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Recreational Aviation Foundation

Volunteers clear up threat to 50G

By General Aviation News Staff · June 29, 2025 · 2 Comments

Volunteers recently pitched in to clear trees that were threatening the two turf runways at Howard Nixon Memorial Airport (50G) in Chesaning, Michigan.

Grant awarded to repair backcountry cabin in Alaska

By General Aviation News Staff · June 12, 2025 · Leave a Comment

Crews will repair the front porch, outhouse, chimney system, entryway, and rear window. They will brush out around the cabin and stairs, install an RAF fire ring and a fire extinguisher. If time permits, they will reconstruct trails using lakeshore on-site gravel and repurposed lumber from demolition work, and repair the existing skiff haul out winch, according to RAF officials.

Utah backcountry airstrip now on charts

By General Aviation News Staff · June 10, 2025 · Leave a Comment

Officials with the Recreational Aviation Foundation and the Utah Back Country Pilots report that Rustler Canyon airstrip near Bears Ears National Monument is the newest backcountry airstrip to be added to the aeronautical chart.

Backcountry etiquette campaign rolls out

By General Aviation News Staff · June 6, 2025 · 1 Comment

RAF officials noted that the organization has partnered with the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), Tread Lightly, and state pilot organizations on the initiative, which is designed to raise awareness “on the importance of respecting the backcountry to preserve access to these special places.”

Volunteers help clean up storm-ravaged North Fox Island

By General Aviation News Staff · May 25, 2025 · Leave a Comment

Volunteers from the Recreational Aviation Foundation (RAF) have met several times at North Fox Island Airfield (6Y3) in Michigan to help clean up the airfield after an early spring ice storm downed several hundred trees, many along the turf runway.

Picture of the Day: North Woods

By General Aviation News Staff · March 12, 2025 · Leave a Comment

Walter Lange submitted this photo and note: “A Cessna 152 on the ramp at Red Pine Grove Airport (82ME) in Maine, a formerly closed logging/forest service strip recently reopened with help from the Recreational Aviation Foundation. The airstrip, located seven miles from the Canadian border, is surrounded on all sides by thousands of acres of remote forest.”

New grant to fund improvements at WA45

By General Aviation News Staff · February 25, 2025 · 1 Comment

The grant will fund a kiosk at Olympic Airfield where pilots can charge their cell phones and get information on the Recreational Aviation Foundation.

The Wizardry of Oz

By General Aviation News Staff · February 14, 2025 · 6 Comments

A cooperative effort between private airstrip owners in Arkansas and the Recreational Aviation Foundation has created FLY OZ, designed to make backcountry recreational flying more accessible to pilots.

Picture of the Day: RAF Super Supporter

By General Aviation News Staff · January 30, 2025 · 1 Comment

Tricia McKenna submitted this photo and note: “Rachel Thompson, a supporter of the Recreational Aviation Foundation and snow woman builder, takes advantage of a snowy day in Oklahoma.”

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