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President’s Report
By Stephen Ratcliff, Board President Greetings Airmen Association Members, Thank you to everyone that joined us this year for the Great Alaska Aviation Gathering inPalmer. Overall, I thought the gathering went well and enjoyed seeing friends, exhibitors,scholarship winners, members, and future members. We really appreciate the time thatwas put in to making this a great…
Read MoreAdvocacy at Work
By Adam White, Alaska Airmen’s Association Government Affairs We continue to work on behalf of our members with Federal, State, and local officials making sure Alaska Aviation remains accessible and a viable means of transportation and recreation. The following issues are limited examples of how we work towards those goals. U.S. Customs We are gathering…
Read MoreNotes from the Safety Committee
Note from the editor: The Alaska Airmen Association reconvened our Safety Committee, meeting monthly, to set goals and suggest initiatives to increase safety in aviation in Alaska. You can find more information on our active committees on our website at https://alaskaairmen.org/committees/ Please enjoy this quarterly column from the Safety Committee. AC 90-66C Non-Towered Airport Flight…
Read MoreThe 2023 Raffle Aircraft finds its home in Fairbanks
Earlier this month, the 2023 raffle plane found a new owner and home, in Fairbanks Alaska. Jason Wilson was doing some shopping in Lowe’s when he received a voicemail that he thought was surely spam. The garbled transcription on his iPhone said something about being a big winner… He and his girlfriend had just enjoyed…
Read MoreSoldotna Fly-In
The Alaska Airmen’s Association joined the Peninsula Pilots Club (PPC) for the secondannual Soldotna Fly-In on Saturday May 21st. With delicious food, good friends and niceweather… the fly-in was a great success! Thank you to everybody who joined andhopefully had a wonderful time like we did.If you didn’t make it this year, don’t miss out…
Read MoreNextGen Spotlight: Scholarship Winners
We are very proud to announce… our 2023 scholarship winners! The AlaskaAirmen’s Association is deeply grateful for everyone’s help that made thispossible. We also want to thank all applicants, attendees at the Great AlaskaAviation Gathering and a very special thanks to Lieutenant Governor NancyDahlstrom for being there and showing her support on behalf of the…
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