Winfield airpark was the dream of Sam McReynolds, the original developer. Sam started the project by purchasing enough land to build a personal airstrip. After building the strip, he continued to acquire the tracts in the 'Dardenelle subdivision #1' until he had a total of 80 acres. At this point he developed the roads and taxiways, selling a few tracts as he went along.                                                 

Sam believed that Winfield was for the "common man". To that end he developed covenants and restrictions for the airpark property that are both basic and "common sense" in nature.

My wife Cathy & I purchased our Tract in December of 1996. With help from Sam, Bob Haggerty, and Louie Champeau we put up a 48' x 48' x 12' hangar in the summer of  1999.

Sam passed away in 1999, and left a large void in the hearts of many. I'm pretty sure he's somewhere keeping an eye on the Airstrip.

During the construction of our hangar, I could see Louie was getting interested owning some property at Winfield too!    Continued...