigation
•   ADS-B surveillance technology
•   Operations at non-controlled airfields
•   Safety during take-off and landing

  17. TUTORIAL – VHF Radiocommunications
•   VHF radiocommunications contents page
•   Transmitter licensing
•   Radiotelephony phrasing
•   VHF characteristics and radio operation
•   The Microair 760 transceiver
•   Radiotelephony procedures

  18. EXTERNAL LINKS
•   Other sources of knowledge