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Wing Threads: Flight Around Oz
A flying quest to share the amazing journeys of migratory shorebirds with Australian primary schools. Using science, art and adventure to foster nature stewardship.

Catriona Rowntree’s Flying Journey
Catriona Rowntree has spent much of her life jet-setting across the world as a professional TV presenter, she then decided it was time to jump...

Celebrating 40 Years
From our beginnings as the Australian Ultralight Federation in 1983 to Recreational Aviation Australia in the present day, we are the country’s largest sport aviation...

Yes She Can: The Stories of Women in Aviation
Did you know that only five per cent of pilots are female, and that only 1.4% of captains are female? Just let that sink in…...

Lapping Australia for Autism Awareness
Hayden McDonald’s mission to inspire and inform Long before Esperance local Hayden McDonald obtained his Recreational Pilot Certificate, he knew he’d found his passion. Flying...
