Posts by Lisa Ellington

Beautiful weather on Saturday brought large crowds to Sun N’ Fun as well as to the RAF booth!  The great weather brought many supporters and kept RAF volunteers busy all day.  One of the highlights of the day was the young folks that came thru the booth. Bringing young folks to the world of flying…

The RAF crew came through again and was on-site by 7:30am to start cleaning our booth after Thursday’s horrendous storms that came through Sun N’ Fun.  The Lakeland, FL newspaper, The Ledger, reports that four tornados battered Lakeland during the storm.  After seeing all the damage we are all thankful no one was injured.  Our…

Lakeland, Fla. — A tornado struck the Lakeland Airport during the Sun ’n Fun Fly-in on Thursday afternoon, Mar. 31, 2011, causing extensive damage to numerous aircraft in vendor displays and on the flight line. In the aftermath of the storm, twisted and flipped aircraft littered the display area. The RAF had a full complement of folks in Lakeland…

Submitted on March 30, 2011.

The 2011 Northwest Aviation Conference and Trade Show was held in Puyallup, Washington at the end of February.  It proved to be another successful venue for our RAF traveling backcountry show.  We met lots of new folks, existing supporters, and signed up several new members.  It was a wonderful show with over 350 exhibitors, many…

The RAF is thrilled to share to share this video with you.  Sit back and enjoy, and PLEASE pass it on.  That will help us grow Team RAF. Video Produced by Jim Clark The RAF Today from Recreational Aviation Foundation on Vimeo.

At the invitation of Arv Schultz of the Arizona Pilots Association and forum coordinator for the annual Cactus Fly-In, representatives of the Recreational Aviation Foundation (RAF), Arizona Pilots Association, (APA) and the New Mexico Pilots Association Recreational Aviation Committee (NMPA RAC) gathered at this year’s event to present two forums regarding backcountry aviation and preservation…

Century Companies of Lewistown, Montana was awarded the Gold Pulaski by the Recreational Aviation Foundation at the Montana Aviation Conference held recently in Helena, Montana. The Gold Pulaski is the highest award given by the RAF. It signifies an outstanding contribution by a company or individual for work on the RAF mission. Century Companies under, the…

A beautiful Saturday morning brought well over 150 aviation enthusiast to attend the  “First Saturday at LoPresti” fly-in in Sebastian, Florida.  World famous “Aviation Speed Merchants” LoPresti Aviation host this event each month and invited RAF director Tim Clifford as guest speaker to tell the RAF story and discuss the organizations plans for recreational aviation in Florida.…

Introducing Back to Basics – A monthly safety message from RAF member, Dave Dunteman Dave Dunteman pursued his lifelong passion for aviation by attending the Air Force Academy after which he enjoyed a twenty-year Air Force career. Dave flew and instructed in fighters including the A-10, Harrier, and F-16.  Currently a Captain with Southwest Airlines, Dave also enjoys GA flying…