CONTROLLED REFERENCE
Current site briefings
Access, rating, supervision, seasonal, landowner, launch, landing, and emergency information for each regional site.
Choose a Flight Deck →PILOT REFERENCE · SOURCE-BOUND
RULES START WITH THE CONTROLLING SOURCE.
This page is an index, not a substitute rulebook. The controlling club, landowner permission, current site briefing, applicable airspace, pilot limitations, instructor or observer authority, and conditions at launch control the day.
CHECK THE RIGHT SOURCE BEFORE EVERY FLIGHT
Do not rely on a remembered rule, old printout, favorable forecast, QR code, membership, or recorded check-in as permission to launch.
CONTROLLED REFERENCE
Emergency reference
Call 911 first, then use the current site-specific responder and access information.
Open emergency reference →CONTROLLED REFERENCE
USHPA ratings and skills
National public rating, special-skill, instructor, and observer reference. Current controlled standards and an authorized evaluator remain decisive.
Open USHPA source ↗CONTROLLED REFERENCE
RAF training and progression
How RAF supports careful supervised development while keeping club milestones separate from official ratings and sign-offs.
Review progression →DAY-OF-FLIGHT SEQUENCE
This sequence organizes verification; it does not decide that flying is safe.
- Open the site's current Flight Deck and identify the controlling club.
- Verify current access, closure, landowner, rating, briefing, supervision, and airspace requirements.
- Review weather evidence, then compare it with actual launch and landing-zone observations.
- Contact the current coordinator or controlling-club channel when any requirement or status is unclear.
- Complete required check-in or roster steps. A recorded check-in is never permission to fly.
- Do not launch when authority, access, evidence, conditions, equipment, supervision, or personal judgment is unresolved.