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RA-Aus Operations Manual

Issue 6 — 2007: effective August 1, 2008*

*Note: issue 6 becomes effective August 1, 2008 except for the controlled airspace endorsement (mentioned in sections 2.01, 2.05 and 3.03) which is unlikely to become effective. Issue 6 also introduces the concept of 'High Performance' (normal cruise greater than 80 knots) and "Low Performance' aircraft certificate endorsements which will affect newly qualifying pilots from August 1, 2008

Issue 6 of the Operations Manual is published in Portable Document Format (PDF), if you don't have the Adobe Acrobat Reader for PDF files it is freely available from Adobe's Web site.

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Abbreviations and Definitions

1. ADMINISTRATION: 1.01 Organisation and Administration; 1.02 Statement of Duties and Responsibilities - Operations Manager; 1.03 Statement of Duties and Responsibilities - Assistant Ops Manager; 1.04 (Reserved for future use); 1.05 Statement of Duties and Responsibilities - Pilot Examiner; 1.06 Statement of Duties and Responsibilities - Chief Flying Instructor; 1.07 Statement of Duties and Responsibilities - Senior Instructor; 1.08 Statement of Duties and Responsibilities - Instructor; 1.09 Statement of Duties and Responsibilities - Regional Operational Coordinator (ROC)

2. FLIGHT CREW: 2.01 Flight Crew Limitations; 2.02 Pilot Log Book; 2.03 (Reserved for future use); 2.04 Pilot Certificates - Aircraft Group Ratings; 2.05 Pilot Certificates - Levels; 2.06 Flight Crew Certificate - Student Pilot; 2.07 Flight Crew Certificate - Pilot; 2.08 Flight Crew - Instructor Rating; 2.09 Flight Crew - Senior Instructor Rating; 2.10 Flight Crew - Chief Flying Instructor Approval; 2.11 Flight Crew - Pilot Examiner Approval; 2.12 RA-Aus Theory Instructor; 2.13 Conversion of General Aviation or Glider Pilots; 2.14 Suspension or Cancellation of RA-Aus Flight Crew Certificates; 2.15 Requirements for the Approval of Courses for an RA-Aus Instructor Rating

3. TRAINING: 3.01 Establishment of Flight Training Facilities; 3.02 Pilot Flight Training; 3.03 Examinations and Tests; 3.04 Syllabus of Recreational Flight Training; 3.05 Syllabus of Basic Aeronautical Knowledge; 3.06 Syllabus of Air Legislation; 3.07 Syllabus of Navigation and Meteorology; 3.08 Syllabus of RA-Aus Radio Operators Endorsement; 3.09 Syllabus of Human Factors

4. OPERATIONS: 4.01 Recreational Aircraft Operations - Airfield Control; 4.02 Recreational Aircraft Radio Callsigns; 4.03 Typical Circuit Pattern; 4.04 Rules of The Air; 4.05 Ground Marshalling Directions; 4.06 Airspace and Navigation; 4.07 Pre-flight Planning; 4.08 Accident and Incident Reporting; 4.09 Recreational Aircraft Registration and Markings

APPENDICES:: CAO 95.10; CAO 95.32; CAO 95.55

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