PREFLIGHT
It’s exciting to be getting ready for one fly-in event – but right now we’re getting ready for two!
The RAAus-organised Fly’n For Fun at Parkes is on 12th–14th April. Here you can fly in for a whole program of RAAus learnings, social fun and flying talk. Then two weeks later, we are proud partners with the ANZAC Weekend Airshow in Sale, Victoria on 27th–28th April, which will have the full Paul Bennet Airshows experience, RAAF displays, warbirds, jets, helicopters and all. Best of all, you as an RAAus member can fly in for free. Writer Tom Lyons and I will be at both events along with the RAAus team, and we look forward to catching up with many of you there.
A whole lot has changed since the last edition. RAAus CEO Matt Boutell has left to take up a senior role at CASA (more inside) and Maxine Milera – who previously managed corporate Services for RAAus – has been appointed.
I can’t think of anyone who knows more about RAAus and Maxine will be the first ever female head of RAAus, so a great outcome for members and the RAAus team. You can read Maxine’s RAAus journey inside this edition. Group G is on our doorstep finally – albeit with us yet to register the first aircraft. Our front cover shows a Group G candidate; the magnificent ERCO Ercoupe. Just one of many aircraft that potentially can now come across to the RAAus administration. MOSAIC is getting traction in the US – which is bound to impact here. While all this is going on in the background, most of this issue is dedicated to pilots and what they do. That’s probably how it should be.
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Safe flying!
