GOING TO OSHKOSH?

Join the RAF at AirVenture again this year! You’re invited upstairs on Hartzell’s Rooftop (booth #289, just outside of Hangar B) on Tuesday, July 22 from 9-11 a.m. for coffee, the best donuts around, great views and conversation!

On Wednesday, July 23, visit the Pilot Proficiency Center for Backcountry Flying Day:

Classroom 1 Sessions:
9:30am Flying Idaho’s Backcountry: Bill McGlynn
11:00am Backcountry Etiquette: Matt Foster
12:30pm Getting Started (a neophyte’s perspective): Charlie Gregoire
2:00pm Flying Idaho’s Backcountry: Bill McGlynn
3:00pm Backcountry Etiquette: Matt Foster

Classroom 2 Sessions:
9:30am How to flight plan together into and out of the country: JC Carroll
11:00am Backcountry Safety Initiative: Mike Ginter
12:30pm How to flight plan together into and out of the country: JC Carroll
2:00pm Backcountry Safety Initiative: Mike Ginter
3:00pm Getting Started (a neophyte’s perspective): Charlie Gregoire

Visit the PPC at AirVenture web link for more information ,and descriptions for Backcountry Flying Day sessions are found here.

While you’re on the AirVenture campus, be sure to spend a little time in the shade by the Brown Arch and look over our growing array of engraved tiles — it’s the RAF way to express appreciation for our many hard-working volunteers.

Submitted June 23, 2025.

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ROB KEANE

February 24, 2026

FLORIDA AMBASADOR

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February 24, 2026

CALIFORNIA AMBASSADOR

RAF AWARDS GRANT FOR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF HCRC

February 24, 2026

Oregon RAF Liaison Bill Ables has been awarded a $5,000 RAF grant to retain RAF membership in and support the Hells Canyon Recreation Collaborative (HCRC) for the next five years. The HCRC was organized in 2016 at the request of Idaho’s Congressional Delegation as a framework for the various recreational user groups to collaborate with the US Forest Service within the 652,488-acre Hells Canyon National Recreation Area. Ables, a past Director and current member of the group, explained that HCRC membership is a cross-section of user groups from both the private and commercial sectors, including river rafters and jet boaters, backpackers, horse packers, aviators, and governmental management agencies. Providing ongoing support ensures continued aviation representation. The rugged Snake River canyon region hugs the borders of northeastern Oregon and western Idaho, and includes nine backcountry airstrips within the Recreational Area. All are maintained by volunteer aviation groups in collaboration with the USFS: Cache Creek, Salmon Bar, Dug Bar, Temperance Creek, Pittsburg Landing, Sluice Creek, Lord Flat, Memaloose, and Big Bar. “Our support of HCRC, combined with the other involved aviation groups, ensures ongoing maintenance and improvements at each of these nine airstrips. It benefits general aviation by preserving access to enjoy the beauty of the Hells Canyon area, which directly speaks to the Mission of the RAF,” Ables said. For more information on Dug Bar, Cache Creek, Big Bar, and Memaloose, see the Airfield Guide . Pittsburg Landing, Sluice Creek, Temperance Creek, and Salmon Bar are not listed in the Airfield Guide at this time. Submitted February 24, 2026