Posts by Lisa Ellington
GA NEWS CELEBRATES PLANNED REOPENING OF NEW CUYAMA, CA
The New Cuyama Airport (L88) reopening is reported by General Aviation News on October 4, 2022. Read the article HERE. Submitted October 4, 2022.
Read MoreLARRY GRENIER
Maine Ambassador Day Job: Project Manager for a Maintenance Contractor at Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant. Favorite Airstrip: My Home base. Bowman Field (B10) Next Adventure: To Be a camp host at Ryan Field.
Read MoreLSA BACKCOUNTRY FLIGHTS FEATURED IN FLYING MAGAZINE
Flyingmag.com reports RAF members utilizing light sport aircraft in many backcountry airfields. Read the article HERE. Submitted on October 24, 2022.
Read MoreGA NEWS ANNOUNCES RAF DEAL WITH GILA FOREST AIRSTRIPS
General Aviation News details the agreement between the RAF and Gila National Forest to increase access to backcountry airstrips in New Mexico. Read the article HERE. Submitted October 24, 2022.
Read MoreGRAPEVINE COST-SHARED REPAVING COMPLETED
Repaving at 3,800-foot Grapevine, (88AZ) has been completed, thanks to a Master Challenge Cost Share Agreement between the US Forest Service, Arizona Pilots Association, and the RAF, coordinated by RAF Arizona Liaison Mark Spencer. Each entity contributed funds. APA provided $10,000, the RAF provided $5,000, and the Tonto National Forest invested $15,000 for a total of $30,000 worth of work. Years…
Read MoreMATHIEU LABS
Vice President of Appreciation Mathieu’s love of aviation started at the age of 1 when his grandpa gave him a ride in his Cessna 150. Since then, he has been to OSH every year since 1990, either flying in with grandpa, flying himself, or just camping. He enjoys flying Young Eagles and is the President/Young…
Read MoreCALL TO ACTION: BEARS EARS NATIONAL MONUMENT
The BLM is holding a Public Scoping period for the Bears Ears National Monument (BENM) until 10/31/2022 to gather topics and criteria that the public thinks are important for the BLM to consider as they prepare the Resource Management Plan (RMP) and corresponding Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), required by federal legislation. RAF Utah Liaison and Utah Back…
Read MoreGA NEWS REPORTS STARGAZING PARTY
A stargazing fly-in organized by Illinois liaison Mike Purpura was reported in General Aviation News. Read the story HERE. Submitted on October 18, 2022.
Read MoreRAF GRANT HELPS LONE PINE AIRPORT ESSENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT
RAF California Liaison Katerina Barilov received an RAF grant for infrastructure improvements at Lone Pine Airport (026) in California, and volunteers began work Sept. 17 and 18 to restore a historic small house that serves as the terminal, and repair the restroom building. “The work party at Lone Pine was a success and they kicked off a big portion of the project,”…
Read MoreFLY-IN STARGAZING PARTY SPARKS AWE
“Seeing a stellar object, especially a deep space object, with the naked eye is an experience worth trying,” RAF Illinois Liaison Mike Purpura says. He helped organize another stargazing party at the Havana, IL airport (9I0) September 16 and many people did just that, “and they were awestruck,” he added. Airplanes started approaching Havana’s 2,200-foot turf runway on Friday afternoon.…
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