Archive for March 2023
ANDI HOWELL
Andi Howell has been co-piloting (ok, sleeping) in the right seat of their RV9a since her husband, Pete, finished building it in 2006. Finding the RAF has allowed them to unite their interests: Andi’s for camping, hiking and the outdoors, and Pete’s for flying. Her other hobbies include reading, puzzles, games, theater and travel. Submitted on March…
Read MorePete Smith
Pete cut his teeth on light metal fabrication in the business his father started in northern Virginia 50 years ago. They moved it to the central Montana town of Lewistown 32 years ago, and are now a substantial employer, with over 40 employees in the town of 6,000 folks. Called “HCR” (for Horizontal Curvilinear Re-circulator), their…
Read MoreCREIGHTON ISLAND CREW TACKLES TREES
Creighton Island owner Frank Williams welcomed RAF volunteers the weekend of February 17-19 to cut what RAF Florida Liaison Bobby Capozzi called “an untold number of trees” encroaching along the runway. In addition to initial efforts to widen the runway, the plan is to run millable timber through the vintage sawmill that has been reassembled…
Read MoreI GOT IT
We heard those words often in the early years of the RAF. And they are just as relevant today. With only an idea and without a corporate charter, it was Jerry Cain who stepped up and said, “Let me do some homework. I got it,” and within a short time the RAF was officially an…
Read MoreRAF OUTFITTER MARCH FEATURED ITEM
The RAF prop cover is made of heavy duty vinyl that will fit great over your propeller blade! You can show off your support of the RAF with your airplane, even when you’re not around. The prop cover sports the horizontal RAF logo with the words that we live by… Fly the Backcountry! Made in…
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