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October 1 is the first day of the 2024 Photo Contest! It’s time to submit your favorites. From October 1-31, send us your best photos of scenic, recreational airstrips. Again this year, we are including the “RAF Mission” category, for photos we feel best illustrate people enjoying recreational aviation, regardless of region.  Winning images will…

These RAF Tool Rolls are perfect to keep in the airplane or anywhere tools are handy. They hold your necessary tools, and fold up into a convenient roll with handles. There are zippered pouches to keep your tools organized and labels for each pouch to make them easy to find. Order the Featured Items and…

The RAF’s annual online meeting with AOPA took place September 17 and key volunteers were briefed on each region’s issues, and AOPA’s advocacy. Mike Ginter, former AOPA VP of Airports and Advocacy emceed. Ginter has recently taken on the position of Senior VP of the Air Safety Institute.   Ginter led the discussion by announcing…

Have you seen the series of videos that Voortex Productions created for the RAF? These videos show the core of the RAF – the reason we work so hard to preserve, improve, and create airstrips. They’re a great way to become familiar with us or to be reminded of who we are and why our…

The Beechcraft Heritage Museum’s annual Beech Party takes place October 17-19 in Tullahoma, Tennessee, and the RAF is hosting a breakfast at the event on Saturday morning, October 19. The museum invites you to its biggest event of the year, “A fly-in like no other with amazing educators, pilots, and an array of vintage and modern aircraft.” Enjoy an abundant, hot…

The 109k subscribers to Charlie Gasmire’s YouTube channel, “Airplane Academy,” have just been treated to a helpful new 15-minute video: a brisk tutorial on the new RAF Airfield Guide. Charlie calls the Guide his “absolute favorite resource for pilots,” and as he says, it’s absolutely free. The updated Airfield Guide is stacked with useful detail and…

Put simply, perspective is the way an individual or a group of individuals see the world. That view is generally shaped from their personal points of view as seen through a gathering of one’s life experiences. And our perspectives are the basis of our decision-making. If there is a trap, it would be that your…

Located in the Ochoco National Forest in Central Oregon, the Rager Ranger Station has a 2,800-ft gravel airstrip and scenic camping area. When the ranger station’s administrative functions were relocated to Prineville, OR in 2013, the airstrip, constructed in the 1930s, had become hazardous due to encroaching brush, surface damage caused by wildlife and livestock, and the…

Philipp Kureck of Bavaria got his Private license at age 19. To follow his dream to make a career of flying, he decided to build hours in the US where flying is more affordable, and he could land and camp under a wing. His solo adventure in a rented C172 began with a flight in…