Posts by Lisa Ellington

AOPA’s Summit was a huge success and the Recreational Aviation Foundation now can boast supporters in all 50 states. Jack Dixon of Haiku, Hawaii enthusiastically signed up, and while visiting informed the group that he had attended school with RAF co-founder Karl Spielman in Alaska. Jack currently owns a pair of Cessna 182s. The two…

 Click here to play RF VIDEO in a new window on vimeo.com. These images are from a recent filming in Montana. Submitted on October 1, 2010.

Download the press release here Submitted on September 17, 2010.

Click here to play Ryan Field Fly -In in a new window on vimeo.com. Submitted on June 27, 2010.

The annual Montana aviation conference was another great opportunity to get re-acquainted with supporters, share the recent accomplishments of the RAF and sign up new folks who have become aware of the mission of the Recreational Aviation Foundation. Directors Jerry Cain, Chuck Jarecki, Montana Liaison Ron Normandeau, Washington State Liaison Bob Kay, Tricia McKenna, Jon…

The RAF exhibited at the Northwest Aviation Conference held in Puyallup, Washington February 20-21. We renewed old acquaintances and met many new supporters over the two-day event.Visitors to the booth were visually transported to the backcountry in front of the beautiful Lord Flat scene. They relaxed in our campsite convincingly staged with shrubs, tent, sleeping…

The first week of November found the RAF board of directors in Tampa, Florida, to hold a BOD meeting and host an RAF booth at the three-day AOPA Aviation Summit. Almost 7,500 aviation enthusiasts registered for this annual event. Most were from the southeast United States. The RAF booth, designed by director Tim Clifford, featured…

The RAF made two separate presentations to the Backcountry Air Safari Group. Dr. Rich Sugden and wife Sue have hosted this group in the backcountry of Montana and Idaho for the past 10 years. The Sugdens recognize the best way to get folks to support and appreciate these special places is to show them what…

Craig Fuller, President of AOPA headquartered in Frederick, MD, responded to Recreational Aviation Foundation President John McKenna’s invitation with a personal visit to Montana’s Russian Flat recently. While touring the strip and its amenities, Fuller commented, “This Russian Flat airstrip is a wonderful example of how a local pilots organization like the Montana Pilots Association…

Following years of work and discussions, on July 2 Abigail Kimbell, Chief of the U. S. Forest Service, signed a directive acknowledging the long and proud history of aviation use and airstrips on forest service lands, and asked USFS managers at all levels to inventory and maintain existing facilities, and to support aviation as an…