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USFS RENEWS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH RAF
RAF Chairman John McKenna and US Forest Service Recreational Director Michiko Martin on January 6 co-signed a five-year renewal of the Memorandum of Understanding between the USFS and the RAF. “The RAF has worked consistently for the last eighteen years to build a good working relationship with the Forest Service at the district, regional, and…
Read MoreVOLUNTEERS IMPROVE GRAPEVINE AIRSTRIP WITH MATERIAL FROM USFS FUNDS
Arizona State Liaison Mark Spencer, who also serves as the Arizona Pilots Association (APA) First Vice President, reports that work is ongoing at Grapevine airstrip (88AZ). This year volunteers will continue to improve drainage and safety at the strip by spreading and compacting 400 tons of material that was delivered the first week of December.…
Read MoreKODI MYHRE
Operations Coordinator Having grown up in Montana, Kodi spent plenty of time camping, hiking, kayaking, and doing many other things outdoors. She understands the passion that so many RAF supporters share for discovering remote places. Kodi started working for the RAF in 2019 while attending Montana State University. She was initially hired as an intern…
Read MoreSTOVEPIPE WELLS CALL TO ACTION – SAVE THIS AIRSTRIP!
Managers of Death Valley National Park in California are seeking public input regarding future use of the park’s Stovepipe Wells Village. One of the park’s proposals is to change the Stovepipe Wells airstrip into a dedicated night sky viewing area due to the prohibitive maintenance expense of repaving the runway. This is due to the…
Read MoreRAF HELPS SAVE FEATURE-RICH NEW ENGLAND AIRPORT
The RAF is pleased to announce that one of the country’s most distinctive airports has been saved from potential closure. Goodspeed Airport, (42B) lies beside the historic Connecticut River in East Haddam, CT. The airport has a 2,120-ft paved runway, a parallel turf runway, and is the only seaplane base in southern New England, listed…
Read MoreBogdan Gutowski
So, where does the name “Bogdan” come from? “Poland” is his answer. Bogdan’s parents immigrated to the East Coast when he was a child. “They were farmers in Europe, and came over with the four of us kids, and like many Poles, Dad went to work in the steel mills,” he explained. Bogdan chose the…
Read MoreRAF GRANT HELPS SAVE ISLE AIRPORT
The RAF has granted $14,000 toward the preservation of Minnesota’s Isle Airport, (MY72). Minnesota Liaison Kirk Hiner and RAF Director Emeritus Peter Burwell met with Isle Airport management to agree on cost sharing a project to remove encroaching trees that were threatening to close the airport. In June, the RAF reported that the city council…
Read MoreHAVANA PICNIC PAVILION IN PROGRESS
A picnic pavilion is going up at Havana Regional (9I0) in Illinois! The project is being coordinated by the Havana Regional Airport Board and members of the local EAA Chapter 1420. RAF awarded grant funds to partially fund improvements at the airport. Additional improvements include year-round showers and a fire pit, for those who want…
Read MoreFT. KENT CAMPGROUND IMPROVEMENTS COMPLETE
Campground improvements at Fort Kent Municipal Airfield in Maine are now complete. Camping area additions include two picnic tables and a picnic area shelter just off the west side of the runway next to the trailhead to Fish River Falls. Fort Kent Municipal Airfield is adjacent to Maine’s Fish River, and George Dumond of the Fish River Flying Club has…
Read MoreRAF PARTICIPATES IN FORT KENT MUNICIPAL AIRPORT IMPROVEMENTS
The RAF has granted funds to help cover the cost for improvements at Fort Kent Municipal Airfield in Maine. Camping area additions will include two picnic tables and a picnic area shelter just off the west side of the runway next to the trailhead to Fish River Falls. Fort Kent Municipal Airfield is adjacent to Maine’s…
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