RIPA 2026 Executive Committee
President: Sal Corio
Vice President: Mike Charland
Treasurer: Chris Arsoniadis
Events Committee: Sarah McBain, Matt Dzialo, Gary Frazier
Quonset Airport
Safety Seminars
We are a principal sponsor of FAA Safety Seminars in Rhode Island. Safety Seminars are designed to promote and foster aviation safety and to refresh pilots’ aeronautical knowledge and skills.
Events
RIPA hosts many events and activities throughout the year including breakfast / cookout fly-ins, beach parties, camping trips, hangar parties, and the Annual Holiday Gala. Sometimes impromptu get-togethers are organized at the Facebook Group, so be sure to check in!
The Plane Paper
The Plane Paper was published for many years by our late RIPA Secretary Marilyn Biagetti. Following Marilyn’s passing, Graeme Smith kindly took over the editing duties for a year. We are currently in need of a new editor if someone would like to step up to the plate and take over the publishing duties.
This informative newsletter took a lot of work to edit and publish every month, but was a true labor of love that helped tie the RIPA together. Previously, The Plane Paper included news of interest to our members, the aviation community, features such as solos and new ratings, notices of upcoming meetings, seminars and events, member stories, classifieds, and more! One day we may get back to publishing this signature publication, but in the meantime, we will try to reach out to our membership via our website and Facebook Group ”Rhode Island Pilots Assn Public Group”.