PHOTO GALLERY: High Flying Ride

March 19, 2019 at 5:30 a.m.

NWA Democrat-Gazette/FLIP PUTTHOFF Will Mertig of Bentonville and his son, Carter, 8, and daughter Charlotte, 2, look Tuesday at a vintage airplane on display in the lobby of Thaden Fieldhouse, 2205 S.W. I St. in Bentonville. The aircraft is a 1945 Goodyear F2G-1 Super Corsair in mint condition. Its maximum speed is 431 mph. It's one of two aircraft in the lobby. A 1966 Ford Mustang owned by the late Louise Thaden, aviation pioneer born in Bentonville in 1905, is also on display. The fieldhouse and the Bentonville airport are named after Thaden. She died in 1979 at age 73.
NWA Democrat-Gazette/FLIP PUTTHOFF Will Mertig of Bentonville and his son, Carter, 8, and daughter Charlotte, 2, look Tuesday at a vintage airplane on display in the lobby of Thaden Fieldhouse, 2205 S.W. I St. in Bentonville. The aircraft is a 1945 Goodyear F2G-1 Super Corsair in mint condition. Its maximum speed is 431 mph. It's one of two aircraft in the lobby. A 1966 Ford Mustang owned by the late Louise Thaden, aviation pioneer born in Bentonville in 1905, is also on display. The fieldhouse and the Bentonville airport are named after Thaden. She died in 1979 at age 73.

Wednesday's photo gallery includes photos from the Trike Theatre camp, A spring break program at the Prairie Grove Battlefields state park. Visitors at looking at a vintage airplane on display in the lobby of Thaden Fieldhouse in Bentonville along with other photos from the event around Northwest Arkansas. To view those images and more visit our gallery.

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