Smaller airports around Indiana struggle to keep up with needs

By: Jim DeBrosse

Outlets: Indiana Capital Chronicle

Published: February 6, 2026

Words: 1,042

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 3 days ago

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Eric Stark, a music professor in his 30th year at Butler University, has dreamed of flying his own plane for more than four decades.

“I grew up fascinated with flying. My father was a naval aviator when he was a young man, and when I was a teenager, he started flying again. We took a lot of great trips together,” including a trek to California in his father’s four-seater Cessna.

Four years ago, Stark …

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