By Bill Coates | Casa Grande Dispatch
The approach to Pinal Airpark follows a small ribbon of asphalt through desert landscape. The tails of large commercial jets emerge above the shrub line. Then whole planes appear, one behind the other.
The road in leads to a guard stand.
A young man in jeans asks for your ID, where you’re headed. There used to be a formal guard gate with private security.
That’s come down.
But Jim Petty plans to take it a bit further. In a few weeks, he said, even the guy in jeans won’t be there. Motorists will be free to drive into the county-owned Pinal Airpark, no questions asked.
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