Posts by Lisa Ellington
GA NEWS REPORTS COLLABORATION TO SAVE OREGON AIRSTRIP
General Aviation News reports on the partnership between the RAF and the USFS to save Silver Lake Airstrip. Read the article HERE. Submitted on August 8, 2022.
Read MoreUSFS, NMPA AND RAF ADD FEATURES AT NEGRITO
RAF New Mexico Liaison Ron Keller reports that volunteers from New Mexico Pilots Association, the RAF, and three US Forest Service Reserve District employees completed work at Negrito airstrip, 0NM7 in the Gila National Forest in mid July. “Rainy weather chased us out a day early, but the work was mostly finished,” Keller said. The…
Read MoreHARTZELL PROPELLER COMMENDS RAF MISSION
The backcountry mission of the RAF is featured in Hartzell Propeller’s Leading Edge Magazine, online at hartzellleadingedge.com. Read the article HERE. Submitted on August 3, 2022.
Read MoreRAF COLLABORATION WITH USFS PRESERVES SILVER LAKE
RAF Oregon Liaison Richard Mayes reported that continued collaboration in Oregon between the RAF and the US Forest Service has resulted in the preservation of Silver Lake airfield, 45S. “The Silver Lake Ranger District team recently mowed and re-established its edge markings and the 3,000 foot long runway is currently in excellent condition and ready…
Read MoreSULLIVAN LAKE ANNUAL CLEANUP AND POTLUCK
“Enough work has been completed in past years that this year was pretty light,” RAF Washington State Liaison Dave Whitelaw said of the tasks scheduled at Sullivan Lake state airport, 09S. A group of about a dozen volunteers arrived early on the July 15-17 weekend and joined Washington State DOT Airport Manager Paul Wolf on…
Read MoreGA NEWS REPORTS REOPENING OF MAINE AIRFIELD
Management by the RAF of the recreational use of remote Red Pine airfield was reported by General Aviation News. Read the article HERE. Submitted July 6, 2022.
Read MoreMark Scott
“Mark is a great enthusiast of recreational flying,” RAF Connecticut Liaison Drew Lyons says of retired aeronautical engineer Mark Scott of Bethany, CT. After 37 years with Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation in its aircraft design and rotor R&D department, Mark now focuses on flying and being president of his EAA chapter and a flying club. A pilot…
Read MoreVOLUNTEERS PREPARE MEADOW CREEK FOR SEASON
RAF Montana Liaison Scott Newpower reports that a dozen volunteers from both the RAF and Montana Pilots Association arrived Saturday, June 18 for the annual Meadow Creek, 0S1 work party. Montana Aeronautics supports these efforts, and Administrator Tim Conway and his wife Karen flew in to help. Volunteers brought chainsaws and felled and bucked many…
Read MoreSHOP THE RAF OUTFITTER!
Have you shopped at our online store, the RAF Outfitter? Select from tie downs, binoculars, jackets, caps, work gloves, windsocks, and more. Even our attractive RAF fire rings are available at the RAF Outfitter. Be watching for our Featured Item to be released on the fifth day of every month. Items are chosen for durability and…
Read MoreSOUTH DAKOTA WELCOMES STATE LIAISON
Please welcome RAF’s new South Dakota Liaison, Karl Jungclaus. Karl, born and raised on a small farm in southern Indiana with a grass strip, was surrounded by his father’s passion for all things aviation, from RC models, homebuilts, ultralights to GA aircraft. His maternal grandfather was a corporate pilot, instructor and A&P. “Their early influences…
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