Posts by Lisa Ellington
LYNN GARDNER
Vice President of Appreciation Former RAF Florida Ambassador Lynn Gardner moved to South Carolina, but she’s not leaving her commitment to the RAF mission. Lynn is stepping into the important role of VP of Appreciation. Lynn grew up in aviation. Her father was a Piper dealer and ran the FBO at the Bay Bridge Airport in Maryland before moving his…
Read MoreJeff Lombardo
Day Job: Airline Pilot Favorite Airstrip: Pleasant Valley (24AZ) Next Adventure: Fly to Grand Canyon Caverns (L37) and ride the elevator 200’ underground for the tour.
Read MoreRAF Podcast #16 Steve Taylor
Steve has been in aviation, quite literally, all his life. He carried on his father’s vocation in aviation and wound up with a career that included test flying pretty much every Boeing commercial airplane. Listen in to hear some of his stories and love for the 747-8.
Read MoreEHSAN HAMTAEI
Day job: Medical device engineerFavorite airstrip: 6Y3 – North Fox Island, MINext adventure: 2P2 – Washington Island, WI
Read MoreJeff Johnson
Day Job: Battalion Chief / Fire Marshal with the Lexington Fire Department Favorite Airstrip: Miles Field / 3KY9 Next Adventure: Flying to Hatteras Island, NC for a surf fishing trip is next on the agenda, but the ultimate next adventure in spending a week exploring strips in the Fly Oz network in Arkansas
Read MoreJOSEPH WALLACE
Kentucky Ambassador Day Job: Investigation Section Supervisor at Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training and Adjunct Professor of Forensic Science at Eastern Kentucky University. Favorite Strip: Hands down, Roger’s International nestled in the hills of Eastern Kentucky. Next adventure: To share my love of aviation with others and work to ensure they have the opportunity to…
Read MoreMAINE AIRSTRIP BENEFITS FROM RAF-FACILITATED NATIONAL GUARD WORK
Pilot Ken “Cowboy” Winiarski owns Cowboys Air Ranch, 84ME in Maine’s “Sunrise” Washington County — the easternmost point where the sun first rises on the nation. The airfield and camping facilities are open for public use, but the runway, at 1,500 feet long, was not suitable for a wide range of GA use. To make…
Read MoreTANMOY GANGULY
Originally from India, Tanmoy Ganguly acted on his dream to become a pilot at multiple flight schools there. But he discovered India’s lack of GA opportunity meant that only career pilots could receive training. He then had an opportunity to move to the US for his IT career, settled in Michigan, and pursued his flight…
Read MoreTODD THOMPSON
Day Job: Principal in Commercial Construction Company Favorite Airstrip: North Fox Island Next Adventure: Leading a backcountry motorcycle loop around and through the Bighorn’s in Early September.
Read MoreRAF GRANT FUNDS RESTROOM AT MAINE’S BOWMAN FIELD
RAF Maine Ambassador Larry Grenier was awarded an RAF grant in 2024 for a new restroom at Bowman Field, B10, the popular 2,200-ft turf airfield in Livermore Falls, Maine. Volunteers headed up by Bowman Field Flying Club President Nathan Hurd got to work last July on the major construction. This spring they finished the final…
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