Archive for May 2019
MIKE PERKINS
Treasurer and Secretary Mike was born and raised in New Hampshire (hometown is North Conway), where his interest in aviation began early. His grandfather (Transport Pilot’s License #3926) started flying in 1913 after building his first airplane. Later he became a barnstormer where he met Mike’s grandmother Freda. Deciding it was time to settle down,…
Read MoreJACK TYLER
Former Director Jack was introduced to flying in 1989 by son Devin, who began washing planes for flight time at age 13. Before long, Jack, his wife Patricia, and Devin were all licensed and flying as one another’s co-pilots on weekends, vacations and then college shopping. When Devin began flying for the Navy, Jack and…
Read MoreBILL MCGLYNN
President Bill McGlynn has been a part of the RAF since 2010 and President since 2018. He retired from a career in the computer industry in 2013, where he worked for Hewlett-Packard for 24 years. He became a pilot in 1995 and currently flies a backcountry 182. He and his wife Julie live in Leavenworth,…
Read MoreJOHN J. MCKENNA, JR.
Chairman Aloft above the Mining City of Butte, a kid seeing the grandeur of Montana’s Rockies for the first time is destined to become passionate about aviation. Those early flights in a neighbor’s Bonanza motivated young John McKenna to obtain his private pilot license at the age of 16. For forty years, he’s rarely traveled…
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