USFS/RAF CONSTRUCTIVE ANNUAL PROJECT REVIEW

The RAF was very pleased with results of the annual online review with the US Forest Service Regions on March 14, hosted by Scott Haas, USFS Recreation, Heritage, and Volunteer Resources director.  RAF President Bill McGlynn, and RAF Director Tim Riley and a dozen State Liaisons represented the RAF during the 90-minute meeting. “Tim and I…

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ANNUAL RYAN FIELD FLY-IN JUNE 28-30, 2024!

Again this year, the Ryan Field Fly-In takes place among the blooming beargrass at the base of Strawberry Mountain near Glacier Park, Montana. We’ll send you the registration link April 15. Registration will be capped due to space limitations, so don’t wait to register.  Back by popular demand, Lindy’s Food Truck will provide dinners for…

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VOLUNTEERS TEND NEW SHADE TREES AT TRIGGER GAP

“The morning of March 23 was cold . . . well okay, Arkansas cold . . . 37 degrees and 20 mile an hour winds at the top of Trigger Gap Airfield,” RAF Arkansas Liaison Harper Goodwin reported. The airfield, 17A was built in 2016 on Arkansas’ Pension Mountain through the generosity of The Nature…

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FEATURED AIRSTRIP: SPIRAL JETTY, UTAH

Each month we highlight an airstrip with hopes that you will get out and enjoy these special places. This month’s Featured Airstrip is Spiral Jetty in Utah, where you can experience 70s land art. Utah Back County Pilots volunteers kicked off their springtime airstrip clean-up efforts with the 2,000-ft long dirt Spiral Jetty airstrip. “The…

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RAF GRANT HELPS BUILD ST. IGNATIUS PAVILION

RAF Montana Liaison and Montana Pilots Association past president Scott Newpower has been awarded an RAF grant to help fund a 16×24-ft pavilion at St. Ignatius airport, 52S. Based on the design used at the West Yellowstone airport campground with a fire pit inside, it will be located near the existing pilot lobby where there…

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VOLUNTEERS BRING SHADE TREES TO TRIGGER GAP

Trigger Gap Airfield, 17A was built in 2016 on Arkansas’ Pension Mountain through the generosity of The Nature Conservancy, and volunteers and funding from the RAF and Fly Oz, as well as The Walton Foundation. Lying in a large clearing, there is little shade. RAF Arkansas Liaisons Dave Powell and Harper Goodwin and their wives…

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Bob & Judy Gillette

When you meet Bob and Judy Gillette, it’s easy to imagine them sailing their traditional two masted teak ketch off the California coast, or tooling around the Midwest countryside in one of their vintage wire-wheeled Jaguars. Visitors have enjoyed Gillette’s warm hospitality after landing on their 2,400-ft turf airfield at Lakewood Lodge in northern Wisconsin,…

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RAF GRANT TO UPGRADE ALASKA FOREST SERVICE LAKESIDE CABINS

There are two fly-in public use cabins on Heckman Lake on Revillagigedo Island in Tongass National Forest, within the Ketchikan Misty Fjords Ranger District. They have fallen victim to deferred maintenance and seasonal damage, and due to limited USFS funding, were in jeopardy of being decommissioned. “Loss of these fly-in, and marine access cabins would…

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