Archive for May 2019
2019 RAF GRANT PROJECTS ADD RECREATIONAL ACCESS
The RAF is primarily volunteer-driven, meaning your donations go directly toward on-the-ground projects that further the RAF mission to preserve, maintain, and create airstrips for recreational access. Volunteer RAF state liaisons identify projects, then apply for RAF funds. A grants committee – made up of State Liaisons, RAF members and an RAF Director – then reviews…
Read MoreANNUAL "OUT WEST" RAF RYAN FIELD WEEKEND
The RAF Annual Ryan Field Weekend on June 28-30 will again feature an Out West theme. Fly or drive in and join us at the beautiful airstrip near West Glacier, Montana, 2MT1. We’ve reserved restauranteur Mike Lindemer and his food truck for Friday and Saturday dinner. If you attended the Seeley Lake Fly-in immediately after the AOPA…
Read MoreCUSTER-GALLATIN CALL TO ACTION
Your help is needed! Custer-Gallatin National Forest has released its Draft plan. The public comment period ends Thursday, June 6, 2019. This Forest encompasses more than three million acres in SW Montana and South Dakota. There are six mountain ranges within the Forest complex. Montana Liaison Ron Normandeau says this Draft “portrays a prejudice against…
Read MoreCOMMUNITY TURNS OUT FOR WISCONSIN’S CORNUCOPIA AIRPORT
“This year’s annual Winter’s Finally Over (WFO) hangar party saw the biggest attendance we have ever had with well over two hundred people,” RAF Wisconsin Liaison Jeff Russell reports. The gathering happened on Saturday, May 18 at Morey Airport in Middleton, WI, and “was very successful and generated a lot of interest in the RAF, and $3,500 in…
Read MoreTRICIA MCKENNA
Administrative Director Spending her childhood outdoors with family in the mountains surrounding Butte, Montana, Tricia learned all there was to know about setting up a tent, cooking over a campfire and enjoying sharing stories around the fire under the night sky. Aviation was not something she spent much time thinking about. Along came boyfriend John,…
Read MoreCHARLIE MILLER
Wisconsin Ambassador
Read MoreBILL MECOZZI
Wisconsin Ambassador Day job: Field Marketing Representative for a crop insurance company Favorite airstrip: Adams County, Legion Field (63C) Next adventure: To fly in the mountains in the western US and then fly my plane to Alaska
Read MoreJACK SORONEN
West Virginia Ambassador Day job: Retired from my apple and peach orchard and construction companies, still own and operate a movie theatre and rental properties, president of county planning commission Favorite airstrip: Potomac Airpark (W35) in Berkeley Springs, WV – my home base. A quiet private strip alongside the Potomac River that holds friends and truly marvelous memories…
Read MoreSTEVE MAUS
Montana and Texas Ambassador Day job: Estate and business succession planning Favorite airstrip: Ryan Field. There are friends from around the the world at the fire hub after sunset, coffee at sunrise at the barn, and great backcountry flying minutes away! Next adventure: Big Bend, Texas, San Juan’s and Pacific NW A veteran of the US Air Force, after…
Read MoreMIKE HERGENRATHER
Texas Ambassador Day job: I had one once. It got in the way of my personal life. Favorite airstrip: Johnson Creek, ID Next adventure: Taking my recently purchased Cessna TU-206 packed full of camping gear and grandchildren and heading into the mountains.
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