Archive for June 2022

Not many folks could find “Winifred” on a US map, but your RAF directors did, and engaged in their three-day board meeting “close to the heart and start of the RAF,” Chairman John McKenna said. Some flew in and landed on the turf at 9S7, and filled the local Winifred Hotel, just a mile from…

RAF Montana Liaison Scott Newpower reports that a dozen volunteers from both the RAF and Montana Pilots Association arrived Saturday, June 18 for the annual Meadow Creek, 0S1 work party. Montana Aeronautics supports these efforts, and Administrator Tim Conway and his wife Karen flew in to help. Volunteers brought chainsaws and felled and bucked many…

This special collection of hats features airstrips that the RAF has had a significant impact on. Choose the hats with your favorite strips and wear them proudly! These snapback hats are structured with a mesh back and the color is different for each airstrip. Airstrip options: Cornucopia, WI (WI23)Blackwater, FL (8FD3)Trigger Gap, AR (17A)Ryan Field,…

Please welcome RAF’s new South Dakota Liaison, Karl Jungclaus. Karl, born and raised on a small farm in southern Indiana with a grass strip, was surrounded by his father’s passion for all things aviation, from RC models, homebuilts, ultralights to GA aircraft. His maternal grandfather was a corporate pilot, instructor and A&P. “Their early influences…