On 21 September 1983, the Hon. Kim Beazley, Minister for Aviation, wrote to the president of the newly formed Australian Ultralight Federation (AUF), informing that his department "will recognise the AUF as the body representing the interests of those enthusiasts wishing to operate under the provisions of Air Navigation Order 95.10 and the proposed new Air Navigation Order 95.22.”
With this, recreational aviation was legitimised as a sector in the Australian aviation landscape.
Forty years on, and the AUF has transformed from a federated model into Recreational Aviation Australia Limited (RAAus), a not-for-profit company whose objectives are to advance aviation in Australia and to encourage the training across all facets of aviation. On 9 September 2023, this milestone
