Recreational Aviation Australia

Recreational Aviation Australia, known as RAAus, is a membership group for recreational pilots in Australia. The site says it has more than 10,000 members, including pilots, flying instructors and aircraft maintainers. It welcomes students, retirees and anyone interested in flying.

The group has a learn to fly section. It lists trial instructional flights, RAAus scholarships, a flight training school finder and a flight club finder. It also lists a page for converting pilots and member benefits.

The site lists safety resources. These include a national safety series, a form to report an accident, incident, defect or hazard, and a SportPilot page. It also lists documents and forms, a hands on training system called the RAAus Skytrainer, and an online course called GoFly Online.

The site lists events. RAAus hosts and is affiliated with fly-ins, seminars and airshows. The Big Sky Fly-In Escape is listed as an event for members. The site also has an aviation classifieds section for planes, hangar space and equipment.

The site says RAAus has partnered with Stratton Finance to offer finance options for buying an aircraft or starting pilot training. The site also has a news section with technical articles on aircraft rigging, engine options and oil systems.

The office can be reached by phone at (02) 6280 4700. Phone hours are Monday, Tuesday and Friday from 9 am to 5 pm, and Wednesday and Thursday from 9:30 am to 5 pm, Australian Eastern Time. The site lists YouTube, Facebook and Instagram pages.