GENERAL AVIATION NEWS • December 7, 2025
The Recreational Aviation Foundation has bestowed a grant to improve Ragmuff Airport (ME26), which is in the heart of the North Maine Woods on private forest land. The airstrip had been closed for decades when RAF Maine Liaisons Andy Rowe and Steve Mason recognized its recreational value. They worked with the landowner to get it reopened and charted with the FAA identifier ME26 in 2023, according to RAF officials. “The west branch of the Penobscot River is just a mile and a half hike and offers good fishing for brook trout and landlocked salmon,” says Rowe. “Fall is the premier time to be there — colors turn, it becomes bug-free, and partridge and fishing seasons overlap.”