I’d heard buzz about the Bentonville aviation scene and decided to fly my Piper Super Cub out and spend a few days exploring. I taxied tentatively up to a Frank Lloyd Wright-looking FBO with a roundabout aircraft apron in front. Surrounded by more expensive and impressive pistons, turboprops, and jets, I taxied clockwise and stopped in front, under a “no fees, just great service” sign. Line workers responded like in movie clips I’ve seen of full-service gas stations in the 1950s, hustling up to my airplane, inquiring about the service I needed, and even dropping a red carpet by my door for me to step out on. Over the course of a few days, I would watch numerous aircraft of all types arrive to the same welcoming greeting. Read MORE.
Thaden Field was awarded the “Most Acclaimed Organizer Worldwide Award” by the Institute for Women of Aviation Worldwide in recognition of their Women of Aviation Week events last month.