We Fly: The RAF at 20 Years Into Moose Creek

We fly into a U.S. Forest Service strip in Idaho in a Kodiak 100 joining a work crew with the Recreational Aviation Foundation.

FLYING Staff

Thursday, November 30, 2023 at 10:25 AM ET

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Travis Tingle

One of the intersecting runways at the USFS airstrip at Moose Creek (1U1) dates back to the 1930s. [Stephen Yeates]

Key Takeaways:

The Recreational Aviation Foundation (RAF) has successfully safeguarded and maintained vital airstrips for recreational aviation over the past 20 years.
Over 11,000 volunteers coordinated by the RAF contribute to preserving and promoting these precious aviation resources.
The article features FLYING's editor-in-chief Julie Boatman joining a work crew to experience the effort and camaraderie involved in this important work.
The full story is available in the December 2023/January 2024 issue of FLYING magazine.

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The airstrips that the Recreational Aviation Foundation (RAF) has defended and nurtured over the past 20 years remain viable because an urgent message was triggered to safeguard them for the future.

They represent some of our most precious resources in aviation, and a collection of more than 11,000 volunteers coordinated by the RAF have helped maintain them and promote them to the flying community.

Join FLYING’s editor-in-chief Julie Boatman as she flies in with a work crew in a Daher Kodiak 100 to experience the camaraderie and satisfaction that participating in such an important effort can bring.

Look for the full story in our feature in the latest issue of FLYING, Issue 944 for December 2023/January 2024. Subscribers will receive it in their mailbox or inbox soon.