This marker sits on the site, in Lonoke, where Eberts Air Field was during WW1 and was named after M. M. Eberts.
Sign Reads: EBERTS AIR FIELD - WORLD WAR 1 TRAINING SITE - THE ARMY AVIATION COMMISSION IN 1917 ACCEPTED THESE 960 ACRES FROM LONOKE CITIZENS TO ESTABLISH AN AVIATORS SCHOOL, APPROXIMATELY 2,500 ENLISTED MEN AND OFFICERS WERE STATIONED HERE FROM 1918 TO 1919. A THOUSAND PLANES, SOMETIMES KNOWN AS "FLYING COFFINS", WERE USED IN TRAINING BUT NOT A SINGLE FATAL ACCIDENT OCCURRED. WORLD WAR 1 ENDED BEFORE THE FIRST CLASS GRADUATED. NAMED IN HONOR OF WEST POINT GRADUATE, M.M. EBERTS, AN EARLY ARKANSAS ARMY AVIATOR.
