The NORRA-Aus Fly-In at Monto Aerodrome - A Look at Some of The Recreational Aviation Australia (RA-Aus) Registered Aircraft

As mentioned a few times on this Blog, the second biennial NORRA-Aus Fly-In was held at Monto Aerodrome over this past long weekend.  The fly-in was hosted again by the Callide-Dawson Flying Group, who by all accounts organised and then ran a very successful and smoothly run weekend of activities.

Recreational Aviation Australia (RA-Aus) - formally the Australian Ultralight Federation (AUF) were the peak body that oversaw the running of the fly-in.  According to their website (link HERE) RA-Aus promotes, stimulates and develops the international activity of light aircraft building and flying - for experiment, sport and recreation.

Obviously, most of the aircraft that were noted at the Fly-in are on the RA-Aus register, and wear a 5 or 6 digit registration number - or 'telephone number' as I have heard some spotters describe these registrations!  This Blog post will highlight some of these many varied types of aircraft that Rockhampton-based plane spotter Ash B noted at the Fly-in.

One of the more common types of aircraft to appear on the RA-Aus registration are Jabiru type aircraft that are built in the factory at Bundaberg Airport.  Jabiru J-160 24-4766, Jabiru J-230 24-5078 and Jabiru J-250 19-7621 were all noted.

Another common aircraft on the RA-Aus register is the ICP Savannah.  Three examples noted by Ash on Sunday included ICP Savannah XL 19-7371, ICP Savannah S 24-8020 and ICP Savannah VG 19-5322.

Piper Cub Crafter CC11-160 24-7662 took to the air above Monto on a couple of occasions demonstrating its impressive STOL capabilities.  Also Kitfox MKII 19-5175 put on a couple of spectacular displays for the spectators.

There were also a couple of ultralights that are frequently seen around central Queensland, including both Emerald-based Storm Century LSA 24-5303 and Flysynthesis Texan TC-LSA 24-4735.

There were a couple of 'amphibious' looking aircraft including Seamax M22 24-7703 and EDRA Super Petrel LS 24-7997. 

There were also a lot of other types of aircraft that Ash had never seen before - and that I have never seen before either!  

These included Morgan Aeroworks Cheetah 19-5151, Atec Zephyr 19-3500, J6 Karatoo 19-4396, Aeroprakt A22-LS Foxbat 24-7963, Howard Hughes Engineering Light Wing LW1 25-0035, Howard Hughes Engineering Light Wing GR-912 Heliview 25-3370, Australian Aircraft Kits Hornet STOL 19-7948, Pelican Sport 600 19-3337, TL Ultralight TL-2000 Sting 24-3909 and Austflight ULA Drifter SB-582 55-1789.