Fly In Cafe

As a child I always dreamed of flying. At the age of 12, I would ride my bicycle from West Pea Ridge through Altizer up and over Clark Estates to Route 2 to the Robert Newlon Airport just to watch airplanes take off. I met a man named Clarence (Smitty) Smith who took me under his wing. He took several local kids to his house and gave us ground school training and the opportunity to be around the airport. One day I took an airplane ride. Once I took that first flight – I was hooked for life. I to...