RAF INVITES SUPPORTERS’ VIDEO SUBMISSIONS
Do you have a video that captures the spirit of the RAF mission? With airplanes, great scenery, and people enjoying the backcountry experience? Would you like to see it on RAF’s Facebook, Instagram or YouTube social media platforms?
Consider submitting it to us!
Eligibility: Open to any RAF supporter, amateurs and professionals alike, including those 18 and under.
It’s easy to submit your video!
Send high resolution video via Dropbox or WeTransfer to: tmckenna@theraf.org
Video must be in clear focus, with good overall composition and lighting. Avoid clutter. We appreciate short clips (30-60 sec) and all video must be under 10 mins. If recording a video with a phone, use portrait orientation for easier viewing on a phone.
By submitting your video(s), you give the RAF permission to use your video on RAF public social media accounts. We reserve the right to reject any video we feel is not an appropriate reflection of the RAF vision, values, or stewardship.
Submissions must include:
- Videographer’s name. If under 18, state the age of the videographer;Email and phone number;
- Location of video (airfield and state);
- Identify any faces in the image. You must first obtain permission from them for this use;
- If submitting a video with images of children, you must first obtain parent/guardian permission to use the images;
- If you want your social media account to be tagged, please let us know and send us your handle.
Things we would like to see:
- We favor videos with airplanes, great scenery, and people enjoying the experience;
- Recreational flying;
- Video footage that reflects the RAF mission;
- Please edit your footage before you send it. That may mean improving the lighting, cutting footage on either end, etc. The RAF reserves the right to edit your video to fit on the appropriate platform.
Things we don’t want:
- Any imagery that appears unsafe or inappropriate; footage of unsafe flying or any activity inconsistent with the RAF mission.
Submitted on May 30, 2023.
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At about this time, every year, we have this conversation at the RAF about what our year end letter (code for asking for your financial support) should say to you, and about the RAF and the accomplishments of the past year.
Our many RAF supporters have such vast and varied experience, and we’re capturing some of their words of wisdom to share with you. This guest editorial is by Stef Goza, a pilot and an RAF Alaska liaison.
Bill credits aviation for much of his success in business and the ability to serve his companies and family. What began in a Champ, and a Tri-Pacer owned by five people, turned into what Bill calls, “a key business tool” in which he accumulated 9,000 hours – in a Cheyenne, a Pilatus, and a TBM, where ninety-five percent of his flying was for business. “My retirement enabled me to recall ‘Why I Learned to Fly’, a slogan from an old RAF video.” Bill’s son, Patrick, purchased the C185 they now share. “While attending a business function, some associates arrived in corporate jets. As they joined up on the tarmac, the jet pilots gathered around Patrick’s 185, and one of the passengers asked, ‘What’s special about this?’ No explanation needed for this RAF audience,” Bill says. “My involvement in the RAF is, in a partial way, repaying the rewards aviation has endowed me with. Having been involved in many worthwhile nonprofits, this is one where financial support is only part of the picture. Physically participating in great projects that have a lasting effect, with good people, returns a great personal benefit,” he says. “My only regret is that I wasn’t there at the start.” Bill and his wife Jane are privileged to be able to split time between their long-time home in eastern Nebraska and Scottsdale, Arizona. While still serving on several boards, he enjoys golf “about every third shot,” biking, cars, and reading, but always looks forward to the time he can be involved in the RAF. “It’s flying with a purpose,” he adds. Bill can be reached at bdugan@theraf.org
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A Christmas gift of flight lessons from his parents started Scott Anttila’s aviation journey in 1985. “I learned at Johnson Field, a small grass strip tucked into the woods in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, and that early exposure to simple backcountry flying stuck with me,” Scott says. Growing up in the U.P., he spent a lot of time outdoors and found that flying was another way to get to the places he liked to explore—especially the ones most people never saw. As he earned more ratings and eventually moved to the Detroit area for work, Scott realized he needed a way to stay connected to northern Michigan. He bought an airplane and used it to get back to the smaller airstrips and lake country he enjoyed. Along the way, he also flew gliders out of Frankfort, soaring along the Sleeping Bear Dunes and towing sailplanes over the Great Lakes. “Those flights gave me a different appreciation for the landscape and made me even more interested in the small, out-of-the-way airports scattered around the state,” he says. Visiting those kinds of places, Scott first came across the Recreational Aviation Foundation. He started using RAF-supported airstrips both inside and outside Michigan. “I noticed how well-kept they were and how much access they opened up,” he says, adding, ”Over the years, I’ve watched a number of grass strips close, which made the RAF’s mission feel especially important to me. Maintaining these airstrips keeps aviation connected to the outdoors and makes it possible for more people to reach the quiet, remote areas that inspired me to fly in the first place.” Scott joins the other two RAF Michigan Liaisons, General Grant and Tanmoy Ganguly. He can be reached at santtila@theraf.org . Submitted December 11, 2025.
