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It’s the Same, Until it’s Not

As many of us are aware, as well as CASA’s general aviation licensing, and all the fun in part 61, there’s also Recreational Aviation Australia. If you’re not familiar with the organisation, it’s been around in various forms for donkey’s years, and started off as a body overseeing ultralights. You know, the old two stroke things that fell out of the sky a lot.

The old joke, “friends

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