Archive for May 2024
RAF CODE OF CONDUCT: YOUR GUIDE IN THE BACKCOUNTRY
Have you ever read our Code of Conduct? The RAF offers recommendations to advance flight safety, professionalism, consideration, and courtesy toward the people and wildlife who share the recreational environment. This is a great tool to use out in the backcountry, and we encourage all RAF supporters to read and follow the RAF’s Code of…
Read MoreRAF GRANT FUNDS SOLAR WEATHER STATION TESTING AT CHICKEN STRIP
Chicken Strip in Death Valley National Park’s remote Saline Valley is a gravel airstrip within a short hike of the Saline hot springs grouping. RAF California Liaison Katerina Barilov was concerned that the closest weather currently available comes from Tonopah, NV, 82 nm away. In the interest of providing pilots accurate information to make better-informed…
Read MoreFEATURED AIRSTRIPS: MISSOURI BREAKS
The Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument spans 149 miles of the Upper Missouri River “Breaks” country, a label adapted from the Lewis and Clark journals. They called the precipitous elevations “broken land,” as it was the most challenging terrain the Corps of Discovery encountered on their epic journey from St. Louis to the Pacific. The Monument includes six backcountry airstrips…
Read MoreSIMUVATION’S RAF-BRANDED REDBIRD MAKES BOZEMAN STOP
Redbird co-founder Charlie Gregoire was a featured speaker at the RAF’s biennial Education Conference May 16-19 in Bozeman, MT. His collaborator Michael Leek of Simuvation, brought an industry-leading mobile flight training studio, complete with the RAF-branded Redbird MX2, a single occupant, fully immersive, motion simulator. Leek, the founder of Simuvation, generously welcomed all conference attendees to experience…
Read MorePILOTS MOBILIZE TO PRESERVE ACCESS TO UTAH’S BACKCOUNTRY AIRSTRIPS
A plan drafted by the Bureau of Land Management proposes restricting access to 16 airstrips in Bears Ears National Monument. Read the AOPA report HERE.
Read MoreWHY WE WORK ON MOOSE CREEK
We’d like to direct you to Levi Armichardy’s beautifully written essay in this issue of Idaho Magazine. He writes of joining his dad on a horseback ride trailing pack mules 26 miles into Moose Creek Forest Service Ranger Station in the middle of Idaho’s Selway–Bitterroot Wilderness. There’s a historic turf airstrip there, too, and if you’ve been there,…
Read MoreGlenn and Carol Punske-Brasch
Glenn and Carol Punske-Brasch give back through public service. Like many pilots, Glenn always wanted to fly. He grew up in Chicago, attended college at Southern Illinois University where he began to fulfill his dream of flight fairly early in life by getting his private pilot license. Another desire was to find clearer skies, so…
Read MoreRAF BACKCOUNTRY ETIQUETTE TEAM (BET) LAUNCHED
In response to the increasing usage of our nation’s backcountry, and concern over preservation of aviation access, the RAF established a new Backcountry Etiquette Team (BET). The team’s goal is to strengthen the culture of stewardship using multilateral messaging regarding respectful backcountry flying practices. The 10 member team was introduced at the May RAF education…
Read MoreGA NEWS REPORTS RAF GRANT FOR SOLAR WEATHER STATION TESTING
An solar-powered experimental weather station in a Death Valley National Park airstrip is being funded by a grant from the RAF. Read the General Aviation News story HERE.
Read MoreDOES THE RAF MISSION MATCH YOUR VALUES?
The RAF is fortunate to have a deep bench of professional financial planning talent, coordinated by Steve Maus, CLU, MSFS, and Chartered Advisor of Philanthropy. We are here to learn what is important to you in your legacy planning. Last December, the RAF began sharing a series of planned giving ideas to help you take…
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