Archive for March 2023

In addition to our lively Facebook and Instagram pages, the RAF now has a YouTube channel that showcases professional RAF videos by Voortex Productions, with more content planned for the future. It’s a fun and easy way for our community of RAF supporters to stay updated on mission related news from all over the country!  If…

If you’re ready for a fun new hat for spring, go to the RAF Outfitter online store! We have you covered, from orange to grey, structured or not, and even buttonless. You can find our special anniversary hat and also hats for your favorite airstrip. At the RAF Outfitter, we regularly add products, and items…

We know you seek quick access to upcoming events when making your plans. The RAF Event Calendar is easy to find, and is bursting with events of interest to our RAF friends and supporters.  Early this month, a work party is scheduled at Owyhee State Airport in Oregon. There are fly-ins on Creighton Island in Georgia and…

Each month we highlight an airstrip with hopes that you will get out and enjoy these special places. This month’s Featured Airstrip is Richland Creek, Arkansas. The beauty of Richland Creek, Arkansas 4AR9 is its isolation, and that you can taxi and park within 50 yards of the beautiful creek. “It flows year-round and is…

RAF Illinois Liaison Mike Purpura reports that in spite of a fog delay at Havana 9I0 (Niner India Zero), those who flew in to experience this year’s Migratory Bird-Fly-in and tour of Chautauqua Refuge on March 4 were well-rewarded. A handful of airplanes landed after the fog lifted including RAF Illinois Ambassador Dave Warner, and two…

Fellow pilot and RAF board member Tim Riley recommended that I read a book by Bill Perkins entitled Die with Zero. The gist of this book is a self-help reflection guide on “getting all you can from your life and your money”, and doing so at the appropriate times in your life.  A chapter that…

Thanks to a group of Montana pilots and RAF volunteers, you can fly into about half a million acres that is much as it was when Lewis and Clark first described it on their trip through Montana in 1805. From Ft. Benton, MT, to St. Louis, MO, the “Missouri Breaks” are the last significant chunk of ground whose face hasn’t…

This year’s RAF Founder’s Cap drawing drew a virtual crowd for a convivial 20-year celebration of the tradition. As always, only 150 numbered caps were offered for $100 each near the start of the year. The RAF fundraising campaign began 20 years ago, and the hats always sell out. On the evening of April 5, RAF Chairman John McKenna recapped a bit of…