Recreational Aviation Foundation

Portable weather stations to be placed at Utah backcountry airstrips

by General Aviation News Staff | Oct 31, 2025 | #Aircraft, 20251120, Aviation News, backcountry flying, Briefings, flying, General Aviation, News, Pilots, Recreational Aviation Foundation

“Actual weather conditions at remote backcountry airstrips are often quite different from local airport weather reports, which might be many miles away,” noted Wendy Lessig, RAF’s Utah Liaison. Read...

Utah backcountry airstrip gets green light to reopen

by General Aviation News Staff | Oct 28, 2025 | #Aircraft, 20251120, Aviation News, backcountry flying, Briefings, flying, General Aviation, News, Pilots, Recreational Aviation Foundation

Taylor Flat Airstrip in the northeast corner of Utah has been closed for 28 years. But thanks to efforts by the Recreational Aviation Foundation (RAF), it is set to reopen. Read...

Restoration of backcountry airstrip in the works

by General Aviation News Staff | Oct 22, 2025 | #Aircraft, 20251106, Aviation News, backcountry aircraft, backcountry flying, Briefings, flying, General Aviation, News, Pilots, Recreational Aviation Foundation

The Recreational Aviation Foundation has received approval from the Bureau of Land Management’s Ukiah Field Office to restore the Walker Ridge Airstrip, located within the Snow Mountain National Monument in Northern California. Read...

Grant awarded to study backcountry airstrips

by General Aviation News Staff | Sep 19, 2025 | #Aircraft, 20251009, Airports, Aviation News, Briefings, flying, General Aviation, News, Pilots, Recreational Aviation Foundation

Recreational Aviation Foundation (RAF) Liaison Wendy Lessig has been awarded a grant to help fund five studies on backcountry airstrips in Utah on Bureau of Land Management land. Read...

Picture of the Day: Flying Oz

by General Aviation News Staff | Sep 10, 2025 | #Aircraft, Aviation News, flying, General Aviation, Photo of the Day, Pilots, Recreational Aviation Foundation

Jeff DeFreest submitted this photo and note: “On a recent Saturday morning, we flew the Cessna 170B around northwest Arkansas and landed to check out the grass strip at Richland Creek. About 1/2 hour later we heard a big radial fly over, and then saw a few more...

Grant helps restore historic Lone Pine terminal

by General Aviation News Staff | Aug 20, 2025 | #Aircraft, 20250904, airport, Aviation News, backcountry flying, Briefings, flying, General Aviation, News, Pilots, Recreational Aviation Foundation

The grant helped restore the interior of the terminal at Lone Pine/Death Valley Airport in California. Read...

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