October - December 2024
President’s Report
By Board President, Stephen Ratcliff Greetings Airmen’s Members, Hope you are all having a nice start to the fall season. Fall is always a time of change as we begin to look forward to the oncoming winter season. Here at the Alaska Airmen’s, we are also in a time of change with the departure of…
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Advocacy With Adam
Adam White, Alaska Airmen’s Association Government Affairs We continue to work with Federal, State, and local officials on behalf of our members, ensuring 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. Government Shutdown The ripple effects of Washington,…
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NextGen Spotlight
By Regan Tunstall Updates from Scholarship Winners It’s been a busy year for our scholarship winners! We are always overjoyed to hear about their accomplishments as they make their way into the aviation industry. If you or someone you know has won an Alaska Airmen’s Association scholarship before, we’d love for you to reach out…
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Alaskan Weather Resources to Explore
Tom George, AOPA Fall has firmly arrived along with hunting season in most of Alaska. Figuring out if the weather is good enough to fly, while always an important question, becomes a little more critical with the shorter days, cooler temperatures, and whatever else Mother Nature decides to throw at us. Here are a few…
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Private Pilot to Flight Instructor
By Wella Jay Dear Grant and Scholarship donors, flight instructors, mentors, family and friends. I am writing to you today with a heart full of gratitude. Your collective mentorship, support, financial backing, cheerleading, words of wisdom, and patience have been the pillars of my journey over the past four years as I’ve pursued my goal…
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The Paper Clip and the Propeller
By Bernie Willis How many times can you bend a paperclip before it breaks? Does it matter if it’s a large or small clip? If you bend it fast or slow? What you do know, is that it will break sooner or later. Most of the materials in our aircraft have a fatigue life. That’s…
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THE SEASONS ARE A’CHANGING!
By John M. Dahlen How’s that title for demonstrating an amazing grasp of the obvious! After one of the wettest summers on record here in Anchorage, hopefully everyone has gotten their winter supply of salmon, halibut, moose, caribou, garden vegetables, berries, and all the other outdoor groceries we are so blessed to have access to…
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A Logical Idea That Might Make Your Engine Happier
By William Fell We all know that the soft iron of our engine cylinder walls rusts easily… And after our engines sit through months tied to the ground and not flown, rust accumulation occurs and mostly on the low side of the cylinder wall. Come spring and start up, the rings scrape away the rust…
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The 2025 Raffle Plane at Oshkosh
This past July, the 2025 raffle plane made a grand appearance at the EAA Airventure show in Oshkosh. NextGen board member Aras Sirvelis met the American Legend Aircraft team in Texas and began his journey of flying it to the show. Once he arrived, the American Legend AL-18 MOAC was on display in the Lycoming…
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President’s Report
By Board President, Stephen Ratcliff Greetings Airmen’s Members, Hope you are all having a nice start to the fall season. Fall is always a time of change as we begin to look forward to the oncoming winter season. Here at the Alaska Airmen’s, we are also in a time of change with the departure of…
Read More
Advocacy With Adam
Adam White, Alaska Airmen’s Association Government Affairs We continue to work with Federal, State, and local officials on behalf of our members, ensuring 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. Government Shutdown The ripple effects of Washington,…
Read More
NextGen Spotlight
By Regan Tunstall Updates from Scholarship Winners It’s been a busy year for our scholarship winners! We are always overjoyed to hear about their accomplishments as they make their way into the aviation industry. If you or someone you know has won an Alaska Airmen’s Association scholarship before, we’d love for you to reach out…
Read More
Alaskan Weather Resources to Explore
Tom George, AOPA Fall has firmly arrived along with hunting season in most of Alaska. Figuring out if the weather is good enough to fly, while always an important question, becomes a little more critical with the shorter days, cooler temperatures, and whatever else Mother Nature decides to throw at us. Here are a few…
Read More
Private Pilot to Flight Instructor
By Wella Jay Dear Grant and Scholarship donors, flight instructors, mentors, family and friends. I am writing to you today with a heart full of gratitude. Your collective mentorship, support, financial backing, cheerleading, words of wisdom, and patience have been the pillars of my journey over the past four years as I’ve pursued my goal…
Read More
The Paper Clip and the Propeller
By Bernie Willis How many times can you bend a paperclip before it breaks? Does it matter if it’s a large or small clip? If you bend it fast or slow? What you do know, is that it will break sooner or later. Most of the materials in our aircraft have a fatigue life. That’s…
Read More
THE SEASONS ARE A’CHANGING!
By John M. Dahlen How’s that title for demonstrating an amazing grasp of the obvious! After one of the wettest summers on record here in Anchorage, hopefully everyone has gotten their winter supply of salmon, halibut, moose, caribou, garden vegetables, berries, and all the other outdoor groceries we are so blessed to have access to…
Read More
A Logical Idea That Might Make Your Engine Happier
By William Fell We all know that the soft iron of our engine cylinder walls rusts easily… And after our engines sit through months tied to the ground and not flown, rust accumulation occurs and mostly on the low side of the cylinder wall. Come spring and start up, the rings scrape away the rust…
Read More
The 2025 Raffle Plane at Oshkosh
This past July, the 2025 raffle plane made a grand appearance at the EAA Airventure show in Oshkosh. NextGen board member Aras Sirvelis met the American Legend Aircraft team in Texas and began his journey of flying it to the show. Once he arrived, the American Legend AL-18 MOAC was on display in the Lycoming…
Read More