Posts by Lisa Ellington
VOLUNTEERS 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 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…
Read MoreGRANT JOINS FREDERICK AS MICHIGAN LIAISON
The RAF has gained a second Liaison in Michigan. General Grant joins long-time volunteer Brad Frederick in leading volunteer efforts in the state. General was not the product of an aviation family, but had always wanted to fly. He started training as an older teen in Tucson, AZ, trading work for flight time. He obtained his pilot license in…
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Michigan State Liaison In Michigan, we obsess over the northern part of our state, Michigan’s Upper Peninsula in particular. It’s amazingly beautiful with beaches, rugged coastlines, waterfalls, boreal forests, bears, moose, the Pictured Rocks, Porcupine Mountains, hidden lakes with huge fish, and blue-ribbon trout streams. There are few places in the world where you can, in a…
Read MoreArnold Bronson
Arnold Bronson owned a successful high-end Scandinavian furniture store in partnership with his brother in Syracuse, NY. In 1973 he and his wife got the travel bug, rented a 31-ft motor home, loaded their three kids and dog and headed West. They traversed the western states, and connected with a friend with the Bureau of Land Management…
Read MoreMIDWEST FLYER.COM CELEBRATES OPENING OF CORNUCOPIA AIRPORT
Cornucopia Airport, located near the shores of Lake Superior, was featured in Midwest Flyer.com. Read the article here. Submitted May 31, 2022.
Read MoreLYNN MARETH
Montana Ambassador Day job: Full-time Adventure Seeker Favorite airstrip: Chamberlain Basin in Idaho Next adventure: Girls airplane camping trip to Schafer Meadows, which is located within a designated wilderness area near my home in Montana. Submitted on June 13, 2022.
Read MoreGA NEWS FEATURES 23W OPENING
General Aviation News marked the opening of Cornucopia Field Airport. Read the article HERE. Submitted June 13, 2022.
Read MoreRAF VOLUNTEERS ATTEND EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE
“RAF 2022 – The RAF Way” was a three-day educational conference held near Milwaukee May 15-17. RAF liaisons, ambassadors, and other key volunteers gathered at their own expense in Pewaukee, WI. EAA CEO Jack Pelton welcomed early arrivals at Pioneer Field, and when the educational sessions began, the group was 110 folks from as far…
Read MoreGA NEWS UPDATE ON CHILDS GLACIER
General Aviation News provides an update on continued work at Alaska’s Childs Glacier airstrip. Read the June 20 article HERE. Submitted on June 21, 2022.
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