Archive for December 2024
We’re looking forward to many airstrip projects in 2025. Thank you to all of our donors, volunteers, and supporters for all that you do to further the RAF Mission.
Read MoreNATIONAL PARK SERVICE EXTENDS MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT FOR DEATH VALLEY AIRSTRIPS
The five-year Memorandum of Understanding extends an agreement between the RAF and NPS. Read the AVWEB story HERE.
Read MoreFLYING IN THE MONTANA BACKCOUNTRY
Montana State Liaison Scott Newpower takes FLYING contributor Ben Younger into the world of backcountry flying. Read Ben’s adventure story HERE.
Read MoreRESTORATION, IMPROVEMENTS CONTINUE AT LONE PINE WITH ANOTHER RAF GRANT
The RAF has awarded California Liaison Katerina Barilov another grant to help fund continued improvements at California’s Lone Pine Airport. This 2025 project will continue the upgrade to the original terminal building that serves as a pilot shelter, meeting room, and kitchen for visitors. The terminal building had fallen into disrepair over several decades. The nonprofit Friends of Lone Pine Airport, (FLPA) saw its…
Read MoreKARI DEFREEST
Alaska Ambassador Day Job: I am an occupational therapist and a certified hand therapist. I specialize in treating people living with persistent pain and rural healthcare. Favorite airstrip: This answer changes periodically but currently it’s Hugh Smith Lake in the Misty Fiords National Monument. Next adventure: Isn’t every day an adventure? But, my next big…
Read More“HOLD MY BEER AND WATCH THIS” — NOT
We’ve all heard the phrase when someone had a stupid idea and was about to act on it. As we kick off RAF 2025 it feels like a good time to work towards not being the person at either end of that tag line, joke or not. Seriously, what can we do to make 2025…
Read MoreBLACKWATER’S ANNUAL VOLUNTEER WORK PARTY
RAF Florida Liaison Bobby Capozzi reports that a total of 26 volunteers signed in for this year’s 2024 work party at Blackwater Airfield (8FD3). Workers applied a fresh coat of bright white paint to the runway tires, installed the new RAF windsock and added the new RAF support sign. The barbecue grills were serviced and volunteers mowed, weed-whacked and cut back growth in…
Read MoreDonn Castonguay
From watching a radar screen the better part of his work day, to watching out the windscreen of his 1949 Piper PA-16 Clipper, RAF Supporter Donn Castonguay is very happy to have made the transition to his place in the GA world. He and his wife Suzanne enjoy leisurely flights over the green rolling hills,…
Read MoreMIKE GINTER
Maryland Ambassador Day job: SVP, Air Safety Institute Favorite airstrip: High Rock, MD Next adventure: Gain more backcountry experience in Arkansas and Idaho
Read MoreHARTZELL EXTENDS $1,000 SAVINGS TO RAF SUPPORTERS THROUGH 2025; BOOSTS RAF MISSION WITH EACH SALE
Our friends at Hartzell Propeller have again generously extended their popular $1,000 discount for RAF supporters on four backcountry propellers. We heartily thank Hartzell for their ongoing support, and for contributing $250 to the RAF mission for each new Hartzell prop sold due to this special offer, now through 2025! “When you have a partnership that really is a friendship, that…
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