The Jim Richmond Backcountry Aviation Foundation’s 2024/2025 Fundraising Raffle

The Jim Richmond Backcountry Aviation Foundation’s 2024/2025 Fundraising Raffle

The Jim Richmond Backcountry Aviation Foundation’s 2024/2025 fundraising raffle is a chance to win some great prizes, but even more importantly, each ticket you purchase in this raffle directly contributes to our efforts to expand public backcountry aviation access for current & future generations of aviators.

We do this primarily by acquiring private property in remote areas, developing the necessary aviation infrastructure & then opening those properties to the public for recreation & enjoyment. It is also our mission to educate the general public on the importance of backcountry aviation, while at the same time, we teach pilots the best practices for flying in the backcountry. We work to document & preserve the history of properties that we acquire & we help other backcountry stakeholders use aviation to accomplish their missions in remote areas too. We invite you to visit our website at jrbaf.org to learn more.

This year’s inaugural raffle includes a famous historic backcountry aircraft, Carbon Cub Serial Number 1. Conceived of by backcountry aviation pioneer Jim Richmond, its revolutionary design set world records for STOL performance & inspired an entirely new generation of more capable & safer backcountry aircraft. It is still a great flying aircraft & it is the very aircraft that inspired much of what we know of today as modern backcountry recreational aviation.

Other great prizes include:
A week for you & your friends at the historic 45 Ranch in Idaho’s Owyhee Canyonlands.
A P-51 Mustang WWII fighter experience from the Liberty Foundation in Atlanta, GA.
A P-51 Mustang WWII fighter experience donated by Hangar 180 in Lewiston, ID.
A flight in a T-33 military jet trainer donated by Lost Coast warbirds in Sacramento CA.
A flight in a B-25 Mitchall Bomber (for up to 4 people) from Lost Coast Warbirds in Sacramento, CA.
3 days of customized aerobatic training from Sean D. Tucker in Salinas, California.
A set of Alaska Bushwheels donated by Alaska Gear Company.
A set of black ops aircraft suspension (including tailwheel stinger) donated by ACME Aero.
A pair of main cabin ticket vouchers donated by Alaska Airlines.
A tailwheel endorsement from Tac Aero.
2 sets of new Bose A-30 headsets.