Aviation View | Volume 2, Issue 2

32 AVIATION VIEW VOLUME 2, ISSUE 2 products that the businesses are ordering. In the next three to five years, Ogden and his management team would like to see a continuation of business growth at the airfield. With people moving out of large urban centers to live in more remote residential properties, the local region is poised to see a business boom – given its proximity to Tulsa, Little Big Rock, Dallas, and Houston to name a few. And because people fly in for an escape to their log cabins, the City of Mena is bound to experience a bump in their economic development. While the airport has outgrown its grass runways due to its size, Ogden would be thrilled to see these planes make a comeback. He shares, “I’d like to see an uptake in backcountry flying, which could hopefully blossom and bloom. Thirty to forty years ago, there was an active sailplane community on the airfield, because of the thermals and the lift they generate – I would love to see that return.” Moving into the future, Mena Intermountain Municipal Airport will keep offering all pilots who land at the airfield every service they could wish for and more. PREFERRED VENDOR/PARTNER n Rose Aircraft Services, Inc. Rose Aircraft Services - Aircraft Appearance & Maintenance | Mena, AR www.roseaircraft.com