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Bentonville's Thaden Field, Fly OZ Club observe Women in Aviation Week

By Kyle Kellams

Published March 7, 2024 at 1:26 PM CST

Desi Eddy, a customer service representative at Thaden Field, and Mary Katherine McKinley, director of the Fly OZ Club based at Thaden Field, spoke with Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams in the airport lounge at Thaden Field in Bentonville about how the airport and the Fly OZ Club are co-presenters of the celebration of globally-observed Women in Aviation Week.

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