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Welcome to Booneville, AR. Town center is the intersection of State Highways 10 and 23. The airport (4M2) is three miles east of town on highway 10.  RV travelers, click here for information on the Booneville Municipal RV Park.

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Ira Jones

                                                                             by Mike Wyrick
                           

Ira Jones bought his first airplane in 1946 at age 18. It was a brand new Luscombe 8A Silveraire, N1353K, construction number 4080, direct from the factory for the outrageous sum (then and now) of $2250. A family, a business career, three airplanes, and 65 years later in 2011, he decided he liked the Luscombe so well he bought another one, for a bit more than the original $2250.

Ira, 85 in January 2012, is the most experienced pilot at Booneville Municipal Airport (4M2), and is pictured above with both his “old” 1946 Luscombe 8A, N1353K and his “new” 1946 Luscombe 8A, NC2207K.

Ira started flying in 1943 at the age of 15. Inspired by the pilots of World War II, he enlisted as a cadet in the Army Air Corps. He entered the service as a ground crew member but toward the end of the war, the pilot training programs were closing down. Since military aviation would apparently not be in his future, he served as a chief clerk in a finance office in Berlin until the end of the war.

His son, Rusty, is also a pilot. The Luscombe 8A is an LSA class aircraft.