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Home My WebLink About2003-08-14 - Agendas - Final AGENDA FOR THE AIRPORT BOARD MEETING 1 :30 p.m. • August 14, 2003 Airport Conference Room 4500 S. School Avenue 1 . Welcome, Chairman Charles Wallace. 2. Minutes of the July 10, 2003 meeting. 3. Receiving of Reports. A. Charles Wallace, Chairman. B. Ray Boudreaux, Director. C. James Nicholson, Financial Coordinator. D. Louise Powers, T-Hangar Report. E. Construction Report, Wayne Jones. F. Maintenance Report, Ray Boudreaux. 4. Old Business. 5. New Business. A. Request for terminal office space. Action Requested: Recommend approval to forward through the City's • Contract Review process. B. Arkansas Department of Aeronautics Grant for U. of A. hangar. Action Requested: Recommend approval to forward through the City's Grant Review process and acceptance by the City Council. C. ' Arkansas Department of Aeronautics Grant for FAA ALP Grant #30, for the design and engineering of Taxiway Alpha Extension. Action Requested: Recommend approval to forward through.the City's Grant Review process and acceptance by the City Council. D. FAA Grant AIP # 31 , for the construction of Taxiway Alpha Extension. Action Requested: Recommend approval to forward through the City's Grant Review process and acceptance by the City Council. E. Update on the Self-Serve Fueling project. 6. Other Business. A. Items from the Airport Board. B. Items from the Public. 7. Discussion items. A. Next Airport Board Meeting. B. Strategic Planning Meeting. C. Workday and cookout. • 8. Adjourn. r f • MINUTES OF THE AIRPORT BOARD MEETING July 10, 2003 MEMBERS PRESENT: Charles Wallace, Frank Sperandeo, Mike Andrews, Dave Bowman, Otto Loewer MEMBERS ABSENT: Rick McKinney STAFF PRESENT: Ray Boudreaux, James Nicholson, Louise Powers OTHERS PRESENT: Amy Wolfe-Fayetteville Government Channel; David Hollman- Flying Investments; Frank Burggraf-Airport Historian/former Airport Board Member; Billy Stillwell-AR Group LLC; Leonard McCandless-Ozark Military Museum; Emily Hughes-NW Ark. Times; Anthony Children- Morning News; Wayne Jones-McClelland Consulting Engineers; Judy Hammond-Ark. Air Museum; Christina Crouse-Airport Hair Salon; Tony Beringer-Clear Channel Radio; Cheri Boudreaux-citizen ITEM #1 : Welcome. Chairman Charles Wallace. Welcomed all those attending, including, Frank Burggraf, former Airport Board Member, now our Airport Historian. • ITEM #2 : Minutes of the June 12, 2003 meeting. A motion to approve the minutes was made by Frank Sperandeo and seconded by Mike Andrews. The motion carried. ITEM #3: Receiving of Reports. A. Charles Wallace, Chairman. Reported someone at a manna told him he watched the Board meetings regularly and asked how long Mr. Wallace would be on the Board. C. Wallace said he was glad that people are watching the meeting and taking an interest. He thanked all those that volunteer their time for the Board meetings and for other things involving aviation, such as AIRFEST. B. Ray Boudreaux, Director. He introduced Tony Beringer of Clear Channel Radio, and T. Beringer announced that the main event for Clear Channel's Free Listeners Concert will be Steve Warner with Bachman Turner Overdrive opening for them. Gates will open at 2:00 p.m. He said he had met several times with Ray and walked the property, and will be meeting with the Police Department. Tickets are free, but you must go to one of the .sponsors to pick up the tickets. There will be a fee for parking. R. Boudreaux said they were already working on getting the Blue Angels for the air show next year. Air show dates will be June 19 and 20, 2004. He and Wayne met with the Forest Service last Thursday and finalized plans. The government announced in the newspaper they will be giving us the grant for the taxiway extension. He told of meeting • with several different businesses looking at doing business at the airport. We have been working hard on closing out five sepatate grants involved with the FBO hangar and the 1 • corporate ramp. There was a lot of paperwork involved. We received the first check at a Check Presentation Ceremony with a representative from the Governor's office and John Knight of the State Aeronautics Department. He thanked Wayne Jones and James for their work on closing out those grants. Next we will be working on filling in the grassy area at the north end of the terminal ramp. The money is already in our budget. The City has started working on the 2004 budget process and the Airport Board will need to approve the CLP list. F. Sperandeo told of visiting an airport in Kansas that advertises nationally their self- serve fueling for $ 1 .84 and he had been jealous as there were five planes lined- up . for fuel. He commented that Siloam Springs' price is lower than us and we needed a marketing plan to get people going cross-country to stop here. R. Boudreaux explained that the Board approved a formula to set fuel prices and we are maintaining the same pricing margin. He reminded everyone that getting self-serve fueling is a project that staff is working on, and Air-Nav has some nice comments about our airport. He also explained that as .soon as we change a fuel price, we also put the new price out on Air- Nav and other websites. C. Wallace stated marketing the fuel is something the Board could work on at a Strategic Planning Meeting. C. James Nicholson, Financial Coordinator. He reviewed the financial reports in the agenda. He stated they had worked out revenue projections for the rest of the year. The biggest change was due to the air show and the fencing by the Museum. He commented we didn't make money on fuel sales during the first half of the year, but now the margins • have been established we can make better predictions. R. Boudreaux answering Mr. Sperandeo 's questions about the new ramp project, said we saved a significant amount of money on the runway/taxiway project and the FAA agreed we can spend the money on the safety project which is filling in the grassy island north of the terminal ramp and will extend the ramp to the north. As we widen the taxiway, we will be loosing some of the terminal ramp to the taxiway and this project will replace ramp we will lose. W. Jones explained the project is a safety project and will be funded by a 90% federal grant, 5% State grant and 5%airport funding. If Drake Field doesn't spend the money on a grant project the FAA will send the funds to another airport. C. Wallace said the island/ramp project Wayne is working on has been on the books to do for some time. C. Wallace said it was good to see this year's deficit down some. He suggested having a Strategic Planning Meeting to discuss the airport's revenues, budget, and expenses. We want to keep one million dollars in reserve. R. Boudreaux reported the office plans to apply for several State Aeronautics grants at their August meeting, the self-serve fueling facility, the U. of A. hangar, and the 60' x 60' hangar, as well as the eastside Taxiway Alpha extension. D. Louise Powers, T-Hangar Report. All the T-Hangars are rented, as well as all T- Hangar storage end units. We have five names on each list, the single engine size and the twin engine size. Some of the names are the same on both lists, they are waiting for the first available hangar. We have two names on the 60' x' 60' list. We have one name on the storage unit list. The FBO hangar has had two long term tenants all month, the U. of • A. and someone waiting on a T-Hangar. There were seven overnights and during the air 2 • show, we provided hangar protection for 17 air show planes. Responding to C. Wallace question, nobody moved from the T-Hangars to the FBO Hangar. E. Construction Report, Wayne Jones. He stated there were some minor items relating to the ramp project that need to be finished. On the north end of the ramp the new project will bring the ramp back to the edge of the fence. R. Boudreaux said this will make all the taxiways 50' wide, widening the taxiway in front of the terminal from 40' to 50'. He expressed his appreciation to the FAA's Project Manager Don Hams for allowing us to use the funds left over in the grant. The FAA could have taken back the amount. W. Jones told of meeting with the Forest Service last week and he has already seen some changes from their engineer. Their ramp will be a heavy weight ramp. He commented he had the Forest Service plans and they would be available for viewing after the meeting. The U. of A. hangar project has been turned over to their drafting, it will be similar in appearance as the FBO hangar. It will have an office, a private office, restroom, and lounge on the south side of the facility. F. Maintenance Report, Ray Boudreauax. Staff has installed an automatic security gate and they have been mowing like crazy with the new double bat-wing. They are able to mow in two days what did take four days. That will give them time now to do some weed-eating and more thorough cleaning. ITEM #4: Old Business. None. • ITEM #5: New Business. A. Proposal to operate a restaurant in the terminal. R. Boudreaux explained Wally's Smokeshack is closing and the day after we received their cancellation notice we had someone new interested in opening a restaurant in the terminal. He reviewed the Lease Term Workpaper for AR Group LLC. The lease is the same except the option to renew has an increase in rent. Kevin Johnson, his wife, and Billy Stillwell have been working on the plans for the new restaurant. They had previously looked at the area for a restaurant several years ago. They plan a full service restaurant and plan to open in September if approved. B. Stillwell explained they plan to serve breakfast and be open from 6 until 10 p.m. weekdays and noon to 8 p.m. Sundays. He further explained that Kevin Johnson has lived in the area all of his life can bring a lot to the airport, and they plan to be big on advertising, with radio, newspaper and TV, and also a restaurant sign on the highway signs on I-540. B. Request for office space in the terminal. R. Boudreaux stated he had a request from Vernaci Construction to locate an office in the terminal. Their company will be doing the ground and earth work for the new Lowe's store on Highway 62. They need a permanent presence in Fayetteville and have been flying three different planes here regularly. They will have a couple of people in the office all day. A motion to approve the Lease and forward on through the City's Contract Review process was made by Dave Bowman and seconded • by Mike Andrews. The motion carried, with four members voting 3 t • "for" and there were no votes "against" (Otto Loewer had left early for another meeting, and Rick McKinney and Bob Nickle were absent from the meeting). C. Airport's Capital Improvement Projects. B. Boudreaux and Board discussed the projects. Boudreaux explained staff still had additional paperwork to prepare for the City on each of the items, three forms, photo, and a justification. All this goes to the City's Budget Review Committee which is made up of all the City's Directors and the Finance Office staff. All the City's projects are then put into a booklet that is presented to the City Council for approval. F. Spreandeo requested putting the T-Hangar back into 2003 's budget. R. Boudreaux reminded him the Board had agreed to take it out of 2003 's budget because of the airport's financial situation, it could be added back in, or we can move the T-Hangar from year 2005 to 2004. The ALP (Airport Layout Plan) is in the budget as the FAA requires airports to have an ALP to get FAA grants. A Strategic Planning Meeting has been set for Tuesday, July 15th, from 12 noon to 4 p.m. Staff will need to arrange for lunch for the meeting. R. Boudreaux thanked the Board for helping make these difficult decisions. A motion to recommend the Airport's Capital Improvement Projects on to the City's Budget Review Committee and to forward it on to the City Council for approval was made by Mike Andrews and seconded by Frank Sperandeo. The motion carried with with four members voting °° for" and there were no votes "against" (Otto Loewer had left • early for another meeting, and Rick McKinney and Bob Nickle were absent from the meeting). ITEM #6: Other Business. A. Items from the Board. None. B. Items from the Public. J. Hammond thanked the Board, the airport staff and the City of Fayetteville personnel, and everyone that attended the Air show. Meeting Adiourned at 3:52. Dave Bowman, Secretary Date • 4 v MONTHLY REPORT Director, Aviation and Economic Development Fayetteville, Arkansas July 2003 We finalized the lease with Kevin Johnson of Greenland to lease the restaurant area. He plans to be open by September 1 and have a grand opening extravaganza on the weekend of the first Razorback game. He plans displays of boats, trailers, fishing and hunting stuff, and motor homes. He has arranged for radio remote broadcasts by two different stations before and after the game. With his marketing skills, we hope to generate the traffic needed to have a restaurant succeed. The new name is Aviators Grill at the Terminal. We continue to work with the Charter prospect. It looks as though we could have a decision in the very near future. They would like to be up and operating by the first home game so that they could piggyback on the marketing opportunity. We have reviewed the plans for the Forest Service Tanker Base. Bids will be opened August 25 with an award very soon thereafter—hopefully at the first Council meeting on September 2, 2003 . • We have reviewed the draft plans for the new U of A hangar. There were a few comments that have been passed to the engineers. We would like to award this project at the second meeting in August. We hope to start the "infill' project by the middle of the month. We will use all of the remaining money in the taxiway widening project. The new PAPI is up and operational for Runway 16. I spoke about the great things happening at the airport at the Northside Rotary Club. Wayne invited me as their guest speaker. I volunteered through the Chamber of Commerce to usher for the Brumley Gospel sing. Along with several members of the Chamber Transportation Committee; I met with Jonathan Bamet, Arkansas Highway Commission, concerning a new traffic signal on Fulbright Expressway. We continue to meet with developers and the Chamber on the water park development project. With any luck, we will have some definitive word by the end of August. I spent a good deal of time rewriting the .Minimum Standards for our. airport. They are much • simplified and will, I hope, be much easier to understand and follow. Very little content was changed. We will be able to discuss it at a strategic planning meeting in the very near future. We have secured a booth at the NBAA conference in Orlando, October 7-9, 2003. We have been offered a free ride with Flying Investments and they have volunteered to help with the booth. We have reserved the A & P Commission booth and will bemorking to develop handouts and a brochure • to highlight our airport and our community. We plan to attend the AAOA conference in Eureka Springs in September and the Arkansas Economic Developers Conference, August 17 through 19 in Fayetteville. The Clear Channel concert was from all angles, a success. We received our payment, the museum made some money and the visitors enjoyed it. There was little or no impact on the airport. I represented the Mayor at the Korean Veteran's medal presentation. It was impressive with the AG presenting all Korean vets with a medal. Respectfully Submitted, Ray M. Boudreaux Director • • City of Fayetteville Arkansas Airport - Drake Field Operating Statement - Airport Board For the Month Ending: 07/31/03 2002 2003 2003 2003 Actual Budgeted Actual YTD. Pdctd Yr End Operating Revenue Rents & Leases 287,035 336,350 1979960 358,068 Aviation Fuel 4999471 11100,000 359,728 7059647 Miscellaneous 16,461 35,000 16,670 26,472 Total Operating Revenue: 802,967 104711350 574,358 11090,187 Operating Expenses Personnel 312,807 361 ,612 200,978 349,217 Materials & Supplies 12,464 44,590 29,294 53,750 Aviation Fuel Purchases 320,641 630,000 260,400 476,204 Services & Charges 179,982 266,392 117,919 176,059 Cost Allocation to General Fund 1440612 144,612 84,357 144,612 Maintenance 48,874 55,610 40,182 52,928 Operating Capital / Equipment 25,206 4,999 4,999 ATC Tower Costs 192,500 - 192,500 Total Operating Expense 11044,586 1 ,695,316 738,128 1 ,450,269 • Change In Fund Balance (241 ,619) (223,966) (163,770) (360,082) from Operations • r .. • City of Fayetteville Arkansas Page 2 Airport - Drake Field Airport Fund Statement - Airport Board For the Month Ending: 07/31/03 Beginning Funds Available - 01/01/2003 21474,359 Airport Fund Revenue YTD Projected YE Interest on Investments 43,572 87,144 Non-Op Miscellaneous 99269 9,334 Total Fund Revenue 52,842 96,478 Airport Fund Expense 2003 Capital Project Expense / Grant Matching YTD Projected @ Completion AIP #29 - Pavement Rehab 61989 219989 AIP #30 - Taxiway A Extension Design 59836 AIP #31 - Taxiway A Ext. Construction Hangar Rehabilitation 27,495 36,493 Corp Ramp Pavement 330,072 330,372 FBO Hangar 518,792 518,792 Executive Hangar 2@ 60x60 51800 225,000 East-side Self-serve 100LL - 259000 10 Bay T-Hangar • UA Hangar Debt Service Total of Project Expense - Airport Fund 889,148 1 ,163,482 Income Less Expense (836,306) (11067,004) Change In Fund Balance from Operations (163,770) (3609082) Ending Funds Available 7/31/2003 11474,283 Est. 11047,273 Outside Grant Funds Contributed YTD Projected YE State 593,136 743,162 Federal 125,807 1 ,787,864 Total: 7189943 2,531 ,026 • FAYETTEVILLE THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS DAN GOODY, MAYOR • 4500 School Spite F Fayetteville, la, AA R 72701 479.7111.7642 AVIATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RAY M. BOUDREAUX, DIRECTOR TO: Airport Advisory Board Members THRU : Ray M . Boudreaux, Director FROM : James Nicholson, Financial Coordinator DATE : August 14, 2003 SUBJECT: FBO Report Tower Operations Graph: Below is a graph which depicts monthly aircraft operations as counted by the Fayetteville Municipal Airport ATC Tower. This graph compares monthly totals of aircraft operations for the past two years. ATC Tower Operations Count —20OV02 6000 —2002/05 —LY,ear (2002/09) a 9000 4000 V L O 3000 O • V 2000 a E Z 1000 0 - Juy Au11 Saps Oct Now Dec Jan Fab March April Mry Jum Juy Month FBO Fuel Sales: As can be seen in the graph below, fuel sales volume for the month of July decreased 32.9%o compared to the previous month's sales. The July sales level is approximately 76%D of the FBO's monthly average volume for the past 12 months of 28,415 gallons. Slow sales are typical for June; however there is an 18% sales volume increase over the same month in 2002. Fuel 5alee Comparison 200JAeroTech 45000 ' 20021 O0 C0Y FBO 40000 ' 35000 o '50000 m 25000 -- C MIN 777K-- .2 20000 a 15000 • 10000 na11ua 2001 5000 - GtYAVImaaF9D O ' July AW Sept Oct Nov Dec Jn'0Ltl0 Feb March April May Jure July Month • Local Area Data: Retail fuel price held steady in July. Following is a comparison of regional retail fuel prices as of 8/13/03: Regional Jet Center (XNA) Avgas: 3.08 Jet-A: 2.60 Pinnacle Air (ASG) 2.57 2.20 Executive Air (ASG) 2.48 2.31 Beaver Lake (Rogers) 2.78 2.47 Hughes Aviation (Bentonville) 2.70 (SS-2.35) 2.34 Siloam Springs (City-run) 2.35 (ss-1 .99) 2.45 Fayetteville Municipal 2. 55 2.28 Regional Jet Center provides discounts on Jet-A; . 10 @ 500 gals+, .20 @ 1 ,000 gals + The Graph below illustrates wholesale fuel price increase trend since January 1s`, 2003. Wholesale prices have trended upward since the beginning of June. Wholesale Fuel Price Trend 30% 25% % Cho Jet A a, 20% �X Chg 100LL `0 15% S • m 5% — V � -5X n° -10X -15% -20% a' N N N N N cn N N t0 S W O N (1c 61 W O O W Week 2003 FYV Fuel Ops Facts: Average monthly fuel sales: 28,415 gals July 2003 fuel sales: 13,456 Jet . 62. 1 % 8,209 Avgas - 37.9% 21 ,665 Total Jet-A sold to FYV-based customers in July: 7,993 - 59.4% Jet-A sold to transient aircraft customers in July: 51463 - 40.6% Avgas sold to FYV- based customers in July: 31795 - 46.3% Avgas sold to transient aircraft customers in July: 4,413 - 53.7% • . LEASE DATA SHEET TENANT: Robert's Manufacturing, Inc. ADDRESS: 12747 Snake Branch Rd. Fayetteville, AR 72701 PHONE : 479.643.2157 PROPERTY LEASED: Terminal office/ 123 .5 Square feet @$ 11 .00 per SF USE OF PROPERTY: Office BEGINNING DATE: August 1 , 2003 TERM OF LEASE: 1 year OPTION TO EXTEND: N/A RENTAL FEES: Annual amount $ 1 ,358.40 Monthly amount $ 113 .20 SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS: None DESCRIPTION: Monty Roberts applied to lease this office for his engineering business. He designed parts for many applications including aircraft and Oreck vacuum cleaners. He describes his business as consumer and aviation product development. The provisions of this lease are the same as all terminal leases. There is a 30 day escape for both sides of the agreement. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of this agreement • UA Hangar Page � ,L jLj TTEVILLE THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS �N COODY, MAYOR _ ,d. MEMORANDUM TO: Dan Coody; Mayor Members of the City Council THRU: Staff Review Committee FROM: Ray M. Boudreaux, Director, Aviation and Economic vel mint DATE: August 1 , 2003 SUBJECT: Department of Aeronautics Grant—U of A Hangar Background: In Fiscal Year 2003, the Airport programmed two mini-corporate hangars for construction and expected to receive state support in the amount of $100,000.00 which is the allowed amount for a storage hangar 50/50 grant. With the U of A hangar, the same grant applies but to a limit of $200,000.00 since the hangar is a business/industry, This agenda action is to accept a State of Arkansas Department of Aeronautics Grant for $200,000.00 for construction of the U of A hangar. Only one hangar grant is allowed each year. Budget Considerations: In previous actions, the City Council approved design and construction of a new U of A aircraft hangar. The U of A agreed to pay for the hangar at a rate equaling the cost of construction amortized over 20 years at 3% not to exceed $2,600.00 per • month. This grant will reduce the amount the Airport has to borrow from the Economic Development fund to build the building. C . Requested Action: Approve the acceptance of the State of Arkansas Department of Aeronautics Grant for construction of the U of A Hangar. Attachments: Staff Review Form State of Arkansas Department of Aeronautics Grant Aviation and Economic Development Department • Fayetteville Municipal Airport, Drake Field 4500 South School Avenue, Suite F Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701 Ray M. Boudreaux, Director 15. 4 TEVILLE ng Grant '4 A. 5. Page 4 THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS DAN COODY, MAYOR • ` a MEMORANDUM TO: Dan Coody, Mayor Members of the City Council THRU: Staff Review Committee FROM: Ray M. Boudreaux, Director, Aviation andEconomic evelopment DATE: August 1 , 2003 SUBJECT: Department of Aeronautics Grant—AIP Grant 3-05-0020-030-2002 match Background: In previous action, the City Council approved an FAA AIP Grant for the design and engineering of the USDA Forest Service taxiway "A" extension. This action is to approve acceptance of the State Department of Aeronautics 5% match to the grant. This was previously to fund McClelland Consulting Engineers Task Order No. 1 Budget Considerations: This action will result in $5,836.00 in State of Arkansas support. Requested Action: Approve the acceptance of the State of Arkansas Department of Aeronautics Matching Grant for $5,836.00. Attachments: Staff Review Form • State of Arkansas Department of Aeronautics Grant Aviation and Economic Development Department Fayetteville Municipal Airport, Drake Field • 4500 South School Avenue, Suite F Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701 Ray M. Boudreaux, Director r' 4Urpor "ram IUAiway Phase A. 4, P ,TEVILLE A 4, Page 4 • i' t1 1 _2.:jY THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS DAN COODY, MAYOR MEMORANDUM TO: Dan Coody, Mayor Members of the City Council THRU: Staff Review Committee FROM: Ray M. Boudreaux, Director, Aviation and Economic Development ; . DATE: August 1 , 2003 SUBJECT: Federal Aviation Administration Grant 3-05-0020-031-2003 Taxiway A phase 1 + � - Background: In previous action, the City Council has approved Task order #1 and Task Order #2 to McClelland Consulting Engineers to design the taxiways and ramps for the USDA Forrest Service. The Council also approved Lease amendment No. 1 with the USDA Forest Service that provided for MCE to design and provide construction oversight to the USDA portion of the project and for the city to proceed with the construction and the USDA to pay $1 .2 million toward the project. This action provides for the acceptance of the FAA grant for the City portion of the project. Budget Considerations: The FAA has awarded a grant of $1 ,232,723.00 toward the project. The grant is a 90/5/5 grant. The State will contribute $68,485.00 and an equal amount will be • funded by the airport fund. Requested Action: Approve the acceptance of the FAA grant for construction of Phase 1 of Taxiway "A" for access to the Forest Service ramp. Attachments: Staff Review Form FAA Grant Aviation and Economic Development Department Fayetteville Municipal Airport, Drake Field 4500 South School Avenue, Suite F • Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701 , Ray M. Boudreaux, Director e • MORNING NEWS AUG. 13. 003 TODAY "I semi _ No CLEAR ANSWER To RAZORBACKS' QUESTION . FAY[ff IVI LLI ON STARTING QUARTERBACK Also Serving West Fork, Farmington, Lincoln, Prairie Grove, Greenland, pNC Elkins, Summers, Goshen, Hogeye & Durham • Museum Documents M 1 1tHistoarry FACILITY OPENS umented the military career of in an airplane. They would go her husband, a Navy veteran. on to fly together — she was AT DRAKE FIELD Smith, wearing a vest with the navigator and radio oper- a red, white and blue Flag de- ator — for many years to By Ron Wood sign, said she recently learned come. TME Nm • RwOOD@NwAaawtar about the military museum That was just one of the sto- and wanted to see her hus- ries Tuesday as the Ozark Mil- FAYETTEVILLE — Caroline band's things used so they can . . itary Museum . officially Smith donated a box of mili- be part of a story, rather than opened its doors at Fayet- tary memorabilia that had be- being stored away out of the teville's Municipal Airport, for- longed to her late husband, public eye. merly Drake Field, with a rib- Earnest "Smitty" Smith, to the It was a somewhat bitter- bon-cutting ceremony and re- Ozark Military Museum on sweet day for Smith, a Little ception. Tuesday Rock native, as she reminisced The Ozark Military Muse- "It was my privilege to do- about meeting her then-future um was started in 1982 by a nate them," Smith said of the husband at Drake Field in 1963 group of veterans and airplane pictures and records that doc- — the first time she ever flew SEE MUSEUM PAGE u • , fs1'�',s •1Yri'A"ra:P f 'ALr, v „is ' � F K{^ yMy }(�� lid. • _ a III y I IIdid. did lUl i Y �` � Y��'` y�"LJS'e LA4• If, 11 Id. ss'e7•e't.i� z'd If }"�` I'd �js r ~t �y. .Srl ,r ^nJ +� tstl. IH..R \ :\ S 44t ' Vdddddd� M AL J }rsa {Y`yyl' nIf N, 7V'2{wtµ; 4 L IV ♦j rdf 4W It S lIdd, {� fd 1.5 fAQW d' III ,r J r I dIp fi If 0 0 • f1 . 9 Id i • or n in� til e.ws Wej , , Au.S , 13 , 2003 MUSEUM: Facility Located In Old Hangar CONTINUED FROM PAGE IA and the military museum over Arkansas Air Museum since enthusiasts, with a goal of pre- the past 13 years to document 1986. The old terminal will serving and restoring aircraft the history of aviation in North- house the museum's smaller and other equipment used dur- west Arkansas. "We can do displays, office, library, chapel ing World War II, Korea, Viet- maintenance in here and we and meeting space. nam and Desert Storm. can also show people what A 12,000-square-foot hangar "I think we've got a lot to of- we've got — and there's a lot." that was just completed to the fer," said Leonard McCandless, Mayor Dan Coody said the north, between the military president of the museum board. museum is "exactly what the museum building and the • "Our motto is, 'The best hope doctor ordered as far as bring- Arkansas Air Museum, houses for peace is the remembrance ing in more people to the air- flying aircraft from the collec- of war; so we're restoring old port:' tions of both museums, sever- military items, planes, trucks, The facility was made possi- al static aircraft and the Ozark cars to near original condition ble in large part by a contribu- Military Museum's restoration so people in this generation can tion from Pat Walker of Spring- shop. see what people in our past dale and her late husband, The museum houses a Navy generations had to deal with Willard Walker. Pat Walker was NE-1 trainer plane, Navy SNI and work with. We thought on hand to help cut the ribbon. advanced trainer, Navy JRB that, by having a restoration "If there's a way to make a cargo carrier, Army L-3 obser- building and a display building, difference, it's a real joy," Walk- vation aircraft, Army L-13 fly- people could see the items er said. ing ambulance and a 1-ton while the projects were under Formerly in both Springdale bomb transporter, along with way and see what work has to and Siloam Springs, museum an Air Force T-33 trainer, Army be done on some of these officials decided to move to H-21 cargo troop-carrier heli- things." Fayetteville after being con- copier and other transportation The opening of the facility [acted by representatives of the used in the Korean War, a Navy has been almost 20 years in Arkansas Air. Museum and T-2 trainer and additional air- coming. Fayetteville's airport board, and craft used during the Vietnam "It's a big day. We've got a a deal was struck. War, including Huey and Co- roof over our head, got a roof The museum is in the old air bra helicopters, and other air- over our beautiful airplane (the terminal that was used by the craft and equipment connect- Canadian Queen)," said Mike fixed-base operator, just south ed to various military opera- Eckles, who has worked with and west of the historic white tions, including Operation both the Arkansas Air Museum hangar that has housed the Desert Storm. • • NolMiNvLS'P ARKANSAS . .TIM S WEDNESDAY — August 13,2003 , MilitaryM MR!, t 2 �. i•^ L E�� vz"W ce ' brates opening r k , with ribbon c`utt` ngk • BY RAINER SABIN and lumped at, it�i'r;S';�i ; �Nanhw sArkansas Times r= "Abouc'a; yeai ago we;� had theoppotuiilty �o s Almost 21 years after build downy dere., its'birth, the Ozark Mili- ,.;,Fayeite}nlle, Mlle Eck-:` tary Museum can offi -.els, diraetoi �of rk the cially call Fayetteville its : museum r,eaid ; It took permanent home;` as it about siz4 mociths to W , celebrated its 'opening ;complete` and starting,;`. at , Drake Field Tuesday < [todayl . .we swill tiegin . with - a ribbon cutting � eraUorislof the muse rceremony. Locatedr'in two , adjacent structures Because tfie OMNI sits at. the airport, the:facffi ''.next to ithe Arkansas`Air` T u Ftrhouses artifacts, vehi -` ?Iviuseum, patronstwill be .. °cles and aircraft'- from' ableto`see both collec,- T a World;War II,, as :viell as ,tions for,,4 h tp4lcz-:et of , { the Korean and Vietnam one Wars.`' wholelreason Havingbeenbased being here„is[o%pre In Springdaleand . serve historic CtniliC Siloam Springs in "tire ' :items so;the fut'tirergeri past, the OMM .had a • erations 'can `seewhat chance to move' to the ' the past has to' deal largest city in Washing= • ton County last year, See OPENING;page AS ` 1 1 •,fir r ,`�, ��t, •fir � • • , • —{`+�'*y'A.4 ArX+a"�`. �'. a6��'t",'" �. ty r I 'Shwa" ri-i5 • . . - � '�� fir , �y � �� . � tares. "<{"- .,.� �-�•gz �:v%+f^ y • • - Y - ^tel • f JNIL R \ Ell L Vol. 7, No. 9 • JuN 21, 2003 40 www.m buslnmjourn .o • $1.01 FOOD • Cloud 9 Grill to land at Drake Billy Stilwell and Kevin Johnson, known collectively as ARGroup Inc., plan to open Cloud 9 Grill at Fayet- . teville's Drake Field airport by Sept. I . The restaurant was previously operated by a different owner as a.Wally's Smoke- shack. Stilwell said Cloud 9 will seat about 50 diners inside and another 50 outside. "It'll be kind of unique because you'll be able to sit outside and watch the planes - land," he said. The restaurant will be open from 6 a.m.- 10 .m.10 p.m. Monday-Saturday and from noon-8 p.m. on Sunday. Breakfast will be served every day of the week except Sun- day. In addition to serving sandwiches, plate lunches and steaks, the owners of Cloud 9 will . provide a pizza delivery service to south Fayetteville and Greenland. •