AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - January 2018 - 61
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS has become a hotbed of
CARL ZOCH
mountain bike activity since a network of trails was
created there. Recreation-minded pilots are doing
the same thing by linking public and private backcountry strips and providing specialized flight training
at Bentonville.
for that sport may seem totally unrelated to
backcountry flying-but it's not. Oz Trails
(www.oztrailsnwa.com) was formed about
five years ago to link formerly unaffiliated
riding trails across Northwest Arkansas,
many of them on public lands, and create
a web that reaches from a hub in downtown Bentonville to surrounding states.
The result is a 208-mile trail network that
is maintained by public and private groups,
and a massive increase in mountain bike
activity throughout the region. There
has been an influx of new bike-related
businesses, national and international
competitions and gatherings, and a city
that's gained a new identity as a center of
that vibrant sport.
Backcountry pilots have taken notice,
and they're making the region a haven for
recreational flying with a growing network of backcountry airstrips. And some
of the grass and gravel runways tie into
existing trail and river networks.
"Oz Trails took a loose patchwork of
mountain biking trails, gave it an identity,
and showed people what an incredible
place this is for that sport," said Powell.
"We're doing something very similar with
backcountry flying.
"This region has an incredible variety of backcountry airstrips, and many of
them tie into other recreational activities such as hiking, rock climbing, fishing,
kayaking, and whitewater rafting. Flying
is a recreational activity, and it can connect you to other recreational activities
that we have here in abundance," he said.
Powell is the Recreational Aviation
Foundation's state liaison here, and he
and other RAF members are reaching
out to owners of roughly 300 private airstrips in Arkansas to expand the network
of places backcountry pilots can fly. The
group has compiled detailed aviation
information online about each of the
participating airstrips (https://airfield.
guide); the website is designed to inform
pilots about the many airfields they can
visit throughout the region.
Summit Aviation also offers tailwheel and backcountry flight training
at Bentonville Municipal Airport (VBT),
where the city is adding a 2,500-foot grass
runway parallel to its hard-surface runway. Airport officials agreed to add the
grass runway after years of sustained
effort by local pilots.
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