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Recreational Aviation Foundation Assumes Ownership of High Rock Airfield

Backcountry strip in Maryland is part of organization’s expansion plans.

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High Rock Airfield sits on a picturesque bend in the Potomac River. [Credit: Recreational Aviation Foundation]
High Rock Airfield sits on a picturesque bend in the Potomac River. [Credit: Recreational Aviation Foundation]

The Recreational Aviation Foundation (RAF) has announced it has taken stewardship of High Rock Airfield (68MD), a private grass strip situated on a bend of the Potomac River’s North Branch about 96 nm northwest of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (KDCA).

The field was a gift to the RAF from the late Bob Armstrong, a longtime aviation enthusiast who based a collection of vintage aircraft at High Rock. Acquisition of the airport  gives a boost to the RAF’s Expanding the Map initiative.

Jonathan Welsh

Jonathan Welsh is a private pilot and lifelong aviation enthusiast who has been a reporter, writer and columnist for 35 years. His career includes stints with the Wall Street Journal, Flying Magazine and the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. He recently returned to Firecrown to lead Aviation Consumer.